A monthly mystery book club....
Get clued in!
Get clued in!
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Next meeting
(in person and zoom)
Wednesday June 17th at 6:30pm
(note we are 30min earlier this month!!)
reading:
Player Elimination
by Shelly Jones
Who will join us in person in Ithaca!!
(in person and via zoom)
Meeting starts at 6:30pm (for June...then back to 7pm regular time)
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Player Elimination
She loves to play games, but not when it comes to murder.
Wren Winters is a businesswoman on a mission, juggling an alumni event for a rising game designer while keeping her late husband’s retail store alive. With RSVPs pouring in and her cranky landlord threatening to bulldoze her shop for high-rise apartments, Wren’s plate is full—but she’s no stranger to overcoming challenges. From economic slumps to vandalism and vicious online rumors, Wren has always found a way to persevere.
But nothing could prepare her for what she finds one fateful morning: her landlord murdered, her store turned into a crime scene, her only employee under suspicion (and hiding something), and a missing piece from an unreleased game.
Now, with her store’s future hanging by a thread and the stakes higher than ever, Wren must channel her puzzle-solving skills like never before. Can she and her friends follow the clues, clear her employee’s name, and crack the case before it’s game over?
Nominated for an Agatha Award for Best Debut Novel
Shelly Jones
Shelly Jones (they/them) is a professor at a small
college in upstate New York, where they teach
classes in transmedia storytelling, the mystery
genre, and writing. They are a senior editor at
Analog Game Studies and their research examines
tabletop games. A Pushcart nominee and Best
Microfiction finalist, their creative works have been
published in F&SF, Apex, and elsewhere. Their novel,
Player Elimination, was nominated for the 2026
Agatha Award for Best First Novel. When they aren’t
grading or writing, Shelly can often be found hiking
in the woods or playing a board game while their
cats look on.
Shelly Jones (they/them) is a professor at a small
college in upstate New York, where they teach
classes in transmedia storytelling, the mystery
genre, and writing. They are a senior editor at
Analog Game Studies and their research examines
tabletop games. A Pushcart nominee and Best
Microfiction finalist, their creative works have been
published in F&SF, Apex, and elsewhere. Their novel,
Player Elimination, was nominated for the 2026
Agatha Award for Best First Novel. When they aren’t
grading or writing, Shelly can often be found hiking
in the woods or playing a board game while their
cats look on.