A monthly mystery book club....
Get clued in!
Get clued in!
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Next meeting
(in person and zoom)
Wednesday August 19th at 7pm
reading:
Whiskey Business
by Adrian Andover
and the author will zoom with us!
(in person and via zoom)
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Whiskey Business
After breaking off an engagement with his fiancée, Reece Parker opens Subplot, a literary-themed underground cocktail lounge in his quaint hometown of Hope Mills, Pennsylvania.
While launching a new business temporarily distracts him from self-pity, Reece's regret is compounded when he stumbles upon a customer's body behind the lounge after a whiskey club meeting gone wrong. As if he wasn't already on the rocks, his ex-fiancée's big brother is a police officer on the case.
Reece takes matters into his own hands to prove his innocence, save his new lounge's reputation, and restore peace in his beloved town. But as he seeks out the victim's killer, will he meet his own bitter end?
Hiya!
I'm Adrian.
I'm an avid reader, lifelong mystery lover, and the author of the Mixology Lounge Mystery series. The first installment, Whiskey Business, won the 2026 Lefty Award for Best Debut Mystery and the Agatha Award for Best First Novel. The second book, Pour Choices, is available now.
Growing up, I spent countless hours watching Murder, She Wrote with my grandma and read any mystery series I could get my hands on from Cam Janesn to The Boxcar Children.
Fast forward to 2020. I was living alone in a 200-square-foot studio apartment in Asbury Park, NJ during the pandemic. I was living hours away from my nearest family. Unable to go anywhere, I found a joyful respite in cozy mystery novels, allowing myself to be transported to coffeeshops, bookstores, and other cozy locations I couldn't visit in person. I made friends with the amateur sleuths and quirky cast of characters in the long-running series I was devouring.
As much as I fell in love with the genre, I quickly realized that it was rare to see a character like me—a gay man—represented on the page, especially as a protagonist. So I set out to write my first mystery.
When I'm not writing, revising, or publishing a story, I enjoy reading (of course!), taking long walks, spending quality time with loved ones, and listening to live music in my chosen hometown of Asbury Park, NJ.
Hiya!
I'm Adrian.
I'm an avid reader, lifelong mystery lover, and the author of the Mixology Lounge Mystery series. The first installment, Whiskey Business, won the 2026 Lefty Award for Best Debut Mystery and the Agatha Award for Best First Novel. The second book, Pour Choices, is available now.
Growing up, I spent countless hours watching Murder, She Wrote with my grandma and read any mystery series I could get my hands on from Cam Janesn to The Boxcar Children.
Fast forward to 2020. I was living alone in a 200-square-foot studio apartment in Asbury Park, NJ during the pandemic. I was living hours away from my nearest family. Unable to go anywhere, I found a joyful respite in cozy mystery novels, allowing myself to be transported to coffeeshops, bookstores, and other cozy locations I couldn't visit in person. I made friends with the amateur sleuths and quirky cast of characters in the long-running series I was devouring.
As much as I fell in love with the genre, I quickly realized that it was rare to see a character like me—a gay man—represented on the page, especially as a protagonist. So I set out to write my first mystery.
When I'm not writing, revising, or publishing a story, I enjoy reading (of course!), taking long walks, spending quality time with loved ones, and listening to live music in my chosen hometown of Asbury Park, NJ.