Crime After Closing with Mercedes Mercier and Georgia Harper

Aldinga Library is proud to host Georgia Harper and Mercedes Mercier for a thrilling author event celebrating their gripping new releases.

******Doors open 6pm for a 6.30pm start*****

Two crime writers. Two gripping new novels. One unforgettable night.

Join Georgia Harper and Mercedes Mercier for a double author event celebrating their thrilling new releases, Dove and The Couples Retreat.

Together, they’ll share the inspiration behind their latest books, how their real-world experience shapes their fiction, and the art of crafting suspense that keeps readers guessing.

Georgia Harper’s Dove is vivid portrait of a community teetering on the edge until an electrifying question forces a social reckoning.

Georgia uses her experience working as a psychologist with serious violent offenders and victim survivors of crime to inform the characters and situations in the novel.

Dove by Georgia Harper - Penguin Books Australia

Mercedes Mercier’s The Couples Retreat is a twisty, compulsive destination thriller, set on our very own Kangaroo Island!

With over a decade working in the criminal justice system Mercedes draws on her first-hand experience with prisons, offenders and the psychology of crime to craft her characters.

The Couples Retreat by Mercedes Mercier - Penguin Books Australia

Expect lively conversation, readings, audience Q&A, and book signings!

Copies of Georgia's and Mercedes' novels will be available to purchase courtesy of Dymocks Glenelg.

Complementary tea, coffee and nibbles

Alcohol available for purchase at the event - EFTPOS only

FREE I Suitable for adults I Bookings essential

For more information please call Aldinga Library on 8384 0022

About Georgia Harper

Georgia Harper is the author of What I Would Do to You, which won Best Debut Book at the 2025 Davitt Awards and was shortlisted for Best Crime Fiction Debut at the 2025 Danger Awards. Georgia has worked as a psychologist with both serious violent offenders and victim-survivors of crime. She was also the Senior Inspector Prosecutions for RSPCA Queensland. Georgia is an ambassador for the Sunshine Coast Hinterland Writers Festival and for child literacy charity Chapters for Change. She writes on Kabi Kabi land on the Sunshine Coast.

About Mercedes Mercier

Mercedes Mercier writes ‘just-one-more-page’ crime with twisting plots and relatable characters. As well as writing books, Mercedes has worked in the criminal justice system for over a decade, giving her unique insight into the world of crime and offenders.
After a brush with death, Mercedes threw herself into life. She lived overseas, became a black belt in Karate, skydived, and volunteered with animals.
Mercedes lives in Adelaide, in a tree-top home surrounded by kangaroos, koalas, kookaburras and the occasional echidna. Her home is busy, fun and slightly chaotic, with her very patient husband, identical twin daughters and beloved German shepherd dog who rules the roost.