On the third Tuesday of the month, join our mystery book discussion group at 6:30 PM, and bring your own supper, either something from home or carryout. We share our love of mysteries as we share a table.

Past Selections Are Here

January 16, 2007
Officer Down by Theresa Schwegel
This debut mystery has a first-person female cop narrator (who is) a North Side Chicago cop named Samantha Mack, (who) comes across like a real, nonwhiny, funny person. After Mack and her estranged partner get shot at in an apartment sting, Mack wakes up in the hospital to learn that the old partner is dead from gunshot wounds and that the cartridges came from her own gun. The rest of this absorbing quest novel comprises Mack's attempts to buck the police bureaucracy and get to the bottom of the murder. Credible cop background and evocative Chicago scenes add to the pleasures of this memorable first novel. (Booklist) This novel won the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best First Novel in 2006.

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February 20, 2007
Die a Little by Megan Abbott
A velvety 1950s Southern California vibe suffuses this noirish novel about a young woman who sacrifices her own innocence while trying to protect her brother from the seamy side of life. Orphaned when they were children, Bill and Lora King live together well into adulthood, until Bill meets Alice Steele, a beautiful damsel in distress whose mysterious past and even more mysterious present set off alarms for Lora. Bill and Alice marry, but Lora becomes increasingly sure there's more to Alice 's murky past. Lora makes self-deprecating Nancy Drew jokes even as she initiates a personal investigation. What the likable Lora discovers—drugs, sex, corruption and murder—fascinates her as much as it frightens her. Abbott crafts a stylish, sensuous tale with picture-perfect period trappings. (from Publisher's Weekly )
**Megan Abbott and Mitchell Bartoy, will be visiting the Romeo District Library on Saturday, February 24, 2007, at 11:00 AM.**

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March 20, 2007
Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
We will be meeting at 6:00 PM this evening as we will watch the film “Strangers on a Train” together, and discuss both the movie and the book afterwards. Please bring a snack (salty or sweet) to share for movie-watching.

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