Murder Mystery Writer to Visit Lake Elmo Public Library March 21

The following is a news release from the Lake Elmo Public Library:

A murder mystery writer will talk and sign books at Lake Elmo Public Library March 21 at 6:30 p.m.

In Christopher Valen’s recent book, “Bone Shadows,” the bodies of young men have been turning up in the Mississippi River for years, their deaths attributed to excessive drinking.

But when an Iraq war vet suffering from PTSD is found in the river, St. Paul Homicide Detective John Santana must decide if the young man’s death was accidental or the result of something more sinister.

Caught between a reporter trying to resurrect his flagging career, an FBI agent with a troubled past, and a beautiful private investigator on the trail of a serial killer, Santana is pulled into a whirlpool of greed, seduction, and death.

Determined to find the truth no matter what the cost, he must first face his own dark memories and a killer intent on stopping him.

Christopher Valen is the pen name of J. Christopher Peterson, the Twin Cities author of three previous works of fiction featuring Colombian born, St. Paul Homicide Detective John Santana, “White Tombs,” “The Black Minute,” and “Bad Weeds Never Die.”

Christopher is a graduate of the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Citizen Academy and has contacts and resources in the law enforcement community.

He lives in Woodbury with his wife, Martha.

The author event is the next in a series presented by Lake Elmo Public Library and sponsored by The Friends of Lake Elmo Library.

The library is at 3537 Lake Elmo Ave. North in downtown Lake Elmo.

Phone: 651-773-4926 

Website: lakeelmopubliclibrary.org