Mizushima, along with author Kathleen Donnelly, will discuss, sign and celebrate the release of “Dying Cry” at Old Town Library with Old Firehouse Books beginning at 6 p.m. on Oct. 14, 2025.
Award-winning novelist and longtime Fort Collins-area resident Margaret Mizushima will celebrate the release of her latest novel, “Dying Cry,” at the Fort Collins Old Town Library community room (201 Peterson St.) with Old Firehouse Books beginning at 6 p.m. on Oct. 14, 2025. The book signing event, which will feature Mizushima in conversation with author Kathleen Donnelly, is free and open to the public.
A killer lurks in Colorado’s snowy high country in “Dying Cry,” the 10th thrilling installment of award-winning author Margaret Mizushima’s Timber Creek K-9 mystery series.
About “Dying Cry”
Newlyweds Mattie and Cole Walker are teaching Cole’s daughters how to snowshoe in a remote canyon when a shattering scream pierces the air. They know that somewhere ahead, someone has been injured or worse. Cole takes the girls while Mattie and Robo go deeper into the canyon to search for the source of the scream.
From a distance, Mattie and Robo see a shadowy figure at the base of a cliff, but a rockslide buries the person under layers of stone and shale before they can provide help. Desperate to uncover the individual in case they’re still alive under the rock, their efforts are in vain. The victim is already dead. When they investigate the canyon rim from which the person fell, they discover evidence that indicates the fall was no accident. To make matters worse, the victim was one of Cole’s friends.
The Timber Creek County investigative team springs into action, uncovering a trail of greed that leads to a killer who threatens Mattie’s cherished new family and tests her with the most difficult task she’s faced in her duty as a K-9 handler.
“Mizushima has a terrific series…. Ten books in, and Mizushima still gets better with every entry,” First Clue Reviews reported in an advance review.
Published by New York-based Crooked Lane Books, “Dying Cry” will be available in hardcover (ISBN: 979-8892421959, 288 pages, $29.99) and eBook ($14.99) editions Oct. 14, 2025. “Dying Cry” will also be released in an audiobook edition, published by Dreamscape Media. Mizushima can be found at Facebook/authormargaretmizushima, @margmizu on X, @margmizu on Instagram and on her website at margaretmizushima.com.
