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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 24, 202
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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Tessa Terry
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800-307-2665
The Mystery of Hunting’s End
Chosen as 2023 One Book One Nebraska
People across Nebraska are encouraged to read the work of a Nebraskan — and
then talk about it with their friends and neighbors. The Mystery of
Hunting’s End (Bison Books, 1998) by Mignon Eberhart is the 2023 One
Book One Nebraska selection.
The Mystery of Hunting’s End is a 1930s
chiller, inspired and set in the Sand Hills of Nebraska, where Mignon G.
Eberhart lived as a newlywed. Smack in the middle of the rolling desolation
is Hunting’s End, a weekend lodge owned by the rich Kingery family. To that
place socialite Matil Kingery invites a strange collection of guests — the
same people who were at the lodge when her father died of “heart failure”
exactly five years ago. She intends to find out which one of them murdered
him. The selection committee for the 2023 One Book One Nebraska enjoyed the
concept of a mystery. This is a book that keeps the reader guessing as to
who is behind the murders taking place in a lodge outside of Valentine
during a blizzard. Why were these murders committed, are any of the guests
staying at the lodge safe, and who is the killer? The book is full of
colorful characters, including Nurse Sarah Keate and detective Lance
O’Leary. The reader is challenged to find clues that will lead to the
discovery of who is the guilty party. Mignon G. Eberhart was born and raised
in Lincoln, NE. She had a long and celebrated career, writing a total of 59
novels, earning her the Grand Master Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of
America. She died at the age of ninety-seven in 1996.
Libraries across Nebraska will join other literary and cultural
organizations in planning book discussions, activities, and events that will
encourage Nebraskans to read and discuss this book. Support materials to
assist with local reading/discussion activities will be available after
January 1, 2023 at
http://onebook.nebraska.gov. Updates and activity listings will be
posted on the One Book One Nebraska Facebook page at
http://www.facebook.com/onebookonenebraska.
2023 will mark the nineteenth year of the One Book One Nebraska reading
program, sponsored by the Nebraska Center for the Book. It encourages
Nebraskans across the state to read and discuss one book, chosen from books
written by Nebraska authors or that have a Nebraska theme or setting. The
Nebraska Center for the Book invites recommendations for One Book One
Nebraska book selection year-round at
http://centerforthebook.nebraska.gov/obon-nomination.asp.
One Book One Nebraska is sponsored by Nebraska Center for the Book,
Humanities Nebraska, and Nebraska Library Commission. The Nebraska Center
for the Book brings together the state’s readers, writers, booksellers,
librarians, publishers, printers, educators, and scholars to build the
community of the book, supporting programs to celebrate and stimulate public
interest in books, reading, and the written word. The Nebraska Center for
the Book is housed at and supported by the Nebraska Library Commission.
As the state library agency, the Nebraska Library Commission is an advocate
for the library and information needs of all Nebraskans. The mission of the
Library Commission is statewide promotion, development, and coordination of
library and information services, “bringing together people and
information.”
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