Davis-based mystery novelist Catriona McPherson is back with a new stand-alone novel, "The Child Garden." The book centers around the death of 12-year-old "Moped," who died at "an alternative school for happy children" called Eden. Years later, his classmates have to revisit the horrors of that history.
Upcoming events:
- Launch party for the "The Child Garden" at 7:30 p.m., Fri. Sept. 11 at the Avid Reader in Davis
- Face In A Book, El Dorado Hills, Sun., Sept. 27