Welcome to the Mystery Books SIG!

Are you hooked on Mystery Books?  Then consider joining the Mystery Books Special Interest Group devoted to mystery books and open to all LLI/NOVA  members.  The SIG will read and discuss authors and books members may not be familiar with, or look at favorite authors and books in a different light.  The Mystery Books SIG generally will meet on the 1^st Monday of the month. Up to date information will be posted on the website.  Join now and help us create a vibrant and fun group.

For information on how to become a part of this group, please contact Mary Lu Bednarsky. (click on the name for contact information)

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Announcements

The Mystery Book Club meets on the first Monday of the month at 1:30 p.m. at the Kings Park Library.  All are welcome, especially those sleuths who enjoy a good mystery and discussions about it!  Mary Lu et al are looking forward to seeing you.

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July and August – no meeting

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September 9 – Monday 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

• Book Selection: Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen
  • Marine biologist Chaz Perrone can’t tell a sea horse from a sawhorse. And when he throws his beautiful wife, Joey, off a cruise liner, he really should know better. An expert swimmer, Joey makes her way to a floating bale of Jamaican pot-and then to an island inhabited by an ex-cop named Mick Stranahan, whose ex-wives include five waitresses and a TV producer. Now Joey wants to get revenge on Chaz and Mick’s happy to help her.But in swampy South Florida, separating lies from truths and stupidity from brilliance isn’t easy. Especially when you’re after a guy like Chaz-who’s bad at murder, great at fraud, and just terrible at getting caught…

• Presenter:  Mary Lu Bednarsky

• Location: Kings Park Library (click link for directions).

• Time:  1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

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October 7 – Monday 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

• Book Selection: Dead Mountain by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
  • In 2008, nine mountaineers failed to return from a winter backpacking trip in the New Mexico mountains. At their last campsite, searchers found a bizarre scene: something had appeared at the door of their tent so terrifying that it impelled them to slash their way out and flee barefoot to certain death in a blizzard. Despite a diligent search, only six bodies were found, two violently crushed and inexplicably missing body parts. The case, given the code name “Dead Mountain” by the FBI, was never solved.
  • Now, two more bodies from the lost expedition are unexpectedly discovered in a cave, one a grisly suicide. Young FBI Agent Corrie Swanson teams up with archaeologist Nora Kelly to investigate what really happened on that fateful trip fifteen years ago—and to find the ninth victim. But their search awakens a long-slumbering evil, which pursues Corrie and Nora with a vengeance, determined to prevent the final missing corpse from ever coming to light.

• Presenter:  Mary Lu Bednarsky

• Location: Kings Park Library (click link for directions).

• Time:  1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

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Future Book Ideas / Authors:

“The Silent Patient” by Alex Michaelides is currently on Amazon for $2.99

“The House of Silk” by Anthony Horowitz on eBay for $1.49 and up

Authors we discussed:

Ruth Ware – A British Author

Deborah Crumbie her latest is “A Bitter Feast”

Harlan Coban – an American Writer

Laura Lippman – most books are centered around Maryland

Alexander McCall Smith – A British Author

Peter Robinson – best known for crime novels set in Yorkshire featuring Insp. Alan Banks

Lisa Gray – the author of PI Jessica Shaw Thriller series

Ngaio Marsh – a New Zealand Author

Ridley Pearson  Children’s fiction and Mystery Thriller

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