A 100-YEAR-OLD resident at Mildura's Princes Court Homes, Maxine Withers, has just published her second book and credits her sharp mind to playing cards.

Ms Withers' work, Upfield at Albemarle, details the life of Australia’s first international crime fiction writer, Arthur Upfield, and his long-term relationship with Albemarle Station (also known as Albermarle) from the early 1920s.

Ms W...