Advertisement Author: Jenifer LeClair
Book signing: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Barnes & Noble, Valley View Mall, 3800 Hwy. 16
About the book: This is the debut book in LeClair’s Windjammer Mystery Series.
About the author: When Jenifer LeClair boarded her first windjammer in 1995 in Rockport, Maine, she had no idea her destiny was tied to that ship. Over the years, this Minnesotan has spent a great deal of time in Maine, researching and sailing on windjammers.
In 2002, she started writing “Rigged for Murder,” the first book in her Windjammer Mystery Series (now available in trade paperback at all bookstores and online for $14.95). “I had to leave my job with the Ramsey County library system due to an extremely severe case of plantar fasciitis, a painful condition that attacks the nerves in the bottom of the feet. For two years I could barely walk. I’d had this idea for a series of mystery novels based on my windjammer experiences, and since I was forced to sit a lot, I decided to give it a try.”
About the book: Fighting post-traumatic stress after being shot, Minneapolis homicide detective Brie Beaumont takes a leave from the department and heads for Maine, where she ships out on the Maine Wind for an early season cruise with Capt. John DuLac and eight others. Caught in a gale, they anchor off remote Granite Island. But there’s more trouble brewing than just a bad storm, and when someone aboard is murdered, Brie reluctantly resumes the mantle of investigator. The action moves from the ship to the small fishing village of Lobsterman’s Cove and, from there, to the forests and cliffs of Granite Island. Plagued by flashbacks, and fighting a growing attraction to DuLac, she works to unravel a mystery that will place her directly in the path of a psychopathic killer.
Information: www.windjammermysteries.com
