Great Falls Forum: Drawn to a Life of Crime
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The 25th season of the Great Falls Forum continues on Thursday, January 19, featuring mystery novelist Gerry Boyle, with a talk entitled “Drawn to a Life of Crime.” This free, public program will take place from 12 noon to 1 PM in Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public Library and will also be streamed live via Zoom and the Lewiston Public Library Facebook page. A book sale and signing will follow the in-person event.
For 30 years, Maine novelist Gerry Boyle has been inventing crimes and criminals, then solving these mysteries through the efforts of his fictional investigators, particularly reporter Jack McMorrow. What drives an otherwise law-abiding writer to seek out the company of murderers and other miscreants? And what drives otherwise law-abiding readers to do the same? In his Great Falls Forum talk, Boyle will explore our attraction to those who break the rules, and our need to see justice, fictional as it may be.
Gerry Boyle is an award-winning crime novelist whose books are mostly set in Maine, including his latest, Robbed Blind. A former newspaper reporter, Boyle is best known for the Jack McMorrow mystery series, featuring a fellow reporter who investigates murders and other mayhem.
Admission is free to all Forum events and reservations are only required if attending via Zoom. The Zoom link will be posted to the Library website and Facebook prior to the event. The onsite program is a bring-your-own, brown-bag lunch event.
The Great Falls Forum speaker series is co-sponsored by Bates College, Lewiston Public Library, and the Sun Journal. The Lewiston Public Library is located downtown at 200 Lisbon Street at the corner of Pine Street. For more information, please contact the Lewiston Public Library at 513-3135 or LPLReference@lewistonmaine.gov.
