General Instructions:
Please participate if you attend some or all of the mystery book club meetings, or plan to be participating during the next year that begins with September 2026 and continues through August 2027.
The deadline for all voting is: after the Mystery Book Club meeting on Friday August 28, 2026.
We prefer that you do your actual voting online here. This simplifies the counting of the ballots. [It may require you to enter your Manchester Library card number on order to enter the site or to use the links. ]
There is also a paper ballot if you are unable to access the online ballot from your device (computer, phone, pad, etc).
Get the paper ballot at the library ahead of time, from Maddy Willwerth, the Mystery Book Club leader and also Director of Adult Services at the Library. Return by above deadline. (Or you can get a paper ballot at the August 28 meeting – just leave time before or after the meeting to vote for your choices.)
How do you decide which books to choose? Read a “blurb” or brief promotional summary via a link in the book titles on the online ballot.
Use the ballot simulation below to plan your vote
Again, the online ballot has links to brief book summaries. I have added links to my own more detailed book descriptions (3-7 short paragraphs) on the list below, for most but not all of the choices (no more time for the rest). – Dick
To print the resource table worksheet below with no links, click for PDF here.
On the table below: Titles with a link go to a 3-4 paragraph description of the book; Authors with a link go to Stop You’re Killing Me (SYKM) where you can see all the books the author has written in publication and series order. Also at the top of the author’s page, there is often a working link to the author’s own website with much more information. If the author is not listed in SYKM, I provide an alternative link.
