Book Release Party – Death in the Cards by Mia P. Manansala
May 17 @ 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Free
Restoried Bookshop is excited to host Chicago’s own Mia P. Manansala and celebrate her YA debut- Death in the Cards! Her Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mystery series is very popular with our at our shop and we cannot wait to introduce her YA novel to our community.
Mia will be joined in conversation by Gloria Chao for an exciting afternoon discussion. Adding to the festivities, Camelia Bakes is providing a beautiful cake to celebrate Mia’s YA debut and Salamat Designs will be selling handmade jewelry benefitting meals at an elementary school in the Philippines.
Copies of her book will be available to purchase at the event in both hardcover and paperback. You don’t want to miss this exciting event and chance to be among the first to pick up your own copy of Death in the Cards!
Mia P. Manansala (she/her) is a writer from Chicago who loves books, baking, and bad-ass women. She is the author of the multi-award-winning Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mystery series and the forthcoming YA novel DEATH IN THE CARDS (May 13, 2025). She uses humor (and murder) to explore aspects of the Filipino diaspora, queerness, and her millennial love for pop culture.
A lover of all things geeky, Mia spends her days procrasti-baking, playing RPGs and otome games, reading cozy mysteries and diverse romance, and gazing lovingly at her dog.
Find her on Facebook and Instagram: @MPMtheWriter
Check out her website: www.miapmanansala.com
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Title: Death in the Cards
Publisher: Delacorte Press (May 13, 2025)
ISBN: 9780593897928
(Cover designer: Ray Shappell ; Cover artist: Alex Cabal)
The young adult debut from the award-winning author of Arsenic and Adobo! When a high school tarot reader’s latest client goes missing after a troubling reading, she must apply everything she’s learned from her private investigator mother to solve a case of her own.
Danika Dizon is a natural problem solver. Thanks to her private investigator mom and mystery author dad, she’s well equipped with the skills to offer guidance to anxious classmates who come to her for tarot readings between classes. For a price, of course.
But one of her clients isn’t just worried about finals. Something or someone has her terrified. And when the girl vanishes after an ominous reading, her younger sister Gaby begs for Danika’s help to find her. Danika takes the case to prove to her parents that she’s an ace detective—and that her deck is never wrong. It says change is coming . . .
What starts off as a compelling challenge quickly devolves into a darker mystery. Turns out the missing girl was living a secret life. A life that somebody wants to keep buried. If Danika’s not careful, the Death card that started it all might no longer be symbolic—it could be fate.