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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November 4 – Monday 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

• Book Selection: No Man’s Land by David Baldacci
  • Two men. Thirty years.
  • John Puller’s mother, Jackie, vanished thirty years ago from Fort Monroe, Virginia, when Puller was just a boy. Paul Rogers has been in prison for ten years. But twenty years before that, he was at Fort Monroe. One night three decades ago, Puller’s and Rogers’ worlds collided with devastating results, and the truth has been buried ever since.
  • Until now.
  • Military investigators, armed with a letter from a friend of Jackie’s, arrive in the hospital room of Puller’s father–a legendary three-star now sinking into dementia–and reveal that Puller Sr. has been accused of murdering Jackie.
  • Aided by his brother Robert Puller, an Air Force major, and Veronica Knox, who works for a shadowy U.S. intelligence organization, Puller begins a journey that will take him into his own past, to find the truth about his mother.
  • Paul Rogers’ time is running out. With the clock ticking, he begins his own journey, one that will take him across the country to the place where all his troubles began: a mysterious building on the grounds of Fort Monroe. There, thirty years ago, the man Rogers had once been vanished too and was replaced with a monster. And now the monster wants revenge. And the only person standing in his way is John Puller.

• Presenter:  Mary Lu Bednarsky

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

• Date: Monday, November 4

• Time:  1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

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December 2 – Monday 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

• Book Selection: No Exit by Taylor Adams
  • A kidnapped little girl locked in a stranger’s van. No help for miles. What would you do?
  • Darby Thorne is a college student stranded by a blizzard at a highway rest stop in the middle of nowhere. She’s on the way home to see her sick mother. She’ll have to spend the night in the rest stop with four complete strangers. Then she stumbles across a little girl locked inside one of their parked cars.
  • There is no cell phone reception, no telephone, no way out because of the snow, and she doesn’t know which one of the other travelers is the kidnapper.
  • Who is the little girl? Why has she been taken? And how can Darby save her?

• Presenter:  Mary Lu Bednarsky
• Location: Kings Park Library (click link for directions).
• Date: Monday, December 2
• 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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