Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will be posts by Jule Selbo (Monday), Joe Souza (Tuesday), Vaughn Hardacker (Thursday), and Rob Kelley (Friday).

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

For those who heard her great talk at the Crime Wave, and those who didn’t but would love to meet brilliant editor and author Juliet Grames, there’s this:

Gulf of Maine Books and Vessel and Vine are teaming up to bring you an Italian mystery night, with wine. We will be celebrating with author Juliet Grames, and her new novel “The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia, set in the wilds of inner Calabria. The event will take place at Vessel and Vine (just behind the bookstore, on Pleasant Street) on Sept. 10, 6-8 PM. The evening will include Juliet reading from the book and in conversation with Gary Lawless. The admission price of $25 includes a glass of Calabrian wine and appetizers (of course more wine will be available for purchase). There are only 30 places, so please act quickly if you would like to join us. Please contact Gulf of Maine Books 729-5083, or drop by the bookstore for tickets or for more information.

The book has just been published, and is available at Gulf of Maine or at the event.

Come and hear the author, have a glass of wine, and venture off to Calabria!!

from Kathy Lynn Emerson: I’m continuing to bring out newly edited trade paperbacks of the books in my Face Down Mystery series. Face Down Before Rebel Hooves (book six) was released on September 5, joining Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie, Face Down Upon an Herbal, Face Down Among the Winchester Geese, Face Down Beneath the Eleanor Cross, and Face Down Under the Wych Elm. In this one, it is 1569. In the north of England, two Catholic earls and their countesses are plotting rebellion. In an attempt to stop what became known as the Rising of the Northern Earls, spymaster Walter Pendennis asks for help from sixteenth-century gentlewoman, herbalist, and sleuth, Susanna, Lady Appleton. Embedded in the countess of Northumberland’s household under an assumed identity, she has a front row seat as history unfolds. The Bangor Daily News called Face Down Before Rebel Hooves “The most satisfying book in the series.” The trade paperbacks sell for $15.99 each and can be ordered by any bookstore or library. For e-book editions, the text is identical in the three Face Down Collections, which contain all the novels and short stories. Please note that the individual e-books available online contain older versions of the novels. The plots and characters are the same but I personally prefer the updated editions, which  have been revised to get rid of wordiness, the occasional historical or continuity error, and a few other minor issues.

Matt Cost will be doing a COST TALK at the Southport Memorial Library on September 12th at 6:30 p.m. The focus will be on the recent release of City Gone Askew. On September Friday, September 13th, Cost will be traveling to Springfield, Massachusetts to be on a panel for the Association of Rural and Small Libraries.

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