This month’s BOOKS ‘n’ BOTTLES™ brings twice the fun to Chicagoland. Award-winning author Tim Johnston will mix and mingle with wine tasters while discussing his inspired psychological thriller, Descent, on June 27th at TASTE Food & Wine in Chicago and on June 28th at Sunset Foods in Northbrook.

The free 2-hour events begin at 6 p.m. Books and wine, along with the popular Bonus Buy packages, will be available for purchase onsite or conveniently pre-order your book from the Book Bin to pick up at the event.

An idyllic Rocky Mountain vacation turns into a heart-pounding thriller when a family’s teenage daughter goes out for a run… and disappears. Readers become enmeshed with the family as its members respond to events over time in this New York Times, USA Today and Indie National bestselling novel. Here’s what the reviewers said:

“Outstanding . . . The days when you had to choose between a great story and a great piece of writing? Gone.” — Esquire

“The story unfolds brilliantly, always surprisingly . . . The magic of his prose equals the horror of Johnston’s story; each somehow enhances the other . . . Read this astonishing novel.” — The Washington Post

“Tim Johnston’s high-wire literary thriller . . . will leave you gasping.” — Vanity Fair

“What makes the novel unforgettable is its sense of character, its deliberate, unadorned prose and Johnston’s unflinching exploration of human endurance, physical and psychological.” – Denver Post

“Tim Johnston has written a book that makes Gone Girl seem gimmicky and forced.” – NPR

The Season 2 expansion of BOOKS ‘n’ BOTTLES™ was well-covered in the June 16th edition of the Daily North Shore.