Name: LAUNCH PARTY: Dirty 20 by Bill Schweigart
Start: 2026-05-12T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-12T19:00:00-04:00
Location: The Twisted Spine

LAUNCH PARTY: Dirty 20 by Bill Schweigart

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The Sopranos meets Dungeons & Dragons in this dark humor crime novel about Family, TTRPGs, and escaping into fantasy.

Come celebrate the release of DIRTY 20 by Bill Schweigart on May 12! Bill will be joined in coversation by author Alex Segura (Daredevil: Enemy of My Enemy).About the DIRTY 20: Bill Schweigert (The Fatal Folklore Trilogy) game masters a crime fiction novel that will level up your crime game and make you finally get that THACO LIFE abs tattoo. Despite being son to Don Allesandro Fugue, AKA Big Al, AKA The Al Mighty, AKA King of the Denver streets, Tommy Fugue has never had much interest in the family business. But when his father assigns him the “summer job” of mastering digital money laundering, Tommy figures he can list some fake projects on FunFunder, pledge them with zombie accounts, and clean a dirty $20,000 in time for college in the fall. Unfortunately, just as he’s about to give a progress report to his father’s capos, the Family sees that a roleplaying game he mocked up using his mom’s old artwork has been funded to the tune of $650,000… and counting. The only thing scarier than an angry Big Al is a Big Al that smells money and family bonding. Voluntold by their mercurial boss to assist, various criminals and killers in the Family Fugue help playtest and produce Tommy’s 1,000 Blades of Tergivers RPG in the hopes they can truly turn a dirty twenty into legit millions. At first Tommy sees game sessions with brothel owners, hit women, and a street captain with OCD as yet another example of why he needs to get out from under his father. But when he realizes that being the game master might help him uncover what these criminals know about his mother’s disappearance a year ago, it’s Game On. Playing a game while making a game is tricky—especially when elements of the fantasy world keep blending into the players’ real lives. So when Tergivers’ influence starts the streets talking about how the Family Fugue is slipping, beware the new game Big Al starts playing, following rules only he knows.About the Authors:Bill Schweigart is the author of THE GUILTY ONE and “Women and Children First,” a story co-written with James Patterson in THREE DAYS TO LIVE. He is also the author of The Fatal Folklore Trilogy, which includes THE BEAST OF BARCROFT, NORTHWOODS, and THE DEVIL’S COLONY. He is a former Coast Guard officer who drew from his experiences at sea to write the nautical thriller, SLIPPING THE CABLE and the romantic comedy, RUNNING LIGHT. Bill currently lives in Arlington, VA with his family and too many cats who provide him with all the adventure he can handle.Alex Segura is the bestselling and award-winning author of <a href="https://www.alexsegura.com/books/secret-identity/" title="https://www.alexsegura.com/books/secret-identity/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Secret Identity</a>, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller, a New York Times Editor’s Choice and an NPR Best Mystery of the Year. His most recent publications include <a href="https://www.alexsegura.com/books/enemy-of-my-enemy/" title="https://www.alexsegura.com/books/enemy-of-my-enemy/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Daredevil: Enemy of My Enemy</a>, the second novel in the new Marvel Crime series, as well as <a href="https://www.alexsegura.com/books/marvels-daredevil-the-illustrated-history/" title="https://www.alexsegura.com/books/marvels-daredevil-the-illustrated-history/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Daredevil: The Illustrated History</a>, and <a href="https://www.patreon.com/TheForgottenFive" title="https://www.patreon.com/TheForgottenFive" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Forgotten Five</a> (with Sara Century), a creator-owned comic releasing on Patreon. He’s also the author of the acclaimed <a href="https://www.alexsegura.com/series/pete-fernandez/" title="https://www.alexsegura.com/series/pete-fernandez/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Pete Fernandez series</a>, as well as the Star Wars novel, <a href="https://www.alexsegura.com/books/star-wars-poe-dameron-free-fall/" title="https://www.alexsegura.com/books/star-wars-poe-dameron-free-fall/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Poe Dameron: Free Fall,</a> and the YA Spider-Verse adventure, <a href="https://www.alexsegura.com/books/arana-and-spider-man-2099-dark-tomorrow/" title="https://www.alexsegura.com/books/arana-and-spider-man-2099-dark-tomorrow/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Araña/Spider-Man 2099: Dark Tomorrow</a>.Event guidelines:Each ticket includes either a copy of DIRTY 20 or a $15 Twisted Spine gift card.Limited additional copies of the books will be available for purchase at the event.A signing will follow the discussion.If you have any questions about the guidelines or to request accessibility accommodations, please contact info@twistedspinebooks.com.

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