Tuesday, August 6, 2013

September 2013 Book Selection

The next meeting of the North Providence Mystery Book Club will be held on Tuesday, September 3rd at 7:00 pm in the library's first floor conference room. We will be discussing The empty mirror by J. Sydney Jones. This is the first book featuring Karl Werthen, a lawyer, and Dr. Hanns Gross, the real-life father of modern criminology. The synopsis: "the summer of 1898 finds Austria terrorized by a killer who the press calls "Vienna's Jack the Ripper." Four bodies have already been found, but when the painter Gustave Klimt's female model becomes the fifth victim, the police finger him as the culprit. The artist has already scandalized Viennese society with his erotically charged modern paintings. Who better to take the blame for the crimes that have plagued the city? This is, however, far from an open-and-shut case. Klimt's lawyer, Karl Werthen, has an ace up his sleeve. Dr. Hanns Gross, the renowned father of criminology, has agreed to assist him in investigating the murders. Together, Gross and Werthen must not only clear Klimt's name but also follow the trail of a killer that will lead them in the most surprising of directions. By uncovering the cause of the crimes that have shaken the city, the two men may risk damaging Vienna more than the murders did themselves." If you like historical mysteries, join us on September 3rd. (the day after Labor Day).