The Mystery Group 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 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
Previous Selections
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 21 – 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
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