It’s a Mystery! Mystery/Thriller Book Club
February 9, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
The Busybody Book Club by Freya Sampson
Registration details to be announced.
The eBook version of The Busybody Book Club can be accessed through the Nassau Digital Doorway. The eAudio can be accessed here.
They can’t even agree on what to read, so how are they going to solve a murder? Having recently moved from London to a small Cornish seaside village, Nova Davies started a book club at the local community center, but so far it’s a disaster. The five members disagree on everything, and to make matters worse, a significant sum of money is stolen during one of the meetings, putting the much-loved community center at risk. Suspicion for the theft falls on book club member Michael, especially when he disappears and a dead body turns up at his house. While trying to locate Michael, solve the murder and recover the stolen money, each of them has their own secrets to protect. But despite the danger closing in, they won’t rest until they’ve cracked the case and gotten everyone safe at home with a book, where they belong.
Discussion guide for The Busybody Book Club.
May 18, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers
Registration details to be announced.
The eBook version of All Good People Here can be accessed through the Nassau Digital Doorway. The eAudio can be accessed here.
A journalist uncovers her hometown’s dark secrets when she becomes obsessed with the unsolved murder of her childhood neighbor–and the disappearance of another girl twenty years later. Everyone from Wakarusa, Indiana, remembers the infamous case of January Jacobs, who was discovered in a ditch hours. Margot Davies was six at the time, the same age as January–and they were next-door neighbors. In the twenty years since, Margot has grown up, moved away, and become a big-city journalist. But she’s always been haunted by the feeling that it could’ve been her. And the worst part is, January’s killer has never been brought to justice. When Margot returns home to help care for her uncle after he is diagnosed with early-onset dementia, she feels like she’s walked into a time capsule. Then news breaks about five-year-old Natalie Clark from the next town over, who’s gone missing under circumstances eerily similar to January’s. Margot vows to find Natalie and to solve January’s murder once and for all.
Discussion guide for All Good People Here.
PAST SELECTIONS
2025
November
She’s Not Sorry by Mary Kubica
July
Still Life by Louise Penny
May
The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf
February
The Searcher by Tana French
2024
November
The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz
September
June
Freefall by Jessica Barry
April
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice For Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
February
A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham
2023
December
Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
June
The Escape Room by Megan Goldin
January
In The Woods by Tana French
2022
July
Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman
March
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
January
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
2021
October
The Last Flight by Julie Clark
June
Dog On It by Spencer Quinn
March
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
January
The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
2020
November
The Long Call by Ann Cleeves
September
The Holdout by Graham Moore
June
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
April
Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson
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