Booze & Books with Mary Logue

Join us for Booze and Books, the most laid-back book club in town—no reading required! In partnership with local restaurant Black Rooster Bistro, we bring together authors, fun conversations, and a themed cocktail crafted just for the event. Whether you're here to learn, share, or simply enjoy the atmosphere, it's the perfect evening out for book lovers and cocktail enthusiasts alike.

In The Streel Mary Logue, author of the popular Claire Watkins mysteries, brings her signature brio and nerve to this story of a young Irish woman turned reluctant sleuth as she tries to make her way in a strange and often dangerous new world. From the famine-stricken city of Galway to the bustling New York harbor, to the mansions of Summit Avenue in St. Paul, and finally to the raucous hustle of boomtown Deadwood,

Logue’s new thriller, The Big Sugar,  conjures the romance and the perils, and the tricky everyday realities, of a young immigrant surviving by her wits and grace in nineteenth-century America. Loosely based on the true story of Ellen Watson in Cheyenne in 1889, The Big Sugar continues the adventure begun in Mary Logue’s celebrated mystery The Streel, which introduced a “gritty, charming, clever protagonist” (Kirkus Reviews). With a faultless sense of history, a keen eye for suspense, and a poet’s way with prose, Logue all but guarantees that readers, like Brigid, will find the mystery at the heart of The Big Sugar downright irresistible.

New York Times-bestselling author Mary Logue has published more than thirty books, including mystery novels, poetry, nonfiction, and many books for children. Her awards include a Minnesota Book Award, a Wisconsin Outstanding Achievement Award, and an Edgar nomination. The first Brigid Reardon novel, The Streel, was a WILLA Literary Award finalist. She lives on the Mississippi with writer Pete Hautman.