Author Event Ron Chase

Mark your calendars and join Curtis Friends, Sisters in Crime, and Maine Crime Writers for a fascinating evening with the Ron Chase as we launch the 2016 Mystery Author Series, on Tuesday, September 13 at 7 pm in the Morrell Meeting Room at Curtis Memorial Library. Free refreshments will be provided by the Bohemian Coffee House, and Gulf of Maine will have copies of Mr. Chase’s books for sale. For more information, call 725-5242 or visit www.curtislibrary.com.

Topsham freelance writer Ron Chase was fascinated by the true story of Bernard Patterson’s daring 1971 robbery of the Northern National Bank in Mars Hill, Maine. Patterson escaped with $110,000 which at the time was the largest bank robbery in State of Maine history. Chase’s book is The Great Mars Hill Bank Robber, the story of Patterson’s adventure filled controversial life that led him across the United States, then to Europe and North Africa.