Supper Sleuths has read Dame Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Ed McBain, and Reginald Hill…
Supper Sleuths, a mystery discussion group, meets every second Tuesday evening at 6:00pm to discuss mysteries of every genre and type. Feel free to bring your own snack or brown bag lunch with you to the meeting.
Vote for your Classic Mystery Author on our website by 2/14/12. (See above.)
The next Supper Sleuths Discussion takes place February 14, 2012 at 6:00pm to 7:30pm in the Lecture Hall where the group will discuss any mystery.
Feel free to read from your personal backlog, the new or older Mystery books in the library, or from our previous Supper Sleuths lists. Anything goes—just read a mystery!
Check out Supper Sleuths web page for the previous lists: Supper Sleuths Lists.
Because we usually have a crowd for the free read, everyone will have five minutes to “review” one title. If you bring more than one title to the discussion; let me know, and if there is time you can mention it when everyone has talked about one book each.
REVIEWING STRATEGY
When preparing your “reviews,” think about how well the author creates the characters, the setting, the plot, and the tone of the book. Please give a very quick overview of the plot—one or two sentences. Leave the secondary plots out of the review unless they really matter. Do not disclose “spoilers”—the ending or some other integral facet of character development or plot. The rest of the “review” can be responses to how well the author does his or her job to craft this particular story. Describe what you enjoyed. Express what you did not enjoy. Has the author written a predictable plot or character? Did you laugh? Did you care? Was the story too violent? Was the violence or crime unnecessarily graphic? Is there romance? Would you read this author again? Is it part of a series? Should you read the series in order? Does this title/author remind you of any other authors you have read?
MEETINGS & TOPICS FOR 2012-2013
March 13, 2012 Top 100 Thrillers from NPR
April 10, 2012 Free Read
May 8, 2012 Classic Title: To be announced.
June 12, 2012 Free Read & Potluck
September 11, 2012 Louise Penny: Armand Gamache series
October 9, 2012 Everyone Reads One Title: Laura Lippman’s Every Secret Thing
November 13, 2012 True Crime Classics Re-Do (Truth is Stranger than Fiction)
December 11, 2012 Free Read & Potluck
2013
January 8, 2013 Missing Persons
February 12, 2013 Free Read
March 12, 2013 South African Mysteries
April 9, 2013 Free Read
May 14, 2013 Classic Title: To be announced.
June 11, 2013 Free Read & Potluck
September 10, 2013 Author as Detective: Daphne DuMaurier’s Rebecca & Joanna Challis’s Murder on the Cliffs & Peril at Somner House.
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