New York Times Bestselling Author William Landay joins Christopher Mirabile for Launch of “The Holdfast”
New York Times bestselling novelist William Landay, author of “Defending Jacob,” sits down with Christopher Mirabile to celebrate the launch of “The Holdfast,” the highly anticipated Silas Lopez mystery sequel. Fellow Newton natives and former attorneys, Landay and Mirabile share a passion for literary crime fiction where the mystery is only the beginning. Released September 15, “The Holdfast” returns Silas Lopez to Provincetown for a new mystery where loyalty, power, and belonging collide.
Boston, MA, September 16, 2026 --(PR.com)-- New York Times bestselling author William Landay will interview novelist Christopher Mirabile on September 16 to celebrate the launch of Mirabile’s long-awaited second Silas Lopez mystery, “The Holdfast: A Seaside Mystery Thriller,” released September 15, 2026.
The pairing brings together two Massachusetts authors with striking common ground. Both are natives of Newton, MA, both practiced law before turning to fiction—Landay as a former prosecutor and Mirabile as a former corporate lawyer—and both write literary crime fiction in which the mystery is only the beginning.
Landay was an early champion of Mirabile’s series debut, “The Washashore,” calling it “a thoroughly entertaining and suspenseful” novel filled with “action, terrific dialogue, and a charming cast of characters.”
Set amid the windswept beauty and complicated community of Provincetown, Mirabile’s series offers a distinctive kind of investigator. Silas Lopez is a ranch-raised Westerner turned Cape Cod police chief whose plainspoken decency stands apart in a genre often populated by damaged detectives and cynical antiheroes.
In “The Holdfast,” an elderly homeowner’s seemingly natural death takes a troubling turn when toxicology results and handwritten notes point toward suspicious real estate deals. Silas soon uncovers shell companies, forged signatures, threats, and a scheme that could reshape both the lives of Provincetown residents and the community itself.
More than a fast-paced mystery, “The Holdfast” explores enduring questions of integrity, loyalty, belonging, and home. Against Cape Cod’s dunes and shoreline, Mirabile creates a world where doing the decent thing can require extraordinary courage.
Christopher Mirabile is a novelist, start-up mentor, former corporate lawyer, and full-time Provincetown resident whose fiction draws deeply from the town’s landscape, history, and character.
Published by Slack Tide Press and distributed by Bublish, Inc., the Silas Lopez Mystery Series is available in eBook, paperback, and hardcover formats at all major retailers.
For more information, visit authorchristophermirabile.com or follow @authorchristophermirabile on Facebook and Instagram and @christophermirabile on TikTok.
Learn more about Bublish, Inc. at bublish.com.
The pairing brings together two Massachusetts authors with striking common ground. Both are natives of Newton, MA, both practiced law before turning to fiction—Landay as a former prosecutor and Mirabile as a former corporate lawyer—and both write literary crime fiction in which the mystery is only the beginning.
Landay was an early champion of Mirabile’s series debut, “The Washashore,” calling it “a thoroughly entertaining and suspenseful” novel filled with “action, terrific dialogue, and a charming cast of characters.”
Set amid the windswept beauty and complicated community of Provincetown, Mirabile’s series offers a distinctive kind of investigator. Silas Lopez is a ranch-raised Westerner turned Cape Cod police chief whose plainspoken decency stands apart in a genre often populated by damaged detectives and cynical antiheroes.
In “The Holdfast,” an elderly homeowner’s seemingly natural death takes a troubling turn when toxicology results and handwritten notes point toward suspicious real estate deals. Silas soon uncovers shell companies, forged signatures, threats, and a scheme that could reshape both the lives of Provincetown residents and the community itself.
More than a fast-paced mystery, “The Holdfast” explores enduring questions of integrity, loyalty, belonging, and home. Against Cape Cod’s dunes and shoreline, Mirabile creates a world where doing the decent thing can require extraordinary courage.
Christopher Mirabile is a novelist, start-up mentor, former corporate lawyer, and full-time Provincetown resident whose fiction draws deeply from the town’s landscape, history, and character.
Published by Slack Tide Press and distributed by Bublish, Inc., the Silas Lopez Mystery Series is available in eBook, paperback, and hardcover formats at all major retailers.
For more information, visit authorchristophermirabile.com or follow @authorchristophermirabile on Facebook and Instagram and @christophermirabile on TikTok.
Learn more about Bublish, Inc. at bublish.com.
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