Alice Openshaw Book Launch

Celebrate the release of Alice Openshaw’s debut novel, “On the Killer's Trail!” The book launch will include Alice Openshaw in conversation with Jenny Martin, featuring a reading and Q&A, book signing, and light refreshments. Copies of Alice's novel are available for checkout at the Mattapoisett Library. No registration required!Book summary: Thirty-one-year-old Police Sergeant Penny Maclean has fallen into a routine at work. Speaking at school assemblies, chasing runaway dogs—it’s all beginning to feel stale. So when the popular wife of a local doctor is found dead on Halloween night, Penny jumps at the chance to investigate.But the more she knows, the more unsettled she becomes. She and the murdered woman have a lot in common; they even share a love of rural life and animals. Still, unremarkable as the victim’s life appears at first glance, Penny can’t shake the feeling that the woman had a secret. After all, Penny has her own complicated past. As she hunts the killer, Penny unea