On January 11, 2017, The Porter Memorial Library opened its 2017 Meet the Author series with Kathryn Gualtieri.
Gualtieri, author and history buff, discussed her new mystery novel, A BRUSH WITH DEATH. Nora Finnegan, CARMEL PINE CONE reporter has returned to solve another mystery in Gualtieri’s 5th installment of her historical series.
It offers a snapshot of life in Carmel-by-the-Sea at the outset of the Great Depression and reveals its terrible effect on the struggling artist colony. Jobs are scarce. Money is tight. There is even talk of issuing local scrip. Amid the promises from the candidates who are vying for seats on the Carmel City Council, a former resident and prominent Socialist stirs up confrontation as a solution to the villagers’ plight.
Using her investigative skills, Nora discovers that some are resorting to art fraud, blackmail, and even murder to survive.
A resident of Capitola, Gaultieri is a former book critic and features writer for the Carmel Pine Cone. She currently serves on Carmel’s Historic Resources Board. In addition to the novel, Gualtieri has appended a non-fiction essay that offers a centennial year tribute to community activist and former publisher of the Carmel Pine Cone, Perry Newberry.
The Meet the Author programs are informal coffee hours around the fireplace where local authors discuss their works, answer questions form the audience and autograph copies of their books. The programs are free and open to the public. They are scheduled for the second Wednesday of January, February, March and April at 10:30 a.m. Refreshments and coffee will be served with The Ugly Mug providing the coffee.
The library is located at 3050 Porter Street, Soquel. Limited parking is available behind the library. Enter from Soquel Drive into the Bagelery parking lot and drive through to the left.
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For more information, call the library at 475-3326 during library hours: Monday-Friday 12-4 and Saturday 10 a.m.- 2 p.m., or visit the library website at: www.porterml.org
Upcoming Authors:
- February 8: Dan Haifley, 50 YEARS OF SAFE HARBOR
- March 8: Susan Samuels Drake, FIELD OF COURAGE
- April 12: Trami Nguyen Cron, VIETNAM EAZY