Book Clubs
Mystery to Me Book Club - Jayne Rowsam, lead
Meetings are held at 6:00 pm on the fourth Wednesday of the month (unless otherwise noted)
2019
January 30 Craig Johnson, Cold Dish
2018
January 17 Allen Eskens, Deep Dark Descending
February 28 Ron Rash, Serena
March 28 Rhys Bowen, In Farleigh Field
April 25 Jess Kidd, Himself
May 23 Karen Dionne, Marsh King's Daughter
June 27 A.D. Scott, Death in a Great Glen
July 25 William Kent Krueger, Ordinary Grace
August 22 Robert Madrygin, Solace of Trees
September 26 Walter Mosley, Devil in a Blue Dress
October 24 Rennie Airth, River of Darkness
November 28 David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon
December: No Book Club
2017
January 25 Elsa Hart, Jade Dragon Mountain
February 22 James Patterson, Cross Justice
March 22 David Benioff, City of Thieves
April 26 bookclub canceled -- members attending the Sara Paretsky event!
May 24 Katarina Bivald, Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
June 21 Erika Swyler, Book of Speculation
July 26 Elizabeth Peters, Crocodile on the Sandbank
August 23 Ann Cleeves, Raven Black
September 27 Eve Chase, Black Rabbit Hall
October 25 Jess Lourey, Salem's Cipher
November 29 Kate Quinn, Alice Network
History's Mysteries Book Club - Catherine Streiffer, lead
Meetings are held at 12:30 pm on the following dates in 2019
January 6, 2019 Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov
February 3, 2019 In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen
March 3, 2019 Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
April 7, 2019 The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah
May 5, 2019 Munich by Robert Harris
June 2, 2019 Mangle Street Murders by M.R.C. Kasasian
July 7, 2019 The Scribe by Matthew Guinn
August 4, 2019 Tutankhamun: The Book of Shadows by Nick Drake
September 8, 2019 (moved one week for Labor Day) Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of Bloodstains by Catronia McPherson
October 6, 2019 Case of the Gilded Fly by Edmund Crispin
November 3, 2019 The Zig Zag Girl by Elly Griffiths
December 1, 2019 Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley MEETING AT CATHERINE’S HOUSE
2018
January 7, 2018. “Brat Farrar”, by Josephine Tey
February 4, 2018. “Jade Dragon Mountain”, by Elsa Hart
March 4, 2018. “Curious Beginning”, by Deanna Raybourn
April 8, 2018. “The Last Kashmiri Rose” by Barbara Cleverly
May 6, 2018. “Death at Wentwater Court” by Carola Dunn
June 3, 2018. “A Most Novel Revenge” by Ashley Weaver
July 1, 2018. “Roman Games: A Plinius Secundus Mystery” by Bruce McBain
August 5, 2018. “The Harper’s Quine” by Pat McIntosh
September 9, 2018. “The Good Knight” by Sarah Woodbury
October 7, 2018. “Murphy’s Law” by Rhys Bowen
November 4, 2018. “Speedy Death” by Gladys Mitchell
December 2, 2018. “A Morbid Taste for Bones” by Ellis Peters
2017
January 8 Lucy Worsley, The Art of English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock
February 5 Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
March 5 Amy Stewart, Girl Waits with Gun
April 2 Oliver Potsch, The Hangman's Daughter
May 7 Lesley Kagen, Whistling in the Dark
June 4 Jean Zimmerman, Savage Girl
July 9* Susanna Calkins, Murder at Rosamund's Gate
August 6 Peter Tremayne, Valley of the Shadow
Sept. 10 Stuart Wood, Chiefs
October 1 David Downing, Zoo Station
November 5 Tom Rob Smith, Child 44
December 3 Janet Dawson, Death Rides the Zephyr
*Due to holiday weekends, the July and September meetings have been moved to July 9 and September 10.
Agatha Christie Book Club - Christine Soder, Lead
Meetings are at 3pm on the 4th Sunday of every other month
January, March, May, July, September, November
2019
TBA
2018
January 28 They Came to Baghdad - Other
March 25 One, Two, Buckle My Shoe or An Overdose of Death, or The Patriotic Murders - Poirot
May 27 Destination Unknown or So Many Steps to Death - Other
July 22 Evil Under the Sun - Poirot
September 23 Ordeal by Innocence - Other
November 25 Five Little Pigs, or Murder in Retrospect - Poirot
If you're interested in holding a book club meeting at Mystery to Me, please contact Joanne at (608)283-9332 or stop by the store and chat with us about your club. In addition, we're happy to offer copies of book club selections for a 10% discount.