Buxton Books Presents The Ghost Women: Author Talk with Jennifer Murphy

Buxton Books is excited to welcome author Jennifer Murphy to the bookstore for an author talk celebrating her new novel, The Ghost Women. Tickets available now! 

Tarot cards, the 1970s, witchcraft, and murder all set against a Lowcountry backdrop! The Ghost Women, the latest from author Jennifer Murphy, has it all. On Wednesday, March 25, join us in welcoming Jennifer Murphy to Buxton Books for an author talk delving into this atmospheric new novel, perfect for fans of Liz Moore, Rachel Gillig, and Donna Tartt. We'll get insight into the research and writing of the book and talk all things tarot, witches, and Southern gothic.

General admission tickets are $5 and include event entry and a complimentary refreshment. Or make it an immersive night with a VIP ticket which includes a signed copy of the book and a very special invitation to join us after-hours in the beautiful and moody Unitarian Church graveyard for Charleston ghost stories.

We hope to see you there! 

About The Ghost Women:

A mysterious art academy in the woods, a deck of tarot cards, a hundreds year old secret

On a hot August morning in 1972, the body of Abel Montague, a student in Waverly School, is found hanging from a tree in the forest. A Hanged Man tarot card is found in the back pocket of his pants and his body has been positioned into the exact pose illustrated on the card.

When detective Lola Germany arrives at the academy—a former monastery that once housed a secret order of monks who carried out witch trials and executions—she believes they are dealing with a ritualistic murder. Interviewing school administrators and Abel’s classmates, Lola discovers Abel’s live-in girlfriend, Pearl, seems shaken, but also might be hiding something. Along with her group of friends who call themselves witches.

When more students are found dead, each body arranged like a Tarot card, Lola realizes she is trapped in a web of power and ambition that spans centuries. Soon, the lines between past and present, spiritual and tangible begin to blur, and the only way to survive is to seek answers from places she never imagined.

About Jennifer Murphy:

Jennifer Murphy holds an MFA in painting and art history from the University of Denver and an MFA in creative writing from the University of Washington. She is the recipient of the 2013 Loren D. Milliman Scholarship for creative writing and was a contributor at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference from 2008 through 2012. The author of I Love You More and Scarlet in Blue, a Michigan Notable Book, as well as the winner of the Nancy Pearl Book Award for Fiction, she lives in Alexandria, Virginia.