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Mystery Book Club The Mystery Book Club meets at 7pm on the second Tuesday of each month (except December) in person and online via Zoom. Registration is only required for online participants. You may register by clicking the links below, by calling 309.590.6168, or by visiting the Help Desk on the 2nd floor of the library. New participants are welcome at any time! To reserve a print copy of the next title to be discussed, contact the Help Desk by phone at 309.590.6168 or by email at reference@bloomingtonlibrary.org. Digital copies of each title (eBook or eAudiobook) may also be available through the Libby or Hoopla Apps.
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An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Helene TurstenSix interlocking stories describe a series of unfortunate incidents in the life of 88-year-old Maud, shedding light on the present day when detectives show up after the disturbing discovery of a dead body in her apartment. Online participants, register here.
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Pay Dirt Road by Samantha Jayne AllenLured into the family business—a private investigation firm—by her supposed-to-be-retired grandfather, Annie McIntyre, while looking into the disappearance of waitress, finds herself identifying with the victim in increasingly, unsettling ways and must confront her own past to survive this case. Online participants, register here.
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Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin StevensonA self-published author of crime novel writing guides attends a reunion with his family of expert killers and investigates when a body is found outside in the snow as another storm approaches. Online participants, register here.
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Vanishing Edge by Claire KellsBrought in as chief investigator when a party of campers go missing, 32-year-old Felicity Harland must place her trust in a Navy SEAL turned park ranger when the investigation takes them from the wilderness to the streets of Los Angeles where the grisly truth comes to light. Online participants, register here.
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Mastering the Art of French Murder by Colleen CambridgeWhile staying in post-World War II Paris with her grandfather, Tabitha Knight becomes friends with her neighbor and fellow American, Julia Child, and must clear both their names when a woman they both knew is murdered with a knife from Julia's kitchen and a note from Tabitha in her pocket. Online participants, register here.
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The Girl Beneath the Sea by Andrew MayneWhen a body floating in the canal has ties to auxiliary officer Sloan McPherson, she finds herself a suspect and must rely on the DEA agent who put her uncle behind bars. Online participants, register here.
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The Golden Spoon by Jessa MaxwellDuring her annual televised baking competition on her Vermont estate, celebrated baker Betsy Martin, hailed as“America's Grandmother,” finds murder in the mix when a body is discovered, and everyone is a suspect. Online participants, register here.
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A Disappearance in Fiji by Nilima RaoA young Indian police sergeant in 1914 is sent on assignment in Fiji as punishment for a humiliating mistake where he investigates the kidnapping of a sugarcane plantation worker and confronts the brutal realities of racism and indentured working conditions. Online participants, register here.
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Don't Know Tough by Eli CranorTrent Powers relocates his family from Anaheim to Arkansas to take over as head coach of the Denton Pirates, a high school football team powered by a volatile but talented running back named Billy Lowe. Billy comes from an extremely troubled home: a trailer park where he is terrorized by his unstable mother's abusive boyfriend. Billy takes out his anger on the field, and it's not long before he crosses a line. Instead of punishing him, though, Trent takes Billy into his home, hoping to protect his star player as the Pirates begin their playoff run. But when Billy's stepfather is found murdered, nothing can stop an explosive chain of violence that could tear the town apart. Online participants, register here.
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The Kingdoms of Savannah by George Dawes GreenWith the M. Musgrove & Family Detective Agency back in business, determined to expose Savannah's seedy underbelly, the dysfunctional family unearths a depraved history of murder and slavery that a powerful few are determined to keep hidden by any means necessary. Online participants, register here.
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Secret Lives by Mark De CastriqueAt 75-years-old, Ethel Fiona Crestwater is used to being underestimated. She looks like someone's grandma, she's not a threat to anyone. Or is she...? Ethel runs a boarding house for government agents, and when someone murders one of her boarders, she springs into action-much to the surprise of her distant cousin Jesse, who has recently come to stay with her while he attends university. As he watches her photograph the crime scene, conceal evidence, and speed-dial the Secret Service Director, Jesse realizes that there's much more to Ethel than appearances suggest. But when Jesse is assaulted and the gym bag full of cash Ethel had hidden is stolen from the basement, the pair decides it's time to launch their own unofficial investigation. With no one to trust but each other, these double-first-cousins-twice-removed form an unlikely bond, and learn that the only thing truly worth risking your life for is family. Online participants, register here.
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Join us for Book Ends on Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 7pm Calling all readers! You're invited to share some of your favorite books that you've read this year. It doesn't matter if you've read them for a book club, by recommendation or chance, or if they've been around for a while or newly published. Come and share them with other readers and get ideas for books to add to your reading list.Registration is ONLY required for online participants and can be completed here.
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