South Lake Tahoe Friends of the Library​ is hosting local author Todd Borg on Aug. 15.

Borg will read from his latest book, “Tahoe Payback,” at the 6:30pm event at the library on Rufus Allen Boulevard.

Borg will also share his writing techniques, inspirations and story lines. Book sale and signing to follow.​

A synopsis of the book: When a man tells Tahoe Detective Owen McKenna that his girlfriend disappeared, McKenna wonders if the woman got cold feet and ran away. But when she turns up murdered on Fannette Island with red roses in her mouth, McKenna discovers that she used a scam charity to steal millions. Meanwhile, Street’s ex-con dad has jumped parole in Missouri, and she believes he is coming to punish her for her testimony that put him in prison decades before. Owen and Street are about to confront someone who wants them very dead.