CARRABASSETT VALLEY — A talk and book-signings with four members of Maine Crime Writers will be held at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29, at the Carrabassett Valley Public Library and Community Center.

• Bruce Robert Coffin is a retired detective sergeant with more than 27 years in law enforcement. At the time of his retirement from the Portland Police Department, he supervised all homicide and violent crime investigations for Maine’s largest city and spent four years working counterterrorism with the FBI. He is the author of the John Byron Mystery Series from HarperCollins Publishers. The debut novel in the series, “Among The Shadows,” is now available.

• Vaughn Hardacker has completed five novels and numerous short stories. He is a member of the New England Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America and has published short stories in three anthologies: “Mouth Full of Bullets,” “Best of Year One, My Teacher Is My Hero” and “Deadfall,” Level Best Books’ sixth annual anthology of New England crime and mystery stories.

His novel “Sniper” was selected as a finalist in the crime fiction category of the 2015 Maine Literary Awards. His third, “Black Orchid,” was released in March 2016 and “The Fisherman: A Thriller” has been selected as a finalist in the crime fiction category of the 2016 Maine Literary Awards.

• “Cold Hard News” is the first book in a new mystery series by Maureen Milliken, a local newspaper editor with a keen nose for news, clues and solid storytelling. She recently published her next book, “No News is Bad News.”

In “Bernie O’Dea,” Milliken has created a complicated, compelling heroine. Though deeply flawed, Bernie is strong in both heart and nerve.

• Jen Blood is a freelance writer, public speaker and author of the bestselling The Erin Solomon Mysteries, the new Flint K-9 Search and Rescue mysteries, and the 5-Day Fiction Writing Guides. She is a regular blogger with Maine Crime Writers, and is on the board of Sisters in Crime New England.

FMI: 207-237-3535.