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Gaithersburg
Book Festival

May 16, 2026

10am – 6pm

Bohrer Park


Natalie Richards

Featured Title: Four Found Dead
Four Found Dead
Four Found Dead by Natalie Richards

The last show has ended, but the nightmare is just beginning.

Tonight, Riverview Theaters is closing forever, the last remaining business in a defunct shopping mall. The moviegoers have left, and Jo and her six coworkers have the final shift, a shift that quickly takes a dark turn.

First a stranger arrives with a chilling accusation. Then the power goes out and their manager disappears, along with the keys to the lobby doors and the theater safe, where the crew’s phones are locked each shift. The crew’s tension turns to terror when Jo discovers the dead body of one of her co-workers.

Now their only chance to escape the murderer in their midst is through the dark, shuttered mall. With its boarded-up exits and disabled fire alarms, the complex is filled with hiding places for both pursuer and pursued. In order to survive this night, Jo and her friends must trust one another, navigate the sprawling ruins of the mall, and outwit a killer before he kills them all.

About Natalie Richards

New York Times best-selling author Natalie D. Richards is the author of eight “page-turning thrillers” (School Library Journal), including “Five Total Strangers” (2020) and “Seven Dirty Secrets” (2021). “Four Found Dead” (May 4, 2023) will be her ninth bone-chilling novel. Her first middle-grade novel, through Penguin Random House, is called 15 Secrets to Survival and is due out in Fall of 2023. A champion of literacy and aspiring authors, Richards is a frequent speaker at schools, libraries and writing groups. She lives in Ohio with her three children and (very) large dog, Wookiee.

Instagram: @natdrichards

Twitter: @natdrichards

Author Schedule:

Venue(s):

Ogden Nash Pavilion

Presentation Start Time:

3:15 pm

Presentation End Time:

4:05 pm

Signing Time:

4:15 pm

Presentation Authors: