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Supper Sleuths for February 14, 2012

Mystery Display - June, 2007Supper 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.

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.

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Books By the Lake for February 15, 2012


The next gathering of Beebe Library’s book discussion group, Books By the Lake, is on February 15, 2012. The discussion of Chris Cleave’s Little Bee begins at 7:30pm in the Lecture Hall.

Bring in your suggestions for the April ballot to this meeting.

While reading, please consider: What happens to the characters that carry their stories with them, both physically and mentally? What happens when we try to forget our past? How much control over their own stories do the characters in the book seem to have?

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Supper Sleuths Reads…December 2011

**Highly Recommended by readers

Black, Cara. Murder on the Ile Saint-Louis Aimee LeDuc series; bk.7

Block, Lawrence. A Drop of the Hard Stuff. Matthew Scudder series; bk.17
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Musical Mysteries


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First Mysteries that Wowed

With special thanks to Beth Radcliff & Janet Major for suggestions.

Aames, Avery. (Cheese Shop Mysteries)

Adler-Olsen, Jussi.

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Supper Sleuths reads…June 2011

**Highly Recommended by readers

Arthurson, Wayne. Fall from Grace. Canadian debut. Journalist in Alberta.

Cain, Chelsea. Sweetheart. Archie & Gretchen bk.2
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Stealing Sleuths:Lawrence Block & Donald Westlake

For our meeting in September, read–at least–The Burglar in the Closet … by Block and The Hot Rock by Westlake.  You many read as many other in these series as you wish.

Lawrence Block (Bernie Rhoderbarr)

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