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.

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

Upcoming Selections

Previous Selections

2026

• We Solve Murders by Richard Osman (January 13, 2026)
• The Bitter Past by Bruce Borgos (February 10, 2026)
• Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera (March 10, 2026)
• The Paris Widow by Kimberly Belle (April 14, 2026)
• Golden State by Ben H. Winters (May 12, 2026)
• The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware (June 9, 2026)
• No meeting in July
• All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker (August 11, 2026)
• How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin (September 8, 2026)
• Dark Objects by Simon Toyne (October 13, 2026)

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)
• No meeting in July
• Lost in Time by A.G. Riddle (August 12, 2025)
• The Distant Echo by Val McDermid (September 9, 2025)
• The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz (October 14, 2025)
• Force of Nature by Jane Harper (November 4, 2025)
• The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon (December 9, 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)