Next week at Maine Crime Writers, there will be posts by Susan Vaughan (Monday) Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson (Tuesday), Jen Blood (Wednesday), Jessie Crockett (Thursday) and Lea Wait (Friday).

In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of us who blog regularly at Maine Crime Writers:

From Kathy Lynn Emerson: If any of you are in the UK, or are in the habit of ordering books from the Book Depository or Amazon’s UK branch, the third Mistress Jaffrey Mystery, Murder in a Cornish Alehouse is available now. It is set in England and Ireland in 1584 and both pirates and smugglers are among those suspected of murder. There’s also political skullduggery. Of course there is. It’s the sixteenth century. The US publication date for both the hardcover and the ebook is April 1^st. No foolin’.

Bruce Robert Coffin will be appearing at the North Gorham Public Library (2 Standish Neck Road, Gorham, Maine) on Thursday, January 19th, at 7:00 pm. He’ll be reading from and answering questions about his bestselling novel, Among the Shadows.

Maureen Milliken, Bruce Robert Coffin, Jen Blood and Vaughn Hardacker will present a Death & Desserts panel at the Carrabassett Valley Public Library, 4:30-6:30 p.m. today (January 14). Come for the death, stay for the desserts! The authors will sign and sell books as well.

An invitation to readers of this blog: Do you have news relating to Maine, Crime, or Writing? We’d love to hear from you. Just comment below to share.

And a reminder: If your library, school, or organization is looking for a speaker, we are often available to talk about the writing process, research, where we get our ideas, and other mysteries of the business. Contact Kate Flora