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Join us for an in-person *Read Between the Wines* Book Club Discussion + *Optional* Drink Tasting for The Unknown by Riley Sager on Friday, October 16th from 6-7:30 pm at our *NEW* New Book Joy Booktique in Brookfield!

PRE-READING IS RECOMMENDED FOR THIS EVENT…

Local Book Lovers will gather to discuss The Unknown by Riley Sager with our *Read Between the Wines* Book Club Group at our *NEW* New Book Joy Booktique in Brookfield (3741 Prarie Ave), where they can also opt to taste a complimentary curated glass of red wine (or a curated mocktail) inspired by the characters, plots, and settings of the story. Guests will get EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNTS FROM OUR BOOKTIQUE too!

With each Book Club sign up, you can choose to receive a physical copy of the featured book(s) to read before we meet in-person (CLICK THE CHECKBOX(ES) TO ADD A COPY OF THE BOOK(S) TO YOUR ORDER), decide to download an audiobook from the link above before the event, OR opt to grab your book(s) from the library / share your book(s) with a friend.

NOTE: EACH $15 TICKET PURCHASED ABOVE INCLUDES THE BOOK DISCUSSION, A COMPLIMENTARY GLASS OF WINE (OR A MOCKTAIL) & VIRTUAL COUPON FOR SHOPPING.

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO: ADDITIONAL DISCOUNTED DRINKS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE ($5 GLASSES OF WINE + CANS OF DRAFT BEER / $2 CANS OF DOMESTIC BEER), along with an assortment of SWEET ‘N SALTY SNACKS!

BOOK SYNOPSIS

*DELUXE LIMITED EDITION features stunning black hued edges, designed endpapers, and a shimmery jacket. While supplies last!*

In 1926, five women disappeared from a remote island in Vermont. Now, one hundred years later, it’s happening again...

Struggling actress Marin Keane is shocked when she lands a role in a major motion picture about the unsolved mystery of New Avalon, an island on sprawling Lake Faraday in Vermont. She’s even more surprised when she learns that the role requires a weeklong research trip to that very spot.

Because New Avalon isn’t your ordinary island. A century ago, it was a commune for spiritual mediums - until they all vanished in 1926. The only trace of them was five dresses hanging from the branches of an old oak tree in the middle of the island, one for each missing woman. Some locals say they simply left. Others think they were murdered. But the prevailing opinion, thanks to a diary left behind by one of the vanished, a young woman named Daisy Rue, is that a séance gone wrong conjured something supernatural that took them all one by one.

Not long after arriving, Marin and her castmates, including legendary actress Violet Wright and white-hot director Ronan Peters, begin to realize all is not right with New Avalon. They hear strange noises in the night and notice mysterious symbols left behind by the island's previous occupants. And after a sudden health emergency leaves Marin, Ronan, and the other actors stranded on the island, the disappearances begin again.

Is it the work of someone trying to derail the movie? Or is the island’s alleged supernatural past catching up with the present? As fear and suspicion mount, Marin turns to Daisy’s diary, hoping it holds the key to figuring out what really happened to the women of New Avalon - and how to keep the island’s terrible history from repeating itself.

RECOMMENDED FOR: Grown-Ups

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ADDITIONAL DETAILS:

Publisher: Dutton

Publish Date: August 04, 2026

Pages: 368

Dimensions: 9.3 X 6.3 X 1.3 inches | 1.25 pound

Language: English

Type: Hardcover

Condition: NEW