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*The Book Group at the El Retiro Library *Mayhem In the A.M. at Henderson Library *Biography & Memoirs at Katy Geissert Library
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*Mystery at North Torrance Library *Creative Spirit Book Group at the Southeast Library *Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Group
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Mystery/suspense book discussion group

   
Mystery/Suspense Book Discussion Group


Meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 10:00 a.m. at the Henderson Library.

 

 

 

Presumed Innocent

by Scott Turow

Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.

Ruby Sabich, a prosecuting attorney investigates the murder of Carolyn Polhemus, his former lover and a prominent member of his boss's staff, finds himself accused of the crime. 

 

The Ice Princess

by Camilla Lackberg

Thursday, February 9,  2012 at 10:00 a.m.

After she returns to her hometown to learn that her friend, Alex, was found in an ice-cold bath with her wrists slashed, biographer Erica Falck researches her friend's past in hopes of writing a book and joins forces with Detective Patrik Hedstrom, who has his own suspicions about the case.

 

Careless in Red

by Elizabeth George

Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.

Scotland Yards Thomas Lynley discovers the body of a young man who appears to have fallen to his death.  The closest town, better known for its tourists and is surfing than its intrigue, seems an unlikely place for murder.  However, it soon becomes apparent that a clever killer in indeed at work, and this time Lynley is not a detective but a witness and possibly a suspect.

 

Killer Smile

 by Lisa Scottoline
Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.

When she receives personal threats and a associate is murdered, young lawyer Mary DiNunzio realizes that her latest case, involving a World War II internment camp suicide, may have deadly modern-day ties.

 

The Janissary Tree

by Jason Goodwin
Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.

When the Ottoman Empire of 1836 is shattered by  wave of political murders that threatens to upset the balance of power, Yashim, an intelligence agent and a eunuch, conducts an investigation into clues within the empire's once-elite military forces.

 

Killed at the Whim of a Hat

by Colin Cotterill
Thursday, June 14, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.

Forced to relocate to rural Thailand with her eccentric family, crime reporter Jimm Juree fear that her career is over until the bodies of two hippies are discovered in a local farmer's field and a Buddhist abbot is murdered, a case that implicates a monk and a nun.