We're gonna have a little mystery!

     Did you see on our website home page the announcement about the "Murder in the Library"?  Well, I want to tell you about it, because it is going to be one of the best things that's happened in our library.
     This tongue-in-cheek mystery begins with a book signing party for a rather unpopular mystery author, Agatha Mystry.   When all the suspects have toasted her - and she has given her scathing reponse - Agatha Mystry suddenly drops dead between the book stacks.  (An appropriate place, huh?)
     Well!  Whodunnit?
     The suspects and characters are from Moultrie's finest actors:

• Agatha Mystry, portrayed by school teacher Patience Hicks, is a famous mystery writer and the honored guest, who just sold her 200th book.
• Dell Doubleday, who is really financial advisor Ken Turnipseed, is the book publisher who published Agatha's first book in 1967.
• Page Turner, the book critic with 130 slander cases pending against her, is played by Moultrie Observer reporter Adelia Ladson.
• Mayor MacBook, the newly-elected Mayor who plans to run for President in two years, will be portrayed by our own Moultrie Mayor, Bill McIntosh.
• Lotta Books is none other than our own retired library director, Melody Jenkins, acting as the head librarian since 1966 and host of the night's book signing event.
• Dalton B. Walden, the bookstore owner who provided eight free copies of Agatha's book, will be Jim Soos, co-owner of Christian Books & More.
• Lauren Bacall Number, the star of several trashy, low budget movies, including "Cat on a Hot Muffin Tin," who is on her fourth marriage, will be portrayed by hospital secretary Barbara Peoples.
• And Al Whittington, county sheriff, will be Sam Slayed, Chief of Police and head of the local Vice Squad, on his second roll of Tums.

     You should NOT miss this great time.  It will be up to you, the audience, to solve the crime and help apprehend the murderer.
      Besides that, you will be served desserts "to die for," along with gourmet coffee and tea, which will be your food for thought as you work through the drama to determine who really done it.  And prizes - yes! prizes! - will be awarded to the person who solves the crime!
     The cost for participating in the fundraiser, sponsored by the Friends of the Moultrie-Colquitt County Library, is only $25 per person.  Tickets are available at the Library, 204 5th Street, SE, and from Christian Books & More, 1612 First Avenue, SE, both in Moultrie.
     Come join us for the best time ever.  Join us in raising funds for continued support of the Moultrie-Colquitt County Library, your place of "Knowledge without Walls."