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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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Wrap Up Books!

Need Holiday Gift suggestions? Wrap Up Books!
Beebe librarians have created lists of suggestions for gift ideas for every reader (young and old) and for every taste. Continue »


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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Holiday Fiction


This list includes General Fiction & Romance titles–if you are looking for a mystery, try Holiday Mysteries.

Ahern, Cecelia. The Gift. (2009)

Alcott, Louisa May. A Quiet Little Woman (1999).

Alan, Theresa. Dangers of Mistletoe. (2006)

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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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Under the Radar Mysteries

Here are a few new mysteries that you may not have heard about that you may want to consider for your reading pleasure.

Cover ImageM.L. Longworth’s Death at the Château Bremont is the first novel in a projected series set in Aix-en-Provence. Booklist compares Longworth’s voice to “ a rich concoction of sparkling Dorothy Sayers and grounded Donna Leon.” The novel introduces readers to Antoine Verlaque, the handsome and seductive chief magistrate of Aix, and his on-again, off-again love interest, law professor Marine Bonnet. When local nobleman Etienne de Bremont falls to his death from the family chateau, the town is abuzz with rumors. Verlaque suspects foul play and must turn to Marine for help when he discovers that she had been a close friend of the Bremonts. This is a lively whodunit steeped in the rich, enticing, and romantic atmosphere of southern France. Continue »