Karen Dukess

author of Welcome to Murder Week

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Events

Winter 2025/2026 events. Please join me!

Mamaroneck, NY — Women’s Club of Larchmont, Author Luncheon
December 12, 11:30 am.
Orienta Beach Club
Mamaroneck, New York

Key West, Florida – Friends of the Key West Library Speaker Series
February 9, 6 pm
Key West Public Library Palm Garden
700 Fleming Street
Key West, Florida

The Castle Hill Author Talks, hosted by me! Virtual Interviews with Some of Today’s Most Acclaimed Authors 

Upcoming Talks:

Virginia Evans, author of The Correspondent
Tuesday, December 9 at 6 pm
Register here for free zoom link

PAST EVENTS:

Instagram Live with Annabel Monaghan!
June 10, Noon. Join us on Annabel’s instagram @annabelmonaghan as she talks to me and my pub-date buddy Amy Poeppel

Pelham, New York – Pub-day launch and fundraiser for my local library (I’m donating $5 for each book sold). There will be drinks and nibbles and I’ll be in conversation with Kristin van Ogtrop, author of Did I Say That Out Loud? 
June 10, 7 pm. Please register here so we know how many are coming.
Town of Pelham Public Library
530 Colonial Avenue, Pelham, New York

Old Greenwich, Connecticut- In conversation with best-selling author Annabel Monaghan
June 11, 7:00 pm. Get tickets here.
Athena Books
228 Sound Beach Avenue, Old Greenwich, Connecticut

Winnetka, Illinois – In conversation with Glencoe author Sally Schwartz
June 12, 6:30 pm. Please register here.
The Book Stall, 811 Elm Street, Winnetka, Illinois

Houston, Texas – In conversation with Abby Endler, host of Criminal Types podcast
June 13, 6:30 pm
Murder By the Book,  2342 Bissonnet Street, Houston, Texas

Scottsdale, Arizona – with David Lewis, A Beacon in the Night
June 14, 5:00 pm
The Poisoned Pen Bookstore, 4014 N Goldwater Boulevard, Scottsdale, Arizona

Harrison, New York – with Amy Poeppel, author of Far and Away
June 18, 7:00 pm
Harrison Public Library, 2 Bruce Avenue, Harrison, New York

Spring Lake, New Jersey – with Amy Poeppel, author of Far and Away
June 22, 11:00 am
Thunder Road Books, 1100 Third Ave, Spring Lake, New Jersey

Providence, Rhode Island – Booked Author Series with Emily Everett, Lauren Parvizi and Audrey Ingram.
June 24, 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
Fleur Providence, 1 W Exchange Street, Providence, Rhode Island

Madison, Connecticut – with Annabel Monaghan (It’s a Love Story) and Amy Poeppel (Far and Away)
June 25, 6:30 pm
RJ Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, Madison, Connecticut

Truro, Massachusetts — Author event and fundraiser for Truro Center for the Arts;  in conversation with Christina Clancy
July 8, 6:00 pm. Get tickets here.
Castle Hill’s Edgewood Farm campus, 3 Edgewood Way, Truro, Massachusetts

Brewster, Massachusetts – in conversation with Lindsey Palmer
July 11, 10:00 am
Brewster Book Store, 2648 Main Street, Brewster, Massachusetts

New York, New York – with Gallery Books/Scout Press executive editor Hannah Braaten
July 22, 6:00 pm
The Mysterious Bookshop, 58 Warren Street, New York, NY

Provincetown, Massachusetts– with Kerry Cullen, House of Beth
July 26, 6:30 pm
East End Books, 389 Commercial Street, Provincetown, Massachusetts

Wellfleet, Massachusetts– with Nicola Kraus, The Best We Could Hope For
July 27, 7:00 pm
Wellfleet Public Library, 55 W Main Street, Wellfleet, Massachusetts

Truro, Massachusetts
August 22, 4:00 pm
Truro Public Library, 7 Standish Way, Truro, Massachusetts

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – in conversation with Jody DiPerna
September 13, 3:00 pm. Register here.
Riverstone Books/Squirrel Hill
5841 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Rye, New York — Watershed Literary Festival 
September 28, 5:00 pm. Elements of Mystery in Fiction, moderated by Annabel Monaghan
The Rye Meeting House
624 Milton Road, Rye, New York
Register here.

Bethesda, Maryland – in conversation with Sara Goodman Confino
October 7, 7:00 pm
Wonderland Books
7920B Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland

Lewes, Delaware, Rehoboth Beach Writers Guild and Browseabout Books
October 10, 5:00 pm, in person and on-line. Registration required.
Lewes Public Library
111 Adams Street, Lewes, Delaware

Watch Hill, Rhode Island – Thriller Panel, Ocean House Author Series (with Deborah Goodrich Royce, Christa Carmen, Vanessa Lillie, Kristin Offiler and Tessa Wegert)
October 26, 11:30 am
The Ocean House
1 Bluff Avenue
Watch Hill, Rhode Island

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