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Author Alafair Burke joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss her book The Note.

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The Note by Alafair Burke is a page-turning thriller that springs into action when one small decision leads a group of friends to question what they know about each other and the secrets we keep from ...

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In this interview, author Alafair Burke discusses how a frustrated moment with friends inspired her new suspense novel, The Note.

The author of “The Note” traces her “real obsession” to discovering “a slew of smart, gritty female sleuths who began to feel like friends.”

In Alafair Burke’s ‘The Note,’ a trio of complicated female friends gets caught up in a murder mystery that starts in the Hamptons.

Join us for an in-store event, Alafair Burke celebrates THE NOTE with Megan Abbott, on Monday, January 06, 2025.