Event at Palos Verdes, CA, Library
Jeri Fonté would like to inviteSWM and Surfwriters to an
In-Person Meeting, at the Palos Verdes Library,
Saturday, June. 3, 2023 at 2 to 4PM
Open to all, bring your writer friends
Our guest speaker will be Mike Befeler
Mike Befeler will give apresentation titled, "Lessons Learned as an Author," about hisexperiences starting to write later in life. He will also discuss his latestmystery novel, "Old Detectives Home."
Imagine a retirement home populated withresidents such as an aging Hercule Poirot and a dementia-suffering SherlockHolmes and run by staff including Art Doyle, Dash Hammett and Dot Sayers. Inthis light-hearted spoof of the mystery genre, every character is eithera namesake of a person from the mystery writing world or acharacter from a mystery novel. On anything but a dark and stormy night, a deadbody is found. The staff managers find themselves unable to control the unrulyold detectives. Mix in clues and red herrings galore as the cast of suspectsinvestigate each other. Hold on to your rockers as the top detectives of alltime reunite at Old Detectives Home to solve their most difficult whodunit—butfirst without killing each other.
Mike Befeler is the author of nineteen books including six novels in thePaul Jacobson Geezer-lit Mystery Series ("Retirement Homes AreMurder," "Living with Your Kids Is Murder," "Senior MomentsAre Murder," "Cruising in Your Eighties Is Murder," "CareHomes Are Murder," "Nursing Homes Are Murder"), two of whichwere finalist for The Lefty Award for best humorous mystery. He has ten otherpublished mystery novels: "Old Detectives Home," "Unstuff YourStuff," "Death of a Scam Artist," "The V V Agency,""The Back Wing," "The Front Wing," "The Mystery of theDinner Playhouse," "Murder on the Switzerland Trail,""Court Trouble and Paradise Court"; an international thriller,"The Tesla Legacy"; a non-fiction book, "The Best Chicken Thiefin All of Europe"; and a novella, "Coronavirus Daze." He’spast-president of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of Mystery Writers ofAmerica, grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii, and now lives in Lakewood,California, with his wife, Wendy.
His Web Site:
Mike Befeler www.mikebefeler.com
