Reading History
Murder Among Friends Reading History
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| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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Murder Among Friends
2024 Discussion Books
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| Meeting Date | Author | Title |
| January 18, 2024 | Byron, Ellen | Bayou Book Thief |
| February 15, 2024 | Rosen, Lev AC | Lavender House |
| March 21, 2024 | Gilman, Dorothy | The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax |
| April 18, 2024 | Hirahara, Naomi | Clark and Division |
| May 16, 2024 | Stevenson, Benjamin | Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone |
| June 20, 2024 | McPherson, Catriona | In Place of Fear |
| July 18, 2024 | Osler, Rob | Devil’s Chew Toy |
| August 15, 2024 | Raybourn, Deanna | A Curious Beginning |
| September 19, 2024 | Ryan, Hank Phillippi |
We will be joined by the author! |
| October 19, 2024 | Odden, Karen | Down a Dark River |
| November 16, 2024 | Maxwell, Jessa | The Golden Spoon |
| December 21, 2024 | Nagendra, Harini | The Bangalore Detectives Club |
Murder Among Friends
2023 Discussion Books
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| Meeting Date | Author | Title |
| January 19, 2023 | Martin Walker | Bruno, Chief of Police |
| February 16, 2023 | M.C. Beaton | Death of a Gossip |
| March 16, 2023 | Colin Cotterill | The Coroner's Lunch |
| April 20, 2023 | Sulari Gentill | The Woman in the Library |
| May 18, 2023 | Alexander McCall Smith | The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency |
| June 15, 2023 | Ann Davila Cardinal | The Storyteller's Death |
| July 20, 2023 | Louise Penny | Still Life |
| August 17, 2023 | Planning Meeting | |
| September 21, 2023 | John Dickson Carr | Till Death Do Us Part |
| October 19, 2023 | Nita Prose | The Maid |
| November 16, 2023 | David Rosenfelt | Open and Shut |
| December 21, 2023 | Dorothy Sayers | Strong Poison |
Murder Among Friends
2022 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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| 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. | |||
| 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 |
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| 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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| 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! |
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| May 16, 2019 | Jill Orr | The Good Byline | |
| June 20, 2019 | Hank Phillippi Ryan | Trust Me | |
| July 18, 2020 |
Our 2020 Planning Meeting!! |
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| August 15th, 2019 | Alexia Gordon | Murder in G Major | |
| September 17th, 2019 | G. K. Chesterton | The Innocence of Father Brown | |
| October 17th, 2019 | Attica Locke | Bluebird, Bluebird | |
| November 21st, 2019 | Ragnar Jonasson | Snowblind | |
| December 19th, 2019 | Anthony Horowitz | The Word is Murder | |
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Murder Among Friends
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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| 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!! |
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| 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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| 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! |
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| July 21, 2016 | Burke, Alafair | Long Gone | |
| Aug. 18, 2016 |
Our 2017 Planning Meeting!! |
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| 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 | Ordinary Grace | ||
| Dec. 15, 2016 | C. J. Box | Open Season | |
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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 | |
| July 16, 2015 | Barclay, Linwood | No Time For Goodbye |
| Aug. 2015 |
Our 2016 Planning Meeting!! |
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| 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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Murder Among Friends2014 Discussion Books |
| 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 | |
| July 17, 2014 | Gross, Andrew | No Way Back |
| Aug. 2014 |
Our 2015 Planning Meeting!! |
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| 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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Murder Among Friends2013 Discussion Books |
| 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 | |
| Summer Break in July | ||
| Aug. 2013 |
Our 2014 Planning Meeting!! |
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| 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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Murder Among Friends2012 Discussion Books |
| Meeting Date | Author | Title |
| Jan. 19, 2012 | Janet Evanovich | One for the Money |
| In Place of Fear |
