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Mentone Public Library Zooms with Laraine Stephens

Ticket Information

  • General Zoom Admission: $5.00 each
  • Additional fees may apply

Dates

  • Sat 20 Nov 2021, 11:00am–12:30pm

Tour

Part of Virtual Events

Restrictions

All Ages

Mentone Public Library's local author talk program, "An Author for All Seasons: Series Eleven" continues.

Fellow Sleuths, please join us in our Zoom Room, together with Local Historical Crime Fiction Author Laraine Stephens as we venture back to the year 1918 to explore a gruesome, murderous crime-spree unfolding in City of Bayside's historical Brighton.

ABOUT THE BOOK: "THE DEATH MASK MURDERS"
‘A razor must be straight. A razor must be polished. A razor must be sharp.’

As a wild storm batters Brighton, Emma Hart, an aspiring artist, and Max Rushforth, a shell-shocked ex-soldier, take refuge in the cellar of a derelict mansion, the Death Mask Murderer’s lair and home to his sinister collection of plaster casts of murdered women. With Max in the spotlight of the police investigation, Emma gathers together an unlikely cast of amateur sleuths to solve the case. There is her feisty great aunt, Mrs Florence Darrow, a wealthy Brighton matron and philanthropist, as well as Reggie da Costa, The Argus‘s premier crime reporter, bon vivant and sometime Socialist. Lastly, there is Dr Silas Bacon, an expert in death masks. Together, they combine their respective talents to track down a murderer.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Laraine Stephens lives in Beaumaris, a bayside suburb of Melbourne, Australia. With an Arts degree from the University of Melbourne, a Diploma of Education and a Graduate Diploma in Librarianship, she worked in secondary schools as a Head of Library. On retirement, Laraine decided to turn her hand to the craft of crime writing.

She is a member of Writers Victoria, Sisters in Crime (Australia), the Australian Crime Writers’ Association and the Crime Writers’ Association of the UK.

PRE-ORDER COPIES AHEAD OF ZOOM EVENT:
Available from Beaumaris Books:
Website: https://beaumaris-books.myshopify.com/products/the-death-mask-murders
Phone: 0422 522 007

ABOUT ZOOM ENTRY: $5
Payment options provided after booking request received.
Zoom link issued two days before event to all who have booked and paid.

NOTE:
Though the end of Lockdown 6.0 in Melbourne has taken effect,
as yet there is no announced re-opening date for community facilities.
Our library must remain closed until further notice.

SUPPORT AT HAND:
If you wish to attend this event but cannot pay using the options provided after booking, please email us: mentonepubliclibrary@gmail.com.

Together we will find a way to welcome you to our Zoom Room.

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