Books that include a murder mystery investigation.
I recently read an article by Gretchen Rubin entitled “How a Book Club Can Make You Happier”. She wrote that, as ancient philosophers and contemporary scientists agree that strong relationships make people happier and that reading makes people happier, a book club must make people happier as it combines relationships and reading. Eight science-backed reasons to… More Belonging to a book club
This month The Solve the Murder Book Club are reading Malice in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope The Plot Thea Osborne, accompanied by her beloved spaniel Hepzie, has had her fair share of unfortunate occurrences while house-sitting, and her new assignment for the mysterious Yvonne Parker is no exception. The isolated and somewhat unsettling village… More Solve the Murder Book Club – what are we reading now?
Article by Ian Thirkettle This blog is not a review, more a double recommendation. First, the mystery story: Death and the Compass. This is a short story by Argentine writer and poet Jorge Luis Borges. A Rabbi is found dead in a hotel room, stabbed in the chest. The room is filled with Kabbalah texts… More Death and the Compass
The Secrets of Mill House is advertised as “The best new psychological suspense thriller for 2024” and promises a twist you won’t see coming. Written by Anne Wyn Clark, it is the third book in her Thriller Collection. A missing child. A broken community. A horrifying secret. When a baby is kidnapped in broad daylight… More The Secrets of Mill House
The Solve the Murder Book Club have been reading The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton. This book was winner of the Costa First Novel Award and has been described as a mind bending, time bending murder mystery. Description Gosford Park meets Groundhog Day by way of Agatha Christie and Black Mirror – the most inventive story you’ll… More The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle – Review
This month The Solve the Murder Book Club are reading The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman. This is the third book in the Thursday Murder Club series. The Plot It is an ordinary Thursday and things should finally be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club is… More Solve the Murder Book Club – what are we reading this month?
The Plot In 1893, Sherlock Holmes and Henry James come to America together to solve the mystery of the 1885 death of Clover Adams, wife of the esteemed historian Henry Adams — member of the Adams family that has given the United States two Presidents. Clover’s suicide appears to be more than it at first… More The Fifth Heart by Dan Simmons
A Riddle Of A Murder by Amelia Morgan is the 4th book in the Enchanted Bay Witch Cozy Mystery series. Plot Just as donut shop manager and secret witch Meg Walton thinks her sleuthing days are finally behind her, another murder rocks her coastal, Northern California hometown of Enchanted Bay.The case strikes especially close to… More A Riddle Of A Murder
This month The Solve the Murder Book Club are reading The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton. This book has been described as a mind bending, time bending murder mystery. It was the winner of the Costa First Novel Award. Description Gosford Park meets Groundhog Day by way of Agatha Christie and Black Mirror – the most inventive story… More What are we reading in the Solve the Murder Book Club?
The Plot Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I can pretend to be whoever I like. But I’ll soon learn that the Winchesters’ secrets are far more dangerous than my own…Every day I clean the Winchesters’ beautiful house from top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a… More The Housemaid