Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and author Steve Wick will read from, and speak about his new crime thriller, The Ruins, set on Long Island. The novel opens in post World-War II Lindenhurst, an otherwise quiet town changing rapidly as suburban development spreads. Worlds collide as a former POW in Japan, police chief Paul Beirne takes on a murder case and seeks help from a long-time friend, Doc, himself a Holocaust survivor.
Steve Wick is author of the acclaimed non-fiction book, The Long Night, about war correspondent, journalist and historian William L. Shirer.