On Aug. 19, 1997, in the North Country community of Colebrook, five people died and several more were wounded during four separate shooting incidents over the course of that afternoon. It was a day of such dramatic event, involving so many people, that for months afterward, the town’s News and Sentinel newspaper – where two were murdered – received letters of condolence from all over the world.

Author Richard Adams Carey’s recently published book, “In the Evil Day,” recounts a tension-filled report of a small town’s terror, portrayed with surprising love, bitter sweetness and hope, resulting in a beautifully written and enthralling true-crime tale.

Carey will bring this story to life when he comes to Taylor Community’s Woodside Building, Monday, Oct. 5 at 6:30 p.m. for a reading and book-signing. The event is free and open to the public. Please call 524-5600 to reserve your seat.