| Meet Day | Book Title [+ Extra Helps] | Author | SYKM Website |
| Aug 29 | A Calamity of Souls | David Baldacci | Baldacci |
| Sep 26 | The Violin Conspiracy Music that inspired Brendan and book? (Listed on Spotify.) | Brendan Slocum | Slocum |
| Oct 24* | The Keeper of Lost Causes | Jussi Adler-Olsen | Adler-Olsen |
| Nov 21* | The Paris Express | Emma Donoghue | Donoghue |
| Dec 19* | The Woman in the Library | Sulari Gentill | Gentill |
| ! 2026 ! Jan 30 | All the Colors of the Dark | Chris Whitaker | Whitaker |
| Feb 27 | Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone — (Video interview) | Benjamin Stevenson | Stevenson |
| Mar 27 | The Oligarch’s Daughter Bonus articles on Joe’s favorite books, problems facing mystery/thriller authors, and more fun stuff | Joseph Finder | Finder |
| Apr 24 | Nightshade (Catalina setting) | Michael Connelly | Connelly |
| May 29 | Here One Moment | Liane Moriarty | Moriarty |
| Jun 26 | The Talented Mr. Ripley | Patricia Highsmith | Highsmith |
| July 31 | The God of the Woods | Liz Moore | Moore |
| Aug 28 | The Cutting Season | Attica Locke | Locke |
LET'S PLAY CLUE: Was it MBC member Dick Goutal, in the garden, using the poisonous plant, Black Henbane?