Join us as we welcome author William Martin and his new novel, December '41. A German assassin, living undercover in Los Angeles, has been tasked with shooting FDR on the night that he lights the National Christmas Tree. As he heads east, he leaves clues - and bodies - in his wake. Who will stop him? The clock is ticking. The tracks are laid for a chase across America and a page-turning climax on the White House lawn. Critics have called it "a bullet train of thrills speeding toward an unforgettable conclusion," and a book packed with thrills, chills, and clever plot twists."

 William Martin is the New York Times bestselling author of twelve novels, a PBS documentary, book reviews, magazine articles, and a cult-classic horror movie, too. His first Peter Fallon novel, Back Bay, established him as "a master storyteller." He has been following the lives of the great and anonymous in American history ever since, taking readers from the Mayflower in Cape Cod to Ford's Theater in The Lincoln Letter to the South Tower on 9/11 in City of Dreams. Bound for Gold (2018), sweeps readers back to California in the legendary year of 1849 and "solidifies his claim as king of the historical thriller" (Providence Journal). And his latest, the "propulsive" December '41, captures the atmosphere in the United States in the weeks after Pearl Harbor. He was the 2005 recipient of the prestigious New England Book Award, given to an author "whose body of work stands as a significant contribution to the culture of the region." In 2015, the USS Constitution Museum gave him the Samuel Eliot Morison Award, for "patriotic pride, artful scholarship, and an eclectic interest in the sea and things maritime." And in 2018, the Mystery Writers of America (New England Chapter) gave him the Robert B. Parker Award. He serves on the boards of many of Boston's historical and cultural organizations, lives near Boston with his wife, and has three grown children.

Books will be available for purchase and signing by Mr. Martin at the end of this event.