Bywater Books Signs John Copenhaver

Bywater Books proudly welcomes award-winning author John Copenhaver, unveiling his new sapphic gothic thriller Goddess of Love—a haunting tale of passion and power.

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John Copenhaver is an award-winning author whose latest novel, Hall of Mirrors, was named a New York Times Crime Novel of the Year and won the Left Coast Crime Award for Best Historical Mystery. His earlier books include Dodging and Burning and The Savage Kind, which won the Lambda Literary Award for Best LGBTQ Mystery. He co-edited Crime Ink: Iconic and serves on the board of International Thriller Writers. A founding member of Queer Crime Writers, he teaches at VCU and mentors in the University of Nebraska Omaha’s MFA program. He lives in Richmond, Virginia.

His novel, Goddess of Love, is the third book in the Nightingale Trilogy.  In 1964, estranged lovers Philippa and Judy reunite—bound by guilt, old desire, and a haunting legacy. As letters from Judy’s dead mother turn deadly, the women navigate secrets, ghosts, and the violence of patriarchy. A lush, gothic sapphic thriller about love, betrayal, and reclaiming queer kinship from the ruins.

Goddess of Love is scheduled for publication in March 2027.