Upcoming Events


Sept. 18,2024    
Second Bloom
​      by  Sally Handley who will zoom with us!

​Oct. 16, 2024    
The General's Gold
​      by  LynDee Walker & Bruce Robert Coffin who will zoom with us!

Past Events

September 30, 2009               Still Life         by Louise Penny
October 28, 2009          Hell for the Holidays         by Chris Grabenstein 
                                  Chris will be there via Skype!
December 2, 2009         Raven Black                           by Ann Cleeves

January 13,  2010                Holiday Grind                         by Cleo Coyle

February 24, 2010         Black Rain      
                                      by Graham Brown  who will join                                                                      us via Skype!

March 24, 2010                Sew Deadly        by Elizabeth Lynn Casey 
                                                                        who will join us!                  
April 10, 2010        Drive Time             by Hank Phillippi Ryan 
                                                                    who will join us!
                   
May 26, 2010               Dead Head        by Rosemary Harris 
                                                                         who will join us!
                              
June 16, 2010              Sleight of Hand              by  Robin Hathaway
                                                                                 who will join us!
                                                                                
July 21, 2010             Closet Confidential       by Mary Jane Maffini 
                                                                               who will join us!
          
August 11, 2010        Quick Study                 by Maggie Barbieri
                                                                             who will join us!

September 29, 2010                    Black Sun                 by Graham Brown
                                                                      who will join us via Skype!

 October 20, 2010           Night of the Living Deed    by E.J. Copperman
                                                                         who will join us via Skype!
November 17, 2010       It's Beginning to Look a lot like Murder   
                                            by Jeff Markowitz who will join us!
                                                                                
December 15, 2010          The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest 
                                                                                   by Stieg Larsson
               
January 26, 2011                Dead Lift                              by Rachel Brady 
                                                                  who will join us via Skype!
                                                                                
February 9, 2011          Got No Friend Anyhow          by Peggy Ehrhart 
                                                                                      who will join us!
                               
March 9, 2011             Never Tell a Lie                        by Hallie Ephron 
                                                                    who will join us via Skype!
                                                                                
April 9, 2011 (Sat. 4pm)         Bury Your Dead               by Louise Penny 
                                                                    who will join us via Skype!
                                                                                
April 20, 2011                         The Hanging Tree           by Bryan Gruley
                                                                    who will join us via Skype!
                                                                                
May 18, 2011             Formula for Murder                by Diana Orgain  
                                                             who will join us via Skype!

June 22 , 2011           Murder She Wrote:
                              by Jessica Fletcher & Donald Bain
                           Don & Renee Bain will be joining us!

July 27, 2011            Twice as Dead                   by Sue Ann Jaffarian 
                                                    who will be joining us via Skype!

August 17, 2011 The Real Macaw                     by Donna Andrews 
                                                                             who will join us!

Sept. 21 , 2011    The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes 
                                          by Marcus Sakey
                             Marcus will be joining us via Skype!

Oct. 26, 2011   In the Shadow of the Glacier            by Vicki Delany             
                                                                    Vicki will be joining us!

Nov. 30, 2011               Deadly Threads                by Jane Cleland
                                                      Jane will be joining us via Skype!

Dec 14, 2011    Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks                                 
                                      by John Curran
                              John will be joining us via Skype! 

Jan 18, 2012    BREAKDOWN                     by Sara Paretsky
                                                         Sara will be joining us via Skype!

Feb 22, 2012         An Appetite for Murder                 by Lucy Burdette  
                                                          Lucy will be joining us via Skype!
March 21, 2012    Death on Demand Series                by Carolyn Hart
           Carolyn will be joining us via conference call!
  ALSO:  listen to the Agatha Christie panel discussion from Bouchercon 2011 with Carolyn and other traditional mystery authors!

April 18, 2012    The Girl Next Door                   by Brad Parks
                                                                      Brad will be joining us!

May 23, 2012    The Body in the Boudoir          by Katherine Hall Page
             Katherine will be joining us via Skype!  

June 13, 2012    Redemption                               by Kate Flora
           Kate will be joining us at the meeting! 

July 11, 2012   Death Troupe                                by Vincent O'Neil
                                        Vinny will be joining us at the meeting! 

August 8, 2012     Grace Among Thieves                   By July Hyzy
                                                                 Julie will be there via Skype!  

Elaine will be there via Skype! October 17, 2012   Pumped for Murder                      by Elaine Viets    
                                                             
  November 14, 2012   Thieves                            by Hannah Dennison   
                                                       Hannah will be joining us via Skype!

 December 19, 2012   Devil in the White City                by Erik Larson     
Feb. 20, 2013    In the Belly of Jonah                      
                                            by Sandra Brannan
             Sandra will be joining us via Skype! 
    
 March 20, 2013   Cover of Snow
                      by Jenny Milchman
             Jenny will be joining us!   

April 10, 2013            Dead to Writes
                                                  by Cathy Wiley
                  Cathy will be joining us via Skype!  

May 15, 2013          An Advancement of Learning                    
                                            by Reginald Hill
          
June 19, 2013      INFERNO                    
                                            by Dan Brown

July 24, 2013      THE TESTING                    
                                            by Joelle Charbonneau
        Joelle will be Skyping with us

August 14, 2013    A Tine to Live, A Tine to Die                                                by Edith Maxwell who will join us!

September 25, 2013    Woof at the Door                      
         by Laura Morrigan who will join us via SKYPE!

October 30, 2013    A Skeleton in the Family                               by Leigh Perry who will join us via SKYPE

November 20, 2013    Question of Honor
               ( OR  read the first in one of the series)        
         by Charles Todd who will join us via SKYPE

February 12, 2014    Kinsey & Me
               ( OR  read any alphabet letter of the series)        
         by Sue Grafton who will join us via SKYPE!

March 19, 2014    Dandy Gilver and The Proper Treatment of BloodStains       
         by Catriona McPherson who will join us via SKYPE!

April 23, 2014    Wicked Autumn       
         by G.M. Malliet who will join us via SKYPE

May 21, 2014    The Bat      by Jo Nesbo
                   group discussion

June 25, 2014    Boiled Over         by Barbara Ross
                                who will join us via Skype!

July 23, 2014    Murder on the Red Carpet                                      by Shawn Reilly Simmons
                           who will join us in Ithaca!

Aug. 27 2014      Ruin Falls        
                                     by Jenny Milchman
                             who will join us in Ithaca!

Sept. 17, 2014       The Outsmarting of Criminals 
         by Steve Rigolosi
                          who will join us in Ithaca!

Oct.  15, 2014    
              The Legend of Sleepy Harlow           
                         A Skype with Kylie Logan

Nov. 19, 2014
The Scent of Rain and Lightning A skype with Nancy Pickard

Dec. 10, 2014
The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah
Discussion

Jan. 21, 2015
         Law of Attraction 
    SKYPE with Allison Leotta

Feb. 18, 2015 
         The Black Hour
                   Skype with Lori Rader-Day

March 25, 2015   
     The Dirty Secrets Club 
        by  Meg Gardiner who will Skype with us!

April 22, 2015   
     The Scene of the Climb
         by  Kate Dyer-Seeley who will Skype with us! 

May 13, 2015   
     A Man Lay Dead     by  Ngaio Marsh

June 17, 2015   
     A Killer Retreat
         by  Tracy Weber who will Skype with us! 

July 15, 2015   
     The Corpse with the Emerald Thumb
         by  Cathy Ace who will Skype with us! 

Aug. 5, 2015   
     The Cat Sitter's Cradle
         by (Blaize &) John Clement  who will Skype with us!

Sept. 9, 2015   
     Caught Read Handed
     by Terrie Farley Moran who will Skype with us! 

Oct. 21, 2015   
     Deadout
     by Jon McGoran who will visit Ithaca!
Nov. 18, 2015   
     Terminated 
     by Simon Wood who will Skype with us! 

Dec. 16, 2015   
     The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
               Discussion​

Feb. 17, 2016   
      The READAHOLICS and the Poirot Puzzle
     by Laura DiSilverio who will Skype with us!
March 23, 2016   
      The Cinderella Murders     
​                     by Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke

Apr. 20, 2016   
    The EX
     by Alafair Burke who will Skype with us!
​
May 18, 2016   
      Jon McGoran - Dust Up
      Jenny Milchman - As Night Falls
 who will join us in Ithaca!

June 15, 2016   
      The Immaculate
            by Marian Stanley
 who will join us in Ithaca!

July 20, 2016   
      Murder on a Designer Diet
            by Shawn Reilly Simmons
 who will join us in Ithaca!
Aug. 10, 2016   
   Poppy Done to Death
     by Charlaine Harris who will Skype with us!
Sept.  7, 2016  
       Blind Spot
            by Reed Farrel Coleman
 who will Skype with us!

​Oct.  5, 2016  
       Assault and Pepper
            by Leslie Budewitz who will Skype with us!
Nov.  16, 2016  
       The Kennedy Connection
            by R.G. Belsky
 who will join us for a discussion!

Dec.  14, 2016  
       A Great Reckoning
            by Louise Penny
 We will discuss the book and the entire Three Pines series.

Jan. 18, 2017
         The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
                    by Dorothy Gilman
         Group discussion
Jan. 18, 2017
         The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
                    by Dorothy Gilman     Group discussion
​Feb. 22, 2017
     Audition for Murder by P.M. Carlson who will join us for a discussion!
March 29, 2017
     Tagged for Death by Sherry Harris who will skype with us!
May 3, 2017
     Brain Storm
           by Elaine Viets who will skype with us!
June 14. 2017
       The Semester of Our Discontent
            by Cynthia Kuhn
 who will Skype with us!

​
 July 12, 2017
Night School
            by LEE CHILD
 who will Skype with us!
Aug. 16, 2017
       Dying for a Taste
            by Leslie Karst
      who will Skype with us!
Sept. 13, 2017
       Doorway to Murder
            by Carol Pouliot
      who will visit Ithaca!
Oct. 18, 2017
       Hellmouth
            by Meredith Anthony
      who will visit Ithaca!   
Nov. 15. 2017
       Canadian Author panel!
             Vicki Delany (aka Eva Gates)
             MaryJane Maffini (aka Victoria Abbott)
             Linda Wiken (aka Erika Chase)
                    Will be visiting Ithaca!
Dec. 13, 2017
       The Floating Admiral
            by The Detection Club
                   Discussion
   Jan. 31, 2018
       The Killings at Badger's Drift
            by Caroline Graham
                  Discussion!


Feb. 28, 2018
       Tag, You're Dead
            by J.C. Lane who will skype with us! 
March 28, 2018
       Curses, Boiled Again!
            by Shari Randall who will skype with us! 
May 2, 2018
       Plantation Shudders
            by  Ellen Byron who will skype with us! 
May 30, 2018
          Yesterday's News
            by Dick Belsky who will join us in Ithaca!
June 20, 2018
        Address to Die For
            by Mary Feliz who will Skype with us!
July 18, 2018
     What Doesn't Kill You
         by Aimee Hix who will Skype with us!
August 15, 2018
Cat Around Town
         by Cate Conte who will Skype with us!
Sept. 26, 2018
          Little Girl Lost
            by Wendy Corsi Staub
                           who will join us in Ithaca!
Oct. 17, 2018
Rooted in Deceit
          by Wendy Tyson
                           who will join us in Ithaca!
Nov. 14, 2018
         Trust Me
            by Hank Phillippi Ryan
                           who will join us in Ithaca!
Dec. 12, 2018
        The Cuckoo's Calling
              by Robert Galbraith
Jan. 30, 2019
Thread the Halls
by Lea Wait who will skype with us!

March 27, 2019
The Switch
by Joe Finder who will skype with us!

April 17, 2019
One Taste Too Many
by Debra Goldstein who will skype with us!
May 15, 2019  ***RESCHEDULED from Feb
The Woman in Cabin 10
by Ruth Ware
PLUS discussion of new authors/books from Malice Domestic!

May 29, 2019
Below the Fold
    by R.G. Belsky who will be visiting Ithaca!
​June 26, 2019
Hummus and Homicide
    by Tina Kashian 
Join us for a SKYPE discussion with the author!

July 24, 2019
Pruning the Dead
    by Julia Henry
Join us for a discussion with the author!
Aug. 21, 2019
Among The Shadows
    by Bruce Coffin who will be visiting Ithaca!
September 18, 2019
A Dream of Death
    by Connie Berry who will be visiting Ithaca!
September 18, 2019
A Dream of Death
    by Connie Berry who will be visiting Ithaca!

October 16, 2019
Little Comfort
    by Edwin Hill who will be visiting Ithaca!
November 20, 2019
Halloween Party
by Agatha Christie
December 18,2019
Rest You Merry
by Charlotte MacLeod
Jan 15. 2020
Continued discussion of Charlotte MacLeod
and Rest You Merry

Sunday Jan. 19 11am-3pm Holiday Party!
Feb. 12, 2020
Garden of Lamentations
​      by Deborah Crombie who will skype with us!
March 18, 2020
One Night Gone
​      by Tara Laskowski who will skype with us!
Dec. 20, 2021
The Finch That Stole Christmas
​      by Donna Andrews who will ZOOM with us!
Mar. 16, 2022   zoom
A Murder is Announced
​      by Agatha Christie
April 6, 2022    zoom
Threshold of Deceit
​      by Carol Pouliot who will skype with us! 
May 4, 2022   zoom
A Dead Man's Eyes
​      by Lori Duffy Foster who will skype with us!

June 8, 2022    zoom
Death at Greenway
​      by Lori Rader-Day who will skype with us!

July , 2022    zoom
State of Terror
​      by Louise Penny & Hilary Clinton

Sept. 21, 2022    
I Played One on TV
​      by Alan Orloff who will skype with us!
Nov. 2, 2022    
Death Plans a Perfect Trip
​      by Mary Jane Maffini who will skype with us!

Dec. 7, 2022
  *Read a Nancy Drew and/or Hardy Boys book!
Feb. 8, 2023    
Beyond the Headlines
​      by RG Belsky who will zoom with us!
March 22, 2023    
Killer on the Court - Murder She Wrote
​      by Terrie Moran (and Jessica Fletcher) who will zoom with us!
April 19, 2023    
 Danger in Numbers
​      by Heather Graham who will zoom with us!
May 17, 2023    
The Rocky Road to Ruin
​      by Meri Allen who will zoom with us!
June 7, 2023    
 Another Kind of Eden
​      by James Lee Burke who will zoom with us!
July 12, 2023    
Gone for Gouda
​      by Korina Moss who will zoom with us!
Aug 9, 2023    
Justice is Served  &  Fragrance of Death
​      by Leslie Karst who will zoom with us!
Sept 13, 2023    
Let Darkness Bury the Dead
​      by Maureen Jennings who will zoom with us!
Oct 11, 2023    
Farm to Trouble
​      by Amanda Flower who will zoom with us!
Nov 15, 2023    
The Bones Remember
​      by Sara Johnson who will zoom with us!
Dec 13, 2023    
The Word is Murder
​      by Anthony Horowitz
          This discussion will be zoom only
Jan. 24, 2024   
The Probability of Murder
​      by Camille Minichino who will zoom with us!
Feb. 28,2024    
Murder at Mallowan Hall
​      by  Colleen Cambridge who will zoom with us!
March 20,2024    
The Bones of the Story
​      by  Carol Goodman who will zoom with us!

April 17,2024    
Murder at a Cape Bookstore
​      by  Maddie Day who will zoom with us!
May 22,2024    
They All Fall Down
​      by  Rachel Howzell Hall group discussion
June 26,2024    
Murder in Third Position
​      by  Lori Robbins who will zoom with us!
July 26,2024    
Staging is Murder
​      by  Grace Topping who will zoom with us!
August 21,2024    
Zenith Man
​      by  McCracken Poston Jr. who will zoom with us!
Read about books from previous months