SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Thomas Mullen, the best-selling author of eight novels, will speak about his new book, “The Rumor Game,” at the Sandy Springs Library April 9 from 6:00-7:30 p.m.
The Friends of the Sandy Springs Library and Marietta-based Bookmiser sponsor a series of authors talks at 395 Mount Vernon Highway.
Born in Rhode Island in the mid-1970s, Mullen now lives with his family in Decatur.
He has been nominated for awards in the United States, France, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The New York Times named “Lightning Men,” the sequel to Mullen’s NPR Best Book “Darktown,” one of the Top Ten Crime Novels of 2017.
His latest work of historical fiction follows FBI agent Devon Mulvey and reporter Anne Lemire in World War II-era Boston.
The paths of the characters cross when the reporter’s story about Nazi propaganda involves the special agent’s investigation into the death of a factory worker.
“The book is also a little bit in the way of a spy novel,” Mullen said. “Sometimes the harmful rumors that were spreading around were actually spread by Axis propaganda, designed to divide Americans.”
Throughout the novel, Mullen weaves documented episodes from the American home front before the Allied invasion of France into a fictional thriller.
Mullen’s debut novel, “The Last Town on Earth,” received the 2007 James Fenimore Cooper Prize for historical fiction. USA Today and the Chicago Tribune also recognized the book.
Mullen said six of his eight published books fall under the umbrella of historical fiction. He also said 20th century American history interests him particularly because it is more relatable than the Victorian era or the Enlightenment.
“I’m sure I will write things set in the contemporary era again,” Mullen said. “It just happens that a lot of the ideas I get that really sweep me away and…
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