Author Visit and Book Signing: Deborah Goodrich Royce, Author of “Best Boy”
Join Perrot Memorial Library for a special Book Talk with author Deborah Goodrich Royce on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 7 pm in the Program Room of the Radcliffe Children’s Library building.
Royce will discuss her latest novel, Best Boy, and share insights into the inspiration and creative process behind the book. Spend an engaging evening with the author as she takes us behind the pages of her newest work and talks about her life as a writer.
Viveca Stevenson has it all: a handsome and successful husband, an adorable ten-year-old son, and a coastal dream house in Greenwich, Connecticut. She has a solid group of girlfriends and is content with the afterglow of the film career she’s left behind. But when a threatening letter arrives–from a man she does not remember–it cracks open a part of her past she thought was buried for good. A terrifying chain of events is set in motion, forcing Viveca to confront what happened on a shattering Halloween night in high school when she had a different name, a different face, a different voice. Who is the man contacting her now and was he really the best boy on her most famous film, Misty? Why can’t she remember him–or that night?
A book signing will follow the presentation, offering attendees the opportunity to meet the author and have their books signed.
Deborah Goodrich Royce’s Reef Road, a national bestseller, was named one of the best books of 2023 by Kirkus Reviews and an Indie Next pick by the ABA. Ruby Falls won the Zibby Award for Best Plot Twist, and Finding Mrs. Ford was hailed by Forbes, Book Riot, and Good Morning America. Her newest book, Best Boy, was published on February 24, 2026.
Deborah holds a bachelor’s degree and two honorary doctorates, from both Lake Erie College and the University of Rhode Island. With her husband, Chuck, Deborah restored the Avon Theatre, Ocean House Hotel, Deer Mountain Inn, United Theatre, Martin House Books, and numerous Main Street revitalization projects in Rhode Island and the Catskills. She serves on multiple governing and advisory boards.
Registration is required. To register, click here.
For more information on this program, call us at 203-637-1066 or email us at adultprogramming@perrotlibrary.org.
Fall 2026 Learn to Play Mahjong Series
Rhonda Greif returns for our Fall 2026 Learn to Play Mahjong Series on Wednesday, October 21, from 1 to 3 pm in our Program Room, Radcliffe Children’s Library, Perrot Memorial Library. Please note: This is a 3-part series; you must commit to all 3 classes. The series will continue on Wednesday, October 28, and Wednesday, November 4, 1-3 pm.
Rhonda has been playing and teaching mahjong for 10+ years. She grew up in the early 70’s listening to the clacking sounds of the tiles during her mom’s weekly game with the “mahj ladies.” In 2010, she learned to play after her mom passed away, and she inherited her mahjong sets. Not long after learning, Rhonda found her niche in teaching others.
Registration is required. To register for this 3-part series, click here. Be sure to register for all three dates.
For more information, call us at 203-637-1066 or email us at adultprogramming@perrotlibrary.org.
Perrot P.I.s October Book Discussion: “A Place of Execution”
The Perrot P.I.s Mystery Book Discussion Group invites you to a discussion of A Place of Execution, by Val McDermid, on Monday, October 26, 2026, at 7 pm in our Program Room, Radcliffe Building. This is a drop-in program; registration is not required.
On a freezing day in December 1963, Alison Carter vanishes from her rural village, an insular community that distrusts the outside world. For the young George Bennett, a newly promoted inspector, it is the beginning of his most difficult and harrowing case–a suspected murder with no body, an investigation with more dead ends and closed faces than he’d have found in the anonymity of the inner city, and an outcome that reverberates through the years.
To obtain a copy of the book, visit our catalog.
For more information on this program, call us at 203-637-1066 or email us at adultprogramming@perrotlibrary.org.