Spill the Tea Book Club

About this event

Join us at the library for a riveting discussion! This month we will be reading "H_NGM_N: Murder is the Clue" by JC Gatlin. This month we have a special book club, hosted by the author!

JC Gatlin is an award-winning author whose mystery-suspense books feature amateur sleuths and are set in Florida, specifically in and around Tampa. Milford House Press, the fiction imprint for Pennsylvania publisher Sunbury Press, picked JC up in 2019 and published his novel, H NGM_N: Murder is the Word . That mystery features a crime reporter who returns home to investigate the murder of a childhood friend. H_NGM_N: Murder is the Word won the prestigious Florida Royal Palm Award for Best Mystery or Crime Novel, as well as runner-up for Book of the Year. Darkness Hides , also published by Milford House in 2021, featured a boat safety instructor who finds a body washed ashore in Tampa Bay. Darkness Hides was a Finalist in the Best Thriller Book Awards. Milford House published the sequel to H_NGM_N in July 2026. JC also writes articles for Mystery Suspense Magazine and is a member of the Florida Writers Association and Mystery Writers of America. He grew up in Grapevine, Texas and currently lives in Dade City, Florida.