Mystery/Thriller Book Group

The Mystery Group usually meets on the fourth Thursday at 9:30, 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 2023:

  • January 26 – Harvest / Tess Gerritsen
  • February 23 – A Rising Man / Abir Mukherjee
  • March 23 – A Slow Fire Burning / Paula Hawkins
  • April 27 – The Marsh King’s Daughter / Karen Dionne
  • May 25 – Trust Your Eyes / Linwood Barclay
  • June 22 – The Guest List / Lucy Foley
  • July 27 – The Survivors / Jane Harper
  • August 24 – Blind Descent / Nevada Barr
  • September 28 – The Thursday Murder Club / Richard Osman
  • October 26 – The Hallowe’en Party / Agatha Christie
  • November 16 (closed November 23) – The Violin Conspiracy / Brian Slocumb
  • December 28 – Thief of Souls / Brian Klingborg

Selections for 2022:

  • January 27 – Darkly Dreaming Dexter / Jeff Lindsay
  • February 24 – Endless Night / Agatha Christie
  • March 17 – Wife of the Gods / Kwei Quartey
  • April 28 – The Burning Girls / CJ Tudor
  • May 26 – Home Before Dark / Riley Sager
  • June 23 – Untamed Shore / Silvia Moreno-Garcia
  • July 28 – Murder on the Red River / Marcie R. Rendon
  • August 25 – Broken Places / Tracy Clark
  • September 22 – Ghosts of Harvard / Francesa Serritella
  • October 27 – The Woman in White / Wilkie Collins
  • November 17 (closed November 24) – Destroyer Angel / Nevada Barr
  • December 22 -The Cutting Season / Attica Locke

Selections for 2021:

  • January 28 – Where the Crawdads Sing / Delia Owens
  • February 25 – The Hunting Party / Lucy Foley
  • March 25 – The Murder of Roger Ackroyd / Agatha Christie
  • April 22 – Not a Sound / Heather Gudenkauf
  • May 27 – My Lovely Wife / Samantha Downing
  • June 24 – A Superior Death / Nevada Barr
  • July 22 – Dry Bones / Craig Johnson
  • August 26 – The Widows of Malabar Hill / Sujata Massey
  • September 23 – Believe Me / JP Delaney
  • October 28 – Raven Black / Ann Cleeves
  • November 18 (closed November 25) – Curious Toys / Elizabeth Hand
  • December 16 (meets on 3rd Thursday instead of 4th in December) -The Better Sister / Alafair Burke

Selections for 2020:

  • January 23 – The Witch Elm / Tana French
  • February 27 – Winter Study / Nevada Barr
  • March 26 – Cancelled
  • April 23 – Cancelled
  • May 28 – Cancelled
  • June 25 –Cancelled
  • July 23 – Skinwalkers / Tony Hillerman
  • August 27 –  Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore / Matthew Sullivan
  • September 24 – Everything I Never Told You / Celeste Ng
  • October 22 – Rebecca / Daphne Du Maurier
  • November 19 (closed November 26) – The Turn of the Key / Ruth Ware
  • December 17 (closed December 24) – A Noise Downstairs / Lincoln Barclay

PAST SELECTIONS

2019:

  • January 24 – Crooked House / Agatha Christie
  • February 28 –  The Forgotten Girls / Sara Blaedel
  • March 28 –  Burial Rites / Hannah Kent
  • April 25 – Orphan X / Gregg Hurwitz
  • May 23 –  Darktown / Thomas Mullen
  • June 27 –  The Girl in the Red Coat / Kate Hamer
  • July 25 – All the Missing Girls / Megan Miranda
  • August 22 –  The Devil’s Bed / William Kent Krueger
  • September 26 –  The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time / Mark Haddon
  • October 24 –  In a Dark, Dark Wood / Ruth Ware
  • November 21 (closed November 28) – Magpie Murders / Anthony Horowitz
  • December 19 (closed December 19) – 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 Griffers / 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