Thrills and Chills with Jenny Milchman and Tina Whittle

Please join Jenny Milchman and Low Country Sisters in Crime host Tina Whittle for an evening of books and conversation to celebrate the release of Jenny's third thriller, As Night Falls.

When -- Thursday, October 22nd at 6:30 PM

Where -- The Book Lady Bookstore in Savannah

Jenny is in the middle of her third trip all around the country, the Bring on the Night Tour (you can read more about that here) and we're excited to have her share her knowledge on books, writing, mysteries, and publishing, and to celebrate one of the South's finest independent bookstores, The Book Lady Bookstore.

Our FRIDAY November 13th Meeting: Chatham County Detention Center Tour

Please join us for our FRIDAY, November 13th meeting when we get a private tour of the Chatham County Detention Center! The Center will be business as usual as we get a behind-the-scenes peek at operations there,including a special presentation on Operation New Hope, a partnership with the Humane Society.

Starting at 10 AM, please RSVP to Tina Whittle by Wednesday, November 11th.

You can learn more about the facility at the Center's Website.

Our October 17th Meeting: Handgun Fundamentals

Get ready for some hands-on firearms training during our October meeting.

We'll be gathering at Patrick's Uniform and Gun Range in Garden City for their Handgun Fundamentals Class (you can read more about that HERE).

WHEN: Saturday, October 17th at 8:00 AM (please arrive 15 minutes early)

WHERE: Patrick's Uniforms and Gun Range
(located at 2307 Highway 80, Exit 102 on I-95)
 
COST: $50 or $40 with the Low Country SinC Discount

WHO: SinC members and friends

Other info to know: Shannon Harrell of Patrick's says that this is a BASIC level class. Folks are welcome to shoot their own firearms after class. Due to having many brand new shooters, formal classes are limited to store-issued .22LR (less noise, less recoil for new shooters, all of which make it easier to practice fundamentals). This is not a tactics class.

Our August Meeting -- Firearms 101 with Gordon Rayner

If you're writing a mystery, chances are good a character is going to pull a gun at some point. And that is a moment every writer wants to get right.

Luckily for Low Country Sisters in Crime, we have an opportunity to learn how to do that.

Please join us on Saturday, August 8th from 10-12 noon at Southwest Chatham Public Library's Activity Room as we welcome Gordon Rayner, author and former DEA agent, who will share everything a mystery writer needs to know about guns, bullets, and all the trouble that characters can get into involving them. You don't want to miss this valuable Q&A session!

For more information, contact Tina Whittle at lowcountrysinc at gmail.com.

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Gordon and Ella Mae Rayner were high school sweethearts. Ella Mae became an RN and Gordon did a three year stint in the Marine Corps before he joined the Border Patrol and later became a Narcotics Agent with the DEA. These years provided him with many war stories to be told and retold, including their first work,  Foreign Service Family Style.
 
Foreign Service Family Style is now available in print on Amazon and Kindle and also as an e-book on Smashwords.com. It is a true story of a DEA agent and his family who travel with him to Paraguay where he sets up a new office in the American Embassy. The book is written by both the agent and his wife who tell separate stories of their experiences while in this foreign land. The Rayners are currently working on a novel -- Taurus, Taurus, Taurus.