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| June 29, 6:30 to 8pm Book Launching, Reading and Signing Tess Gerritsen Ice Cold (a New Rizzoli & Isles novel) |
| May 28, 6 to 7:30pm Reading and Signing Paul Doiron Poacher's Son |
Game warden Mike Bowditch returns home one evening to find an alarming voice from the past on his
answering machine: his father, Jack, a hard-drinking womanizer who makes his living poaching illegal
game. An even more frightening call comes the next morning from the police: They are searching for the
man who killed a beloved local cop the night before—and his father is their prime suspect. Jack has
escaped from police custody, and only Mike believes that his tormented father might not be guilty.
Now, alienated from the woman he loves, shunned by colleagues who have no sympathy for the
suspected cop killer, Mike must come to terms with his haunted past. He knows firsthand Jack’s
brutality, but is the man capable of murder? Desperate and alone, Mike strikes up an uneasy alliance with
a retired warden pilot, and together the two men journey deep into the Maine wilderness in search of a
runaway fugitive. There they meet a beautiful woman who claims to be Jack’s mistress but who seems
to be guarding a more dangerous secret. The only way for Mike to save his father now is to find the real
killer—which could mean putting everyone he loves in the line of fire.
Paul Doiron is the editor-in-chief of Down East magazine. A native of Maine, he graduated from Yale and
also holds an MFA from Emerson College. Paul is a Registered Maine Guide and lives on a trout stream
in coastal Maine with his wife, Kristen Lindquist. This is Paul's first event at the Owl & Turtle. Please
visit his web site at www.pauldoiron.com.
answering machine: his father, Jack, a hard-drinking womanizer who makes his living poaching illegal
game. An even more frightening call comes the next morning from the police: They are searching for the
man who killed a beloved local cop the night before—and his father is their prime suspect. Jack has
escaped from police custody, and only Mike believes that his tormented father might not be guilty.
Now, alienated from the woman he loves, shunned by colleagues who have no sympathy for the
suspected cop killer, Mike must come to terms with his haunted past. He knows firsthand Jack’s
brutality, but is the man capable of murder? Desperate and alone, Mike strikes up an uneasy alliance with
a retired warden pilot, and together the two men journey deep into the Maine wilderness in search of a
runaway fugitive. There they meet a beautiful woman who claims to be Jack’s mistress but who seems
to be guarding a more dangerous secret. The only way for Mike to save his father now is to find the real
killer—which could mean putting everyone he loves in the line of fire.
Paul Doiron is the editor-in-chief of Down East magazine. A native of Maine, he graduated from Yale and
also holds an MFA from Emerson College. Paul is a Registered Maine Guide and lives on a trout stream
in coastal Maine with his wife, Kristen Lindquist. This is Paul's first event at the Owl & Turtle. Please
visit his web site at www.pauldoiron.com.
In Wyoming for a medical conference, Boston medical examiner Maura Isles joins a group of friends on
a spur-of-the-moment ski trip. But when their SUV stalls on a snow-choked mountain road, they’re
stranded with no help in sight. As night falls, the group seeks refuge from the blizzard in the remote
village of Kingdom Come, where twelve eerily identical houses stand dark and abandoned. Something
terrible has happened in Kingdom Come: Meals sit untouched on tables, cars are still parked in garages.
The town’s previous residents seem to have vanished into thin air, but footprints in the snow betray the
presence of someone who still lurks in the cold darkness—someone who is watching Maura and her
friends.
Days later, Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli receives the grim news that Maura’s charred body has
been found in a mountain ravine. Shocked and grieving, Jane is determined to learn what happened to her
friend. The investigation plunges Jane into the twisted history of Kingdom Come, where a gruesome
discovery lies buried beneath the snow. As horrifying revelations come to light, Jane closes in on an
enemy both powerful and merciless—and the chilling truth about Maura’s fate.
Camden's own Tess Gerritsen is a physician and an internationally bestselling author. She gained
nationwide acclaim for her first novel of medical suspense, the New York Times bestseller Harvest. She
is also the author of the bestsellers The Bone Garden, The Mephisto Club, Vanish, Body Double, The
Sinner, The Apprentice, The Surgeon, Life Support, Bloodstream, and Gravity.
a spur-of-the-moment ski trip. But when their SUV stalls on a snow-choked mountain road, they’re
stranded with no help in sight. As night falls, the group seeks refuge from the blizzard in the remote
village of Kingdom Come, where twelve eerily identical houses stand dark and abandoned. Something
terrible has happened in Kingdom Come: Meals sit untouched on tables, cars are still parked in garages.
The town’s previous residents seem to have vanished into thin air, but footprints in the snow betray the
presence of someone who still lurks in the cold darkness—someone who is watching Maura and her
friends.
Days later, Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli receives the grim news that Maura’s charred body has
been found in a mountain ravine. Shocked and grieving, Jane is determined to learn what happened to her
friend. The investigation plunges Jane into the twisted history of Kingdom Come, where a gruesome
discovery lies buried beneath the snow. As horrifying revelations come to light, Jane closes in on an
enemy both powerful and merciless—and the chilling truth about Maura’s fate.
Camden's own Tess Gerritsen is a physician and an internationally bestselling author. She gained
nationwide acclaim for her first novel of medical suspense, the New York Times bestseller Harvest. She
is also the author of the bestsellers The Bone Garden, The Mephisto Club, Vanish, Body Double, The
Sinner, The Apprentice, The Surgeon, Life Support, Bloodstream, and Gravity.
| July 12, 9:30pm Simulcast Premiere of "Rizzoli & Isles" at the Camden Opera House Tess Gerritsen |
Camden's own Tess Gerritsen invites all readers to be her guest on July 12 when she will open the
Camden Opera House to show the premiere episode of "Rizzoli & Isles," a new TV series based on her
bestselling books. Prior to the 10 PM big-screen simulcast, at 9:30 PM Tess will give a brief presentation
about the journey of her characters from page to screen. Books will be available for purchase, and the
author's proceeds will be donated to the Camden Public Library.
"Rizzoli & Isles", which will air weekly on TNT starting this summer, stars Angie Harmon ("Law &
Order), Sasha Alexander ("NCIS"), Lorraine Bracco ("The Sopranos"), Billy Burke (the "Twilight"
movies), and Bruce McGill ("McGyver").
The event is free to the public, but tickets must be reserved in advance. To reserve seats please call
236-7963 or email dmorrison@camdenmaine.gov and leave your first and last name and how many
people will be attending. Street doors will open at 8:30 pm, auditorium will open at 9:00 PM; Tess will
speak from 9:30 - 10; the show will air - LIVE! - promptly at 10 PM, commercials and all!
Camden Opera House to show the premiere episode of "Rizzoli & Isles," a new TV series based on her
bestselling books. Prior to the 10 PM big-screen simulcast, at 9:30 PM Tess will give a brief presentation
about the journey of her characters from page to screen. Books will be available for purchase, and the
author's proceeds will be donated to the Camden Public Library.
"Rizzoli & Isles", which will air weekly on TNT starting this summer, stars Angie Harmon ("Law &
Order), Sasha Alexander ("NCIS"), Lorraine Bracco ("The Sopranos"), Billy Burke (the "Twilight"
movies), and Bruce McGill ("McGyver").
The event is free to the public, but tickets must be reserved in advance. To reserve seats please call
236-7963 or email dmorrison@camdenmaine.gov and leave your first and last name and how many
people will be attending. Street doors will open at 8:30 pm, auditorium will open at 9:00 PM; Tess will
speak from 9:30 - 10; the show will air - LIVE! - promptly at 10 PM, commercials and all!
Whoopie pies could be declared the official Maine dessert, and many assert that is exactly where the
rotund chocolate confection originated—Maine. However, individuals from Pennsylvania seem to have
an equally strong claim to the honor. No matter— aficionados in both locales never tire of the giant
sandwich cookies! These comfort-food treats are enjoying a renaissance as bakeries on the Internet
offer gourmet versions—shipped anywhere. This little book is a wide-ranging, lighthearted look at
whoopie pies and the folks who love them. Contains 16 recipes, including "healthy," gluten-free, and
zucchini whoopie pies!
Thomaston's Nancy Griffin has been a freelance writer for more than 20 years, writing for newspapers,
magazines and trade publications. Before that, she was a newspaper and wire service reporter and editor.
Nancy is the author of two previous books. She also has taught workshops on writing and newsletter
publishing for the University of Maine in Augusta. A lifelong whoopie pie lover, she can often be found
munching on one of these classic treats while writing (or driving, or sitting in the house with a cup of
coffee) and she has even been known to share, but not often.
rotund chocolate confection originated—Maine. However, individuals from Pennsylvania seem to have
an equally strong claim to the honor. No matter— aficionados in both locales never tire of the giant
sandwich cookies! These comfort-food treats are enjoying a renaissance as bakeries on the Internet
offer gourmet versions—shipped anywhere. This little book is a wide-ranging, lighthearted look at
whoopie pies and the folks who love them. Contains 16 recipes, including "healthy," gluten-free, and
zucchini whoopie pies!
Thomaston's Nancy Griffin has been a freelance writer for more than 20 years, writing for newspapers,
magazines and trade publications. Before that, she was a newspaper and wire service reporter and editor.
Nancy is the author of two previous books. She also has taught workshops on writing and newsletter
publishing for the University of Maine in Augusta. A lifelong whoopie pie lover, she can often be found
munching on one of these classic treats while writing (or driving, or sitting in the house with a cup of
coffee) and she has even been known to share, but not often.
| July 15, 6 to 8pm Signing and Whoopie Pie Eating and Stacking Contest at The Camden Public Library Nancy Griffin Making Whoopies: The Official Whoopie Pie Book |
| July 16, 7 to 8:30pm Reading and Signing James Hayman The Chill of the Night |
Fresh off the success of The Cutting, James Hayman brings Portland-based Detective Michael McCabe
back in an even more powerful tale of duplicity, murder, and revenge.
Glamorous young attorney Lainie Goff thought she had it all—brains, beauty, and a fast-track to a
partnership in a top-ranked firm that was going to make her rich. But then one cold winter night she
pushed things too far, and her naked frozen body is found in the sub-zero temperatures at the end of the
Portland Fish Pier. The only witness to the crime: a mentally disturbed young woman named Abby Quinn
who mysteriously disappears the very same night.
With the discovery of Lainie Goff ’s body and the disappearance of Abby Quinn, detective Michael
McCabe finds himself on the trail of a relentless and clever killer. A killer he must find before another life
is lost. With The Chill of Night James Hayman returns to tell a gripping tale of evil and deceit and
creates characters so real and so human, we want to meet them again and again.
James Hayman spent more than twenty years as a senior creative director at one of New York’s largest
advertising agencies. He and his wife, artist Jeanne O’Toole Hayman, now live in Portland. This is his
second novel. This is Jiml's second event at the Owl & Turtle. Please visit his web site at www.
jameshaymanthrillers.com.
back in an even more powerful tale of duplicity, murder, and revenge.
Glamorous young attorney Lainie Goff thought she had it all—brains, beauty, and a fast-track to a
partnership in a top-ranked firm that was going to make her rich. But then one cold winter night she
pushed things too far, and her naked frozen body is found in the sub-zero temperatures at the end of the
Portland Fish Pier. The only witness to the crime: a mentally disturbed young woman named Abby Quinn
who mysteriously disappears the very same night.
With the discovery of Lainie Goff ’s body and the disappearance of Abby Quinn, detective Michael
McCabe finds himself on the trail of a relentless and clever killer. A killer he must find before another life
is lost. With The Chill of Night James Hayman returns to tell a gripping tale of evil and deceit and
creates characters so real and so human, we want to meet them again and again.
James Hayman spent more than twenty years as a senior creative director at one of New York’s largest
advertising agencies. He and his wife, artist Jeanne O’Toole Hayman, now live in Portland. This is his
second novel. This is Jiml's second event at the Owl & Turtle. Please visit his web site at www.
jameshaymanthrillers.com.
| July 23, 6 to 7:30pm Reading and Signing Linda Greenlaw Seaworthy |
The bestselling author's sequel to The Hungry Ocean, Seaworthy is a fast- paced account of her return to
swordfishing
Linda Greenlaw hadn't been bluewater fishing for ten years- not since the events chronicled in the best
selling titles, The Perfect Storm and The Hungry Ocean. When her lobster traps aren't paying off, her
truck is on its last gasp, and the bills are piling up, she decides to take a friend up on his offer and
captain a boat for a season of swordfishing. A decade older, and with family responsibilities, she's a
different person heading out to sea, but any reluctance is quickly tempered by the magnetic lure of
adventure. And the adventures begin almost immediately: The ship turns out to be rusty and ancient, and
even with a crew of four Greenlaw is faced with technical challenges. There are the expected
complexities of longline fishing and the nuances of reading the weather. Her greatest challenge,
however, comes when the boat's lines inadvertently drift into Canadian waters and Greenlaw is thrown in
jail.
Capturing the moment-by-moment details of her journey, Greenlaw tells a story about human nature and
the nature around us, about learning what can be controlled and when to let fate step in. Seaworthy is a
compelling narrative about a person setting her own terms and finding her true self between land and
water.
Isle au Haut's Linda Greenlaw is author of three New York Times bestselling books. She is featured in
the hit Discovery Channel series Swords: Life on the Line. The second season of Swords will premier in
August 2010. Greenlaw first came to the public’s attention in Sebastian Junger’s The Perfect Storm,
where Junger called her “one of the best captains … on the entire east coast.” This is Linda's fourth
event at the Owl & Turtle. Please visit her web site at www.lindagreenlawbooks.com.
swordfishing
Linda Greenlaw hadn't been bluewater fishing for ten years- not since the events chronicled in the best
selling titles, The Perfect Storm and The Hungry Ocean. When her lobster traps aren't paying off, her
truck is on its last gasp, and the bills are piling up, she decides to take a friend up on his offer and
captain a boat for a season of swordfishing. A decade older, and with family responsibilities, she's a
different person heading out to sea, but any reluctance is quickly tempered by the magnetic lure of
adventure. And the adventures begin almost immediately: The ship turns out to be rusty and ancient, and
even with a crew of four Greenlaw is faced with technical challenges. There are the expected
complexities of longline fishing and the nuances of reading the weather. Her greatest challenge,
however, comes when the boat's lines inadvertently drift into Canadian waters and Greenlaw is thrown in
jail.
Capturing the moment-by-moment details of her journey, Greenlaw tells a story about human nature and
the nature around us, about learning what can be controlled and when to let fate step in. Seaworthy is a
compelling narrative about a person setting her own terms and finding her true self between land and
water.
Isle au Haut's Linda Greenlaw is author of three New York Times bestselling books. She is featured in
the hit Discovery Channel series Swords: Life on the Line. The second season of Swords will premier in
August 2010. Greenlaw first came to the public’s attention in Sebastian Junger’s The Perfect Storm,
where Junger called her “one of the best captains … on the entire east coast.” This is Linda's fourth
event at the Owl & Turtle. Please visit her web site at www.lindagreenlawbooks.com.
| August 6, 6 to 7:30pm Reading and Signing Doris Buffett Giving it all Away: The Doris Buffett Story |
At 82 years young, Doris, big sister of billionaire Warren, is on a mission. When she inherited millions in
Berkshire Hathaway stock from a family trust in 1996, instead of clinging to it like a security blanket, she
dedicated the rest of her life to giving it away—all of it—mostly to individuals in trouble through no fault
of their own. So far she’s given away $100 million of her own money. She says she wants to give it all
away; that she wants the last check she writes to bounce due to “insufficient funds.”
She began the Sunshine Lady Foundation, helping battered women, sick children, and at-risk kids who
otherwise would never have had the chance to go to college. She’s also funding college programs for
prison inmates, lowering recidivism. And she does it through “retail philanthropy,” often making personal
phone calls to those who need help, one by one.
The book, written with her full cooperation, begins with her growing up as the primary target of an
abusive mother’s rage, goes on to talk about her having to watch every penny to take care of her family
as a young wife and mother, and how, years after becoming one of the first investors in an early Warren
partnership and making a fortune, she found herself $2 million in debt and almost lost her home in the
1987 stock market crash. It’s a life of many trials from which she has only gained greater strength and
more magnanimity, a life in which she’s been estranged from her three children and endured four
horrific marriages and divorces.
So much bad luck and pain would harden most hearts, and Doris has suffered through bouts of
depression. Yet, she has kept her heart open, focusing on the needs of others.
While the Buffett name has not meant a life of ease for Doris, it has created a sense, not only of
responsibility, but of urgency to help others, and to get involved in a very personal way. She’s been
knocked down repeatedly, only to get up, brush herself off, and go on. So there’s no greater joy for her
than knowing she’s given someone else a hand up.
Berkshire Hathaway stock from a family trust in 1996, instead of clinging to it like a security blanket, she
dedicated the rest of her life to giving it away—all of it—mostly to individuals in trouble through no fault
of their own. So far she’s given away $100 million of her own money. She says she wants to give it all
away; that she wants the last check she writes to bounce due to “insufficient funds.”
She began the Sunshine Lady Foundation, helping battered women, sick children, and at-risk kids who
otherwise would never have had the chance to go to college. She’s also funding college programs for
prison inmates, lowering recidivism. And she does it through “retail philanthropy,” often making personal
phone calls to those who need help, one by one.
The book, written with her full cooperation, begins with her growing up as the primary target of an
abusive mother’s rage, goes on to talk about her having to watch every penny to take care of her family
as a young wife and mother, and how, years after becoming one of the first investors in an early Warren
partnership and making a fortune, she found herself $2 million in debt and almost lost her home in the
1987 stock market crash. It’s a life of many trials from which she has only gained greater strength and
more magnanimity, a life in which she’s been estranged from her three children and endured four
horrific marriages and divorces.
So much bad luck and pain would harden most hearts, and Doris has suffered through bouts of
depression. Yet, she has kept her heart open, focusing on the needs of others.
While the Buffett name has not meant a life of ease for Doris, it has created a sense, not only of
responsibility, but of urgency to help others, and to get involved in a very personal way. She’s been
knocked down repeatedly, only to get up, brush herself off, and go on. So there’s no greater joy for her
than knowing she’s given someone else a hand up.
