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 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. However,….
There is also a paper ballot. It can be used:
• to help you plan how you will vote online, Or…
• to vote on a paper ballot (if you are not able to connect to the online ballot via your computer, phone, or other device).
Get a 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.
| 2026-27 BALLOT CHOICES | |||
| ITEM | INSTRUCTIONS |  | CHOICES |
| 1 | Your Name | ||
| 2 | Pick One | “The Mystery of Mrs. Christie” by Marie Benedict | |
| “Harlem Shuffle” by Colson Whitehead | |||
| 3 | Pick One | “Valley of the Moms” by Hannah Selinger | |
| “Big Little Lies” by Liane Moriarty | |||
| “All the Other Mothers Hate Me” by Sarah Harman | |||
| 4 | Pick One | “Slow Horses” by Mick Herron | |
| “The Expats” by Chris Pavone | |||
| 5 | Pick One | “A is for Alibi” By Sue Grafton | |
| “The Big Empty” by Robert Crais | |||
| “Dead Money” by Jakob Kerr | |||
| 6 | Pick Two – at most 2 options | “The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective” by Jo Nichols | |
| “Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers” by Jesse Q. Sutanto | |||
| “Murder Takes a Vacation” by Laura Lippman | |||
| “And Then There Were None” by Agatha Christie | |||
| 7 | Pick Three – at most 3 options | “Trespasser” by Paul Doiron | |
| “The Dead Will Tell” by Linda Castillo | |||
| “The Dentist” by Tim Sullivan | |||
| “The Whistler” by John Grisham | |||
| “Winter Counts” by David Heska Wanbli Weiden | |||
| “Good People” by Patmeena Sabit | |||
| 8 | Pick Four – at most 4 options | “Not Quite Dead Yet” by Holly Jackson | |
| “The Storm” by Rachel Hawkins | |||
| “Not a Sound” by Heather Gudenkauf | |||
| “The Fine Art of Lying” by Alexandra Andrews | |||
| “Confessions on the 7:45” by Lisa Unger | |||
| “The Unraveling of Julia” by Lisa Scottoline | |||
| “The Maidens” By Alex Michaelides | |||
| “The Keeper” by John Lescroart | |||
| “The Woman in Cabin 10” by Ruth Ware | |||
| “The Strange Case of Jane O” by Karen Thompson Walker | |||
