Mystery Book Club

upcoming Selections

october

October 8
6:15 p.m.

This month we will be discussing The Unseeing by Anna Mazzola.

november

November 12
6:15 p.m.

This month we will be discussing Dead Woman Walking by Jane Harper.

december

December 10
6:15 p.m.

This month we will be discussing Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett.

Previous Selections

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

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, Februay 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

• The 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