**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Meeting via email.**

Bestselling authors Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis and Barbara Ross will discuss their new cozy mystery -- Irish Coffee Murder -- in this ZOOM webinar. Irish Coffee Murder consists of three St. Patrick's Day-themed cozy mystery novellas set in New England.

About The Book: You don’t need to be Irish to enjoy St. Patrick’s Day in Maine, where the chilly March weather offers the perfect excuse to curl up with an Irish coffee…But in these three St. Patty’s-themed novellas by fan-favorite cozy mystery authors Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, and Barbara Ross, someone may have spiked this year’s brew with murder! In Leslie Meier's novella (Irish Coffee Murder), part-time reporter Lucy Stone is writing a piece for the Courier about four Irish step dancing students from Tinker’s Cove on the cusp of making it big. But the story becomes headline news for all the wrong reasons when one girl’s mother is found dead in her bathtub. Did a stage mom take rivalry too far, or is some other motive at play? In Lee Hollis's novella (Death of an Irish Coffee Drinker), owner of Bar Harbor’s hottest new restaurant, Hayley Powell, offers to cater the after-party for popular comedian Jefferson O’Keefe, who’s playing his old hometown for St. Patrick’s Day. But it’s no laughing matter when Jefferson keels over after gulping down his post-show Irish coffee, leaving Hayley to figure out who decided this joker had gone too far. In Barbara Ross's novella (Perked Up), it's a snowy St. Patrick’s Day in Busman’s Harbor. But when the power goes out, what better way for Julia Snowden to spend the evening than sharing local ghost stories -- and Irish coffees -- with friends and family? By the time the lights come back, they might even have solved the coldest case in town.

About The Authors: LESLIE MEIER is the acclaimed author of over twenty-five Lucy Stone Mysteries. She has also written for Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, and like her series protagonist, Lucy Stone, she worked as a New England newspaper reporter while raising her three children. LEE HOLLIS, the pen name for Rick Copp, is the author of the Desert Flowers Mysteries and the Maya and Sandra Mystery Series. He is also the co-author of the Hayley Powell Food & Cocktail Mysteries with his sister, Holly Simason. A veteran Hollywood screenwriter, he is the co-writer of "The Brady Bunch Movie" and has written for numerous television series, including "The Golden Girls," "Wings," "Scooby-Doo," "Teen Titans," and "Barbershop." He also produces, writes, and stars in the hit web series "Where the Bears Are." He lives in Palm Springs, California. BARBARA ROSS is the author of the Maine Clambake Mysteries and the Jane Darrowfield Mysteries. Her books have been nominated for multiple Agatha Awards for Best Contemporary Novel and have won the Maine Literary Award for Crime Fiction. Barbara and her husband live in Portland, Maine.

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NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 24 hours of the program.