Our group aims to read one book a month. One member in turn chooses a book and author, often from a series of books with the same detective. We aim to choose not only English books but foreign ones or books set in foreign settings and a mixture of older and more recent authors. After a short presentation about the chosen book, we discuss its plotline, writing style, detective/lead characters and what appeals or not about the book. If the book is dramatised on stage or screen, we also talk about how this affects our appreciation of the characters and enjoyment of the story. We may discuss related crime fiction subjects or biographies of authors later in the meeting. Once a year, we select a volume of short stories which brings a different approach to compress the crime process into a limited length. Currently, it is 'Invisible Blood' edited by Maxim Jakubowski.
Our forward programme is:',
2026
January 8 - no meeting on 1 January but we shall have a coffee morning on 8th January to discuss our favourite books from 2025.
February 5 - 'A Cruel Necessity' by L C Tyler (John Grey series)
March 5 - 'Dodgers' by Bill Beverly
April 2 - 'Throne Dominions' by Dorothy L Sayers and Jill Paton Walsh
May 7 - 'Bones and Silence' by Reginald Hill
June 4 - 'Out of Bound' by Val McDermid
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