December Online Book Club: Rebel Queen by Michelle Moran
This story has it all: tragedy, intrigue, conspiracies, murder, and brutality. Also love, kindness, friendship, and the Queen’s courage to fight for her people’s survival.
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November Online Book Club: The Jade Tiger by E.W. Cooper
Historical mysteries are a special kind of reading escape. Not only do we get to solve the mystery puzzle, we’re transported to another time and place where the clothes, food, and smells bring the past to life. This year, since we’re barely leaving the neighborhood, historical fiction seems especially appealing.
October Online Book Club: Furthermore by James M. Jackson
Mix John Sandford’s Virgil Flowers and Robert Parker’s Spenser with a financial crimes investigator, and you’d get Seamus McCree.
September Online Book Club: A Deadly Inside Scoop by Abby Collette
Before we even talk murder and blizzards, know this: if you’re a simple vanilla or chocolate ice cream lover, this book will make you reconsider your ice cream repertoire. Collette’s creative use of fruit, cakes, and mix-ins made me hungrier with each new flavor.
August Book Club: Broken Heart Attack by James Cudney
At times you’ll laugh, but you’ll be angry, too. Mostly you’ll be entertained.
July Online Book Club: Moriarty Meets His Match by Anna Castle
Was Moriarty just misunderstood? I might lose some English major friends for admitting this, but I recall reading only one Sir Arthur Conan Doyle book starring Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of Baskervilles
June Online Book Club: The Semester of Our Discontent by Cynthia Kuhn
In the cutthroat world of faculty politics, publish or perish is real. The ink on her PhD barely dry, Lila Maclean has captured a coveted position at prestigious Stonedale University. As if teaching, grading papers, and publishing original research weren’t challenging enough, Lila’s colleague turns up dead. When the body count increases and danger lurks around every corner and tunnel, Lila teams up with her few friends to figure out whodunit before she becomes the next victim.
May Online Book Club: Shoot the Breeze by Gina Lamanna
First in a new series, Shoot the Breeze introduces us to Kate Rosetti, a wise-cracking, self-assured young detective.
April Online Book Club Kissed: A Cat Miranda Mystery by CJ Shane
When a dead body is found in Cat’s art gallery, the search begins for a killer with a mysterious connection to a large painting entitled “Kissed.”
Online Book Club: Assault with a Deadly Glue Gun by Lois Winston
Bonus points for a creatively gruesome murder weapon. Anastasia Pollack’s career as crafts editor at a New York women’s magazine is a unique premise for a mystery series.