Expect spoilers in the bottom half of this post – the beginning of this post is only a repeat of the information provided about the book that was provided at the start of the month, before the meeting. Then halfway down the page we report some of the discussion from the meeting which likely includes spoilers. Your comments, corrections, additions, clarifications are welcome at the end. We read Better the Blood … Continue reading
I got the polio virus just after turning nine years old, in the summer following my third grade. I was hospitalized for a month. Within two days after my admission to the hospital and unknown to me, my mother also caught polio and died. While I was in the hospital, my father visited me but said nothing about my mother’s death until the day before I was brought back home. … Continue reading
March, 2020 was the only month that our Mystery Book Club did not meet (in some fashion) since its beginning more than 20 years ago. That month we read The Forgotten Garden and I asked people to post their book comments on this website because the pandemic had struck. By April, I had purchased a Zoom account and figured out (mostly, LOL) how to use it. But the library had … Continue reading
…and other goodies, like Join an online presentation with best selling authors Lisa Jackson and Nancy Bush. See what happens when you love a-maze-ing mystery books. Meet FBI Special Agent Julia Cowley:Inside the Behavioral Analysis Unit (Virtual) TUESDAY, AUGUST 22 at 7:00—8:00 PM Join Special Agent Julia Cowley for a look inside FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit. Cowley will discuss how and why she became an FBI profiler, what profiling is … Continue reading
There are no spoilers for the top part of this post – the beginning of this post is only a repeat of the information provided about the book that was provided at the start of the month, before the meeting. But….. Near the bottom of the page, there is a place for our participants to leave comments about the book, and spoilers will likely be included. Don’t scroll down to the comments area, until you … Continue reading
Bruce Robert Coffin was our guest author at our regular monthly meeting on Friday, June 30, 2023. We read the first book in his series of four police procedurals – Among the Shadows. It was generally well-liked by the group as indicated by the fact that at least 8 participants (of 12 reporting back) said something about wanting to read another in the series. Compared to the group’s feeling about … Continue reading
Remembering Peter Robinson Canadian mystery author Peter Robinson who wrote 28 Inspector Banks novels, died last year, but his final book, Standing in the Shadows, was published this month. The publisher brought together 3 blockbuster authors to remember and celebrate Robinson, as well as to promote the final book; the three were Ian Rankin (author of the Inspector Rebus books), Louise Penny (author of the Inspector Gamache books), and Michael … Continue reading
Can’t remember how this popped into my head while we were having lunch at Boo Bird after our meeting on Friday. Nice time chatting about books and and assorted bits with Tricia Breau, Selena Evans, Judy Lloyd, and Leslie Schoenherr! In any case I mentioned a book that might interest our group but cannot be one of our nominated books (there are zero copies in the MVLC system for the … Continue reading
Sara Paretsky During the last meeting, when discussing various books for the future, I mentioned that Sara Paretsky has been a long time favorite of mine when it comes to PI novels, and her protagonist, V. I. Warshawski, is a very likable strong female hero. So I was happy to just get a notice that Bouchercon2023 (which I am planning to attend at the end of August), has selected Paretsky … Continue reading
There are no spoilers for the top part of this post – the beginning of this post is only a repeat of the information provided about the book that was provided at the start of the month, before the meeting. But….. Near the bottom of the page, there is a place for our participants to leave comments about the book, and spoilers will likely be included. Don’t scroll down to … Continue reading
LET'S PLAY CLUE: Was it MBC member Dick Goutal, in the garden, using the poisonous plant, Black Henbane?
