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Simsbury Library – Mystery Series 2008-2009
Second Monday of each month
12 noon - 1:30 p.m.
Carole Shmurak will be the book discussion leader. She is a professor emeritus
of secondary education at Central Connecticut State University, where she served
as the chair of the Department of Teacher Education. Currently writing a mystery
novel, she also wrote an award-winning book, Voices of Hope (1988), a
study of adolescent girls at single-sex and co-educational schools. She is the
co-author of the Matty Trescott series for children.
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Fall 2008: The Golden Age of Mystery
Many people
consider the Golden Age of Mystery to be the years 1920 – 1950. In the
United States, Hammett and Chandler were defining the hard-boiled
private eye novel, while in England the traditional whodunit thrived.
Here are four early novels from four of the five grand dames of
the British Golden Age. |
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September 8 |
The Murder
of Roger Ackroyd (1926) – Agatha Christie
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October 13 |
Flowers for
the Judge (1936)
- Margery Allingham |
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November 3 |
A Shilling
for Candles (1936) – Josephine Tey |
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December 8
(snowdate:
Mon, Dec 15) |
Dancers in
Mourning (1937) Margery Allingham |
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Spring
2009: Murder by the Book
The bibliomystery is a sub-genre of detective fiction, a story in
which a book or manuscript plays a pivotal role. Here are five
examples, each with a book and its author at the center of the
mystery. |
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January 12
(snowdate: Tues, Jan 20) |
Appleby’s
Answer
(1973) – Michael Innes |
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February 9
(snowdate:
Tues, Feb 17)
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The Case of
the Missing Bronte
(1983) –
Robert Barnard |
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March 9
(snowdate:
Mon, Mar 16)
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Booked to Die
(1992) – John Dunning |
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April 13 |
The Burglar
in the Library
(1997) – Lawrence Block |
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May 11 |
A
Conventional Corpse
(2000) – Joan Hess |
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