Local author JD Spero will be here to discuss her latest book, Boy on Hold. 

Cabbage Night, 1991. The traditional night of pranks takes a disturbing turn when a violent crime rocks a small Adirondack town. Even more so when the only witness is a seven-year-old boy. Hen Trout, who had hoped to catch a pet hedgehog that night, instead sees his beloved Miss Sally become a victim.

Single mom Marcella Trout is blindsided when Tyler, her seventeen-year-old, is arrested for the very crime Hen witnessed. Now Tyler’s eerie mood swings seem dark and frightening and rooted in a family history Marcella has desperately tried to bury. As the criminal investigation churns on, the tenuous fabric of the Trout family begins to unravel…and even Hen begins to question the truth.

Johannah Davies Spero has been writing since childhood and has pursued her love of narrative by obtaining degrees in English, Russian, and teaching. “I always felt drawn to put pen to paper and create my own words,” said Spero. Living in cities such as St. Petersburg, Russia to Dallas Texas, she currently resides in the Northeast with her husband and three young sons. Spero has worked as an actress, yoga instructor, web design entrepreneur, and freelance writer. She has also followed in her mother’s footsteps in becoming a high school English teacher. Throughout her career path, writing has always been her passion.