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Mystery Book Discussion Group at North Torrance Library
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The Sleeping Doll by Jeffery Deaver
Monday November 7, 2011 at 6:30PMCalifornia Bureau of Investigation interrogator and body language expert Kathryn Dance works to recapture a dangerous escaped killer with the help f three victims from his former cult and the lone survivor from a family he slaughtered. By the author of The Bone Collector. |
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Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeffry Lindsay
Monday December 5, 2011 at 6:30PMMeet Dexter, a polite wolf in sheep's clothing...a monster who cringes at the site of blood...a serial killer whose one golden rule makes him immensely likeable: he only kills bad people. Dexter Morgan isn't exactly the kind of man you'd bring home to Mom. |
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Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi
Monday February 6, 2012 at 6:30PMUnited in their obsession with a grisly Italian serial murder case almost three decades old, thriller writer Preston (coauthor, Brimstone) and Italian crime reporter Spezi seek to uncover the identity of the killer in this chilling true crime saga. |
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Bad Things Happen by Harry Dolan
Monday March 5, 2012 at 6:30PMIn the aftermath of a magazine publisher's untimely murder, detective Elizabeth Waishkey wonders if David Loogan, a man with a violent past who was having an affair with the victim's wife, is responsible for the crime or a helpful ally. |
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Monday April 2, 2012 at 6:30PMSet in 1936, German crime reporter Hannah Vogel has assumed the alias of Adelheid Zinsli, a Swiss reporter, to cover the Olympic Games while spying for the British. Vogel arranges to meet with her old mentor at the Berlin Olympic Stadium but he dies mysteriously. Her search for the truth, aided by an SS officer of uncertain trustworthiness, leads her to a deadly secret. |
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Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
Monday May 7, 2012 at 6:30PM
Larry Ott and Silas Jones were boyhood pals. Then Larry took a girl on a date to a drive-in movie, and she was never heard from again. More then twenty years have passed. Larry, a mechanic, lives a solitary existence, never able to rise above the whispers of suspicion. Silas has returned as a constable. Another girl disappears and Larry is blamed again. And now the two men who once called each other friend are forced to confront the past they've buried and ignored for decades. |
All discussions are free - no registration is required.
Just read the book prior to the meeting!
For more information, contact the
North Torrance Library
3604 Artesia Blvd., Torrance 310-323-7200
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