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Death in the Stacks Discussion Group Reading List
The mystery book discussion group gathers every other month on a Friday during the noon lunchtime to discuss a variety of novels from the mystery and thriller genres, including classics, contemporaries, historicals, hard-boils and even the occasional cozy. If you are interested in joining the group, contact the library by phoning 724-238-6451 or via
email.
For a list of current titles being read by the group, please visit the Death in the Stacks Book Discussion Group page.
PREVIOUS READS BY THE MYSTERY BOOK DISCUSION GROUP
Local Authors or Settings:
- The Eilart Affair - Paul M. Bergstrom
- Steel Ashes - Karen Rose Cercone
- Fall Down Artist - Thomas Lipinski
- Barn Burner - Barbara Miller
- Shadow Image - Martin J. Smith
- Straw Men - Martin J. Smith
- Time Release - Martin J. Smith
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Contemporary or Other:
- Hunting Season - Nevada Barr
- Track of the Cat - Nevada Barr
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - John Berendt
- The Murder Artist - John Case
- Heat Wave - Richard Castle
- A Drink of Deadly Wine - Kate Charles
- The Enemy - Lee Child
- Death is Now My Neighbor - Colin Dexter
- Booked to Die - John Dunning
- One for the Money - Janet Evanovich
- To the Hilt - Dick Francis
- A is for Alibi - Sue Grafton
- The Man with a Load of Mischief - Martha Grimes
- Skeleton Key - Jane Haddam
- The Detective - Arthur Hailey
- A Thief of Time - Tony Hillerman
- Uniform Justice - Donna Leon
- Spellman Files - Lisa Lutz
- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith
- The Ballad of Frankie Silver - Sharyn McCrumb
- Til the Butchers Cut Him Down - Marcia Muller
- Bone by Bone - Carol O'Connell
- Mallory's Oracle - Carol O'Connell
- Paper Doll - Robert B. Parker
- Death Notes - Ruth Rendell
- Naked in Death - J.D. Robb
- Cold Day for Murder - Dana Stabenow
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Historicals:
- Murphy's Law - Rhys Bowen
- Alienist - Caleb Carr
- Steel Ashes - Karen Rose Cercone
- People of the Mist - Kathleen O'Neal Gear & W. Michael Gear
- Graveyard Dust - Barbara Hambly
- A Conspiracy of Paper - David Liss
- The Poe Shadow - Matthew Pearl
- Face of a Stranger - Anne Perry
- Callander Square - Anne Perry
- Crocodile on the Sandbank - Elizabeth Peters
- Murder in the Place of Anubis - Lynda Robinson
- Some Danger Involved - Will Thomas
- A Test of Wills - Charles Todd
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Classics:
- Murder of Roger Akroyd - Agatha Christie
- Maigret's Boyhood Friend - Georges Simenon
- Strong Poison - Dorothy L. Sayers
- Champagne for One - Rex Stout
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Thrillers:
- The Winner - David Baldacci
- Angels & Demons - Dan Brown
- Lincoln Lawyer - Michael Connelly
- One of My Own - Sandra Feder
- Hide - Lisa Gardner
- Harvest - Tess Gerritsen
- Ice Cold - Tess Gerritsen
- On the Street Where You Live - Mary Higgins Clark
- The Summons - John Grisham
- Still Waters - Tami Hoag
- Beyond Belief - Roy Johansen
- The Analyst - John Katzenbach
- Above Suspicion - Linda La Plante
- 1st to Die - James Patterson
- Ring of Truth - Nancy Pickard
- Deja Dead - Kathy Reichs
- McNally's Secret - Lawrence Sanders
- An Isolated Incident - Susan R. Sloan
- Manner of Death - Stephen White
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Cozies:
- Thyme of Death - Susan Wittig Albert
- Murder, with Peacocks - Donna Andrews
- Aunt Dimity's Death - Nancy Atherton
- Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley - M.C. Beaton
- Death of a Celebrity - M.C. Beaton
- A Crossworder's Holiday - Nero Blanc
- The Spring Cleaning Murders - Dorothy Cannell
- Death by Darjeeling - Laura Childs
- Dying for Chocolate - Diana Mott Davidson
- Cat in a Golden Garland - Carole Nelson Douglas
- Them Bones -- Carolyn Haines
- A Clue for the Puzzle Lady - Parnell Hall
- The Christie Caper - Carolyn G. Hart
- The Tooth of Time - Sue Henry
- Just Desserts - G.A. McKevett
- By Hook or By Book - D. R. Meredith
- The Crepes of Wrath - Tamara Myers
- Helen Hath No Fury - Gillian Roberts
- Death of a Busybody - Dell Shannon
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