Objects, Art, and More and the Writers Guild of Virginia are pleased to announce award winning mystery writer Bradley Harper will sign books at Objects in Irvington, Va. on April 26th.from noon to 4:00 p.m.

Harper, a retired U.S. Army Colonel and pathologist, has performed approximately twenty forensic death investigations. A lifelong fan of Sherlock Holmes, his debut novel, A Knife in the Fog (Seventh Street Books), involves a young Doctor Conan Doyle in the hunt for Jack the Ripper. It was a finalist for a 2019 Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America in the category of Best First Novel by an American. It is a Recommended Read by the Arthur Conan Doyle Estate.

His mystery, Knife in the Fog, won Killer Nashville’s 2019 Silver Falchion as Best Mystery. The audiobook, narrated by former Royal Shakespearean actor Matthew Lloyd Davies, won Audiofile Magazine’s 2019 Earphone Award for Best Mystery and Suspense. His other books are: Queen’s Gambit, Seventh Street Books, 2019, Reflections in a Dragon’s Eye, Papillon-du-Pere Books, September 2023, and My Time with General Colin Powell, Stories of Kindness, Diplomacy, and Protocol, Lisa Hagan Books, September 2023. His website is www.bharperauthor.com

This event will be a unique opportunity for readers to not only get their books signed but also to meet the author in person, browse the store, and support a small business. Harper will be available to chat with readers. In addition to meeting a well-known author, take the time to walk through Objects which houses fine art, paintings, sculpture, jewelry, pottery, glass, wood, and metal sculpture for a wide variety of artists and genres.