BOCA GRANDE SLEUTHS BOOK CLUB
Monthly | 4:00pm | No Charge | Special Interest Room ( unless otherwise noted )
BOCA GRANDE sLeutHs
Boca Grande Sleuths is a discussion group of mystery novel lovers . The Sleuths rely on two criteria in selecting the mysteries to be solved : quality of writing and probability of engendering lively discussion . All mystery lovers are welcome - you do not need to have read the book to attend the meeting .
TUESDAY , DECEMBER 13 , 2016
THE EMPTY COPPER SEA by John MacDonald Van Harder , once a hard drinker , has found religion . But that doesn ’ t keep folks from saying he murdered his employer , Hub Lawless , a very valuable man whose body hasn ’ t been found . PRESENTER : Jean Meanwell
TUESDAY , JANUARY 17 , 2017
ORDINARY GRACE by William Kent Krueger Ordinary Grace is a brilliantly moving account of a boy standing at the door of his young manhood , trying to understand a world that seems to be falling apart around him . It is an unforgettable novel about discovering the terrible price of wisdom and the enduring grace of God . PRESENTERS : Stephanie Williams and Karen Zarse
TUESDAY , FEBRUARY 21 , 2017 ( Houghton Room )
THE STONE WIFE by Peter Lovesey At a Bath auction house , a large slab of carved stone is up for sale . At the height of very competitive bidding , there is a holdup attempt by three masked robbers . They shoot and kill the highest bidder , a professor who has recognized the figure carved in the stone as Chaucer ’ s Wife of Bath . PRESENTER : Rosemary Bowler
TUESDAY , MARCH 21 , 2017 ( Houghton Room )
JUMP CUT by Libby Fischer Hellmann Chicago video producer Ellie Foreman has been absent from thriller author Libby Fischer Hellmann ’ s repertoire for almost a decade . Now , in Jump Cut , she ’ s back … and is soon entangled in a web of espionage , murder and suspicion that threatens to destroy what she holds most dear . PRESENTER : Libby Fischer Hellmann
TUESDAY , APRIL 18 , 2017
CROOKED LETTER , CROOKED LETTER by Tom Franklin Crooked Letter , Crooked Letter tells the riveting story of two boyhood friends , torn apart by circumstance , who are brought back together again by a terrible crime in a small Mississippi town . This is an extraordinary novel that seamlessly blends elements of crime and Southern literary fiction . PRESENTER : Karen Zarse
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