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Mystery Takes Flight for Trumbull County Reads 2026 this October

(07/22/2026) – Mystery takes flight for Trumbull County Reads 2026 this October as libraries throughout the county invite the community to embark on a shared journey of conversation and discovery.

“To Slip the Bonds of Earth” by Amanda Flower has been selected as the Trumbull County Reads 2026 featured book. Set in 1903, “To Slip the Bonds of Earth” is an Agatha Award-winning mystery inspired by the Wright brothers’ real-life sister. While not as famous as her older siblings Wilbur and Orville, the celebrated inventors of flight, Katharine Wright is equally inventive – especially when it comes to solving crimes – in this historical mystery.

“The Wright Brothers” by David McCullough is a companion nonfiction selection for Trumbull County Reads 2026. The No. 1 New York Times bestseller from McCullough, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, tells the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly—Wilbur and Orville Wright.

An engaging series of special events, expert speakers, and more activities centered around the featured titles and their themes of history, mystery, and aviation are planned throughout the fall. Local readers will have the opportunity to meet Amanda Flower on Tues., Oct. 20, at 6 p.m. when the author visits the Warren Library, 444 Mahoning Ave. NW, for a book signing and free presentation.

Flower, of Northeast Ohio, is a USA Today bestselling and three-time Agatha Award-winning author of over 50 mystery novels. Her novels have received starred reviews from Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and Romantic Times, and she has been featured in USA Today, First for Women, and Woman’s World. Her first Emily Dickinson Mystery, “Because I Could Not Stop for Death,” was an Agatha Award winner and Mary Higgins Clark Nominee. Her first mystery featuring the Wright Brothers, “To Slip the Bonds of Earth,” was an Agatha Award and Ohio Book Award winner.

Trumbull County Reads is an annual collaboration of the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library, Newton Falls Public Library, McKinley Memorial Library, Kinsman Free Public Library, Hubbard Public Library, Girard Free Library, and Bristol Public Library.

Copies of the featured books in paper format, eBook, or eAudiobook are available to borrow from your local library.

For information about Trumbull County Reads events, visit any Trumbull County library or the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library website at www.wtcpl.org.

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For more information, contact: Cheryl Bush, Marketing & Public Relations Manager, at bushc@wtcpl.org.