{"id":64353,"date":"2025-08-13T16:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T16:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/64353\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T16:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T16:11:10","slug":"south-bristol-author-to-lead-book-talk-at-whitefield-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/64353\/","title":{"rendered":"South Bristol author to lead book talk at Whitefield Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

The August Author Talk Series of The Whitefield Library will host Geoffrey Bates for a reading and discussion of his debut crime novel \u201cBitter Passage: An Allegheny Beckham Novel\u201d at 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16. Books will be available for purchase and signing after the presentation.<\/p>\n

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Author Geoffrey Bates, who lives and writes on the coast of Maine. (Courtesy of Norumbega Press) <\/p>\n

The Kennebec Journal\u2019s Bill Bushnell calls the book a \u201cgritty cop-drama\/murder-mystery set in a cold Maine winter.\u201d Bates thinks like a cop, \u201ccreating 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 \u2026 And Beckham? Well, she\u2019s not done yet, and the ending will surprise you.\u201d<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\u201cBitter Passage\u201d is available for purchase at Fiction: A Novel Bookshop in Wiscasset, Sherman\u2019s Booksellers throughout Maine, Left Bank Books in Belfast, BookStacks in Bucksport and via Amazon in print and Kindle formats.<\/p>\n

The Whitefield Library is located at 1 Arlington Lane.<\/p>\n

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