ABPA Author Event—September 4, Dr. Frederick Ramsay, “Old Wine in New Skins”
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Author Event: Dr. Frederick Ramsay, “Old Wine in New Skins (How to take a tired plot device and make it lively)”
About the Author
Dr. Frederick Ramsay was born in Baltimore. He is a graduate of Washington and Lee University and received his doctorate from the University of Illinois. After a stint in the Army, he joined the faculty of the University of Maryland, School of Medicine. During this time he also pursued studies in theology and in 1971 was ordained an Episcopal priest. He is now retired from full-time ministry and writes fiction. His first novel, Artscape, was published by Poisoned Pen Press and launched July, 2004. His second, Secrets, (Poisoned Pen Press), was published in August of 2005 and Impulse, July 2006, was cited by Publishers Weekly as one of the one hundred best books 2006. Buffalo Mountain followed in September, 2007, and his latest, Stranger Room launched in August. Judas: The Gospel of Betrayal won a Glyph from ABPA for Religion/Spirituality, 2007. He is an iconographer, an accomplished public speaker and once hosted a television spot, Prognosis, on WMAR-TV, Baltimore. He currently lives in Surprise, Arizona with his wife and partner, Susan.
About the Book
Stranger Room, authored by Frederick Ramsay and published by Poisoned Pen Press, is the fourth title in the Ike Schwartz series.
Two locked-room murders, nearly 150 years apart, confound Sheriff Ike Schwartz of Picketsville, Virginia, in Ramsay’s suspenseful fourth regional mystery (after 2007’s Buffalo Mountain). Schwartz discovers that both crimes, with sinister undertones of Poe, occurred at the antebellum-era Lydell mansion. The estate’s owner, Jonathan Lydell IV, is distraught to find his renovated “stranger room” (a guest room with its own outside entrance) soiled by death and the intrusion of law enforcement. While Schwartz and acting deputy Karl Hedrick (on loan from the FBI) contend with Lydell’s condescension and racism, they’re soon distracted by a growing meth epidemic, vandalism and even another death in Picketsville. Ramsay skillfully weaves historical fact into his story, all the while blending brisk action with excellent characterization. Schwartz has matured throughout the series, and readers will eagerly await his next adventure. From Publishers Weekly
ISBN: 978-1-59058-535-1
Retail Price: $24.95
Future Author Events
October 2, AppleStar Publishing
November 6, Pat Bezunartea
2009
January 8, Patricia Brooks
February, Bette Dowdell
March, Richard Draude
April, Sydney Gould
May, Alicja Mann (Tucson)
