Welcome, Readers of Mystery and Crime Fiction

The Mainly Mysteries blog welcomes readers of mystery and crime fiction. We are members of a reading group that meets once a month in the public library in Roseburg, Oregon, to discuss Mainly Mysteries.

Join us here as our members share our thoughts with you. Feel free to interact with us. If you know of similar clubs, we would be happy to link to you.

Meetings are held at 5.30 pm in the Ford Community Room of the Douglas County Library, unless otherwise indicated.

Please feel free to come by, even if you haven’t read the book. Newcomers are always welcome. The more the merrier.

Upcoming discussions

• May – Cold Dish by Craig Johnson

• June – The Skull Mantra by Eliot Pattison

• July – Reader’s favorites

• August – Tilt a Whirl by Chris Grabenstein

• September – Sue Grafton
  

• October – Corpse in the Koryo by James Church

• November – Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger

• December – Our annual book club bash

Past discussions (see our Archives section for full texts):

• April: Animal detectives
  
• March: Deborah Crombie
  
• February: John Grisham
  
• January: the grand dame of detection, Agatha Christie
  
• December: our joint bash and discussion of holiday mysteries or holiday romances
• November: Tony Hillerman's The Blessing Way
• October: the Nero Wolfe series by Rex Stout
• September: the Benni Harper series by Earlene Fowler
• August: Scandinavian mysteries
  
• July: Children's and Young Adult mysteries
  
• June: new authors
• April: The Spy Who Came In From the Cold by John Le Carré
  
• February: John Burdett's Bangkok 8
• January: Widow’s Walk by Robert B. Parker
• December: bash with the Chili Pepper Readers Romance Club
  
• November: the Southern Sisters series by Anne George
• October: Ammie, come home by Barbara Michaels. More here
• September: Compromising Positions by Susan Isaacs. More here
• August: Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code. Website, movie, here, there
• July: American Historical Mysteries
  
• June: Ethnic Detectives
  
• May: Kate Wilhelm's Death Qualified

Past Events:

• Nov. 20, 7 p.m. Lecture on The Witch’s Garden: The Hidden Meaning of Fairy Tales.
• April 20, 7 pm: Oregon Book Awards author tour.
  
• May 12, 6 pm: Kate Wilhelm in Ashland; see flyer and website.
• 4th Tuesday of each month: the Chili Peppers Readers romance club meets at 5:30 in the Ford Community Room. Their latest selection can be found on top of the New Book shelf.

Lots of fun ahead. I hope you can join us. If you can’t make it to the meeting, be sure to participate here online.