Third Wednesday of the Month
Book Club
2025-2026 Schedule
Date |
Book Title |
Description |
Suggested By |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 17 |
Holmes Is Missing |
by Patterson and Sitts (2025) 352 Pages Book 2 of 2: A Holmes, Margaret & Poe Mystery. The novel follows the renowned private investigation team—Brendan Holmes ("the brain"), Margaret Marple ("the eyes"), and Auguste Poe ("the muscle")—as they tackle their most challenging case yet. When six newborns vanish from a New York City hospital, the team is thrust into a high-stakes investigation. Complicating matters, Holmes has mysteriously disappeared, leaving Marple and Poe to navigate the complex case on their own. As they delve deeper, they uncover a sinister underworld of human trafficking, testing their limits and the strength of their partnership. This fast-paced thriller combines clever literary nods with a gripping plot, making it a compelling read for mystery enthusiasts. |
Joseph |
| October 15 |
Still Life |
by Louise Penny (2018) 312 Pages Book 1 of 20: Chief Inspector Gamache Mysteries. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surêté du Québec and his team of investigators are called to the scene of a suspicious death in a rural village south of Montreal. Jane Neal, a local fixture in the tiny hamlet of Three Pines, just north of the U.S. border, has been found dead in the woods. The locals are certain it's a tragic hunting accident and nothing more, but Gamache smells something foul in these remote woods, and is soon certain that Jane Neal died at the hands of someone much more sinister than a careless bowhunter. |
Cheryl |
| November 19 |
Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret |
by Benjamin Stevenson (2024) 192 Pages This book is a witty and festive whodunit that blends classic mystery tropes with mischief. This 3rd installment in the Ernest Cunningham series follows the reluctant sleuth as he investigates a murder backstage at a Christmas magic show. With suspects ranging from a magician to a hypnotist, and clues hidden behind advent calendar doors, Ernest must navigate a web of illusions to uncover the truth. |
Joseph |
| December 17 |
Somewhere Beyond the Sea |
by TJ Klune (2024) 406 Pages Sequel to the House in The Cerulean Sea, which we read in April. This is as good as the first book in the series, with the addition of a new magical child. |
Charlotte |
| January 21 |
Nine Perfect Strangers |
by Liane Moriarty (2019) 464 Pages Nine people gather at a remote health resort and all kinds of things start happening. Same author as Big Little Lies, and this is a good read, too. |
Charlotte |
| February 18 |
All the Broken Places |
by John Boyne (2023) 400 Pages From the New York Times bestselling author John Boyne, a stunning tour de force about a woman who must confront the sins of her own terrible past, and a present in which it is never too late for bravery. |
Maxine |
| March 18 |
In The Woods |
by Tana French (2007) 448 Pages Book 1 of 6: Dublin Murder Squad. Edgar Award Winner, 2008. As dusk approaches a small Dublin suburb in the summer of 1984, mothers begin to call their children home. But on this warm evening, three children do not return from the dark and silent woods. When the police arrive, they find only one of the children gripping a tree trunk in terror, wearing blood-filled sneakers, and unable to recall a single detail of the previous hours. Twenty years later, the found boy, Rob Ryan, is a detective on the Dublin Murder Squad and keeps his past a secret. But when a twelve-year-old girl is found murdered in the same woods, he and Detective Cassie Maddox—his partner and closest friend—find themselves investigating a case chillingly similar to the previous unsolved mystery. Now, with only snippets of long-buried memories to guide him, Ryan has the chance to uncover both the mystery of the case before him and that of his own shadowy past. |
Cheryl |
| April 15 |
Turtles All the Way Down |
by John Green (2019) 299 Pages Turtles All the Way Down is powerful and simple all at the same time. It is about Aza, a teenager struggling with mental illness, her best friend Daisy, and her past friend Davis. Davis’s father disappears, running from persecution of crimes he committed while earning his millions of dollars. Daisy and Aza jump into the mystery, hoping to receive the $100,000 reward. |
Trish |
| May 20 |
Remarkable Bright Creatures |
by Shelby Van Pelt (2022) 368 Pages This book has two narrators, and they take turns narrating the chapters. The first narrator we meet is Marcellus. Marcellus is a Giant Pacific Octopus. You are going to fall in love with him! |
Maxine & Charlotte |
| June 17 |
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store |
by James McBride (2023) 400 Pages Best book of the year, 2023, by Barnes and Noble. Chicken Hill is a town outside of Pottsville PA. It is a town of Black Americans and European immigrants in the 1930s. They are a community that struggles to survive with the neighboring white Christian neighbors. |
Charlotte |
| July 15 |
My Name is Emilia Del Valle |
by Isabel Allende (2025) 304 Pages In San Francisco in 1866, an Irish nun, abandoned following a torrid relationship with a Chilean aristocrat, gives birth to a daughter named Emilia del Valle. Raised by a loving stepfather, Emilia grows into an independent thinker and a self-sufficient young woman. |
Maxine |