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Bridges DelPonte, Noir at the Bar

The last couple of weeks, I’ve had great fun working with the Florida Gulf Coast chapter of Sisters in Crime, Inc., on the upcoming SW Florida Reading Festival.  As part of the festival, the chapter will be hosting a wide range of virtual activities for readers and authors to enjoy. I was selected to participate in the Noir at the Bar session featured on March 12 from 7:00-8:00 p.m. on the virtual main stage. Authors read from crime fiction with a darker side than cozies and traditional amateur sleuth fiction in self-produced videos. Chapter president, Lisa Malice, recommended that we have fun with the video session, perhaps enjoying a favorite adult beverage and wearing a fedora. Thanks to Lisa and the other committee members for their hard work in organizing us

For my video, I read a five-minute excerpt from my first mystery novel, Deadly Sacrifices, A Marguerite “Monty” Montez Mystery. My mystery introduces prosecutor Monty, who’s investigating her first murder case, a soccer mom killed in a suburban Boston church. When a homeless man is charged with the crime, Monty endangers her life digging up evidence showing police nabbed the wrong man. She also confronts disturbing leads in a childhood friend’s unsolved murder in her close-knit Portuguese community. I’m half way through the sequel, tentatively entitled Deadly Encounters.

Be sure to check out this virtual festival on your cell phones or laptops. You don’t need any special software and the festival is free—just visit readfest.org! Thanks to the Lee County Library System and its sponsors for the event. I hope readers will enjoy this small sip from my mystery!

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