May 2020 Meeting

Well, we tried to embrace technology by using Zoom to meet and discuss The Mangle Street Murders by M.R.C. Kasasian. If anyone can get their hands on Time of Death by Lucy Kerr, we will discuss that at the June meeting. Hopefully it can be in person.

April 2020 Meeting.

It looks unlikely that the library will be open in time for the April meeting of the North Providence Mystery Book Club. So, we will be reading Mangle Street Murders for the May meeting. Stay safe and practice social distancing.

April 2020 Book Selection

Join the North Providence Mystery Book Club on Tuesday April 7, 2020. The book we will be reading is The Mangle Street Murders by M.R.C. Kasasian. This is the first book in The Gower Street Detective series, featuring March Middleton and her guardian, detective Sidney Grice.

The description from the large print edition is, “After her father dies, March Middleton moves to London to live with her guardian, the famous private detective Sidney Grice. In 1882, London is at its murkiest yet most vibrant, wealthiest yet most poverty-stricken. Then a young woman is brutally murdered, and her husband is the only suspect. The victim’s mother is convinced of her son-in-law’s innocence, and March is so touched she offers to cover Sidney’s fee herself. The investigation leads to the dark alleys of the East End; every twist leads Sidney to think his client is guilty.”

We will be meeting in the Second Floor Meeting Room at 7 pm.

March 2020 Book Selection

Join the North Providence Mystery Book Club on Tuesday March 3, 2020 when we will be discussing, Birdman by Mo Hayder. This is the first book featuring Detective Inspector Jack Caffery who works on an elite murder squad in London.

The synopsis from the book is, “In his first case as lead investigator with London’s crack murder squad, Detective Jack Caffery is called on to investigate the murder of a young woman whose body has been discovered near the Millennium Dome in Greenwich, southeast London. Brutalized and mutilated beyond recognition, the victim is soon joined by four others discovered in the same area, all female and all ritualistically murdered. And, when the postmortem examination reveals a gruesome signature connecting the victims, Caffery realizes exactly what he is dealing with – a dangerous serial killer.”

We will be meeting in the Second Floor Meeting Room at 7:00 pm.

February 2020 Book Selection

Join the North Providence Mystery Book Club on Tuesday February 4, 2020. We will be discussing Thirteenth Night by Alan Gordon. This book is the first in the Fool’s Guild series, and uses Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night as the basis for the story.

The description from the book jacket is “In late December 1200 A.D a merchant arrives at a tavern near the Guildhall of the Fool’s Guild with a message for one of the jesters. The message is brief: “Orsino is dead.” Fifteen years before, the jester, using the name of Feste, secretly interceded on the Guild’s behalf in a dynastic crisis in the Duchy of Orsino, thus spoiling the plans of Saladin’s agent, Malvolio. These events, recorded centuries later somewhat differently in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, led to Malvolio’s humiliation and his oath of revenge. Now, with the unexpected death of the Duke of Orsino, Feste suspects murder and sees the hand of Malvolio behind it.

With the backing of the Guild, Feste secretly returns to Orsino disguised as a merchant, to find out what really happened to the Duke and ferret out Malvolio. But, fifteen years is a long time and Malvolio could be disguised as anyone. Only one thing is certain: Feste must uncover and foil the plot before he is found out by Malvolio, who has been planning his revenge for a very long time.”

We will be meeting in the Second Floor Meeting Room at 7:00 pm.

January 2020 Book Selection

The North Providence Mystery Book Club will meet on Tuesday January 7, 2020. The book we will be reading is The Hearse You Came in On by Tim Cockey. This is the first book featuring Hitchcock Sewell, an undertaker in Baltimore, Maryland who gets involved in police matters.

The description of the book is, “What self-respecting undertaker would allow himself to get involved in a murder investigation, a series of dirty videos, a case of political blackmail, and police corruption, as well as one of the worst amateur theater productions in recent memory? None, unless your name happens to be Hitchcock Sewell, the most charming suspense hero to come along in years. And, who knew an undertaker could look so good? In this fast-paced and enormously entertaining mystery, Hitch has gotten himself into more trouble than any self-respecting undertaker should.”

Enjoy the holiday season, and join us in the Second Floor Meeting Room at 7:00 pm.

December 2019 Meeting Cancelled

Due to the library closing on  December 3rd because of weather conditions, the meeting  of the book club is cancelled. We will meet on January 7, 2020. More details on the next book will be coming.
Enjoy your holidays.