Discussions will be led by Linda Trouten through June. Linda would like to encourage members to join the Mystery Book Club. The books we read are fun and discussions are lively!
All descriptions of the books are from their dust jackets or publishers.
Contact Linda for more information.
January 28, 2025 @ 9:30 a.m. in the Gold Room
Forsaken Country
by Allen Eskens
Max Rupert has left his position as a Minneapolis homicide detective to live in solitude, mourning the tragic death of his wife. But then the former local sheriff, Lyle Voight, arrives with a desperate plea: Lyle’s daughter Sandy and his six-year-old grandson Pip have disappeared. Lyle’s certain Sandy’s ex-husband Reed is behind it.
February 25, 2025 @ 9:30 a.m. in the Gold Room
A Most Agreeable Murder
by Julia Seales
Feisty, passionate Beatrice Steele has never fit the definition of a true lady. According to the strict code of conduct that reigns in Swampshire, her small English township–she is terrible at needlework, has absolutely no musical ability, and her artwork is so bad it frightens people.
March 25, 2025 @ 9:30 a.m. in the Gold Room
Vanishing Edge
by Claire Kells
The rugged landscape of Sequoia National Park is a challenge on the best of days—but when a park ranger discovers an abandoned exclusive campsite with an empty tent and high-end technical gear scattered on the shores of an alpine lake, the wilderness takes on a sinister new hue. Thirty-two-year-old Felicity Harland—a former FBI agent who left the service in the wake of a personal tragedy and has taken her skills off the grid—is brought in as chief investigator.
April 22, 2025 @ 9:30 a.m. in the Gold Room
The Rose Code
by Kate Quinn
As 1940 England prepares to fight the Nazis, three very different women answer the call to Bletchley Park, where the best minds in Britain train to break German military codes. Osla puts her fluent German to use as a translator of decoded enemy secrets. Mab works the legendary codebreaking machines and looks for a socially advantageous husband. Beth’s shyness conceals a brilliant facility with puzzles.
2022-2024 Book List
September 2022: Pretty Little Wife by Darby Kane
October 2022: A Line to Kill by Anthony Horowitz
November 2022: Best in Snow by David Rosenfelt
January 2023: No Memes of Escape by Olivia Blacke
February 2023: The Maid by Nita Prose
March 2023: Blood Sugar by Sascha Rothchild
April 2023: Murder in an Irish Village by Carlene O’Connor
May 2023: The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
June 2023: Death of a Starling by Linda Norlander
July 2023: The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly
August 2023: The Bangalore Detective Club by Harini Narendra
September 2023: The Local by Joey Hartstone
October 2023: Exiles by Jane Harper
November 2023: A Good Family by Matt Goldman
January 2024: The Zero Night by Brian Freeman
February 2024: Compromising Positions by Susan Isaacs
March 2024: Residue by Michael McGarrity
April 2024: Nowhere Street by Ron Handberg
May 2024: Murder Under a Red Moon A Bangalore Detectives Mystery by Harini Nagendra
June 2024: The White Lady: A Novel by Jacqueline Winspear
July 2024: Glory Be A Glory Broussard Mystery by Danielle Arceneaux
September 2024: The Sacred Bridge: A Novel by Anne Hillerman
October 2024: All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby
November 2024: Meet Your Baker by Ellie Alexander
Updated: 1/4/25