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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The Disappearance, by Leigh Bardugo