Our book club met yesterday afternoon via Zoom to discuss this month's selection, Death in Vienna by Frank Tallis. Only five of us were there; Bill was still moving from Florida to southern Virginia. It was a wide-ranging discussion, where many topics came up. Some didn't even have anything to do with the book, which incidentally was a psychological thriller.
One thing that did come up was whether we should/could expand our consideration to books that weren't that traditional police/private detective procedural. After the meeting, I wrote to the other members indicating my feelings about looking wider afield for mysteries. I am looking forward to any responses. I also recommended a few non-mysteries for the club members to read. More importantly, I announced my selections for next year: The Guest List by Lucy Foley for January, and The Briar Club by Rose Quinn for November. Neither is the hard-boiled mystery with police or private detectives as the primary characters.
Next month's selection holds no interest for me. It sounds like Carl Hiaasen on dope - Tim Dorsey's Florida Roadkill. I'll read 50 pages but will not read further if it doesn't catch me.
I received my latest book purchase from BN today - The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens - and will add that to my reading list once I finish a Maisie Dobbs series selection and Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.
I'm interested in responses from the other members to my email.
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