Her affinity for the Jersey Shore and her medical career contribute equally to Linda Rawlins’ success as a creator of taut mystery tales. Rawlins is pausing her busy schedule for an appearance at the Ocean County Library’s Waretown branch on Saturday, March 22 at 11:30 a.m.

In an event sponsored by the Friends of the Waretown Library, the author will shed light on her twin careers, her journey as a writer and her newest novels. Selected copies of her works will be available for purchase.

Life on the New Jersey coast is the setting of her Misty Point series, in which Megan Stanford and Officer Nick Taylor…