Author Dwight Bennett (aka Sam Berretti) to Speak at Library Headquarters

Dwight Bennett, who writes under the pen name Sam Berretti, will present the second in his Seekers Mystery Series, Good Girl Gone at the Alachua County Headquarters on Saturday, March 23, at 2:30 p.m.

Doris Watson works as engineer, designing kitchen appliances such as microwave ovens. Ex-military, she appears to lead a solitary life in Maryland, surrounded by books, a few close friends and her cat. When she gets an emergency late night message, her mundane existence takes a decided turn into the bizarre and deadly realm of human trafficking as her secret, second job summons. She is an on-call agent for a firm named Seekers Worldwide, a front for a loose group of high-tech mercenaries, managed by Della Jamay Charboneau and run by NSA agent Sam Namath.

Someone made the truly epic mistake of kidnapping Della Jamay Carboneau’s niece, and Della is no ordinary aunt. She is an assassin with a very short temper and a very large arsenal. Doris Watson’s assignment from Sam: to handle her handler and keep Della’s body count low. Plagued by prophetic dreams and embroiled in Della’s most private matters, rookie Doris finds herself in way over her head. Together they fight for their lives against ruthless New Orleans criminals and a mysterious Voodoo priestess claiming to be stealing souls with fire in this non-stop action story of family love versus true evil.

Dwight Bennett, who writes under the pen name Sam Berretti, was born and raised in the High Plains city of Lubbock, Texas. Cotton was king, and oil wells and cattle were close by. The land was as flat as his mother’s tattered ironing board, and spring was always ushered in with dust storms, tumble weeds and tornadoes. Dwight moved to Florida to attend the University of Florida, met a woman who he says was gracious enough to allow him to marry her, and raised two amazing children. Dwight is an avid naturalist and photographer as well as an author. Although writing started at an early age and took many forms, mystery fiction has always been a favorite.