Visit and revisit illustrations that shift before your eyes as you gain contextual understanding of the interlocked stories in this book. This mystery-horror novel is unlike anything I’ve ever read before. Truly chilling!
-Lucy, Secret Garden Books, Seattle, WA
On Seattle Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday, April 25th, 2026, Secret Garden Books is hosting a pre-order raffle for Lucy Tan’s own novel, Tiger’s Mouth, which releases November 17, 2026. Preorder a copy of Tiger’s Mouth from the store on Independent Bookstore Day to be entered to win a $50 Secret Garden gift certificate.
Secret Garden will also be giving away free Dough Joy donut holes (as long as they last…), and for every $50 you spend day-of, you get a free Blind Date with a Book from the selection of ARCs (advance reader copies)!
Lucy at Secret Garden
Collect a Seattle Independent Bookstore Day passport from any participating bookstore, and from April 25th to May 5th you can continue to celebrate by going on the Passport Challenge!
Get a stamp at 5+ participating stores and you can turn your passport in for a single use discount of 25% at one bookstore.
Get a stamp at all 33 bookstores and you’ll be awarded with a Bookstore Champion Card– good for a one time 25% discount at every store!
About Tiger’s Mouth:
As the oldest son of caterers from Queens, Jack Chen learned from an early age that to be afforded the same opportunities as the rich kids he studied on the subway, he had to act like one. When he finagles his way into a prestigious internship at tech giant K.O. Systems, he’s prepared to fake everything: his credentials, his confidence, even his entire past. What he isn’t prepared for is his officemate, Jack Owens, the depressed son of the company’s billionaire founder, who’s only there for a summer reprieve from his father’s scrutiny.
Nostalgic, heart-wrenching, and propulsive, Tiger’s Mouth is a nuanced portrait of complex friendship, family dynamics, and love in its most unexpected forms.
The book releases nationally November 17, 2026, but you can preorder it now at Secret Garden Books and any independent bookstore. (Only preorders from Secret Garden Books on Independent Bookstore Day, 4/25/26, are entries into the Secret Garden raffle, though!)
