Whodunnit at the Taproom: A Murder Mystery Panel Session

Name: Whodunnit at the Taproom: A Murder Mystery Panel Session
Start: 2024-10-20T15:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-10-20T17:00:00-04:00
Location: Alewerks Taproom at Williamsburg Premium Outlets

Schedule

Sun Oct 20 2024 at 03:00 pm to 05:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Alewerks Taproom at Williamsburg Premium Outlets | Norge, VA

Join us for an unforgettable afternoon of intrigue at Alewerks L.A.B. as we present, "Whodunnit at the Taproom: A Mystery Panel Session." Step into a world of secrets, suspense, and lively discussion as our panel of mystery authors, true crime experts, and storytellers reveal what it takes to craft the perfect murder. Sip on craft brews, and enjoy a pizza while unraveling the art of suspenseful storytelling and get an insider’s look into some of the most chilling mysteries. Whether you're a mystery fan or just enjoy a good thrill, this event promises to keep you on the edge of your seat. There will be a door prize too. Don't miss out—your next mystery starts here!
𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐎𝐜𝐭. 𝟐𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟑𝐩𝐦-𝟓𝐩𝐦. 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞. 𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 $𝟑𝟐 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝟏 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤, 𝐚 𝐩𝐢𝐳𝐳𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟏 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐫.
The Panel will consist of:
- Dawn Brotherton, Moderator: Book -𝑬𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑻𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐧?
Dawn retired as a colonel after 28 years in the Air Force. Now she spends her time writing, crafting, coaching, and teaching. Her wide range of interests has expanded into her storytelling with books for all ages in various genres. Her recent treasure mystery series is a big hit with crafters. She teaches for Osher at William and Mary, presents webinars for Military Writers Society of America and Sisters in Crime, and volunteers as a reviewer for York County’s Reflection contest for literature. When she isn’t using her words, Dawn is in her craft room, quilting, painting, or taking online classes.
- Ellen Butler: Book - 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 - 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚’𝐬 𝐀𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝. 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐃.𝐂. 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐚’𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬. 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐚’𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞. 𝐔𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞—𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.
Ellen Butler is the #1 Amazon bestselling author of the Karina Cardinal mystery series. Her experiences working on Capitol Hill and at a medical association in Washington, D.C. inspired the mystery-action series. Book critics call the Karina Cardinal mysteries, “intelligent escapism” and “electrifying yet light-hearted and humorous.” Butler also writes historical spy fiction. Her WWII spy novel, The Brass Compass, won a 2022 Speak Up Talk Radio Firebird Book Award for historical fiction. The second book in the duology, Operation Blackbird: A Cold War Spy Novel, is inspired by true events, and won a Next Generation Indie Book Award gold medal for historical fiction. Reviewers are calling it “riveting,” and, “a thrilling adventure.”
- Hugh Lessig: Book - 𝑭𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝑱𝒐𝒆 - 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐩 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫. 𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐉𝐨𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐭, 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲-𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚, 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬. 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.
Hugh Lessig is the author of Fadeaway Joe, his debut
crime novel set in Hampton Roads. It was recently named a finalist for best debut mystery of 2023 by the Strand Magazine Critics Awards. His short fiction have appeared in several anthologies of crime fiction, including the Mickey Finn 21 st Century Noir series, as well as stories set during Prohibition and the 1960s. A longtime newspaper reporter, he spent more than 20 years working for the Daily Press and now works in public communications at Newport News Shipbuilding. He lives in Hampton.
- Sheryl Jordan: Book - 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 - 𝐗𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐮𝐝𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐠𝐞. 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭, 𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐗𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭, 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐗𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧. 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬.
Sheryl Jordan is a fictional mystery author. She wrote Manipulation, Money, and Murder, a fictional novel inspired by true crimes that took place in the late 1970’s. She has stories in
Virginia for Mysteries III, Coastal Crimes, First Comes Love, Then Comes Murder, and several stories in anthologies coming soon. Sheryl is currently working on a female truck driver mystery series. By day, she is a mutual funds accountant and corporate reporter. In her “spare time,” she enjoys traveling, watching professional football and basketball, and spending time with family. She resides in a small town in Virginia with her family.