What People Are Saying about Nora’s Work
“In a town that time forgot, Lammie Timmons secretly waits for Cubby Tatem. She’s loved him since kindergarten. And after twenty years he’s finally back. Cubby Tatem is fire and Lammie is air. Lammie Loves Cubby will attract readers like moths to flame. Nora Gaskin is back with her best book yet: The tale of two singed souls who’d have been better off never reuniting.”
— Sara E. Johnson, author of the Alexa Glock Forensic Mysteries
Our Town meets Bonnie and Clyde in Nora Gaskin’s Lammie Loves Cubby. The motto of Littleboro, NC, where the story is set may be “The Little Town Time Forgot,” but readers won’t soon forget the wacky antics of Gaskin’s characters in this fast-paced and fun novel.
—Heather Newton, author of The Puppeteer’s Daughters
“Who says a nice girl can’t write a convincing psychopath? In The Worst Thing, Nora Gaskin introduces Ape, a character so real, so broken, so deliciously creepy (“Are you scared?” he asks one of his victims. “I need you to be scared.”) you won’t be able to look away from him. You might even catch yourself secretly, guiltily admiring him. You surely won’t forget him.”
— Kim Church, author of Byrd
“A gripping story of a traumatic crime and how it affects the lives of everyone associated with it, from the police to a building handyman. It has all the plot twists and turns you want from an absorbing crime novel, but the book's real strength is in its characters. Most of the main characters are women who are tested and respond in ways that are human and believable. The men feel like real people too. The ending is equally real. Highly recommended.”
— Sarah Shaber, award-winning author of the Louise Pearlie WWII mysteries
“The power of love, the power of fire. One gives rise to the other. Throw in secrets and you’ve got a dynamic story about how flawed characters deal with each other – and life. In fact, the beauty of this novel is that it looks at these characters’ contradictions with such bracing honesty that it gives us hope for them. It’s a clear-eyed, quirky, compelling book.”
— Judy Goldman, author of The Rest of Our Lives
Sparks fly in this small town drama where lovely kleptomaniac—Lammie—and handsome pyromaniac—Cubby—fall so deeply in love that their passion to protect each and their bad habits lead them to a fiery and uncertain future. Lammie Loves Cubby is a quick read that will leave you wondering: is it possible to put out a flame and keep it burning too?
—Landis Wade, award-winning author of Deadly Declarations and founder of Charlotte Readers Podcast
“The Worst Thing is a tight, spare novel of suspense, reminiscent of Ruth Rendell. With a bad guy Gaskin fashions from the inside out, whose demise you will root for even as you come to understand his needs, this story has the depth and substance of one that will be read for years to come.”
— Jenny Milchman, USA Today bestselling & Mary Higgins Clark award-winning author
“Shadowy foreboding and well-earned emotions lured me in, while fascinating backstories, absence of gore, and realistic police work insured that I enjoyed every word of this tightly woven original thriller.”
— Karen Pullen, author of Cold Feet and Cold Heart
Nora in the news
Why Don’t You Just Self-Publish with Nora Gaskin: Charlotte Readers Podcast Exclusive Content
Reading in the Time of Trump for Charlotte Readers Podcast Read-in Episode 1
NC Author Revisits An Unsolved Murder Mystery in Chapel Hill
Charlotte Readers Podcast interview with Landis Wade
Interviewed on Carolina Now in Spartanburg, SC
