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Murder Among Friends

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Murder Among Friends Reading History

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Links To Each Year's Discussion Books: 

2022 2021 2020 2019
2018 2017 2016 2015
2014 2013  2012 2010 - 2011

 

Murder Among Friends
2021 Discussion Books

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Meeting Date Author Title
January 21, 2021 Bowen, Rhys Murphy's Law
February 18, 2021 Neubauer, Erica Ruth Murder at the Mena House
March 18, 2021 Gentill, Sulari A Few Right Thinking Men
April 15th, 2021 Clark, Tracy Broken Places
May 20th, 2021 Cleeves, Ann The Long Call
June 17th, 2021 Griffiths, Elly The Stranger Diaries
July 15th, 2021 Kubica, Mary The Other Mrs. 
August 19, 2021 Our Planning Meeting to Pick Our 2022 Mysteries!
September 16th, 2021 Le Carre, John A Call for the Dead
October 21st, 2021 Montclair, Allison The Right Sort of Man
Nov. 18th, 2021 Rader-Day, Lori The Lucky One
Dec. 20th, 2021 Horowitz, Anthony The Magpie Murders

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2020 Discussion Books 

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Meeting Date Author Title  
Jan.16, 2020 Galbraith, Robert  The Cuckoo’s Calling  
Feb. 20, 2020 Lodge, Gytha  She Lies in Wait  
The following three authors' discussions were cancelled due to the Covid pandemic.  
March 19, 2020 Gentill, Sulari  A Few Right-Thinking Men  
April 9, 2020 Freeman, Dianne 

A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder
May, 21, 2020  Clark, Tracy Broken Places  
The book group began having Zoom sessions at this point.  
June 25, 2020        Ryan, Hank Phillippi The Murder List  
July 16, 2020 Rader-Day, Lori Under a Dark Sky  
Aug. 20, 2020

Planning Meeting for 2021

  
Sept.  17, 2020 Francis, Dick Nerve  
Oct. 22, 2020 Massey. Sujata The Widows of Malabar Hill  
Nov. 19, 2020 Freeman, Dianne A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder - Re-scheduled from Covid date  
December 17, 2020 Tracee De Hahn Swiss Vendetta  

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2019 Discussion Books Already Discussed

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Meeting Date Author Title  
Jan. 17, 2019 Thompson, Victoria City of Lies  
Feb. 21, 2019 Giordano, Mario Auntie Poldi & the Sicilian Lions  
Mar. 21, 2019 Carlisle, Kate If Books Could Kill  
April 25, 2019 Rader-Day, Lori

The Day I Die *Check out fun pix we took at this meeting!  Click here!

  
May 16, 2019 Jill Orr The Good Byline  
June 20, 2019 Hank Phillippi Ryan Trust Me  
July 18, 2020

Our 2020 Planning Meeting!!

  
August 15th, 2019 Alexia Gordon Murder in G Major  
September 17th, 2019 G. K. Chesterton The Innocence of Father Brown  
October 17th, 2019 Atticka Locke Bluebird, Bluebird  
November 21st, 2019 Ragnar Jonasson Snowblind  
December 19th, 2019 Anthony Horowitz The Word is Murder  

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2018 Discussion Books 

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Meeting Date Author Title
Jan. 18, 2018 Picoult, Jodi Leaving Time
Feb. 15, 2018 Scott, A. D. A Small Death in the Great Glen
March 15, 2018 Crombie, Deborah A Share in Death
Apr. 19, 2018 Harrison, Mette Ivie The Bishop's Wife
May 17, 2018 Wisseman, Sarah Burnt Siena
June 21, 2018 Harris Charlaine Real Murders 
July 19, 2018 Kuhn, Cynthia The Semester of Our Discontent 
Sept. 20, 2018 Elizabeth Peters Crocodile on the Sandbank  
Oct. 18, 2018 Malliet, G.M. Wicked Autumn 
Nov. 1, 2018 Ide, Joe I.Q. 
Dec. 13, 2018  Leonard S. Goldberg  The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes

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2017 Discussion Books 

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Meeting Date Author Title
Jan. 19, 2017 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar  Mycroft Holmes
Feb. 16, 2017 Hawkins, Paula The Girl on the Train
March 16, 2017 Ellison, J. T. No One Knows
Apr. 20, 2017 Carolyn Haines Them Bones
May 17, 2017 Keller, Julia A Killing in the Hills
June 29, 2017 Hank Phillippi Ryan 
That's right! She joined us!		 Say No More
July 20, 2017 Susan M. Boyer  Lowcountry Bombshell
Aug. 17, 2017

Our 2018 Planning Meeting!!
Sept. 28, 2017 Georgette Heyer The Unfinished Clue  
Oct. 19, 2017 Catriona McPherson Quiet Neighbors
Nov.16, 2017 David Baldacci  Memory Man
Dec. 14, 1917 Karin Slaughter Pretty Girls

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2016 Discussion Books 

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Meeting Date Author Title
Jan. 21, 2016 Hannah, Sophie The Monogram Murders
Feb. 18, 2016 Rader-Day, Lori The Black Hour
March 17, 2016 French, Tana In the Woods
April 14, 2016 Hank Phillippi Ryan  What You See
May 19, 2016 Thompson, Victoria Murder on Astor Place
June 16, 2016 Tasha Alexander &Andrew Grant

And Only To Deceive by Tasha & Run by Andrew!
July 21, 2016 Burke, Alafair Long Gone
Aug. 18, 2016

Our 2017 Planning Meeting!!
Sept. 28, 2016 Rex Stout  Fer-de-Lance  We welcomed  the current author of Nero Wolfe mysteries: Robert Goldsborough , who talked with us about all things Nero & Stout!  
Oct. 20, 2016 K. J. Larsen Liar, Liar
Nov.17, 2016

William Kent Krueger

 Ordinary Grace
Dec. 15, 2016 C. J. Box Open Season

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2015 Discussion Books 

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Meeting Date Author Title
January 15, 2015 Perry, Anne Face of a Stranger
February 19, 2015  Sharp, Zoe The Blood Whisperer
March 19, 2015 Armstrong, Kelley Omens
April 23, 2015 McPherson, Catriona Dandly Gilver & A Deadly Measure of Brimstone
May 21, 2015 Milchman, Jenny Cover of Snow
June 18, 2015 Cannell, Dorothy

Murder at Mullings
July 16, 2015 Barclay, Linwood No Time For Goodbye
Aug. 2015

Our 2016 Planning Meeting!!
Sept. 17, 2015 Ryan, Hank Phillippi  Truth Be Told
Oct. 22, 2015 Hillerman,Tony The Blessing Way
Nov. 19, 2015 Hillerman, Anne The Spider Woman's Daughter
Dec. 17, 2015 Craig Johnson The Cold Dish

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2014 Discussion Books

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Meeting Date Author Title
January 16, 2014 Moore, Graham The Sherlockian
February 20, 2014 Ryan, Hank Phillippi The Wrong Girl
March 27, 2014 Castillo, Linda Sworn to Silence
April 17, 2014 Boyer, Susan M. Low Country Boil
May 15, 2014 Lehane, Dennis Mystic River
June 19, 2014 Pavone, Chris

The Expats
July 17, 2014 Gross, Andrew No Way Back
Aug. 2014

Our 2015 Planning Meeting!!
Sept. 18, 2014 Sayers, Dororthy L. Whose Body?
Oct. 16, 2014 Galbraith, Robert The Cuckoo's Calling
Nov. 20, 2014 J.T. Ellison A Deeper Darkness
Dec. 11, 2014 Yrsa Sigurðardóttir Last Rituals

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2013 Discussion Books

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Meeting Date Author Title
Jan. 17, 2013 Karin Fossum In the Darkness
Feb. 21, 2013  Jeff Abbott Adrenaline 
March 21, 2013 Gillian Flynn Gone Girl 
April 18, 2013 Denise Swanson Little Shop of Homicide 
May 16, 2013 James Patterson 1st to Die 
June 27, 2013   Hank Phillippi Ryan

The Other Woman 
Summer Break in July
Aug. 2013

Our 2014 Planning Meeting!!
Sept. 18, 2013 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Hound of the Baskervilles  Daniel Stashower, Edgar-winning biographer of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle called in!
Oct. 17, 2013 Iris Johansen The Face of Deception 
Nov. 21st, 2013 Andrew Gross The Blue Zone 
We round our exploration of all things Holmes with the first book authorized by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's estate (in 125 years) to contain an original Sherlock Holmes story!
Dec. 5th, 2013  Anthony Horowitz The House of Silk 

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2012 Discussion Books

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Meeting Date Author Title
Jan. 19, 2012 Janet Evanovich One for the Money
Feb. 16, 2012 Jeff Abbott A Kiss Gone Bad 
March 15, 2012 Maj Sjowal and Per Wahloo Roseanna
April 19, 2012 Julie Hyzy The State of the Onion
May 17, 2012 Sue Grafton A is for Alibi
June 21, 2012 William Kent Krueger

Iron Lake
Summer Break in July
August 8, 2012

Our 2013 Planning Meeting!!
Sept. 20, 2012 Robert P. Parker

The Godwulf Manuscript 
Oct. 18, 2012 Jamie Freveletti Running From the Devil
Nov. 15, 2012  Bryan Gruley The Skeleton Box 
Dec. 6, 2012 Anthony Horowitz The House of Silk 

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2010/11 Discussion Books

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Meeting Date Author Title
Jan.20, 2011 Joseph Finder Vanished
Feb. 16, 2011 Bryan Gruley The Hanging Tree
March 17, 2011 Josephine Tey Brat Farrar
April 21, 2011 Dorothy Cannell The Thin Woman
May 19, 2011 Sara Paretsky Indemnity Only
June 16, 2011 Margaret Maron Bootlegger's Daughter
Summer Break in July
August 2011

Our 2012 Planning Meeting!!
Sept. 16, 2010 Agatha Christie

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Oct. 21, 2010 C. Alan Bradley The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Nov. 18, 2010  J.T. Ellison All the Pretty Girls
Dec. 16, 2010 Maggie Barbieri Murder 101

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