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SUMMARY:Local Author Talk: An Evening with Mally Becker
LOCATION:Warren Township branch\nWarren Township branch
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DESCRIPTION:Connect with local author Mally Becker\, an Agatha Award-nomin
 ated mystery writer\, for a discussion about her Revolutionary War Mystery
  series and a reading from her latest book\, The Paris Mistress..\nhttps:/
 /sclsnj.libnet.info/event/10491219
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><img src="https://sclsnj.libnet.info/image
 s/editor/sclsnj/InPersonGraphicalBrandingLogo.png" width="125" height="125
 " alt="" /></p>\n<p>After twenty-five years as an attorney\, Mally Becker 
 threw off her navy blue suits\, sensible shoes\, and pearls to find out wh
 at life was like outside the world of law. Donning sweats and sneakers\, s
 he began writing crime fiction. Not just everyday murder mysteries\, but h
 istorical crime fiction set in Morristown\, New York City\, Philadelphia\,
  and Paris during our War for Independence.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>In her talk\, M
 ally will discuss the surprising things she learned about our country&rsqu
 o\;s beginnings\, from the New Jersey crime of traveling into NYC without 
 government approval to the mysterious attempt to bribe Benjamin Franklin i
 nto helping the British. She&rsquo\;ll describe how she combined her love 
 of crime fiction and history\, along with the skills she acquired in her p
 rofessional life\, to depict the historical settings and plots of her Agat
 ha Award-nominated Revolutionary War mystery series.</p>\n<p>The most rece
 nt book in the series\, The Paris Mistress\, features Benjamin Franklin in
  France and was called\, &ldquo\;[a]n&nbsp\;enjoyable\, well-paced mystery
 &rdquo\; by&nbsp\;Kirkus Reviews.&nbsp\;</p>\nhttps://sclsnj.libnet.info/e
 vent/10491219
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