Mystery Book Discussion Group
Bring your lunch and join us the third Tuesday of the month from noon to 1 in the conference room on the second floor of the Main Library, at 361 Washington Street.
Copies of the book to be discussed will be available at the front desk 4 weeks before the meeting.
If you have any questions, please contact reference librarian Liz Mellett at (617) 730-2369 or via email.Robert Barnard, A Scandal in Belgravia
Mar 16, 2010 Main Library
Thirty years after young aristocrat Timothy Wycliffe was bludgeoned to death in his elegantly furnished flat in Belgravia, his friend Peter Proctor, a retired Member of Parliament, is writing his memoirs. When he keeps getting sidetracked by speculations on Timothy's unsolved murder, he decides to investigate. Barnard is an eight-time Edgar nominee and the winner of the prestigious Cartier Diamond Dagger and Nero Wolfe awards.
P.D. James, The Murder Room
Apr 20, 2010 Main Library
Commander Adam Dalgliesh is already acquainted with the Dupayne—a museum dedicated to the interwar years, with a room celebrating the most notorious murders of that time—when he is called to investigate the killing of one of the family trustees. It seems the victim was seeking to close the museum against the wishes of fellow trustees and the museum's devoted staff. The recipient of many prizes and honors, the author was created Baroness James of Holland Park in 1991.
Carl Hiaasen, Sick Puppy
May 18, 2010 Main Library
When Palmer Stoat notices the black pickup truck following him, he is afraid his precious Range Rover is about to be carjacked. But Twilly Spree, the man tailing him, has vengeance, not sport-utility vehicles, on his mind. This blackly humorous novel showcases all the reasons why The London Observer has called Hiaasen "America's finest satirical novelist".
Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder Must Advertise
Jun 15, 2010 Main Library
In this classic of the Golden Age, Lord Peter Wimsey goes undercover in the offices of Pym's Publicity, a respectable London advertising agency. Ad man Victor Dean has been killed in a fall down a spiral staircase and he left behind a half finished letter with allegations of criminal goings-on at the agency. This entertaining tale is one of five Sayers' titles on the Mystery Writers of America's list of the Top 100 Mystery Novels of all Time.