{"id":106921,"date":"2026-01-05T23:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T23:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/106921\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T23:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T23:36:09","slug":"british-novelist-debuts-historical-mystery-in-st-pete-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/106921\/","title":{"rendered":"British novelist debuts historical mystery in St. Pete next week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AFiza Saeed McLynn and the cover of debut novel, \u201cThe Midnight Carousel.\u201d Credit: Courtesy of Tombolo Books<\/p>\n

Tombolo Books\u2019 first event of the year celebrates Fiza Saeed McLynn\u2019s debut novel, \u201cThe Midnight Carousel.\u201d <\/p>\n

Praised as \u201cThe Night Circus\u201d meets \u201cWater for Elephants,\u201d this novel set in 1920s Chicago and Paris follows an orphan as she acquires a sinister antique carousel that makes people disappear. A French detective investigates the carousel\u2019s connection to a decade-old Parisian mystery. <\/p>\n

There\u2019s perhaps no Tampa Bay resident better to interview McLynn than Sarah Penner, author of bestselling historical mysteries \u201cThe Lost Apothecary,\u201d \u201cThe London S\u00e9ance Society\u201d and \u201cThe Amalfi Curse.\u201d<\/p>\n

Penner also blurbed \u201cThe Midnight Carousel,\u201d calling it her favorite book of 2025. <\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t remember the last time I felt so invested in unraveling the mystery at the heart of a story,\u201d Penner wrote.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no cover, but online RSVPs and advanced book purchases are requested for\u00a0The Midnight Carousel: An Evening with Fiza Saeed McLynn, happening Tuesday, Jan. 13 in St. Petersburg.<\/a><\/p>\n

This article appears in Jan. 01 \u2013 07, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSelene San Felice is managing editor of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. Prior to joining CL in 2025, she started the Axios Tampa Bay newsletter and worked for her hometown paper, The Capital in Annapolis,…\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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