RPL Mystery Readers Group

A book a month. Various writers and styles. We enjoy the variety found in mystery fiction.

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The Next Title: The next title is Kilt Dead by Kaitlyn Dunnett.

Did you know that Kaitlyn Dunnett is our very own fabulous Kathy Lynn Emerson????; The next meeting is April 19, 2012 at 6:30pm in the RPL's Public Room. Please join us!; Future meetings are scheduled for:

May 17, 2011
June 21, 2011
July will be a special meeting. Watch for details.
August 16, 2012
September 20, 2012
October 18, 2012
November 15, 2012
December 13, 2012
January 17, 2013
February 21, 2013
March 14, 2013

Books Read: Past books read are:; The Mysterious Affair At Styles Agatha Christie; The Whole Truth Nancy Pickard; The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams Lawrence Block; When the Sacred Gin Mill Closes Lawrence Block; In a Dry Season Peter Robinson; The Christie Caper Caroline G. Hart; Hart’s War John Katzenbach; The Fashion In Shrouds Margery Allingham; The Face Of a Stranger Anne Perry; Murder On the Orient Express Agatha Christie; Search the Dark Charles Todd; Kissed a Sad Goodbye Deborah Crombie; Sacred Clowns Tony Hillerman; A Morbid Taste For Bones Ellis Peters; Jane and the Unpleasantness At Scargrave Manor Stephanie Barron; Several titles with Giordianus the Finder Steven Saylor; Several titles with theatre settings Ngaio Marsh; Beneath the Ashes Sue Henry; Too Many Magicians Randall Garrett; The Sign of Four and two other short stories by Doyle Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Several titles with Asey Mayo Phoebe Atwood Taylor; The Bilbao Looking Glass Charlotte MacLeod; The Turn Of the Screw James, Henry; Several titles in the Sam McCain series Gorman, Ed; Several short stories and novellas by Fritz Leiber Leiber, Fritz and here; Several titles in the Sister Fidelma series by Peter Tremayne The Sister Fidelma siteIt is full of information; December was a choose your own month. We had some wonderful choices.; Several titles in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters An Ellis Peters site; Several titles in the Peter Diamond series by Peter Lovesey Peter Lovesey; The titles are Death Is a Lonely Business, Graveyard For Lunatics & Let’s All Kill Constance Ray Bradbury; May 18 - A Visit From Kathy Lynn Emerson - Thank you, Kathy Lynn, for your visit!; Several titles by Anne George Her bibliography is here; Sherlock Holmes short stories: Things Sherlockian Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Several titles by Robert Barnard Robert Barnard; Lord Peter Wimsey titles Dorothy L. Sayers; Julian Kestrel is a Regency detective Kate Ross; Inspector Morse titles Colin Dexter; Miriam Grace Monfredo’s Civil War series & Michael Kilian’s Civil War Series; The Yellow Room Conspiracy & The Old English Peep Show Peter Dickinson; Several Tony Hillerman titles Tony Hillerman; Several of the "Boney" titles Arthur W. Upfield; A Murder is Announced Agatha Christie; Titles from the "Shakespeare & Smythe" series Simon Hawke; Some Sherlock Holmes derived fiction is listed here authors other than Arthur Conan Doyle; Several titles Josephine Tey; Several titles Aaron Elkins; A Suitable Vengeance Elizabeth George; Occam’s Razor Archer Mayor; Drinker of Blood with Lord Meren Lynda Robinson; The Lacquer Screen Robert Hans van Gulik; Death of a Cad M.C. Beaton; 32 Cadillacs Joe Gores; To Catch a Spy with Toby Peters Stuart Kaminsky; Kim - online Rudyard Kipling - The Kipling Society; The Bloodhounds Peter Lovesey; The Dupin stories Edgar Allen Poe; Dead Cat Bounce and Triple Witch Sarah Graves; Artists in Crime Ngaio Marsh; Appleby and Honeybath Michael Innes; Calamity Town Ellery Queen; Murder Against the Grain Lathen, Emma; The Body in the Bouillon Page, Katherine Hall; Any title from the "Cat Who" series Braun, Lilian Jackson; Any title Ed McBain (Evan Hunter); The Coroner’s Lunch Cotterill, Colin; The Sittaford Mystery (aka Murder at Hazelmoor) Agatha Christie; Several Father Brown stories G. K. Chesterton; The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax Dorothy Gilman; Any title Marcia Muller; Kiss, Kiss Roald Dahl; The Blooding Joseph Wambaugh; One of the early Mamur Zapt titles Michael Pearce; Death of a Fool (aka Off With His Head Ngaio Marsh; Scales of Justice Ngaio Marsh; Cocaine Blues Kerry Greenwood; The Big Over Easy Jasper Fforde; Slipknot Linda Greenlaw; The Camel Club David Baldacci; The Franchise Affair Josephine Tey; Busman’s Honeymoon Dorothy L. Sayers; Several Wodehouse titles P. G. Wodehouse; The Godwulf Manuscript Robert B. Parker; The Girl in Hyacinth Blue Vreeland, Susan; Murder on the Leviathan Akunin, Boris; Knots and Crosses Rankin, Ian; Flashback Nevada Barr; Several in the Ella Clah series Aimée and David Thurlo; The Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder Joanne Fluke; Peyton Place Grace Metalious; The Maine Massacre Janwillem Van de Wetering; The Tale of Hill Top Farm Susan Wittig Albert; Two Sister Fidelma stories Peter Tremayne; Laura Vera Caspary; The Murder Room P. D. James; Sand Castles Nicolas Freeling; The Surgeon Tess Gerritsen; A Christmas Journey Anne Perry; Half Moon Investigations and an older young adult mystery Eoin Colfer; Masie Dobbs Jacqueline Winspear; Break In Dick Francis; Seeing a Large Cat Elizabeth Peters; Murder on the Rocks Karen MacInerney; Plum Lucky Janet Evanovich; The Rembrandt Affair Daniel Silva; Outfoxed Rita Mae Brown; The Queen’s Man Sharon Kay Penman; Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer John Grisham; Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death M. C. Beaton; The Baked Bean Supper Murder Virginia Rich

MRG Newsletters: You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader for the newsletters.; September 2001; October 2001; November 2001; December 2001; January 2002; February 2002; March 2002; April 2002; June 2002; July 2002; October 2002; The January 2003 newsletter; The February 2003 newsletter; The March 2003 newsletter; The May 2003 newsletter; Want more of Holmes? Here are some ideas.; The July 2003 newsletter; The August 2003 newsletter; The September 2003 newsletter; The October 2003 newsletter; The December 2003 newsletter; The January 2004 newsletter; The April 2004 newsletter; The July 2004 newsletter; The September 2004 newsletter; The December 2004 newsletter; The March 2005 newsletter; The May 2005 newsletter; The June 2005 Newsletter; The December 2005 Newsletter; The April 2007 Newsletter; The July 2010 Newsletter; The December 2011 Newsletter

Links: Stop You're Killing Me; Crippen and Landru Publishing - a source for rare short stories; Malice Domestic; Mystery Net; Sisters in Crime; The Bloodstained Bookshelf; Mystery Writers of America; Murder They Write; Small Press Mysteries; Mystery Lists by Topic; Gaslight Books Historical Mysteries list; Poisoned Pen Press; Crime and Mystery Fiction; Alternate History site; British Crime, Mystery and Science Fiction; Fantastic Fiction

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