Jeffrey James Higgins, author of “Furious” and “Unseen,” will host a series of public book events in the upstairs library room at Elaine’s on Queen Street over the next several months. At each event the author will discuss their book and be interviewed by Higgins followed by questions by the audience and a book signing.

* Saturday, Aug. 26, 1 pm Dana King, new crime novel “Spread.” A Penns River crime novel. 

* Sunday, Sept. 10, 5 pm Melissa Adelman, domestic thriller “What the Neighbors Saw.”  Gossip and greed…mind games and murder.  Welcome to the neighborhood.