Mystery Book Club

Looking for a little suspense? Our Mystery Book Club meets the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 5:30pm at the Paseo Verde Library. The meeting is also available via Zoom.

For questions, contact Renee at rhudacek@hendersonlibraries.com.

upcoming Selections

JULY

Not meeting this month

August

August 12
5:30pm

This month we'll be discussing Lost in Time by A.G. Riddle.

September

September 9
5:30pm

This month we'll be discussing The Distant Echo by Val McDermid.

October

October 14
5:30pm

This month we'll be discussing The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz.

November

November 4
5:30pm

This month we'll be discussing The Bitter Past by Bruce Borgos.

December

December 9
5:30pm

This month we'll be discussing The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon.

Previous Selections

2025

The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers (January 14, 2025)
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson (February 11, 2025)
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto (March 11, 2025)
The Highgate Cemetery Murder by Irina Shapiro (April 8, 2025)
Proving Ground by Peter Blauner (May 13, 2025)
Triptych by Karin Slaughter (June 10, 2025)

2024

A Murder of Crows by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett (January 9, 2024)
Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner (February 13, 2024)
Clark and Division by Naomi Hirahara (March 12, 2024)
April meeting was cancelled
Every City is Every Other City by John McFetridge (May 15, 2024)
Fools Die on Friday by Erle Stanley Gardner (June 11, 2024)
The Searcher by Tana French (July 9, 2024)
August meeting was cancelled
The Puppet Show by M.W. Craven (September 10, 2024)
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn (October 4, 2024)
The Maid by Nita Prose (November 12, 2024)
Rossi's Gamble by Paul W. Papa (December 10, 2024)

2023

The Laughing Policeman by Maj Sjöwall (January 10, 2023)
Murder with Macaroni and Cheese by A.L. Herbert (February 14, 2023)
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (March 15, 2023)
The Golden Calf by Helene Tursten (April 11, 2023)
Billy Summers by Stephen King, May 9, 2023
When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole (June 13, 2023)
Elementary, She Read by Vicki Delany (July 11, 2023)
One Half Truth by Eva Dolan (August 8, 2023)
Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby (September 12, 2023)
Bloodline by Jess Lourey (October 10, 2023)
The Small Boat of Great Sorrows by Dan Fesperman (November 14, 2023)
The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill (December 12, 2023)

2022

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware (January 11, 2022)
The Rooster Bar by John Grisham (February 8, 2022)
The Rumor by Leslie Kara (March 8, 2022)
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke (April 12, 2022)
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey (May 10, 2022)
Nighthawking by Russ Thomas (June 14, 2022)
Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic (July 12, 2022)
Compromising Positions by Susan Isaacs (August 9, 2022)
Eddie's Boy by Thomas Perry (September 13, 2022)
Snowblind by Ragnar Jonasson (October 11, 2022)
Tangerine by Christine Mangan (November 8, 2022)
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (December 13, 2022)

2021

Such a Perfect Wife by Kate White (January 12, 2021)
That Affair Next Door by Anna Katharine Green (February 9, 2021)
A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee (March 9, 2021)
The Rat Began to Gnaw the Rope by C. W. Grafton (April 13, 2021)
Plaid and Plagiarism by Mollie Macrae (May 11, 2021)
Case Pending by Dell Shannon (June 8, 2021)
Hard Aground by Brendan Dubois (July 13, 2021)
Final Proof by Rodrigues Ottolengui (August 10, 2021)
The Red Chameleon by Erica Wright (September 14, 2021)
The Marx Sisters by Barry Maitland (October 12, 2021)
The Way I Die by Derek Haas (November 9, 2021)
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (December 14, 2021)

2020

Still Waters by Viveca Sten (January 14, 2020)
November Road by Lou Berney (February 11, 2020)
If I Die Tonight by Alison Gaylin (March 10, 2020)
No meeting in April and May
Mystic River by Dennis Lehane (June 9, 2020)
The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan (July 14, 2020)
The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz (August 11, 2020)
Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Steward (September 8, 2020)
What She Knew by Gilly MacMillan (October 13, 2020)
The Last Flight by Julie Clark (November 10, 2020)
Some Choose Darkness by Charlie Donlea (December 8, 2020)

2019

Lights Out Summer by Rich Zahradnik (January 8, 2019)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (February 12, 2019)
The Face of a Stranger by Anne Perry (March 12, 2019)
Hollywood Homicide by Kellye Garrett (April 9, 2019)
The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah (May 14, 2019)
Learning to Swim by Sara J. Henry (June 11, 2019)
Harbor Nocturne by Joseph Wambaugh (July 9, 2019)
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (August 13, 2019)
The Dry by Jane Harper (September 10, 2019)
The Unseeing by Anna Mazzola (October 8, 2019)
Dead Woman Walking by Sharon Bolton (November 12, 2019)
Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett (December 10, 2019)

2018

Before the Fall by Noah Hawley (January 9, 2018)
IQ by Joe Ide (February 13, 2018)
Black Widow by Chris Brookmyre (March 13, 2018)
Where It Hurts by Reed Farrel Coleman (April 10, 2018)
Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty (May 8, 2018)
The Never-Open Desert Diner by James Anderson (June 12, 2018)
Burning Bright by Nick Petrie (July 10, 2018)
Darktown by Thomas Mullen (August 14, 2018)
The Water Rat of Wanchai by Ian Hamilton (September 11, 2018)
Dodgers by Bill Beverly (October 9, 2018)
Plantation Shudders by Ellen Byron (November 13, 2018)
Under the Harrow by Flynn Berry (December 11, 2018)

2017

Dead Lions by Mick Herron (January 10, 2017)
The 14th Colony by Steve Berry (February 14, 2017)
A Quiet Belief in Angels by R. J. Ellory (March 14, 2017)
Then We Take Berlin by John Lawton (April 11, 2017)
Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King (May 9, 2017)
The Long and Faraway Gone by Lou Berney (June 13, 2017)
Past Crimes by Glen Erik Hamilton (July 11, 2017)
Night Life by David C. Taylor (August 8, 2017)
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen (September 12, 2017)
The Shape Shifter by Tony Hillerman (October 10, 2017)
Spider Woman's Daughter by Anne Hillerman (November 14, 2017)
A Hero of France by Alan Furst (December 12, 2017)

2016

Dry Bones in the Valley by Tom Bouman (January 12, 2016)
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Kreuger (February 9, 2016)
Invisible City by Julia Dahl (March 8, 2016)
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair by Joel Dicker (April 12, 2016)
Japantown by Barry Lancet (May 10, 2016)
Criminal Enterprise by Owen Laukkanen (June 14, 2016)
Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia Macneal (July 12, 2016)
The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens (August 9, 2016)
Bad Blood by John Sandford (September 13, 2016)
The Black Hour by Lori Rader-Day (October 11, 2016)
The Papers of Tony Veitch by William McIlvanney (November 8, 2016)
Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith (December 13, 2016)

2015

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (January 13, 2015)
Accused by Lisa Scottoline (February 10, 2015)
The Constant Gardener by John Le Carré (March 10)
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin (April 14)
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith (May 12, 2015)
Raven Black by Ann Cleeves (June 9, 2015)
True Evil by Greg Iles (July 14, 2015)
Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews (August 11, 2015)
A Test of Wills by Charles Todd (September 8, 2015)
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (October 13, 2015)
The Blackhouse by Peter May (November 10, 2015)
Milk and Honey by Faye Kellerman (December 8, 2015)

2014

Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante (January 14, 2014)
The Sixth Man by David Baldacci (February 11, 2014)
The Last Detective by Peter Lovesey (March 11, 2014)
Defending Jacob by William Landay (April 8, 2014)
The Yard by Alex Grecian (May 13, 2014)
Long Time Coming by Robert Goddard (June 10, 2014)
The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan (July 8, 2014)
Wicked Autumn by G.M. Malliet (August 12, 2014)
The Fallen Angel by Daniel Silva (September 9, 2014)
The Kill Room by Jeffery Deaver (October 14, 2014)
Death Angel by Linda Fairstein (November 12, 2014)
The Other Child by Charlotte Link (December 9, 2014)

2013

In the Woods by Tana French (January 8, 2013)
The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill (February 12, 2013)
March Violets by Philip Kerr (March 12, 2013)
The Ghosts of Belfast by Stuart Neville (April 9, 2013)
The Case of the Missing Servant by Tarquin Hall (May 14, 2013)
Thirteen Hours by Deon Meyer (June 11, 2013)
Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker (July 9, 2013)
Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon (August 13, 2013)
Murder in the Marais by Cara Black (September 10, 2013)
Death of the Mantis by Michael Stanley (October 8, 2013)
Assassins of Athens by Jeffrey Siger (November 12, 2013)
Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood (December 10, 2013)

2012

River of Darkness by Rennie Airth (January 10, 2012)
The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler (February 14, 2012)
Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva (March 13, 2012)
A Blunt Instrument by Georgette Heyer (April 10, 2012)
Death at the President's Lodging by Michael Innes (May 8, 2012)
Junkyard Dogs by Craig Johnson (June 12, 2012)
Nemesis by Jo Nesbø (July 10, 2012)
Borkmann's Point by Håkan Nesser (August 14, 2012)
A Spark of Death by Bernadette Pajer (September 11, 2012)
Killer Weekend by Ridley Pearson (October 9, 2012)
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear (November 13, 2012)
Discussion of our favorite books (December 11, 2012)

2011

Shakespeare's Landlord by Charlaine Harris (January 11, 2011)
Baltimore Blues by Laura Lippman (February 8, 2011)
Dark Road Home by Karen Harper (March 8, 2011)
1st to Die by James Patterson (April 12, 2011)
Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley (May 10, 2011)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (June 14, 2011)
From Doon With Death by Ruth Rendell (July 12, 2011)
The Dragon Man by Garry Disher (August 9, 2011)
Murder Past Due by Miranda James (September 13, 2011)
Everywhere That Mary Went by Lisa Scottoline (October 11, 2011)
Firewall by Henning Mankell (November 8, 2011)
Arctic Chill by Arnaldur Indridason (December 13, 2011)

2010

The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri (January 12, 2010)
Desert Noir by Betty Webb (February 9, 2010)
Full Dark House by Christopher Fowler (March 9, 2010)
The Perfect Murder by H.R.F. Keating (April 13, 2010)
Billy Boyle by James R. Benn (May 11, 2010)
Strangled Prose by Joan Hess (June 8, 2010)
State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy (July 13, 2010)
Still Life by Louise Penny (August 10, 2010)
Last Lessons of Summer by Margaret Maron (September 14, 2010)
Monkeewrench by P.J. Tracy (October 12, 2010)
Roman Blood by Steven Saylor (November 9, 2010)
The Servant's Tale by Margaret Fraser (December 14, 2010)

2009

The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie King (January 13, 2009)
Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen (February 10, 2009)
The Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin (March 10, 2009)
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (April 14, 2009)
A Share in Death by Deborah Crombie (May 12, 2009)
Witch Way to Murder by Shirley Damsgaard (June 9, 2009)
Booked to Die by John Dunning (July 14, 2009)
Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger (August 11, 2009)
The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz (September 8, 2009)
Cop Hater by Ed McBain (October 13, 2009)
Motion to Suppress by Perri O'Shaughnessy (November 10, 2009)
The War Against Miss Winter by Kathryn Miller Haines (December 8, 2009)

2008

A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George (January 8, 2008)
Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers (February 12, 2008)
Double Indemnity by James M. Cain (March 11, 2008)
Desert Heat by J.A. Jance (April 8, 2008)
Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard (May 13, 2008)
Cape Perdido by Marcia Muller (June 10, 2008)
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters (July 8, 2008)
Fer de Lance by Rex Stout (August 12, 2008)
Murder on the Iditarod Trail by Sue Henry (September 9, 2008)
The Monkey's Raincoat by Robert Crais (October 14, 2008)
Open Season by C.J. Box (November 12, 2008)
A Christmas Guest by Anne Perry (December 9, 2008)

2007

I Dreamed I Married Perry Mason by Susan Kandel (January 9, 2007)
Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr (February 16, 2007)
The Case of the One-Eyed Witness by Erle Stanley Gardner (March 13, 2007)
Decider by Dick Francis (April 10, 2007)
Billy Straight by Jonathan Kellerman (May 8, 2007)
Tularosa by Michael McGarrity (June 12, 2007)
Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith (July 10, 2007)
Laura by Vera Caspary (August 14, 2007)
Cover Her Face by P.D. James (September 11, 2007)
A Beautiful Place to Die by Philip Craig (October 9, 2007)
No Human Involved by Barbara Seranella (November 13, 2007)
A Highland Christmas by M.C. Beaton (December 11, 2007)

2006

The Oath by John Lescroart (January 10, 2006)
Stormy Weather by Carl Hiaasen (February 14, 2006)
The Poet by Michael Connelly (March 14, 2006)
We had Jimmy Vaccaro as a special guest speaker (April 11, 2006)
Open and Shut: A Novel by David Rosenfelt (May 9, 2006)
Silent Joe by T. Jefferson Parker (June 13, 2006)
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay (August 14, 2006)
Dating Dead Men by Harley Jane Kozak (September 12, 2006)
A Place of Execution by Val McDermid (October 9, 2006)
Vegas, One Cop's Journey by Kim Thomas (also guest speaking) (November 14, 2006)
In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming (December 11, 2006)

2005

Reflecting the Sky by S. J. Rozan (January 11, 2005)
Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey (February 8, 2005)
Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon: A Meg Langslow Mystery by Donna Andrews (March 8, 2005)
The Sculptress by Minette Walters (April 12, 2005)
An Isolated Incident by Susan R. Sloan (May 10, 2005)
M Is for Malice by Sue Grafton (June 14, 2005)
The Grilling Season by Diane Mott Davidson (July 12, 2005)
Tagged for Murder by Elaine Flinn (August 9, 2005)
Monday Mourning by Kathy Reichs (September 12, 2005)
We had Stephanie Fox as guest speaker (October 11, 2005)
Harvest by Tess Gerritsen (November 8, 2005)
The Queene's Christmas by Karen Harper (December 13, 2005)

2004

The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale (January 13, 2004)
Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (February 10, 2004)
The Killing Floor by Lee Child (March 9, 2004)
Red Mesa by Aimee and David Thurlo (April 13, 2004)
Murder in Vegas by Steve Allen (May 11, 2004)
The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton (June 8, 2004)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (July 13, 2004)
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (August 10, 2004)
Shinju by Laura Joh Rowland (September 14, 2004)
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley (October 12, 2004)
The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker (November 9, 2004)
'Tis the Season to be Murdered by Valerie Wolzien (December 14, 2004)

2003

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett (January 14, 2003)
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (February 11, 2003)
Thief of Time by Tony Hillerman (March 11, 2003)
Any Mickey Rawlings Baseball mystery by Troy Soos (April 8, 2003)
Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton (May 13, 2003)
Purple Cane Road by James Lee Burke (June 10, 2003)
April Fool Dead by Carolyn Hart (July 8, 2003)
The Falls: An Inspector Rebus Novel by Ian Rankin (August 12, 2003)
The Cater Street Hangman by Anne Perry (September 9, 2003)
Confession: A Jenny Cain Mystery by Nancy Pickard (October 14, 2003)
Harm Done by Ruth Rendell (November 11, 2003)
Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich (December 9, 2003)