Local Author Talk:

HIDDEN DEMONS: Evil Visits A Small
New England Town

with Margery Metzger

Tuesday, May 16, 2023
7 p.m. ET

Online via Zoom
Free & open to all

In the Berkshires on January 7, 1994, the trial began for a school shooter, two young girls were accosted, and another young girl escaped abduction. All these events appeared unrelated, and it seemed to police agencies and local residents that the world had suddenly gone mad. After all, they told each other, “These things don’t happen here!”

In chilling, dramatic narrative, Margery Metzger details these events and reveals a savage serial killer, Lewis Lent, Jr., who lurked in the shadows. It was the bravery of a father and daughter, and the remarkable work of law enforcement officers, that would turn the table.

Margery Metzger, a retired social worker and mediator, is a first-time author who felt compelled to tell the story of the loss of innocence in her hometown. She is the mother of two grown daughters and lives in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts with her husband Alan.