2024 Reading List
January-December 2024
In addition to each month’s books, we will also read one short story a month from the collection:
Marple: Twelve New Mysteries >>
By Various Authors
We’ll read them in order. Story title is indicated in each months’ listing.
January
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone >>
By Benjamin Stevenson
The first book in the Ernest Cunningham series
The Bullet that Missed >>
By Richard Osman
The third book in the Thursday Murder Club series
Marple: Twelve New Mysteries
Evil in Small Places, by Lucy Foley
February
The Bangalore Detective’s Club >>
By Harini Nagendra
The first book in the Kaveri and Ramu Mystery series
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie >>
By Alan Bradley
The first book in the Flavia de Luce Mystery series
Marple: Twelve New Mysteries
The Second Murder at the Vicarage, by Val McDermid
March
The Maid >>
By Nita Prose
The first book in the Molly the Maid series
Blanche on the Lam >>
By Barbara Neely
The first book in the Blanche White series
Marple: Twelve New Mysteries
Miss Marple Takes Manhattan, by Alyssa Cole
April
Jackal >>
By Erin E. Adams
Exiles >>
By Jane Harper
The third book in the Aaron Falk series
Marple: Twelve New Mysteries
The Unravelling, by Natalie Haynes
May
The Shadow of the Wind >>
By Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The first book in the Cemetery of Forgotten Books series
The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections >>
By Ea Jurczyk
Marple: Twelve New Mysteries
Miss Marple’s Christmas, by Ruth Ware
June
Lavender House >>
By Lev AC Rosen
The first book int he Detective Evander ‘Andy’ Mill series
After the Funeral >>
aka Funerals are Fatal
By Agatha Christie
Book 29 in the Hercule Poirot series
Marple: Twelve New Mysteries
The Open Mind, by Naomi Alderman
July
Hide >>
By Tracy Clark
The first book in the Detective Harriet Foster series
Clark and Division >>
By Naomi Hirahara
The first book in the Japantown Mystery series
Marple: Twelve New Mysteries
The Jade Empress, by Jean Kwok
August
The Appeal >>
By Janice Hallett
The first book in the Fairway Players series
The Skeleton Takes a Bow >>
By Leigh Perry
The second book in the Family Skeleton Mystery series
Marple: Twelve New Mysteries
A Deadly Wedding Day, by Dedra Say Mitchell
September
Auntie Poldi and the Vineyards of Etna >>
By Mario Giordano
The second book int he Aunt Poldi series
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers >>
By Jesse Q Sutanto
Marple: Twelve New Mysteries
Murder at the Villa Rosa, by Elly Griffiths
October
The Cloisters >>
By Katy Hays
A Halloween Homicide >>
By Tonya Kappes
The third book in the Holiday Cozy Mystery series
Marple: Twelve New Mysteries
The Murdering Sort, by Karen M. McManus
November
The Golden Spoon >>
By Jessa Maxwell
A Most Agreeable Murder >>
By Julia Seales
Marple: Twelve New Mysteries
The Mystery of the Acid Soil, by Kate Mosse
December
.exe >>
By Robin Jeffrey
The first book in the Cadence Turing series
Murder on the Red River >>
By Marcie R Rendon
The first book in the Cash Blackbear series
Marple: Twelve New Mysteries
The Disappearance, by Leigh Bardugo