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Mystery Book Discussion Group 2020: Crimes By Continent
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The rat began to gnaw the rope
by C. W. Grafton
"Another exciting entry in the Library of Congress Crime Classics series, The Rat Began to Gnaw the Rope follows Gil Henry, a Kentucky lawyer who begins investigating a stock fraud and winds up investigating a murder. When Ruth McClure approaches Gil andasks him to investigate the stock she inherited from her father, he reluctantly agrees, never expecting to be embroiled in scandal, subterfuge, and murder. But the more he digs the deeper the manipulation scheme goes, and it becomes unclear whether Gil will find a way out. In this portrait of pre-WWII America, this exceptional mystery combines fast-paced plotting and a breezy writing style with C.W. Grafton's thorough knowledge of the law. Grafton was also one of the first to add humor to the hard-boiledstyle of Hammett and Chandler"
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Darkness, take my hand
by Dennis Lehane
Private detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angela Genarro must protect their client, a prominent psychiatrist, from the vengeance of the Irish mob, but their task is undermined by a series of horrific killings that resemble those of a long-imprisoned psychopath. Reprint.
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The red lotus : a novel
by Chris Bohjalian
Falling in love with a wounded former patient and accompanying him on a cycling trip to Vietnam, an emergency-room doctor uncovers a bizarre series of deceptions that culminate in her boyfriend’s unexplained disappearance. By the author of Midwives.
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Scandinavian noir : in pursuit of a mystery
by Wendy Lesser
The founder and editor of The Threepenny Review describes the huge and strange world of Scandinavian crime and mystery fiction and travels overseas to discover the difference between the real countries and the versions she made up in her mind.
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The danger [electronic resource]
by Dick Francis
When a string of kidnappings rocks the horse racing world, Andrew Douglas is brought in to recover the missing-without becoming the next victim.
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The murder list
by Hank Phillippi Ryan
A bright, hard-working law student married to a faithful and devoted husband discovers that everything she believes about her life is false and is caught up in a game of cat-and-mouse for her very survival.
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Cut Throat
by Lyndon Stacey
Jealousy and greed form a deadly alliance in the highly charged world of international showjumping. Ross Wakelin, a talented American rider with a chequered past, has come to England hoping for a fresh start. But soon after he arrives at Oakley Manor yard he learns that all is not as it seems. Bellboy, a winner of the Hickstead Derby, was recently found in his stable with a cut throat - his violent death marked the beginning of a cruel vendetta against one of the owners at the yard. Unwittingly, Ross is drawn into a deadly spiral of threatening events and finds himself at the heart of the terrifying campaign. Now, with more than just his career at stake, he must uncover the secrets of Oakley Manor. But as he begins to close in on the truth, he finds that someone is prepared to go to any lengths to destroy him, and knows exactly where to strike...
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Ghosted : a novel
by Rosie Walsh
An idyllic romance between Sarah and her boyfriend, Eddie, is shattered when Eddie abruptly disappears, prompting Sarah to ignore her friends' advice and investigate what really happened. A U.S. debut.
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Dead Man's Island
by Carolyn G. Hart
When arrogant media magnate Chase Prescott is nearly killed by a box of cyanide-laced candy, he dials his long-ago lover, retired newshound Henrietta O’Dwyer Collins, with a simple request: He’ll assemble all the suspects if Henrie O will kindly point out the would-be murderer. It’s a case—her first—that fills Henrie O with grave misgivings when she arrives on Chase’s private island off the South Carolina coast
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Fair Warning
by Michael Connelly
When a woman with whom he shared a one-night stand is found brutally murdered, veteran reporter Jack McEvoy tracks down a serial killer who has been operating under the radar. By the best-selling author of The Poet. Simultaneous.
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Hid from our eyes
by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Police chief Russ van Alstyne races to solve a baffling murder that eerily resembles two unsolved killings from decades earlier for which he was the prime suspect. By the award-winning author of One Was a Soldier.
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Land of careful shadows
by Suzanne Chazin
Latino homicide detective Jimmy Vega must investigate the ethnically charged murder of a Hispanic woman found fifty miles north of New York City, as well as locate the baby pictured in a photograph found on the dead woman
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Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 6 pm via ZOOM SUMMER READING: CHOOSE YOUR OWN THEME.
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Lucius Beebe Memorial Library 345 Main Street Wakefield, Massachusetts 01880 781-246-6334 wakefieldlibrary.org |
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