The Briar Patch cordially invites you to An Evening with Jennifer Breedlove in conversation with Gabriela Stiteler to be held at BookSpace (48 Columbia St., Bangor) on Tuesday, June 30 at 7pm. Doors open at 6:30pm. Debut author Jennifer Breedlove will be talking about her novel MURDER WILL OUT as well as writing and authorship. Won’t you join us?
ABOUT MURDER WILL OUT:
Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award winner Jennifer K. Breedlove brings coastal Maine to life in Murder Will Out, a lighter, modern gothic mystery that’s as atmospheric as it is heart-warming.
Come for the memories. Stay for the murder…
Little North Island, off the coast of Maine, is so beautiful it could be a postcard. Organist Willow Stone cherishes her memories of childhood summers spent on the island with her godmother Sue… even though her visits ended abruptly, and she hasn’t seen or heard from her godmother in over fifteen years. Until a letter from Sue—and word of Sue’s death—brings Willow back to the picturesque island.
The islanders rarely mention Sue without also bringing up Cameron House, and the controversy around Sue’s unexpected inheritance of the sprawling mansion. When Willow overhears someone threatening the next heir to the property, she starts to question whether Sue’s death was really an accident, and can’t help but wonder whether someone on this sleepy island is willing to stop at nothing—even murder—to claim Cameron House for their own.
Through Willow’s eyes, as well as those of others on the island, a mystery unfolds that keeps drawing Willow back to Cameron House and the very real ghosts that walk its corridors.
ABOUT JENNIFER BREEDLOVE:
JENNIFER K. BREEDLOVE is a Chicago area composer, conductor, author, editor, and educator. A frequent visitor to Down East Maine since childhood, she has an enduring affection for the wild beauty of the coastal islands and the warmth of the people who make their homes there. Her debut novel, Murder Will Out, won the Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award, and was also a finalist for the Killer Nashville Claymore award.
ABOUT GABRIELA STITELER:
Gabriela Stiteler is a writer and educator based in Portland, Maine, whose acclaimed short fiction has appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, and other publications. Her work has earned recognition from the Mystery Writers of America, the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, and Ellery Queen readers, and her story “Beautiful, Dangerous Things” will be featured in Best American Mystery and Suspense 2026.