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Whodunnit at the Taproom: A Murder Mystery Panel
October 20 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
$32
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 insiderโs 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 outโyour next mystery starts here!
๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ. ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ-๐๐ฉ๐ฆ. ๐
๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ฌ, ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ค ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐. ๐๐ข๐๐ค๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ $๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค, ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ.
The Panel will consist of:
- Dawn Brotherton, Moderator: Book -๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ – ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ข๐ง? 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 Countyโs Reflection contest for literature. When she isnโt using her words, Dawn is in her craft room, quilting, painting, or taking online classes.
- Ellen Butler: Book – ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ – ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐โ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ซ๐๐. ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐.๐. ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฆ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐โ๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐, ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ. ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐๐ซ ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ค๐๐๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐โ๐ฌ ๐จ๐๐๐ข๐๐. ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐โ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ค๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐. 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, โintelligent escapismโ and โelectrifying yet light-hearted and humorous.โ 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 โriveting,โ and, โa thrilling adventure.โ
- Hugh Lessig: Book – ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐ – ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ค๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ซ. ๐๐๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ-๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐, ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ. 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 – ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐ ๐๐ – ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐. ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐๐๐ญ, ๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ซ. ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ญ, ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง. ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ฌ. 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 1970โs. 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 โspare time,โ she enjoys traveling, watching professional football and basketball, and spending time with family. She resides in a small town in Virginia with her family.