"Mysteries at Lunch" Book Group
July-December 2026

Our book group meets at 12:15 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month downstairs in the meeting room. Copies of discussion books will be available at the front desk one month before the group meets.

The Gardener's Plot by Deborah Benoit (Standalone Mystery - Summer Reading)
Wednesday, July 15
Maggie Walker is happy to be back in the small Berkshires town where she spent so much time as a child. Maggie has always loved gardening, so she signs on to help Violet Bloom set up a community garden. When opening day arrives, Violet is nowhere to be found. Things go from bad to worse when Maggie finds a boot buried in one of the plots...and there's a body attached to it.

Against the Grain (Peter Diamond) by Peter Lovesey (Series Mystery - Summer Reading)
Wednesday, August 19
Discussion Held at East Street Park
Detective Peter Diamond goes undercover at a seasonal festival. The woman who owns the village's largest dairy farm has been convicted of manslaughter following a terrible accident in her grain silo. But has there been a miscarriage of justice? This is a delightful and bittersweet conclusion to the multi-award-winning series.

The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave (Standalone Mystery)
Wednesday, September 16
Hotel magnate Liame Noone was many things to many people. To his three ex-wives, he was a loving albeit distant family man. To Nora, he was a father who often loved her from afar - notably, a cliffside cottage perched on the California coast where he fell to his death. The authorities rule the death accidental, but Nora and her estranged brother Sam have other ideas.

How To Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files) by Kristen Perrin (Series Mystery)
Wednesday, October 21
After a fortune teller in 1965 predicts her murder, Frances Adams spends her life searching for her best friend who disappeared at a county fair until she actually is murdered 60 years later, leaving her grand-niece Annie to solve both crimes.

The Busy Body by Kemper Donovan (Standalone Mystery)
Wednesday, November 18
After a very public defeat, former Senator Dorothy Gibson retreats to her home in rural Maine, inviting her ghostwriter to join her, and soon the two women are drawn into a mystery when a neighbor dies under suspicious circumstances. A great read for the election season.

The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter (Standalone Mystery)
Wednesday, December 16
The bridge is out, the phones are down and the most famous mystery writer in the world just disappeared out of a locked room two days before Christmas. Can the Cozy Queen and Thriller Guy figure it out?