Author and TV Personality John Searles to Speak at Easton Library

Author, magazine editor, and TV book critic John Searles will be at the Easton Area Public Library at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, October 3, to talk about his latest novel Help for the Haunted.

Amazon reviewer Chris Schluep had this to say about Help for the Haunted: “ Late one snowy night, Sylvie Mason hears her parents talking on the phone. A little later, they drive with Sylvie to a church, where--as Sylvie sleeps in the car--they are murdered in the church’s basement. The question of who killed Sylvie’s parents is only the first of many mysteries that unfold in John Searles’ Help for the Haunted, an expertly-wrought, coming-of-age story with a healthy dose of creepiness. Searles takes his time introducing us to his characters--Sylvie, her older sister Rose, their demonologist parents, and a handful of suspects--but in a very calibrated way, he doles out chills and family secrets that heighten the tension with each turn of the page. The chills deliver, but the depth of the story is what really sets this book apart. Your parents are never gone from you… Sylvie remembers her father saying. And for some, that’s just another way of being haunted.”

Searles is the author of the best-selling novels Boy Still Missing and Strange but True. He appears frequently on morning shows such as NBC’s Today, CBS’s The Early Show, and CNN to discuss favorite book selections. Searles is also Editor-at-Large for Cosmopolitan Magazine and can be heard on Sirius/XM’s Cosmo Radio. His essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Daily Beast, and other national media.

Copies of Help for the Haunted are available for purchase at the Main Library and the Palmer Branch and at the book talk. This first edition hardcover sells for $18. Searles will sign books at the conclusion of his talk.

The program is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.

The program will be held in the Catherine Drake Room at the Main Library located at 515 Church Street. The room is handicapped-accessible from the lower level entrance. Doors open at 6:00 pm.

Call 610-258-2917 ext 310 to pre-register and for more information.