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SUMMARY:Author Talk | Valerie Burns
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DESCRIPTION:Award-winning author Valerie Burns discusses her cozy mystery\
 , Murder at First Slice\, about a new-to-town detective trying to solve a 
 murder before a small-town wedding disaster strikes..\nhttps://gwinnettpl.
 libnet.info/event/17333670
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Baker Street Mystery #5 | Social media que
 en-turned-small-town baker Maddy Montgomery\, her feisty friends\, and her
  faithful English mastiff know you have to break a few eggs to solve a mur
 der. . .</p>\n<p>As Maddy&rsquo\;s wedding day approaches\, friends and fa
 mily descend on the little town of New Bison\, Michigan\, to celebrate&mda
 sh\;so much so that Maddy wonders if there might be another happily-ever-a
 fter in store for her widowed father and innkeeper Mrs. Law. Unfortunately
 \, she also has to deal with an unhappy couple: feuding cousins Hannah and
  Dorothy\, who haven&rsquo\;t spoken in decades. Maddy can only hope the s
 pectacular wedding cake crafted by her head baker doesn&rsquo\;t wind up a
 s ammunition in a food fight.</p>\n<p>But she doesn&rsquo\;t have to wait 
 long for a wedding disaster to strike. When the imperious Dorothy crashes 
 the rehearsal dinner&mdash\;with several uninvited guests in tow&mdash\;an
 d starts battering everyone with constant complaints\, the drama reaches r
 eality-show levels. And the next day\, Dorothy is dead . . . with Hannah s
 tanding over the body\, bloody rolling pin in hand.</p>\n<p>Nobody in town
  believes Miss Hannah could commit murder. But a detective newly relocated
  from New York doesn&rsquo\;t know the sweet\, memory-challenged Hannah th
 e way the locals do&mdash\;and the evidence seems open-and-shut as an oven
 . Now\, with her sous-sleuths the Baker Street Irregulars\, the bride-to-b
 e is busy digging into Dorothy&rsquo\;s past to catch a killer before she 
 cuts the cake . . .</p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;">Books will be ava
 ilable for sale and signing.</p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><img src
 ="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/gwinnettpl/book_worm_b
 ookstore.png" width="100" height="62" alt="" /></p>\n<p style="text-align:
  center\;"><strong>Registration is requested.&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p styl
 e="text-align: center\;">* By registering\, you consent to signing up for 
 the monthly Adult Programs newsletter.&nbsp\;</p>\n<hr />\n<p style="text-
 align: left\;"><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/events
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 p style="text-align: left\;"><strong>Valerie (V. M.) Burns</strong> was bo
 rn and raised in the Midwestern United States. She currently resides in th
 e warmer region of the country with her two poodles\, Kenzie and Chloe. Va
 lerie is a member of Mystery Writers of America\, Dog Writers of America\,
  Crime Writers of Color\, International Thriller Writers\, and Sisters in 
 Crime. Valerie is also a mentor in the Writing Popular Fiction MFA program
  at Seton Hill University. As V.M. Burns\, she writes the Next Generation 
 Indie Finalist\, RJ Franklin Mysteries\, Dog Club Mysteries\, and Agatha a
 ward-nominated\, Mystery Bookshop Mysteries. She is also an Edgar award-no
 minated short story author.</p>\n<p style="text-align: left\;"></p>\n<p st
 yle="text-align: left\;"><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-ima
 ges/events/gwinnettpl/AS_Quaterria_Brown.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt
 ="" /></p>\n<p style="text-align: left\;">Moderator <strong>Quaterria Brow
 n</strong> is an avid reader\, bookstagrammer\, and literary enthusiast wh
 o is passionate about connecting readers with authors and their stories. S
 he enjoys talking about books any chance she gets and is passionate about 
 spreading book joy\, celebrating Black voices in literature\, and helping 
 readers discover their next great read and grow their TBR. Through her pla
 tform\, she shares book reviews\, recommendations\, and conversations that
  celebrate the power of storytelling.</p>\nhttps://gwinnettpl.libnet.info/
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