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Mystery Book Club Selections from July 2005 to Present Title Author Topic Club Date One for the Money Janet Evanovich Humorous M Mystery Book Club Selections from July 2005 to present Title Author Topic Club date One for the Money Janet Evanovich Humorous mysteries July 2005 Buck Fever: a Blanco County Mystery Ben Rehder Humorous mysteries July 2005 Indigo Dying Susan Wittig Albert Cozies September 2005 Dead Man's Island Carolyn G. Hart Cozies September 2005 Money, Money, Money Ed McBain Police Procedurals October 2005 Murder at the Old Vicarage Jill McGown Police Procedurals October 2005 A Test of Wills Charles Todd World War I Mysteries Novermber 2005 Birds of a Feather Jacqueline Winspear World War I Mysteries Novermber 2005 A is for Alibi Sue Grafton Private Investigators December 2005 Small Vices Robert Parker Private Investigators December 2005 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Mark Haddon Unusual Detectives January 2006 Night-time Motherless Brooklyn Jonathan Lethem Unusual Detectives January 2006 Flashback Nevada Barr Park Rangers February 2006 Mexican Hat Michael McGarrity Park Rangers February 2006 The Bee Keeper's Apprentice Laurie R. King Sherlock Holmes & the Female March 2006 Detective Good Night, Mr. Holmes Carole Nelson Douglas Sherlock Holmes & the Female March 2006 Detective Eye of the Needle Ken Follett British Espionage April 2006 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold John Le Carre British Espionage April 2006 To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee Classic Courtroom Drama May 2006 The Coroner's Lunch Colin Cotterill Foreign Detectives June 2006 No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Alexander McCall Smith Foreign Detectives June 2006 Rebecca Daphne du Maurier Classic Gothic July 2006 Keeping Watch Laurie R. King Summer Thrillers August 2006 Echo Burning Lee Child Summer Thrillers August 2006 The Eyre Affair Jasper Fforde Mystery Spoofs September 2006 The Importance of Being Ernestine Dorothy Cannell Mystery Spoofs September 2006 Hercule Poirot's Christmas Agatha Christie Locked Room Mysteries October 2006 Good Morning, Midnight Reginald Hill Locked Room Mysteries October 2006 Married to the Mop Barbara Colley New Orleans Mysteries November 2006 New Orleans Mourning Julie Smith New Orleans Mysteries November 2006 A Highland Christmas M.C. Beaton Light Christmas Mysteries December 2006 Visions of Sugar Plums Janet Evanovich Light Christmas Mysteries December 2006 Blacklist Sara Paretsky Gold & Silver Daggers January 2007 Flesh & Blood: a Frank Elder Mystery John Harvey Gold & Silver Daggers January 2007 Sex, Murder and a Double Latte Kyra Davis Chick Lit Mysteries February 2007 Dating Dead Men Harley Jane Kozak Chick Lit Mysteries February 2007 Them Bones Carolyn Haines Ghost Mysteries March 2007 The Ghost and Mrs. McClure Alice Kimberly Ghost Mysteries March 2007 A Morbid Taste for Bones Ellis Peters Religious Background April 2007 The Ritual Bath Faye Kellerman Religious Background April 2007 Tears of the Giraffe Alexander McCall Smith Unusual Dectectives May 2007 The Case of the Missing Books Ian Sansom Unusual Dectectives May 2007 Pardonable Lies Jacqueline Winspear WWI Mysteries June 2007 River of Darkness Rennie Airth WWI Mysteries June 2007 Black & Blue Ian Rankin Award Winning Police Procedurals July 2007 The Black Echo Michael Connelly Award Winning Police Procedurals July 2007 Homes on the Range Steve Hockensmith Quirky Westerns August 2007 Bone Dry Ben Rehder Quirky Westerns August 2007 Cold Harbour Jack Higgins WWII Intrigue September 2007 Deer Park Public Library 6/30/2018 Mystery Book Club Selections from July 2005 to present The Foreign Correspondent Alan Furst WWII Intrigue September 2007 Solomon vs. Lord Paul Levine Florida Fun October 2007 Motor Mouth Janet Evanovich Florida Fun October 2007 Murder on the Orient Express Agatha Christie Murder on a train November 2007 Murder on the Ballarat Train Kerry Greenwood Murder on a train November 2007 Buried Bones Carolyn Haines Christmas Mysteries December 2007 Deck the Halls Mary Higgins Clark Christmas Mysteries December 2007 Deja Dead Kathy Reichs Forensic Mysteries January 2008 Post-Mortem Patricia Cornwell Forensic Mysteries January 2008 Northanger Abbey Jane Austen Horror/Gothic Mysteries February 2008 The Stepford Wives Ira Levine Horror/Gothic Mysteries February 2008 1st to Die James Patterson Made for the Small Screen March 2008 A Great Deliverance Elizabeth George Made for the Small Screen March 2008 Coma Robin Cook Medical Thrillers April 2008 Harvest Tess Gerritsen Medical Thrillers April 2008 The Merlot Murders Ellen Crosby Food & Wine Mysteries May 2008 Prime Cut Diane Mott Davidson Food & Wine Mysteries May 2008 Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish Dorothy Gilman Vacation Mysteries June 2008 G'day to Die Maddy Hunter Vacation Mysteries June2008 The Thin Man Dashiell Hammett Classic American Mysteries July 2008 Over My Dead Body Rex Stout Classic American Mysteries July 2008 Sweet Danger Margery Allingham Golden Age British Mysteries August 2008 Strong Poison Dorothy Sayers Golden Age British Mysteries August 2008 The Grave Tattoo Val McDermid Mutiny on the Bounty September 2008 The Mutiny on the Bounty Charles Nordhoff Mutiny on the Bounty September 2008 Dead Until Dark Charlaine Harris Supernatural Mysteries October 2008 Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil Nancy Atherton Supernatural Mysteries October 2008 B is for Burglar Sue Grafton American Masters November 2008 The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling Lawrence Block American Masters November 2008 Aunt Dimity's Christmas Nancy Atherton Holiday Mysteries December 2008 Kissing Christmas Goodbye M.C. Beaton Holiday Mysteries December 2008 Therapy Jonathan Kellerman The Two Alexs January 2009 Pop Goes the Weasel James Patterson The Two Alexs January 2009 Full Dark House Christopher Fowler Neo Gothic Police Procedurals February 2009 Frankstein: Prodigal Son Dean Koontz Neo Gothic Police Procedurals February 2009 A Letter of Mary Laurie R. King Historical Mysteries March 2009 The Mummy Case Elizabeth Peters Historical Mysteries March 2009 The Last Detective Peter Lovesey Police Procedurals April 2009 Dialogues of the Dead Reginald Hill Police Procedurals April 2009 In the Woods Tana French Cold Case Mysteries May 2009 What the Dead Know Laura Lippman Cold Case Mysteries May 2009 The Codex Douglas Preston Summer Adventures June 2009 Inca Gold Clive Cussler Summer Adventures June 2009 The Camel Club David Baldacci Political Thrillers July 2009 Without Fail Lee Child Political Thrillers July 2009 Shoes to Die For Laura Levine Fashion Mysteries August 2009 Handbags & Homicide Dorothy Howell Fashion Mysteries August 2009 Walking the Perfect Square Reed Farrel Coleman Indie Press Mysteries September 2009 Just Another Day in Paradise A.E. Maxwell Indie Press Mysteries September 2009 The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafon Gothic Mysteries October 2009 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson Unusual Sidekicks November 2009 Stealing the Dragon Tim Maleeny Unusual Sidekicks November 2009 And Then There Were None Agatha Christie A Classic for the Holidays December 2009 Deer Park Public Library 6/30/2018 Mystery Book Club Selections from July 2005 to present Until Proven Guilty J.A. Jance American Police Procedural January 2010 The Black Ice Michael Connelly American Police Procedural January 2010 The Maze: an FBI Thriller Catherine Coulter Romantic Suspense February 2010 Cold Truth Mariah Stewart Romantic Suspense February 2010 Still Life Louise Penny International Police Procedurals March 2010 The Terra-Cotta Dog Andrea Camilleri International Police Procedurals March 2010 The Tourist Olen Steinhauer Espionage April 2010 The Kill Artist Daniel Silva Espionage April 2010 The Moor Laurie R. King Sherlock Holmes May 2010 The Hound of the Baskervilles Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes May 2010 Palindrome Stuart Woods Summer Thrillers June 2010 The Enemy Lee Child Summer Thrillers June 2010 Anatomy of a Murder Robert Traver Made for the Big Screen July 2010 Strangers on a Train Patricia Highsmith Made for the Big Screen July 2010 The Highly Effective Detective Richard Yancey Light Mysteries August 2010 The Locked Room Maj Sjowall Light Mysteries August 2010 Tower Coleman & Bruen Different Paths September 2010 Mystic River Dennis Lehane Different Paths September 2010 The Crossroads Chris Grabenstein Ghost Stories October 2010 The Prince of Mists Carlos Ruiz Zafon Ghost Stories October 2010 The Likeness Tana French The Story Continues… November 2010 Death's Jest Book Reginald Hill The Story Continues… November 2010 Behold, Here's Poison Georgette Heyer A Classic for Christmas December 2010 Murphy's Law Rhys Bowen Historical NYC Mysteries January 2011 In the Shadow of Gotham Stephanie Pintoff Historical NYC Mysteries January 2011 Valentine Murder Leslie Meier Valentine's Day February 2011 Plum Lovin' Janet Evanovich Valentine's Day February 2011 The Darkest Room Johan Theorin Family Secrets March 2011 The Water's Lovely Ruth Rendell Family Secrets March 2011 Place of Execution Val McDermid Cold Case Mysteries April 2011 Close to Home Peter Robinson Cold Case Mysteries April 2011 A Duty to the Dead Charles Todd The Amateur Detective May 2011 A Royal Pain Rhys Bowen The Amateur Detective May 2011 Killing Floor Lee Child Summer Thriller June 2011 The Nearest Exit Olen Steinhauer Espionage July 2011 The English Assassin Daniel Silva Espionage July 2011 The Lincoln Lawyer Michael Connelly Legal Thrillers August 2011 Deep Blue Alibi Paul Levine Legal Thrillers August 2011 The Lightning Thief Rick Riordan Back to School Thrillers September 2011 The Gates John Connolly Back to School Thrillers September 2011 Storm Front Jim Butcher Supernatural
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