Wednesday, May 29th, 6:30-7:30PM

Peter Abrahams is an American author of crime fiction and suspense novels. Abrahams writes Echo Falls Mysteries and standalone novels under his own name as well as well as the Chet & Bernie Mysteries and under the pen name of Spencer Quinn. Stephen King has called Abrahams his “favorite American suspense novelist.”

Copies of the newest book by Spencer Quinn, Mrs. Plansky’s Revenge will be available to check out at Circulation Desk.

Wednesday, June 5th, 6:30 - 7:30PM

Join us for a reading and signing of Christine Knapp's novel Murder on the Books (

Murder on the Books Modern Midwife Mysteries Book 3).

Christine Knapp practiced as a nurse-midwife for many years. A writer of texts and journal articles, she is now thrilled to combine her love of midwifery and mysteries as a fiction author. Christine currently narrates books for the visually impaired. A dog lover, she lives near Boston.

Tuesday, June 25th 6:30 - 7:30PM

Henriette Lazaridis is the author of The Clover House (a Boston Globe bestseller), Terra Nova (which the New York Times called "ingenious"), and Last Days in Plaka (publishing April 2024).

Good Morning America recently picked her book, LAST DAYS IN PLAKA for the Book Buzz Pick .

Her essays and articles have been published in Elle, Forge, Narrative Magazine, The New York Times, New England Review, The Millions, and Pangyrus, and earned her a Massachusetts Cultural Council Artists Grant.

Wednesday, July 16th, 6:30 - 7:30PM

William J. Goyette has worked as a copywriter in the corporate world for more than twenty years, using his love of words to inspire, influence, and entertain. His first novel, In Our Blood, introduced Detective Jake Hawksworth, and he is currently at work on Phobia, the next in the Hawksworth mystery series.

This Guy Walks Into a Bar is William’s first standalone thriller

Wednesday, October 9th, 6:30-7:30PM

Virginia Pye’s fourth book of fiction, The Literary Undoing of Victoria Swann, has been called “captivating and delicious,” by Margot Livesey; “witty, intelligent, and exuberant,” by Christopher Castellani; and “a book lover’s delight,” by Kerri Maher. Her story collection Shelf Life of Happiness won the 2019 Independent Publishers Gold Medal for Short Fiction.

Saturday, October 19th, 2:30-3:30PM

Join local author Daniel Gagnon for a discussion of his book A Salem Witch: the Trial, Execution, and Exoneration of Rebecca Nurse. Gagnon will shine a spotlight on Nurse’s life and the 1692 witch hunt in general. A Salem Witch reveals a remarkable woman whose legacy has transformed how the witch hunt has been remembered and memorialized.

Wednesday, November 20th, 6:30 -7:30PM

Cooking instructor Tammy Donroe Inman, award-winning author of New England Desserts: Classic and Creative Recipes for All Seasons, will discuss her favorite desserts that originated in Massachusetts, the stories behind them, and the pleasures of seasonal baking.