The August Author Talk Series of The Whitefield Library will host Geoffrey Bates for a reading and discussion of his debut crime novel “Bitter Passage: An Allegheny Beckham Novel” at 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16. Books will be available for purchase and signing after the presentation.
The Kennebec Journal’s Bill Bushnell calls the book a “gritty cop-drama/murder-mystery set in a cold Maine winter.” Bates thinks like a cop, “creating a suspenseful tale of a savvy female deputy up to her gun belt in crime, deadly intrigue, and professional treachery. Bates has a well-crafted, tense crime drama … And Beckham? Well, she’s not done yet, and the ending will surprise you.”
A patchwork of moves beginning and ending in his native New England has provided Bates with a rich palette of experience from which he shapes his narratives. After finding a professional niche in arts administration, he settled and raised a family near Chicago. He now lives and writes year-round in South Bristol.
“Bitter Passage” is available for purchase at Fiction: A Novel Bookshop in Wiscasset, Sherman’s Booksellers throughout Maine, Left Bank Books in Belfast, BookStacks in Bucksport and via Amazon in print and Kindle formats.
The Whitefield Library is located at 1 Arlington Lane.
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