Maine Mystery Writer Richard Cass

As part of the Patsy Bray Mahoney Lecture Series, we are pleased to welcome author Richard Cass to the Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library on Friday, November 13, at 2:30 PM. Mr. Cass will discuss his series about a disaffected Army veteran who works as a surveyor and mapmaker in rural Maine: “The Last Altruist” and “Hard as a Headstone.” He has also published the seven-book Elder Darrow jazz mystery series, set in Boston. Cass’s books have won the Maine Literary Award and the Nancy Pearl Prize for Genre Fiction. Learn more at www.richardjcass.com.

“Hard as a Headstone” – “The dead don’t lie. The living do. Former Army CID investigator Ardmore Theberge just wanted to complete his assignment: a routine land survey. But when he discovers a young woman murdered in a historic Maine graveyard—her skull crushed by blunt-force trauma—routine goes out the window. The victim, Janey Nightingale, was part of an activist group fighting to stop a bottled water company from relocating the cemetery. The authorities seem in no hurry to solve the case. But when Ardmore’s friend Millicent Feathernight implores him to look into what appears to be a crime against a fellow Native American woman, he can’t say no. In the unorganized town of Platen, everyone has secrets and everyone has an agenda. When the victim’s identity proves to be as false as the town’s promises of cooperation, Ardmore realizes he’s stumbled into something far more dangerous than a simple murder. Especially when he becomes the prime suspect. Now Ardmore must use every skill from his mysterious military past to clear his name and expose a killer—before he becomes the graveyard’s next permanent resident.” Islandportpress.com

Parking is available at the library, on the street, with overflow at Village Fire Station (North Street). Copies of the books will be available for purchase and signing after the program. The Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library is located at 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport. For further information, please call 207-967-2778 or visit our website at graveslibrary.org.