The Northfield Public Library Crime Fiction Book
Group meets nine times per year, January - June, September - November. Meetings are held the third Monday from 6:30 - 7:30 pm in the Bunday Room located on the main floor of the library. If a meeting occurs on a day when the library is closed for a holiday, an alternate date will be identified at the the previous meeting.
Book titles are chosen for the following year at the November meeting. Selections are based on suggestions from the library and from input from book group members. Crime fiction titles are drawn from the mystery, suspense and thriller genres. Contemporary and earlier works written by authors from around the world that are chosen are based on a number of criteria including literary significance and merit.
Book titles are chosen for the following year at the November meeting. Selections are based on suggestions from the library and from input from book group members. Crime fiction titles are drawn from the mystery, suspense and thriller genres. Contemporary and earlier works written by authors from around the world that are chosen are based on a number of criteria including literary significance and merit.
Book group members are responsible for obtaining copies of the books. If a limited number of copies are available, arrangements to share copies may be made between members.
Meetings are free and open to the public but for purpose of planning RSVP's are requested.
For further information please contact Jamie Stanley, Reference Librarian at Jamie.Stanley@ci.northfield.mn.us, 507-645-1802.
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TITLES READ IN 2022 |
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JANUARY |
The Crooked Hinge |
John Dickson Carr |
Mystery |
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FEBRUARY |
Hard Ticket Home |
David Housewright |
MysterySuspense/Regional |
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MARCH |
The Old Lady Who Broke the Rules |
Catharina Ingleman-Sundberg |
Suspense/Caper |
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APRIL |
The Daughter of Time |
Josephine Tey |
Mystery |
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MAY |
The Chocolate Cobweb |
Charlotte Armstrong |
Mystery |
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JUNE |
The Eagle has Landed |
Jack Higgins |
Thriller |
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JULY |
No meeting |
No meeting |
No meeting |
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AUGUST |
No meeting |
No meeting |
No meeting |
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SEPTEMBER |
The Widows of Malabar Hill |
Sujata Massey |
Mystery |
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OCTOBER |
Under Cover of Daylight |
James W. Hall |
Supense |
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NOVEMBER |
The Conjure Man Dies |
Rudolph Fisher |
Mystery |
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DECEMBER |
No meeting |
No meeting |
No meeting |
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TITLES READ IN 2021 |
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JANUARY |
The Great Train Robbery |
Michael Crichton |
Caper |
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FEBRUARY |
Los Alamos |
Joseph Kanon |
Intrigue |
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MARCH |
Laura |
Very Caspary |
Noir |
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APRIL |
Bread |
Ed McBain |
Police Procedural |
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MAY |
The Manchurian Candidate |
Richard Congdon |
Suspense |
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JUNE |
Small Vices |
Robert Parker |
Private Investigator |
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SEPTEMBER |
The Secret History |
Donna Tartt |
Psychological Suspense |
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OCTOBER |
See Also Murder: A Marjorie Trumaine Mystery |
Larry Sweazy |
Regional Mystery |
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NOVEMBER |
Murder by an Aristocrat |
Mignon G. Eberhart |
Amateur Sleuth Mystery |
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2020 |
2020 |
2020 |
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January |
VANISHING ACT |
PERRY, THOMAS |
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February |
THE WAY THROUGH THE WOODS: AN INSPECTOR MORSE MYSTERY |
DEXTER, COLIN |
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March |
A GREAT DELIVERANCE |
GEORGE, ELIZABETH |
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April |
NO MEETING DUE TO COVID-19 |
NO MEETING DUE TO COVID-19 |
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May |
NO MEETING DUE TO COVID-19 |
NO MEETING DUE TO COVID-19 |
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June |
GONE TO DUST DEAL BREAKER |
GOLDMAN, MATT COBEN, HARLAN |
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July |
BLUEBIRD, BLUEBIRD: A NOVEL |
LOCKE, ATTICA |
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August |
JADE MOUNTAIN DRAGON: A MYSTERY |
HART, ELSA |
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September |
TO BE DETERMINED |
TO BE DETERMINED |
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October |
TO BE DETERMINED |
TO BE DETERMINED |
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November |
TO BE DETERMINED |
TO BE DETERMINED |
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December |
TO BE DETERMINED |
TO BE DETERMINED |
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| 2018 | ||
| MONTH | TITLE | AUTHOR |
| January | A Rage in Harlem | Chester Himes |
| February | The Bootlegger's Daughter | Margaret Maron |
| March | Murder on the Red River | Marcie Rendon |
| April | River of Darkness | Rennie Airth |
| May | IQ | Joe Ide |
| June | Jar City | Arnaldur Indridason |
| July | Dead Cert | Dick Francis |
| August | The Last Detective | Peter Lovesey |
| September | The Thirteenth Tale | Diane Stterfield |
| October | Brother Cadfael Series | Ellis Peters |
| November | Toby Peters Series | Stuart Kaminsky |
| 2017 | ||
| MONTH | TITLE | AUTHOR |
| January | The Woman in White | Wilkie Collins |
| February | The Talented Mr. Ripley | Patricia Highsmith |
| March | The Key to Rebecca | Ken Follett |
| April | Bone Rattler | Eliot Pattison |
| May | The Coroner's Lunch | Colin Cotterill |
| June | Nero Wolfe Mystery | Rex Stout |
| July | Roderick Allen Mystery | Ngaio Marsh |
| August | The Yiddish Policemen's Union | Michael Chabon |
| September | Get Real | Donald Westlake |
| October | The Trespasser | Tana French |
| November | Murder on the Quai | Cara Black |
| 2016 | ||
| MONTH | TITLE | AUTHOR |
| January | Borderline | Margaret Coel |
| February | The Mysterious Affair at Styles | Agatha Christie |
| March | Curtain: Poirot's Last Case | Agatha Christie |
| April | Gone | Randy Wayne White |
| May | Monkeewrench | P.J. Tracy |
| June | People of Darkness | Tony Hillerman |
| July | The Nine Tailors | Dorothy Sayers |
| August | The Big Sleep | Raymond Chandler |
| September | A Mind to Murder | P.D. James |
| October | Napoleon Bonaparte Mystery | Arthur Upfield |
| November | Maisie Dobbs | Jacqueline Winspear |
| 2015 | ||
| MONTH | TITLE | AUTHOR |
| January | Raven Black | Ann Cleeves |
| February | The Quiche of Death | M.C. Beaton |
| March | Through a Glass Darkly | Donna Leon |
| April | ||
| May | Frozen |
Kate Watterson |
| June | Stalking Susan | Julie Kramer |
| July | Only the Dead | Vidor Sundstol |
| August | Queen of Hearts | Rhys Bowen |
| September | La Requiem | Robert Crais |
| October | Northwest Angle | William Kent Krueger |
| November | Malice | Keigo Higashino |
| December |
| 2014 | ||
| MONTH | TITLE | AUTHOR |
| January | ||
| February | ||
| March | Murder in Foggy Bottom | Margaret Truman |
| April | A Letter of Mary | Laurie King |
| May | The Land of Dreams | Vidor Sunstol |
| June | You Only Die Twice | Edna Buchanan |
| July | The Hypnotist | Lars Kepler |
| August | Death of a Glutton | M.C. Beaton |
| September | Trickster's Point | William Kent Krueger |
| October | The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax | Dorothy Gilman |
| November | Dying For Chocolate | Diane Mott Davidson |
| December | The Monstrous Regiment of Women | Laurie King |
| 2013 | ||
| MONTH | TITLE | AUTHOR |
| January | Wheel of Darkness | Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child |
| February | Third Gate | Lincoln Child |
| March | ||
| April | Cold Case Squad | Edna Buchanan |
| May | ||
| June | The Cold Dish | Craig Johnson |
| July | Night Ferry | Michael Robotham |
| August | Summer Garden Mystery | Ann Ripley |
| September | Naked In Death | J.D. Robb |
| October | Burn | Nevada Barr |
| November | Breaking Point | C.J. Box |
| December | A Christmas Garland | Anne Perry |
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