Janet Preus will be reading from her recent release, "The Thirteenth Crime: The Ghosts of Injustice in Frontier Otter Tail County."

Grounded in true stories about a string of unpunished murders and Otter Tail County’s first hanging, The Thirteenth Crime gives voice to ordinary folks caught in extraordinary circumstances and examines the skewed perception of justice on Minnesota’s frontier.

Janet Preus is a journalist, playwright, songwriter and director who lives at her cabin in the north woods. The people of rural Minnesota are her inspiration, including those who lived in the 19th century and gave her “The Thirteenth Crime,” her first book.