Murder, Mystery & Mayhem Book Club (SIG)
The Murder, Mystery and Mayhem Book SIG meets once a month, typically on the 4th Monday at 1:30pm. Everyone is welcome. We typically meet for no more than 1.5 hours. Historically, the meetings were at someone’s house. ISince the pandemic, however, the gatherings have been Zoom-based.
Books are selected one year in advance…and are not your typically hot present-day offerings. At the meetings, we discuss the chosen book, of course, but often we talk about other books we are reading, movies we have seen, serials we’ve watched/are watching on TV, etc.
Please contact Bruce Cohen for additional information.
2025 OLLI MM&M Book Selections
Jan Magpie Murders Anthony Horowitz
Feb The Liar's Girl Catherine Ryan Howard
Mar The Kill Artist Daniel Silva
Apr Five Decembers James Kestrel
May A Case of Need Jeffrey Hudson
Jun Disappearing Earth Julia Phillips
Jul The Cloisters Katy Hays
Aug Unseen Mari Jugstedt
Sep Imperial Woman Pearl Buck
Oct I Am Pilgrim Terry Hayes
Nov Hannibal Rising Thomas Harris
Dec Devil in the Blue Dress Walter Mosley
Murder, Mystery & Mayhem Book List 2024
January Mystic River Dennis Lehane
February Ordinary Grace William Kent Krueger
March Shutter Island Dennis Lehane
April Slow Horses Mick Herron
May Smiler with a Knife Nicolas Blake
June The Dry Jane Harper
July The Killer Inside Me Jim Thompson
August The Last Days of Ptolomy Gray Walter Mosley
September The Long Call Ann Cleeves
October The Plot Jean Hanff Korelitz
November The Talented Mr. Ripley Patricia Highsmith
December When Justice Sleeps Stacey Abrams
Murder, Mystery & Mayhem Book List 2023
Title |
Author | Month |
| A Better Man | Louise Penny | January |
| Big Sky | Kate Atkinson | February |
| Conviction | Denise Mina | March |
| Heaven, My Home | Attica Locke | April |
| Lady in the Lake | Laura Lippman | May |
| The Guardians | John Grisham | June |
| The Night Fire | Michael Connelly | July |
| The Old Success | Martha Grimes | August |
| The Other End of the Line | Andrea Camilleri | September |
| The Quaker | Liam McIlvanney | October |
| The Sentence is Death | Anthony Horowitz | November |
| The Turn of the Key | Ruth Ware | December |
Book Name Author Month Paper Son S. J. Rozan* Jan Briarpatch Ross Thomas Feb Case Histories Kate Atkinson Mar Cover Her Face P. D. James Apr Death Benefits Thomas Perry May Death in Brittany Jean-Luc Bannelec Jun Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line Deepa Anappara Jul Murder at La Fenice Donna Leon Aug Night Soldiers Alan Furst Sep Palace of the Drowned Christine Mangan Oct Sculptress Minette Walters Nov What The Dead Know Laura Lippman Dec * Author will join us
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Murder, Mystery & Mayhem Book List for 2021 |
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Month |
Title |
Author |
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Jan |
Murder by Milk Bottle |
Lynne Truss |
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Feb |
Bloody January |
Alan Parks |
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Mar |
Murder at the Savoy |
Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo |
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Apr |
An Old Man's Game |
Andy Weinberger |
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May |
Bedeau |
Graeme Macrae Burnet |
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Jun |
Charlesgate Confidential |
Scott Von Doviak |
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Jul |
The Absent One |
Jussi Adler-Olsen |
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Aug |
Against the Wall |
Jarkko Siplila |
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Sep |
I'm Traveling Alone |
Samuel Bjork |
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Oct |
The Flatley Enigma |
Viktor Ingolfsson |
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Nov |
The Searcher |
Tana French |
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Dec |
The Silent Patient |
Alex Michaelides |
OLLI: the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Berkshire Community College |
