Deschutes Public Library

In Murder by Degrees, Dr. Lydia Weston works alongside police to investigate the suspicious death of Anna Ward, a young chambermaid found in the Schuylkill River. This event explores the collaboration between medicolegal investigators and forensic scientists in solving mysteries. Forensic anthropology, the study of human skeletal material in criminal investigations, was Kori’s first love in …

In Murder by Degrees, Dr. Lydia Weston works alongside police to investigate the suspicious death of Anna Ward, a young chambermaid found in the Schuylkill River. This event explores the collaboration between medicolegal investigators and forensic scientists in solving mysteries. Forensic anthropology, the study of human skeletal material in criminal investigations, was Kori’s first love in …

You can attend this program in person or take part online. In this presentation, “How to Write the Killer Crime Novel, or How to Up Your Odds of Getting Published," Joe Ide will discuss the gatekeepers, what they look for. Also, advances, royalties, and  movie options. We’ll cover creating vivid characters, sharp dialogue, pacing, rewriting, …

Set a decade after Union victory in the American Civil War, Murder by Degrees invites readers into a thrilling murder mystery. It also offers a view of an American city radically transformed by the Civil War, particularly women’s public facing wartime work in medicine, science, and education, as well as class dynamics in a growing urban environment …