Professional obituary writer Winter Snow is worried.
She has discovered that she might be the next target of a murderer who has secrets to hide…
Secrets that she has begun to unravel.
What if the next obituary written turns out to be her own?
Book One in the Deadly Deadlines Mysteries
Grave Words
Book Two Coming June 10th
For obituary writer Winter Snow trouble is piling higher than the thirty-foot face of the Lake Mamanasco cliffs she can see from her windows….
About Gerri
Gerri Lewis started her career as a freelance writer and has published over 1,600 features, news stories, obituaries, and columns. Along with her novels, she continues to write features for 068 Magazine. Her cover stories appear regularly and her HOW WE MET column was a popular staple of the magazine for many years. Her accolades include feature-writing awards from the New England Press Association and the Society of Professional Journalists, among others. Gerri lives with her husband in her hometown of Ridgefield, Connecticut, the setting for her obituary writer mystery, The Last Word.
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News & Interviews
Hamlet Hub: “A Conversation with Ridgefield’s Literary Sleuth, Gerri Lewis”
The Ridgefield Press: “New mystery novel set in Ridgefield is inspired by author’s hometown and time as an obituary writer”
Shout Out: “Gerri Lewis publishes ‘The Last Word’, a mystery set in Ridgefield”
Events
2025
January 26, 3:00 p.m.
Meet the Author
Ruth Keeler Memorial Library
276 Titicus Road
North Salem, NY
Book Clubs
Thank you to Southport, NC for your virtual invite and thank you to Dover, NH for an in-person book club invite—both in September.
For Zoom and in-person requests—reach out to gerrilewis@gerrilewis.com.