Pekkanen and McKinnon to sign books Aug. 9

Browseabout Books announced authors and sister Sarah Pekkanen and Hannah McKinnon will appear together from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 9, in Rehoboth Beach.

Pekkanen’s shocking psychological thriller, “The Locked Ward,” details the crime of the decade, when glamorous Georgia Cartwright, who was adopted as a newborn, is accused of killing the biological daughter of her wealthy Southern family. Is she the victim of a powerful family that's so depraved murder is the least of their crimes? Or is Georgia’s twin sister Amanda being led down a path of madness into the web of a master manipulator?

McKinnon’s “Sandy Page Bookshop” sees prodigal daughter Leah Powell return to her sleepy Cape Cod town. With the help of Luke Nicholson, a lifelong local who’s a contractor, Leah decides to bring a dilapidated historic house back to life.