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THIRD MONDAY DETECTIVES

We met February 15th to discuss Ruth Rendell's (pronounced Rendl) From Doon With Love. We are in agreement that it will not be our favorite and most of us will not read others in this series. Nancy assures us that they do get better and we will grow to know and like Wexford and Burden. But, with so many books to read, I probably won't be revisiting Ruth Rendell.
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We are all looking forward to our mystery theater outing next week in Waxahachie. We'll all become 1920 flappers and actors in Murder at the Four Deuces. What fun!!
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Our selection for March is Jar City. We've decided to travel via books in 2010 and this one takes us to Reykjavik, Iceland.
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B&N Synopsis:
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From Gold Dagger Award--winning author Arnaldur Indridason comes a Reykjavík thriller introducing Inspector ErlendurWhen a lonely old man is found dead in his Reykjavík flat, the only clues are a cryptic note left by the killer and a photograph of a young girl's grave. Inspector Erlendur discovers that many years ago the victim was accused, but not convicted, of an unsolved crime, a rape. Did the old man's past come back to haunt him? As Erlendur reopens this very cold case, he follows a trail of unusual forensic evidence, uncovering secrets that are much larger than the murder of one old man.
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Copies of the book are available at B&N and B&N.com. We'll be meeting March 15th at 10:00 a.m. Please feel free to drop in to see what we are all about even if you do not have a chance to read the book. Perhaps you'll want to read our next one and become a regular member.
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Jane

Fiction Book Club

The selection for February is Katherine Howe's The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane. A spellbinding, beautifully written novel that moves between contemporary times and one of the most fascinating and disturbing periods in American history -- the Salem witch trials.

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What makes this book especially interesting is that Katherine Howe is completing a Ph.D. in American and New England Studies and is a descendant of Elizabeth Proctor, who survived the Salem witch trials, and Elizabeth Howe, who did not. The idea for this novel developed while Howe was studying for her doctoral qualifying exams and walking her dog through the woods between Marblehead and Salem.

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This is a work of fiction, but you will feel caught between two periods, the 21st Century with Connie Goodwin and the 1690s with Deliverance Dane. I couldn't put it down!

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I hope you can be with us for the discussion of this book on February 11th at 7:30 p.m. in the B&N Cafe.

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Jane

THIRD MONDAY DETECTIVES

We had a great discussion on the 18th of Louise Penny's Still Life. We all liked it and many of us have or will read more in her series of Three Pines. Lunch at the bistro and browsing through Myrna's bookstore would be an ideal afternoon for all of us. Too bad it's not a real town!
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Our selection for February 15th is Ruth Rendell's From Doon With Death.
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Synopsis
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"From Doon With Death is Ruth Rendell's first novel in her highly popular Chief Inspector Wexford series. No one believed Mr. Parsons' fears for his missing wife. Until two days later, she was discovered in the woods, her face swollen and her clothes damply clinging to her lifeless body. With no useful witnesses and a victim known only for her mundane life, Chief Inspector Wexford has only one clue — a lipstick found at the scene. To find the killer, Wexford must first discover a motive. Because what he can't understand, is how such an unassuming woman became the victim of such a passionate and violent crime."
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I hope that you will pick up a copy at B&N and join us at 10:00 a.m. February 15th in the B&N Cafe.
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Jane