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Our next booksigning is May 14, at 6:00PM, just prior to our regular bookclub meeting. Local author, Mary Rita Marker will sign and discuss her first mystery Murder, Murder which is set in German village.
version of the 2008 Bookclub selections. All the books are in stock. Total cost for the eleven books for Bookclub members (doesn't include Cigar Girl) is $97.00 BookClub 2008 January The Beautiful Cigar Girl by Daniel Stashower February Envy by Sandra Brown March Jar City by Arnaldur Indridason April The Sniper’s Wife by Archer Mayor May Ist To Die by James Patterson June The Xibalba Murders by Lyn Hamilton July Moment of Truth by Lisa Scottoline August Fer de Lance by Rex Stout September The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard October Catnapped by Gabriella Herkert November Real Murders by Charlaine Harris December Bloodhounds by Peter Lovesey
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at: (614) 818-2583 if local (888) 257-2343 toll free or e-mail foulplaybk@AOL. com If you wondering what to read next, ask us, if its a mystery you want, otherwise visit www. nancysbooknook. com for reviews and recommendations. Nancy was manager of the local B. Dalton for many years, and along with fellow co-workers has created a website to publish reviews and recommendations. They also review mysteries. |
BOOKCLUB SELECTION
2008
January 9, 2008 The Beautiful Cigar Girl by Daniel Stashower
This nonfiction work recounts the story of Manhattan tobacco
store clerk Mary Rogers, whose murder in 1841 fueled a public
outcry. Edgar Allen Poe wrote a three-part thinly disguised
fictionalization, utilizing his recently created detective, Auguste
Dupin, to present his solution to a crime that had stumped authorities in
two jurisdictions. Thus we have the birth of the modern detective novel.
February 13, 2008 Envy by Sandra Brown
A manuscript from someone identified only as
P.M. E. compels New York book editor Maris
Matherly-Reed to find the author. She locates the aloof
Parker Evans on a remote Georgia island. Maris is
drawn to his tale of two young friends and a deadly
betrayal, but its chilling connection to her own life leads her to
delve into the truth about a similar decades-old crime.
March 12, 2008 Jar City by Arnaldur Indridason
A man is found murdered in his Reykjavik flat, and the police
have no obvious leads. Delving into the dead man’s past, two
investigators discover that the city of Reykjavik has one or two
secrets of its own, secrets it would rather keep.
April 9, 2008 The Sniper’s Wife by Archer Mayor
Leaving the relative calm of Vermont, Detective Willy Kunkle
seeks answers for the death of his ex-wife in the back alleys
of New York. Driven by loss and guilt, he searches deeper
and deeper into his past, to a long ago Vietnam where he was
a merciless loner known as the Sniper.
May 14, 2008 The 1st To Die by James Patterson
Four women - a police detective, a medical examiner, an
assistant D.A., and a reporter – join forces as they sidestep
their bosses to track down criminals. They call themselves
The Women’s Murder Club. In this, there first outing, they are
pursuing a murderer whose twisted imagination has stunned the entire
city of San Francisco.
June 11, 2008 The Xibalba Murders by Lyn Hamilton
Lara McClintoch, a Toronto antiquities store owner, receives
a cryptic phone call from Dr. Hernan Castillo, an expert in
Mayan history. She travels to Merida, Mexico, to help him with
a mysterious project. But upon arriving in Merida, Lara sees
no sign of Dr. Castillo, until his lifeless body turns up in his office
at the museum.
July 9, 2008 Moment of Truth by Lisa Scottoline
When attorney Jack Newlin discovers his wife’s body,
he’s determined to hide the truth about her killers.
Deciding to frame himself, he hire the most inexperienced
lawyer he can find: Mary DiNunzio, a reluctant rookie from a
hot Philadelphia firm. But Mary is smarter and more persistent than
he thinks, and she’s just as determined to prove what really happened.
August 13, 2008 Fer de Lance by Rex Stout
This is the introductory book in the forty-six adventures
featuring Nero Wolfe, an arrogant, sedentary gourmand,
and his man-about-town sidekick, Archie Goodwin.
Together, they solve some of the most beautifully crafted
mysteries the genre has ever known.
September 10, 2008 The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard
Three families and three friends, their worlds inexorably altered
in the course of one night, must confront the ever unfolding
consequences in this remarkable novel of suspense. The
book won the 2007 Macavity Award for Best Novel and was
a finalist for the Edgar, the Agatha, and the Anthony Awards
as well.
October 8, 2008 Catnapped by Gabriella Herkert
Legal investigator Sara Townley isn’t feeling too good
about her recent Las Vegas wedding to a Navy SEAL
she barely knows, and her assignment to the case of a
missing cat – despite the furry one’s multimillion-dollar
inheritance – only confirms that her life is in the proverbial litter box.
November 12, 2008 Real Murder by Charlaine Harris
In this reissue of the first Aurora Teagarden mystery, one
finds this Southern librarian and member of the Real
Murders Club hunting the person behind a terrifying
killing spree. The twelve member club has been meeting
to discuss baffling or unsolved crimes. It seems an
intellectual exercise until more than one club member becomes a
victim themselves.
December 10, 2008 Bloodhounds by Peter Lovesey
A rare stamp is stolen from a museum, only to appear
between the pages of a mystery book under consideration
by a group of armchair detectives known as the Bloodhounds.
The intrigue deepens when one of the mystery buffs winds up
dead in this oh so British crime novel.
Hmm, I wonder if the benevolent dictator is sending a message. In the
last two selections, Bookclub members are being killed!
2008
January 9, 2008 The Beautiful Cigar Girl by Daniel Stashower
This nonfiction work recounts the story of Manhattan tobacco
store clerk Mary Rogers, whose murder in 1841 fueled a public
outcry. Edgar Allen Poe wrote a three-part thinly disguised
fictionalization, utilizing his recently created detective, Auguste
Dupin, to present his solution to a crime that had stumped authorities in
two jurisdictions. Thus we have the birth of the modern detective novel.
February 13, 2008 Envy by Sandra Brown
A manuscript from someone identified only as
P.M. E. compels New York book editor Maris
Matherly-Reed to find the author. She locates the aloof
Parker Evans on a remote Georgia island. Maris is
drawn to his tale of two young friends and a deadly
betrayal, but its chilling connection to her own life leads her to
delve into the truth about a similar decades-old crime.
March 12, 2008 Jar City by Arnaldur Indridason
A man is found murdered in his Reykjavik flat, and the police
have no obvious leads. Delving into the dead man’s past, two
investigators discover that the city of Reykjavik has one or two
secrets of its own, secrets it would rather keep.
April 9, 2008 The Sniper’s Wife by Archer Mayor
Leaving the relative calm of Vermont, Detective Willy Kunkle
seeks answers for the death of his ex-wife in the back alleys
of New York. Driven by loss and guilt, he searches deeper
and deeper into his past, to a long ago Vietnam where he was
a merciless loner known as the Sniper.
May 14, 2008 The 1st To Die by James Patterson
Four women - a police detective, a medical examiner, an
assistant D.A., and a reporter – join forces as they sidestep
their bosses to track down criminals. They call themselves
The Women’s Murder Club. In this, there first outing, they are
pursuing a murderer whose twisted imagination has stunned the entire
city of San Francisco.
June 11, 2008 The Xibalba Murders by Lyn Hamilton
Lara McClintoch, a Toronto antiquities store owner, receives
a cryptic phone call from Dr. Hernan Castillo, an expert in
Mayan history. She travels to Merida, Mexico, to help him with
a mysterious project. But upon arriving in Merida, Lara sees
no sign of Dr. Castillo, until his lifeless body turns up in his office
at the museum.
July 9, 2008 Moment of Truth by Lisa Scottoline
When attorney Jack Newlin discovers his wife’s body,
he’s determined to hide the truth about her killers.
Deciding to frame himself, he hire the most inexperienced
lawyer he can find: Mary DiNunzio, a reluctant rookie from a
hot Philadelphia firm. But Mary is smarter and more persistent than
he thinks, and she’s just as determined to prove what really happened.
August 13, 2008 Fer de Lance by Rex Stout
This is the introductory book in the forty-six adventures
featuring Nero Wolfe, an arrogant, sedentary gourmand,
and his man-about-town sidekick, Archie Goodwin.
Together, they solve some of the most beautifully crafted
mysteries the genre has ever known.
September 10, 2008 The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard
Three families and three friends, their worlds inexorably altered
in the course of one night, must confront the ever unfolding
consequences in this remarkable novel of suspense. The
book won the 2007 Macavity Award for Best Novel and was
a finalist for the Edgar, the Agatha, and the Anthony Awards
as well.
October 8, 2008 Catnapped by Gabriella Herkert
Legal investigator Sara Townley isn’t feeling too good
about her recent Las Vegas wedding to a Navy SEAL
she barely knows, and her assignment to the case of a
missing cat – despite the furry one’s multimillion-dollar
inheritance – only confirms that her life is in the proverbial litter box.
November 12, 2008 Real Murder by Charlaine Harris
In this reissue of the first Aurora Teagarden mystery, one
finds this Southern librarian and member of the Real
Murders Club hunting the person behind a terrifying
killing spree. The twelve member club has been meeting
to discuss baffling or unsolved crimes. It seems an
intellectual exercise until more than one club member becomes a
victim themselves.
December 10, 2008 Bloodhounds by Peter Lovesey
A rare stamp is stolen from a museum, only to appear
between the pages of a mystery book under consideration
by a group of armchair detectives known as the Bloodhounds.
The intrigue deepens when one of the mystery buffs winds up
dead in this oh so British crime novel.
Hmm, I wonder if the benevolent dictator is sending a message. In the
last two selections, Bookclub members are being killed!
