Mystery/Thriller Book Group

The Mystery Book Group meets on the fourth Thursday of the month at 10:00am, online via Zoom. Registration is required for this group. A limited supply of books is available for checkout at the circulation desk. For more information or to register, please call the library at 262-253-7760 or register online at Germantown Community Library Event Calendar.

Selections for 2025 (selections will be released every four months)

  • January 23 – An Unwanted Guest / Shari LaPena
  • February 27 – The Kingdoms of Savannah / George Dawes Green
  • March 27 – The Woman in the Library / Sulari Gentill
  • April 24 – The Murder at the Vicarage / Agatha Christie

Previous Selections

2024

  • January 25 – The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency / Alexander McCall Smith
  • February 22 – The Unquiet Dead / Ausma Zehanet Khan
  • March 28 – Where the Light Enters / Sara Donati
  • April 25 – Long Bright River / Liz Moore
  • May 23 – Down the River Unto the Sea / Walter Mosley
  • June 27 – If We Were Villains / ML Rio
  • July 25 – Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line / Deepa Annapara
  • August 22 – Celine / Peter Heller
  • September 26 – The Stranger Diaries / Elly Griffiths
  • October 24 – The Sun Down Motel / Simone St. James
  • November 21 (closed November 28) – Firekeeper’s Daughter / Angeline Boulley
  • December 26 – Mycroft Holmes / Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

2023

  • January – Harvest / Tess Gerritsen
  • February – A Rising Man / Abir Mukherjee
  • March – A Slow Fire Burning / Paula Hawkins
  • April – The Marsh King’s Daughter / Karen Dionne
  • May – Trust Your Eyes / Linwood Barclay
  • June – The Guest List / Lucy Foley
  • July – The Survivors / Jane Harper
  • August – Blind Descent / Nevada Barr
  • September – The Thursday Murder Club / Richard Osman
  • October – The Hallowe’en Party / Agatha Christie
  • November – The Violin Conspiracy / Brian Slocumb
  • December – Thief of Souls / Brian Klingborg

2022

  • January – Darkly Dreaming Dexter / Jeff Lindsay
  • February – Endless Night / Agatha Christie
  • March – Wife of the Gods / Kwei Quartey
  • April – The Burning Girls / CJ Tudor
  • May – Home Before Dark / Riley Sager
  • June – Untamed Shore / Silvia Moreno-Garcia
  • July – Murder on the Red River / Marcie R. Rendon
  • August – Broken Places / Tracy Clark
  • September – Ghosts of Harvard / Francesa Serritella
  • October – The Woman in White / Wilkie Collins
  • November – Destroyer Angel / Nevada Barr
  • December -The Cutting Season / Attica Locke

2021

  • January – Where the Crawdads Sing / Delia Owens
  • February – The Hunting Party / Lucy Foley
  • March – The Murder of Roger Ackroyd / Agatha Christie
  • April – Not a Sound / Heather Gudenkauf
  • May – My Lovely Wife / Samantha Downing
  • June – A Superior Death / Nevada Barr
  • July – Dry Bones / Craig Johnson
  • August – The Widows of Malabar Hill / Sujata Massey
  • September – Believe Me / JP Delaney
  • October – Raven Black / Ann Cleeves
  • November – Curious Toys / Elizabeth Hand
  • December -The Better Sister / Alafair Burke

2020

  • January – The Witch Elm / Tana French
  • February – Winter Study / Nevada Barr
  • March – Cancelled
  • April – Cancelled
  • May – Cancelled
  • June -Cancelled
  • July – Skinwalkers / Tony Hillerman
  • August –  Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore / Matthew Sullivan
  • September – Everything I Never Told You / Celeste Ng
  • October – Rebecca / Daphne Du Maurier
  • November – The Turn of the Key / Ruth Ware
  • December – A Noise Downstairs / Lincoln Barclay

2019

  • January  – Crooked House / Agatha Christie
  • February –  The Forgotten Girls / Sara Blaedel
  • March –  Burial Rites / Hannah Kent
  • April – Orphan X / Gregg Hurwitz
  • May –  Darktown / Thomas Mullen
  • June  –  The Girl in the Red Coat / Kate Hamer
  • July – All the Missing Girls / Megan Miranda
  • August –  The Devil’s Bed / William Kent Krueger
  • September –  The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time / Mark Haddon
  • October –  In a Dark, Dark Wood / Ruth Ware
  • November – Magpie Murders / Anthony Horowitz
  • December – The Second Mrs. Hockaday / Susan Rivers

2018

  • January –  The Couple Next Door / Shari Lapena
  • February –  Arcadia Falls / Carol Goodman
  • March –  The Whispering Wall / Patricia Carlon
  • April –  Behind Closed Doors / B. A. Paris
  • May –  Whistling in the Dark / Lesley Kagen
  • June –  The Other Side of the Door / Nicci French
  • July –  Reconstructing Amelia / Kimberly McCreight
  • August –  The Girl Before / J. P. Delaney
  • September – The Life We Bury / Allen Eskens
  • October –  The Grifters / Jim Thompson
  • November –  The Dry / Jane Harper
  • December –  Different Class / Joanne Harris

2017

  • February – I Let You Go / Clare Mackintosh
  • March – Jane Steele / Lyndsay Faye
  • April – Bones Never Lie / Kathy Reichs
  • May – Vanish / Tess Gerritsen
  • June – After I’m Gone / Laura Lippman
  • July – Dust & Shadow / Lyndsay Faye
  • August – Devil’s Garden / Ace Atkins
  • September – Tail Spin / Catherine Coulter
  • October – The Westing Game / Ellen Raskin
  • November – We Need to Talk about Kevin / Lionel Shriver
  • December – The Rising (2017) / Heather Graham