1–What is the title of your latest release? FORGOTTEN SISTERS 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Sisters Anna and Jennie live in a historic bungalow along the Chicago River. An inexplicable number of drownings in the area cause them to worry, and soon two detectives come calling, believing there’s a connection between the home and a potential serial killer. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? My most recent novels have been love letters to the city of Chicago, where I live, and it felt right that this be one as well. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? With Anna? Most certainly. She is very sweet and full of curiosity and wonder. She just needs to get out of her house more. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Lovely. Sweet. Sad. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? That the sinking of the S.S. Eastland, in which over 800 peopled died in the Chicago River in 1915, is one of the largest maritime disasters in United States history. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? This novel had a strange…

Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match” where we introduce you to authors you may fall in love with. It’s our great pleasure to present Sarah Beth Martin!   Writes I write novels that fall somewhere between literary fiction and psychological suspense, sometimes called a soft thriller. My most recent novel, In the Vanishing Hour, has a mystery at its core, and features characters haunted by secrets and faces of the past. I prefer inner demons to literal ones, although I do love a good old-fashioned horror story. Settings are loosely based on real places, but I mix and match pieces of landscapes and make them my own. Atmosphere is a major player in both of my books, and I like to infuse locations with it. I want readers to get lost not only in a character’s thoughts but in their surroundings – and be haunted by them.   About ​I have lived in Maine more than half my life, but I grew up in Massachusetts, watching old movies, listening to Herb Albert and Burt Bacharach, and attending Red Sox games. I love old maps and other vintage memorabilia,…