Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will be posts by Maggie Robinson (Monday), Kate Flora (Tuesday), Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson (Thursday) and Maureen Milliken (Friday).

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

 COVER REVEAL from Kathy Lynn Emerson: Treacherous Visions is still being revised and does not yet have cover art, but I’ve just released the reprint edition of Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie, the first book in my Face Down Mystery series. It’s print-on-demand, so it will have to be special ordered from brick-and-mortar stores. Barnes & Noble online already has copies and it will be available from Amazon, Kobo, and other online booksellers too. The rest of the series will be published in the course of 2024 and early 2025. These are trade paperbacks priced at $15.99 each.

Here’s the link to Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/face-down-in-the-marrow-bone-pie-kathy-lynn-emerson/1100068873?ean=9798224041183

Warning: For the moment you might want to avoid ordering a copy from Amazon. They’ve listed the book, but the only copies available so far are from one of their “other sellers” and that seller has added $10 to the price!

Matt Cost had a fabulous time with fellow Crime Writer, Kate Flora, and others at the Exeter Lit Festival this past weekend. He also was at the Albert Church Brown Memorial Library in China Village and was happy to see fellow mystery writer Gerry Boyle in the audience! At the time of this writing, Matt has not yet visited the Skowhegan Free Public Library, but by the time of your reading, he will have. Maybe he saw you there? Matt will be visiting a book club at Illume Books in Newburyport on Tuesday, Farmington Public Library on Wednesday, and the Gray Public Library on Thursday next week. Come on out and hear about the evolution of a book via the pirate ship Pirate Trap!

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