What's better than finishing a great mystery book?  Discussing it with other mystery lovers!  And, of course, starting on your next mystery!  As in most good mysteries, the answer was hidden in plain sight!  Join our mystery book group for interesting discussions of each month's selected book.  Group members select the book titles that encompass a wide variety of topics and themes.  Sub-genres may include historical, noir, espionage, popular, police procedurals/private investigators, courtroom drama, Texas settings, and more.  Discover new books and authors to cherish or revisit old favorites!  You’re welcome to join us even if you haven’t read this month’s selection. No need to pre-register.

April's book is Open & Shut by David Rosenfelt

Whether dueling with new forensics or the local old boys' network, irreverent defense attorney Andy Carpenter always leaves them awed with his biting wit and winning fourth-quarter game plan. But Andy prefers the company of his best friend, Tara, to the people he encounters in the courtroom. Tara, a golden retriever, is clearly smarter than half the lawyers who clog the courts of PassaicCounty. However, just as it seems Andy has everything figured out, his dad, New Jersey's legendary ex-D.A., drops dead in front of him at a game in Yankee Stadium. The shocks pile on as he discovers his dad left him with two unexpected legacies: a fortune of $22 million that Andy never knew existed . . . and a murder case with enough racial tinder to burn down City Hall. Struggling to serve justice and bring honor to his father, Andy must dig up some explosive political skeletons--and an astonishing family secret that can close his case (and his mouth) for good

January 18: The Investigator by John Sanford

February 15: The Maid by Nita Prose

March 21: Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osmund

April 18: Open and Shut by David Rosenfelt

May 16: Blood of the Prodigal by P.L. Gaus

June 20: Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto

July 18: I Hear the Sirens in the Street by Adrian McKinty

August 15: Dark Winter by William Dietrich

September 19: Fortune Favors the Dead by Stephen Spotswood

October 17: City on Fire by Don Winslow

November 21: Death and the Lit Chick by G.M. Malliet

December 19: 2024 book selection

January 16, 2025: A Presumption of Death by Jill Walsh