Maine's Capital Area

Portland lawyer Brenda Buchanan will read from her recently-released novel TRUTH BEAT-the third book in her Joe Gale Mystery Series, tonight at the Gardiner Public Library. Buchanan's novels feature Joe Gale, an old-school reporter with modern media savvy who covers the Maine crime beat for the imaginary Portland Daily Chronicle.

In Truth Beat, Joe struggles with unreliable sources while covering two explosive stories-the apparent murder of a Catholic priest who stood up to his church and a spate of increasingly destructive bombings near the local high school.Most of the action occurs in Portland and Joe's imagined hometown of Riverside, but scenes also take place in Bangor, Bethel and even a pub in
Gardiner.More information about Buchanan and her books can be found on her website,brendabuchananwrites.com