Like a good cliffhanger? Then you’re bound to love the ATLANTA THRILLER BOOK FEST. Opening night starts at 6 p.m. in the auditorium at Georgia Perimeter College in Dunwoody. Headliner Ridley Pearson, co-author (with Dave Barry) of the “Peter and the Starcatchers” series, talks about his work at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 3 at the Eagle Eye Book Shop in Decatur; there are other book signings and author appearances throughout the day at Eagle Eye and at the Collins Hill Branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library in Lawrenceville. And it all wraps up with a luncheon at noon Sunday, May 4 at the Yellow House in Roswell. Tickets are $40.
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