[Michlib-l] UP Notable Book Club presents a Q&A session with Rod Sadler 🕵 ♂🔎 about "Grim Paradise: The Cold Case Search for the Mackinac Island Killer"

[Victor R. Volkman]

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      UP Notable Book Club presents a Q&A session with Rod Sadler
      🕵️‍♂️🔎 about "Grim Paradise: The Cold Case Search for the
      Mackinac Island Killer"

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UP Notable Book Club:* The Crystal Falls Community District Library in
partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) has
scheduled author events with winners of the /UP Notable Book List/. The
37th event is with author and retired career policeman Rod Sadler who
will take us through suspects, means, motives, and opportunity in this
famous unsolved case.  Details include interesting copycat type murders,
suspected and convicted serial killers, and the progress of forensics in
the ensuing years between 1960 and today.

/*When: */June 13th, 2024 at 7 pm Eastern / 6 pm Central
/*Where: */on the Zoom platform -- please contact Evelyn Gathu in
advance by egathu at crystalfallslibrary.org
<mailto:egathu at crystalfallslibrary.org?subject=UPNotableBooks&body=Please-send-me-the-zoom-link>,
or by phone at (906) 875-3344. We recommend you borrow a copy of these
books from your local library or purchase from your local bookseller in
advance to get the most out of these events.

*ROD SADLER *worked as a police officer in Mid-Michigan for thirty
years, retiring in 2012.  He began researching his first book after
discovering the story of a brutal 1897 murder in Williamston, Michigan,
a town where he had spent his childhood. His great-grandfather served as
the sheriff at the time of the murder, and he was integral part of the
investigation. After returning to college late in his law enforcement
career, he discovered his love for writing, and he decided to write
about what he knows best...true crime. In Rod's books, you'll find an
enormous amount of research into the murders he writes about.  His
attention to detail allows him to craft intriguing, detailed accounts of
a series of Michigan murders.

<https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=dd38e704ec&e=2efc3cf0fe>"Sadler’s
book investigates in detail many violent and psychotic offenders who
were swept up, interviewed, and finally exonerated or left with no
conclusive details. Of particular interest was an oddly similar case at
Starved Rock State Park in Illinois where three young women had been
tied up and brutally beaten to death in March 1960. Chester Weger, the
perpetrator of that crime, was exonerated only because he had been
released from an Illinois jail on July 24th and reported for work on
time on July 25th. Still, Sadler cannot shake the idea that a serial
killer may have been involved and a final chapter on serial killer
Jerald Winegart raises disturbing questions about how the case might
have been resolved with long-term evidence retention.

Throughout the book, the reader will learn how hard a real-life
detective has to work and how many dozens of dead ends they will hit
along the way. Having stayed on Mackinac Island several times, beginning
with my honeymoon in 1990, I was fascinated by the level of detail and
familiar hotels, bars, and other establishments that are still around.
Whether you are a fan of Mackinac Island in particular or cold-case
crimes, there is a treasure trove of historical detail to enjoy in Rod
Sadler’s “Grim Paradise”.  Sadler sincerely hopes that this work may jog
the memory of a reader and provide a missing puzzle piece for this
nearly forgotten but heartless crime." -- *Victor R. Volkman, Read the
entire review on /U.P. Book Review/
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More information about the U.P. Notable Book list, /U.P. Book Review,
/and UPPAA can be found on www.UPNotable.com

*<https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=fab67b1eec&e=2efc3cf0fe>About
the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association (UPPAA)*
Established in 1998 to support authors and publishers who live in or
write about Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, UPPAA is a Michigan nonprofit
association with over 100 members, many of whose books are featured on
the organization’s website at www.uppaa.org
<https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&id=191684164a&e=2efc3cf0fe>.
UPPAA welcomes membership and participation from anyone with a UP
connection who is interested in writing.
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Regards,

Victor R. Volkman, President
L H Press Inc.
www.LHPress.com
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