September Title: The Invisible City by Julia Dahl

Our September book is Invisible City by Julia Dahl.

Finalist 2015 Anthony Award for Best First Novel
Finalist 2015 Barry Award for Best First Novel
Finalist 2015 Edgar Award for Best First Novel
Finalist 2015 Macavity Award for Best First Novel
Finalist 2015 Shamus Award for Best First PI Novel
Finalist 2015 Thriller Award for Best First Novel

Meeting date is September 23rd at 6:30 p.m., Main Library.

Copies of the book are available for checkout at the Main Library.

Bad Country by C.B. McKenzie

Our August book title is Bad Country by C.B. McKenzie.  Join us on August 26th at 6:30 p.m. in the Upper Level Conference Room.

CB McKenzie's Bad Country captures the rough-and-tumble corners of the Southwest in accomplished, confident prose, with a hardnosed plot that will keep readers riveted"-- Provided by publisher.  

Author's Website

Copies of the book are available for checkout at the Main Library's Circulation Desk.   

One Kick by Chelsea Cain

Our July meeting is being held at the Olive Garden in Heath on July 22 at 6:30 p.m.

One Kick (A Kick Lannigan Thriller) by Chelsea Cain.  Copies of the book are available for checkout at the Main Library's Circulation Desk.

"From the author of the critically acclaimed Archie Sheridan and Gretchen Lowell thrillers, here is a heart-stopping ride that Cheryl Strayed (author of #1 New York times bestseller Wild) called "deeply intelligent and grippingly suspenseful...a wickedly brilliant masterpiece."  From the Publisher.


Author's Website

Saints of the Shadow Bible (A Rebus Novel) by Ian Rankin

We are reading Saints of the Shadow Bible for our June 24th meeting.

Reinstated on the force, demoted, and wearing a chip on his shoulder, Rebus reteams with internal affairs officer, Malcolm Fox, to solve a cold case from 30 years ago in the 19th book in the Rebus series and the third one featuring Fox.

Finalist 2015 Edgar Award for Best Novel

Author's Website

Corrupt Practices by Robert Rotstein

 

For the May meeting, the group will be reading Corrupt Practices, the first book  in the Parker Stern series by Robert Rotstein.

May 27, 2015 @ 6:30 p.m.
Main Library

Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter

Join the group for a discussion of the first book in the popular Grant County series by Karin Slaughter, Blindsighted. 

Author's Website

Wednesday, April 22nd  at 6:30 p.m., Main Library


When a young college professor is brutally murdered in a small Georgia town, pediatrician and coroner Sara Linton conducts the autopsy that reveals the full extent of a twisted killer at work. As Sara's ex-husband, police chief Jeffery Tolliver, leads the investigation, a second victim is found crucified. However, it's Sara who holds the key to finding the killer--a secret from her past that can unmask a malevolent psychopath.

March Title: The Ranger by Ace Atkins

For our March meeting, we are reading the first book in the fantastic Quinn Colson series by Ace Atkins: The Ranger.

March 25, 2015 @ 6:30 p.m., Main Library

Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths

Our February title is the first book in the Ruth Galloway series, Crossing Places.  
Dr. Ruth Galloway lives on the remote English beach of Saltmarsh and teaches archeology at a small local university. When a child's bones are found on a beach nearby, DCI Harry Nelson calls Galloway for help.

Author's Website

Wednesday, February 25th @ 6:30 p.m.
Conference Room, Main Library

Trackers by Deon Meyer

It may be cold in Newark, but it is summer in South Africa where this book takes place.  Join us for a discussion of Trackers by South Africa's leading crime fiction author, Deon Meyer.

Since making South Africa his home, Lemmer has been able to put a lid on his fiery temper while putting a life of crime behind him. But his past skills come back when a wealthy farmer asks Lemmer to help in saving two rare black rhinos from a certain death in Zimbabwe. Soon Lemmer finds himself on a plane heading for the border with regret quickly making its presence known.

Wednesday, January 22, 2015
6:30 to 7:30 pm

Mrs. Jeffries and the Silent Knight by Emily Brightwell

Come celebrate the season with a discussion of Mrs. Jeffries and the Silent Knight, a wonderful English Victorian cozy.

Sir George Braxton was found lying face down in a frozen fountain with the back of his skull bashed to bits. The case is complicated by a distinct lack of holiday cheer in the victim's three argumentative middle-ageddaughters-and their sullen houseguests. Even the cranky cat hates everyone. To top it all off, the Home Secretary has called in Inspector Witherspoon over the heads of some touchy local lads, making matters stickier than a plum pudding. Only the help of his housekeeper, Mrs. Jeffries, and her crime-solving staff will give the poor Inspector any chance of sleeping in heavenly peace on Christmas Eve.

Special meeting date:   Wednesday, December 17 @ 6:30 p.m., Main Library

Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews

Join us for a discussion of Red Sparrow on Wednesday, November 19th (special meeting date due to Thanksgiving).

"An electrifying thriller in the spy-tale tradition of John LeCarre."

2014 Edgar Award for Best First Novel

Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz

We are reading Odd Thomas, a paranormal thriller by Dean Koontz,  for our October meeting.  

Copies are available for checkout at the Main Library's Circulation Desk.

Upper Level Conference Room
Main Library, October 22 @ 6:30 p.m.

"The dead don't talk. I don't know why." But they do try to communicate, with a short-order cook in a small desert town serving as their reluctant confidant. Odd Thomas thinks of himself as an ordinary guy, if possessed of a certain measure of talent at the Pico Mundo Grill and rapturously in love with the most beautiful girl in the world, Stormy Llewellyn. Maybe he has a gift, maybe it's a curse, Odd has never been sure, but he tries to do his best by the silent souls who seek him out. Sometimes they want justice, and Odd's otherworldly tips to Pico Mundo's sympathetic police chief, Wyatt Porter, can solve a crime. Occasionally they can prevent one. But this time it's different.

The Wrong Girl by Hank Phillippi Ryan

Our September book is the winner of the 2014 Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel.
Join us on September 24 at 6:30 p.m. in the Upper Level Conference Room.

Author's Website

"Award-winning and Boston Globe bestselling author Hank Phillippi Ryan presents a spine-chilling, heart-wrenching suspense novel that explores a terrifying scenario striking at the heart of every family. Does a respected adoption agency have a frightening secret? Tipped off by a determined ex-colleague on a desperate quest to find her birth mother, Boston newspaper reporter Jane Ryland begins to suspect that the agency is engaging in the ultimate betrayal--reuniting birth parents with the wrong children."

Copies of the book are available for checkout at the Main Library's Circulation Desk.

Just What Kind of Mother Are You? by Paula Daly

Our August book is a best-selling novel by British author, Paula Daly, Just What Kind of Mother Are You?


What could be worse than a child going missing? When it's your best friend's child. And it was on your watch... An emotionally fraught psychological thriller and a shrewd examination of family life - and the evil that can lie beneath.

Copies are available for checkout at the Main Library's Circulation Desk.  Join us!

Cut to the Bone by Jefferson Bass

Wednesday, July 23 @ 6:30 PM

Cut to the Bone (Body Farm #8) by Jefferson Bass

A prequel to the popular Body Farm series set in 1970s Tennessee.

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

For our June meeting, we will be discussing the first book in the Flavia de Luce series, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, by Alan Bradley.

 2009 Agatha Award for Best First Novel
2010 Barry Award for Best First Novel
2010 Dilys Award
2010 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel
2010 Macavity Award for Best First Novel
Finalist 2010 Anthony Award for Best Mystery
Copies of the book are available for checkout at the Main Library's Circulation Desk.

June 25, 2014 @ 6:30 PM
Upper Level Conference Room
Main Library

Spider Woman's Daughter (Navajo Mystery) by Anne Hillerman

Anne Hillerman, the daughter of series creator, Tony Hillerman, has reprised the Leaphorn/Chee mysteries in Spider Woman's Daughter.  Join us at a local restaurant on May 28th at 6:30 for dinner followed by a discussion of this addition to the popular series.

Call Bonnie at 740.349.5524 or email her @ bstrope@lickingcountylibrary.info to sign up for the dinner.

Anne Hillerman's website

Crime Always Pays: The Celts Are Coming: aka ‘Celtic Crime’

Crime Always Pays: The Celts Are Coming: aka ‘Celtic Crime’

Euro Crime: TV News: Endeavour returns on Sunday

Euro Crime: TV News: Endeavour returns on Sunday

Blue Monday by Nicci French

Blue Monday (Frieda Klein #1) by Nicci French is the April book title for Booked to Death.  Join us on April 23rd at 6:30 in the Upper Level Conference Room, Main Library. 

Copies of the book are available for checkout at the Main Library's Circulation Desk.

Author's Website