SEQUOYAH COUNTY — Author and Muldrow native Stephen B. Bagley will sign copies of his newly released humorous mystery novel Murder by the Acre at the Stanley Tubbs Memorial Library, 101 East Cherokee Street, Sallisaw, Friday, November 21, 3 to 5 p.m., and at the Muldrow Public Library, 711 West Shawntel Blvd, Muldrow, Saturday, November 22, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
In the new novel, librarian Bernard M. Worthington and reporter Lisa Trent stumble on the body of a local jeweler and ladies’ man in an underground house. As the young couple and Police Chief Donaldson investigate, they find themselves drawn into a confusing mystery of lies and alibis that involves the upper crust of Ryton, Oklahoma. Questions abound: Who killed him and how? Why doesn’t the widow care that her husband is dead? Why doesn’t his mistress? What does the mysterious Aventura Corporation have to do with the murder? What is the corporation hiding? Soon events spiral out-of-control as the killer strikes again and again. As the three dig for the truth, they upset powerful, vengeful people. The chief might lose his job, but Bernard and Lisa could lose their lives in this suspenseful sequel to Murder by Dewey Decimal.
Advance reader Gloria Williams of the website Wry Words said the book was “…even better than Murder by Dewey Decimal. Funny, surprising, and exciting. I can’t wait for the next one.”
“This book was especially enjoyable to write because the story constantly surprised me,” Bagley said. “The characters went places and did things I didn’t expect. It was a lot of fun.”
Also available at the signing will be EndlesS, a collection of poetry by Bagley published this summer. Murder by the Acre is the second novel in Bagley’s Measurements of Murder Mystery™ series. The third book in the series, Murder by the Mile, will be released 2009. Murder by the Acre, Murder by Dewey Decimal, and EndlesS will be available for purchase at the signings.
Bagley also wrote the full-length plays Murder at the Witch’s Cottage and Two Writers in the Hands of an Angry God and co-wrote Turnabout. His poetry has been published in Byline Magazine, Prairie Songs, Free Star, and other publications. He co-authored two one-act plays -- "Hogwild" and "There’s A Body In The Closet" -- that were published by Dramatic Publishing Co. His articles and humorous essays have been published in Nautilus Magazine, OKMagazine, Pontotoc County Chronicles, Your Country Music Magazine, various Oklahoma newspapers, and other publications.
Bagley graduated from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. For more information about Bagley’s books, plays, poetry and essays, visit his website 51313 Harbor Street at www.51313.blogspot.com.
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3 comments:
Great job on the press release. If anybody reading this hasn't got a copy of MBTA yet I encourage you to. It turned out to be a realy good book. Not that that's a surprise :) but it is even better than the first.
Thanks, Kent.
Hey... how come you're not coming down to Poteau? We do have a library here, ya know? Madder a fact, we's got a cupple peeple what no hows 2 reed.
And I knew her as Sarah. Where does Kiki come from? I've read some of her blogs, but didn't find a reference.
Perhaps I should put some of my blog-o-stuff into some page like this. http://gijobs.net/blog/?cat=7
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