Riverstone Books is delighted to host the Release and Launch Party for The Secret of the Painted Statue by Angela D. Moss! The Secret of the Painted Statue, the second book in Angela’s middle grade series The Morgan Draca Mysteries, will be released on January 9, 2024.

A launch party celebrating Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday will be held at Riverstone Books, 5841 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15217, on January 21, 2024, at 2 PM.

About the book:

Seventh-grader Morgan Draca stumbles into another mystery, this time in Baltimore, Maryland. Desperate to ace her Edgar Allan Poe assignment, she is thrilled when her mother announces a trip to the city of Poe’s death but perplexed when a painted statue winds up on her doorstep.

Struggling to find what the statue hides, Morgan aims to prove she has what it takes to solve the case…or will an unknown rival beat her to it?

About the author:

Angela D. Moss is an author of travel mysteries—ostensibly for middle grade readers, but secretly for everyone. Her fiction is created under the cover of darkness; while there is a bright shiny orb in the sky, you can find her masquerading as a computer scientist focusing on cybersecurity. If she isn’t in front of a computer, you might find her on an airplane or cruise ship, in a museum, or even taking in the local sights on a pair of rollerskates. From an early age, Angela discovered she adores traveling and is now happy to drag her husband, son, and daughter away from the comfort of their home (and two cats) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to gather information for future books.