Meets 3rd Monday of the month at 1:30 p.m.
The Ground Floor, Hedberg Public Library lower level
Book discussion participants receive a 20% discount at the Ground Floor during the meetings.
No registration is necessary. Come to one or all of our discussions - and bring a friend!

Passport to Murder
Travel around the world as you enjoy novels by authors who use distant lands as their setting.

Monday, September 20 at 1:30 p.m.
Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
by Alan Bradley
ENGLAND - It is the summer of 1950 and at the once-grand mansion of Buckshaw, eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, is intrigued by a series of inexplicable events. View book trailer.

Monday, October 18 at 1:30 p.m.
Death at La Fenice
by Donna Leon
ITALY - There is little violent crime in Venice, a serenely beautiful floating city of mystery and magic, history and decay. But the evil that does occasionally rear its head is the jurisdiction of Guido Brunetti, the suave, urbane vice-commissario of police and a genius at detection.

Monday, November 15 at 1:30 p.m.
The Last Camel Died at Noon
by Elizabeth Peters
EGYPT - Bestselling author Peters brings back 19th-century Egyptologist Amelia Peabody and her entourage in a delicious caper that digs up mystery in the shadow of the pyramids.

Monday, January 17 at 1:30 p.m.
In the woods
by Tana French
IRELAND - Three children wander into some woods near Dublin, but only one is found, hysterical and bloodied. Some 20 years later, he's a detective investigating a child's murder in the same woods. A superior novel about cops, murder, memory, relationships, and modern Ireland. View website.

Monday, February 21 at 1:30 p.m.
The Last Kashmiri Rose
by Barbara Cleverly
INDIA - Conjuring up the last golden days of the Raj and the turbulent early ones of Indian rule, this suspenseful and atmospheric first novel—the winner of the Crime Writer Association's Debut Dagger competition—draws the governor of Bengal, local police authorities, and visiting Scotland Yard detective Joe Sandilands into an increasingly baffling and bizarre case of serial murder.

Monday, March 21 at 1:30 p.m.
Extraordinary People
by Peter May
FRANCE - A bet between friends inspires Enzi McLeod, a forensic biologist who is bored with his teaching career, to try using modern techniques to solve the case of Jacques Gaillard, an eccentric yet brilliant man who went missing years before.

Monday, April 18 at 1:30 p.m.
Thunder Bay
by William Kent Krueger
CANADA - The past and present collide along the rocky shores of Thunder Bay, where a father’s unconditional love is tested by a son’s deeply felt resentment, and where jealousy and revenge remain the code among men. As Cork O'Connor hastens to uncover the truth and save his friend, he soon discovers that his own life is in danger and is reminded that the promises we keep - even for the best of friends - can sometimes place us in the hands of our worst enemies. Visit author's website.

Monday, May 16 at 1:30 p.m.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson
SWEDEN - Larsson combines murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue into one satisfyingly complex and entertainingly atmospheric novel. Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden's wealthiest families disappeared over forty years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle continues to seek the truth. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel conviction, to investigate. He is aided by the pierced and tattooed punk prodigy Lisbeth Salander. Together they tap into a vein of unfathomable iniquity and astonishing corruption. View book trailer.

Monday, June 20 at 1:30 p.m.
Vienna Secrets
by Frank Tallis
AUSTRIA - In the dangerous, dazzling Vienna of 1903, an ingenious doctor and an intrepid detective again challenge psychotic criminals across a landscape teetering between the sophisticated and the savage, the thrilling future and the primitive past.