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Red-hot real estate agent Darby Farr has spent years trying to forget her hometown of Hurricane Harbor,
Maine--especially the painful memories of being raised by her controlling aunt following her parents'
tragic deaths. Then one morning, she learns her aunt is dying, and the calculating woman has one final
demand: clinch the multimillion-dollar sale of Fairview, a breathtaking waterfront estate.
The deal seems simple, but trouble is brewing on the rocky coast. Within hours of Darby's arrival, an
obscure deed restriction scuttles the sale just as the backup buyer is found bludgeoned to death on the
property's grounds. Assisted by handsome journalist Miles Porter, Darby uncovers dark secrets that
reveal an ugly scandal . . . and even uglier motives for murder. As a brutal storm surges up the coast,
Darby must salvage the deal, find the killer--and somehow stay alive.
" Doudera] expertly weaves a tale of suspense on a Maine island, where murder and real estate are an
explosive combination."-Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of The Mephisto Club
"Here's a fast-paced and well-told story with a smart, savvy real estate agent as the heroine, solving
crimes while making sales. Bring on the next one "-Barbara Corcoran, real estate contributor for NBC's
Today Show and author of Nextville: Amazing Places to Live the Rest of Your Life
Maine--especially the painful memories of being raised by her controlling aunt following her parents'
tragic deaths. Then one morning, she learns her aunt is dying, and the calculating woman has one final
demand: clinch the multimillion-dollar sale of Fairview, a breathtaking waterfront estate.
The deal seems simple, but trouble is brewing on the rocky coast. Within hours of Darby's arrival, an
obscure deed restriction scuttles the sale just as the backup buyer is found bludgeoned to death on the
property's grounds. Assisted by handsome journalist Miles Porter, Darby uncovers dark secrets that
reveal an ugly scandal . . . and even uglier motives for murder. As a brutal storm surges up the coast,
Darby must salvage the deal, find the killer--and somehow stay alive.
" Doudera] expertly weaves a tale of suspense on a Maine island, where murder and real estate are an
explosive combination."-Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of The Mephisto Club
"Here's a fast-paced and well-told story with a smart, savvy real estate agent as the heroine, solving
crimes while making sales. Bring on the next one "-Barbara Corcoran, real estate contributor for NBC's
Today Show and author of Nextville: Amazing Places to Live the Rest of Your Life
| April 23, 6 to 7:30pm Reading and Signing Vicki Doudera A House to Die For: A Darby Farr Mystery |
| 32 Washington Street Camden, Maine 04843 Telephone: (207) 236-4769 |
| March 23, 6:30 to 8pm Reading and Signing at the Camden Public Library Jim Mitchell Reopening Pandora's Box |
Author Jim Mitchell presents Reopening Pandora’s Box, a special event for Women’s History Month.
The book, Reopening Pandora’s Box: Women’s Influence in Myth and Reality, is a romp through
women’s history, looking at women’s particular strengths and influences on society. In the process it
overturns religious myths, downplaying their past importance, and resurrects numerous women’s stories
that have been neglected by history. It is an upbeat examination of women who lived independently, who
refused to accept “no,” and who have influenced all our lives.
The book, Reopening Pandora’s Box: Women’s Influence in Myth and Reality, is a romp through
women’s history, looking at women’s particular strengths and influences on society. In the process it
overturns religious myths, downplaying their past importance, and resurrects numerous women’s stories
that have been neglected by history. It is an upbeat examination of women who lived independently, who
refused to accept “no,” and who have influenced all our lives.
New York Times Bestselling author, Lisa See, will highlight this year's Maine Literary Festival at the
Camden Opera House. Tickets are $20 and may be purchased at the bookstore.
Lisa See, author of the critically-acclaimed international bestseller, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, has
always been intrigued by stories that have been lost, forgotten, or deliberately covered up, whether in the
past or happening right now in the world today. Ms. See's new novel, Shanghai Girls, once again delves
into forgotten history. This time she's stayed much closer to home: Los Angeles Chinatown.
Shanghai Girls is about two sisters, Pearl and May, who leave Shanghai in 1937 and go to Los Angeles
in arranged marriages. It is a story of immigration, identity, war, and love, but at its heart, Shanghai
Girls is a story of sisters. Pearl and May are inseparable best friends, who share hopes, dreams, and a
deep connection. But like sisters everywhere, they also harbor petty jealousies and rivalries. Publishers
Weekly calls Shanghai Girls "excellent... an accomplished and absorbing novel," while Booklist has
written that it's a "buoyant and lustrous paean to the bonds of sisterhood."
Ms See is probably best known for Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, for which she traveled to a remote
area of China—where she was told she was only the second foreigner ever to visit—to research the
secret writing invented, used, and kept a secret by women for over a thousand years. Amy Tan called
the novel "achingly beautiful, a marvel of imagination." Others agreed, and foreign-language rights for
Snow Flower were sold to 38 countries. The novel also became a New York Times bestseller. MGM
Studios acquired the film rights.
Camden Opera House. Tickets are $20 and may be purchased at the bookstore.
Lisa See, author of the critically-acclaimed international bestseller, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, has
always been intrigued by stories that have been lost, forgotten, or deliberately covered up, whether in the
past or happening right now in the world today. Ms. See's new novel, Shanghai Girls, once again delves
into forgotten history. This time she's stayed much closer to home: Los Angeles Chinatown.
Shanghai Girls is about two sisters, Pearl and May, who leave Shanghai in 1937 and go to Los Angeles
in arranged marriages. It is a story of immigration, identity, war, and love, but at its heart, Shanghai
Girls is a story of sisters. Pearl and May are inseparable best friends, who share hopes, dreams, and a
deep connection. But like sisters everywhere, they also harbor petty jealousies and rivalries. Publishers
Weekly calls Shanghai Girls "excellent... an accomplished and absorbing novel," while Booklist has
written that it's a "buoyant and lustrous paean to the bonds of sisterhood."
Ms See is probably best known for Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, for which she traveled to a remote
area of China—where she was told she was only the second foreigner ever to visit—to research the
secret writing invented, used, and kept a secret by women for over a thousand years. Amy Tan called
the novel "achingly beautiful, a marvel of imagination." Others agreed, and foreign-language rights for
Snow Flower were sold to 38 countries. The novel also became a New York Times bestseller. MGM
Studios acquired the film rights.
| April 13, 7pm Maine Literary Festival Lisa See Shanghai Girls |
"The aim of the artist," William Faulkner wrote, "is to arrest motion, which is life. A hundred years later,
a stranger looks at it, and it moves again." Nationally recognized maritime artist Loretta Krupinski keeps
that thought in mind as she researches and executes her beautiful canvases on nautical subjects. Her
paintings show fascinating details of Maine's waterfront towns in their heyday, when fishing and
quarrying and the cargo trade were the backbone of the coastal economy. Historic photographs and
informative text about how Maine people made their living 70 to 150 years ago round out this rich and
varied portrayal of a past way of life.
Originally from Long Island, Krupinski moved first to Old Lyme, Connecticut, and then to South
Thomaston, Maine. She worked for many years as an illustrator and graphic designer, before eventually
developing her unique dual career as a maritime artist and illustrator of children's books (27 at last
count). She is also an avid gardener, and wrote the gardening text, A Maine Artist's Garden Journal.
Krupinski is fellow and board member of the American Society of Marine Artists, and a six-time winner
at the International Marine Artists Exhibition at Mystic Gallery in Connecticut.
a stranger looks at it, and it moves again." Nationally recognized maritime artist Loretta Krupinski keeps
that thought in mind as she researches and executes her beautiful canvases on nautical subjects. Her
paintings show fascinating details of Maine's waterfront towns in their heyday, when fishing and
quarrying and the cargo trade were the backbone of the coastal economy. Historic photographs and
informative text about how Maine people made their living 70 to 150 years ago round out this rich and
varied portrayal of a past way of life.
Originally from Long Island, Krupinski moved first to Old Lyme, Connecticut, and then to South
Thomaston, Maine. She worked for many years as an illustrator and graphic designer, before eventually
developing her unique dual career as a maritime artist and illustrator of children's books (27 at last
count). She is also an avid gardener, and wrote the gardening text, A Maine Artist's Garden Journal.
Krupinski is fellow and board member of the American Society of Marine Artists, and a six-time winner
at the International Marine Artists Exhibition at Mystic Gallery in Connecticut.
| May 4, 6:30 to 8pm Reading and Signing at The Camden Public Library Loretta Krupinski Looking Astern |
| June 27, 6:30 to 8pm Book Launching, Reading and Signing Tess Gerritsen Ice Cold (a New Rizzoli & Isles novel) |
