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

January

January 14
5:30pm

This month we'll be discussing The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers.

February

February 11
5:30pm

This month we'll be discussing Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson.

March

March 11
5:30pm

This month we'll be discussing Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto.

April

April 8
5:30pm

This month we'll be discussing The Highgate Cemetery Murder by Irina Shapiro.

May

May 13
5:30pm

This month we'll be discussing Proving Ground by Peter Blauner.

June

June 10
5:30pm

This month we'll be discussing Triptych by Karin Slaughter.

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

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
Did not meet in April or May 2020
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 McIlvanny, 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

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

2006

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

2005

T he Queene's Christmas by Karen Harper, December 13, 2005
Harvest by Tess Gerritsen, November 8, 2005
We had Stephanie Fox as guest speaker, October 11, 2005
Monday Mourning by Kathy Reichs, September 12, 2005
Tagged for Murder by Elaine Flinn, August 9, 2005
The Grilling Season by Diane Mott Davidson, July 12, 2005
M Is for Malice by Sue Grafton, June 14, 2005
An Isolated Incident by Susan R. Sloan, May 10, 2005
The Sculptress by Minette Walters, April 12, 2005
Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon: A Meg Langslow Mysteryby Donna Andrews, March 8, 2005
Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey, February 8, 2005
Reflecting the Sky by S. J. Rozan, January 11, 2005

2004

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

2003

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