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. [May require you to enter your Manchester Library card number to enter 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 will be adding links to my own curated blurbs on the list below, but this will take time. – Dick
To print the resource below (no links), click for PDF here.
| 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 | |||