Book Signing at Briars Brambles Saturday - CARPE SKI EM is Phil Baylys Novel Celebrating Ski LifeUntil Murder Muscles In

WINDHAM — Two skiers say they witnessed a woman plunge to her death from a chairlift. But the sheriff determines that this was no accident.

A ski resort in Colorado is the deadly setting for Phil Bayly’s newest Murder on Skis Mystery. It is titled Carpe Ski ‘em; A Murder on Skis Mystery.

Bayly will be signing books from 2-4pm on Saturday, Dec. 6 at Briars & Brambles Books in Windham.

Bayly said that he was excited to return to Windham, a place that he's been to more times than he can count. He raced the mountain, including at the former annual Media Ski Cup. During his time as a journalist at WNYT he was able to "ski with colleagues from the world of journalism and I was fortunate to win the race a number of times (I sort of had an unfair advantage. I was a racer by training and still competed all winter. 

But there was always some stiff competition entered; some really good racers)," he said. He is recuperating from a ski accident last March but is making a recovery through the love and support of his wife and friends.

The author of multiple locally-themed books, Bayly has long been popular in the area and on the Mountaintop. Make sure to stop by and get a book signed!

Did the skier fall from the chairlift high overhead, or was she pushed? And now her husband has vanished.

Bayly’s own experience as a skier in Colorado inspired his novel. He lived there for over a decade and graduated from Colorado State University.

Readers in the Capital Region will remember Bayly from his years on television, at WNYT-Newschannel 13. He still lives in the Capital Region.

But Carpe Ski ‘em harkens back to Bayly’s days as a college student and ski bum in Colorado.

“I’m particularly proud of this book because I found that the site I chose for the fictional Craters Ski Resort has now drawn its own backcountry skiers,” Bayly said. “We were curious about that spot back when I was in college, in the 1970s.”

Other books in Bayly’s award winning Murder on Skis series include A Small Mountain Murder, The Man Who Had 9 Lives, Witch Window and Back Dirt.  

Bayly was a journalist in television and radio for over 4 decades, beginning his career on radio in Colorado and ending it on television in New York. He now lives in Upstate New      York with his wife.

Carpe Ski ‘em tells the story of skiers and their ski town. There’s murder and mayhem. The book includes some of Bayly’s real-life adventures.

Carpe Ski ‘em is out now. It will be available for sale at independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble and all popular online sites.

An image of Carpe Ski ‘em and an author photo are attached.

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For more information, go to murderonskis.com and Instagram @ski_it_read_it. Phil may be reached at baylyphil13@gmail.com, and moskis2019@gmail.com.