Weekend Update: January 7-8, 2023

Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will be posts by Joe Souza (Monday), John Clark (Tuesday), Vaughn Hardacker (Thursday), and Maggie Robinson (Friday).

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

RIPPED OFF

Vaughn C. Hardacker’s seventh thriller,RIPPED OFF, is scheduled for release by Encircle Publications on January 25th. It is available for preorder.

Retired or not, never double-cross a hitman…

A former hitman’s retirement bankroll has been stolen. To recover his money, the quest will lead him from Maine to Boston, Boston to the Caribbean Islands, and then to the Amazon Rainforest of Brazil. He will be faced with crooked lawyers, South American drug lords, and the largest and most violent of Brazil’s criminal syndicates.

Signed copies can be ordered from vaughn at vhardacker@gmail.com.

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, along with the very popular “Making a Mystery” with audience participation, and “Casting Call: How We Staff Our Mysteries.” We also do programs on Zoom. Contact Kate Flora