IF YOU LOVE A MYSTERY ...
Join us at 7:30PM on the second Tuesday of each month. As a group, we decide on the year's reading theme and on the books we'll read. At each meeting, one of our members leads the discussion.
Location
BARNES & NOBLE
4735 Commons Way Calabasas, California 91302 818-222-0542 We meet in a cozy corner on the second floor (by the windows). LINKS
Stop You're Killing Me
A resource for lovers of mystery, crime, thriller, spy, and suspense books. Use the alphabetical author and character links at the top of the page or the special indexes in the left column. Looking for a Mystery? A "Resources for Librarians" page where you can look for mystery novels by date, topic, location, etc. | Upcoming Meetings
In 2012 our reading theme is What's My Line?, where each month's selection features a main character with a different occupation.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 – 7:30PM
THE CRIME WRITER, by Gregg Hurwitz
Drew Danner, a crime novelist with a house off L.A.’s storied Mulholland Drive, awakens in a hospital bed with a scar on his head and no memory of being found convulsing over his ex-fiancée’s body the previous night. He was discovered holding a knife, her blood beneath his nails. He himself doesn’t know whether he’s guilty or innocent. To reconstruct the story, the writer must now become the protagonist, searching the corridors of his life and the city he loves. Tuesday, July 10, 2012 – 7:30PM
DOG ON IT, by Spencer Quinn
In a mystery narrated by ex-cop Bernie Little’s dog, Chet, Bernie’s detective agency is hired to investigate the disappearance of a teenaged girl who may or may not have been kidnapped but has definitely gotten mixed up with some very unsavory characters. Also
August 14: HEAT WAVE, by "Richard Castle"
(featuring Nikki Heat, NYPD homicide detective) September 11: STRIP, by Thomas Perry (featuring Claudiu “Manco” Kapak, strip club owner) October 9: ONE DEAD PREACHER, by Tony Lindsay (featuring David Price, security escort) November 13: ANOTHER MAN'S MOCCASINS, by Craig Johnson (featuring Walt Longmire, Sheriff) December 11: A NAIL THROUGH THE HEART, by Timothy Hallinan (featuring Poke Rafferty, travel writer) |