Author Peter Marabell

We are pleased to welcome the lovely Peter Marabell back to the store to sign copies of his latest mystery, Devils are Here: A Michael Russo Mystery. Peter will join us on Wednesday, July 19th from 2 – 4 p.m. This is a free in-store signing.
It’s summertime in Petoskey. Michael Russo investigates the theft of a valuable collection of books from Bannister College, a small, elite Liberal Arts school on the outskirts of town. The case takes a dangerous turn when the Dean of Sciences is shot to death and fear stalks the campus. Faculty and administrators detest the disruption dropped on their quiet academic community by the police and the press. When Russo makes a surprising discovery that uncovers the evil that lives just below the surface of Petoskey’s most trusted institution, it’s unclear what the impact will be on Bannister, the community and Michael Russo himself.
 
Peter Marabell grew up in metro Detroit, spending as much time as possible street-racing on Woodward Avenue in the late 1950s or visiting the Straits of Mackinac. With a Ph.D. in American History and Politics, Peter spent most of his professional career on the faculty at Michigan State University. He is the author of the historic monograph, Frederick Libby and the American Peace Movement. His first novel, More Than a Body, was published in 2013, and the first of the Michael Russo mystery series, Murder at Cherokee Point, was published in 2014. As a freelance writer, he worked in several professional fields including healthcare, politics, and the arts. In 2002, Peter moved permanently to Northern Michigan with his spouse and business partner, Frances Barger, to live, write, and work at their businesses on Mackinac Island. All things considered, he would rather obsess about American politics, or Spartan basketball, after a good five-mile run on the hills of Mackinac Island.