Discussion Guides

For Mystery, Crime, Thriller, and Suspense Book Clubs

• Atkinson, Kate - Case Histories 
• Benioff, David - City of Thieves 
• Black, Benjamin - Christine Falls 
• Black, Cara - Murder in the Palais Royal 
• Brandreth, Gyles - Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man's Smile 
• Camilleri, Andrea - The Terra-Cotta Dog 
• Caparros, Martin - The Vanishing of the Mona Lisa
• Carter, Stephen L. - New England White 
• Chandler, Raymond - The Long Goodbye 
• Coben, Harlan - Hold Tight 
• Collins, Wilkie - The Woman in White 
• Connelly, John - The Black Angel 
• Fairstein, Linda - The Bone Vault, Killer Heat 
• Fforde, Jasper - The Big Over Easy, The Eyre Affair, The Well of Lost Plots 
• Franklin, Ariana - Grave Goods
• French, Tana - In the Woods 
• Gaus, P.L. - Blood of the Prodigal
• Goodwin, Jason - The Janissary Tree 
• Gray, John MacLachlan - The Fiend in Human 
• Gruley, Bryan - Starvation Lake 
• Hammett, Dashiell - The Maltese Falcon 
• Hannah, Sophie - Little Face, The Truth Teller's Lie
• Harrison, Colin - Risk 
• Hart, John - The Last Child 
• Hoeg, Peter - Smilla's Sense of Snow 
• Hurwitz, Gregg - The Crime Writer 
• Indridason, Arnaldur -  Jar City 
• Indridason, Arnaldur - Voices 
• Ishiguro, Kazuo - The Unconsoled 
• Jacobs, Kate - The Friday Night Knitting Club 
• Johnson, Craig - Another Man's Moccasins, Junkyard Dogs, Hell is Empty 
• Kanon, Joseph - Stardust 
• King, Laurie R. - The BeeKeeper's Apprentice 
• Koryta, Michael - The Cypress House
• Kramer, Julie - Missing Mark 
• Kreuger, William Kent - Copper River 
• La Plante, Lynda - Deadly Intent  
• Lackberg, Camilla - The Ice Princess
• Larsson, Stieg - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 
• Larsson, Stieg - The Girl who Played with Fire 
• Leon, Donna - Acqua Alta, Uniform Justice 
• Lescroart, John - The Betrayal, The Suspect 
• Levison, Iain - How to Rob an Armored Car 
• Liss, David - The Coffee Trader 
• Lovesey, Peter - Stagestruck
• Lutz, Lisa - Revenge of the Spellmans 
• Mankell, Henning - Before the Frost 
• Mankell, Henning - One Step Behind 
• Martinez, Guillermo - The Book of Murder
• McGrath, M. J. - White Heat  
• Mina, Denise - Deception 
• Mosley, Walter - Walkin' the Dog, When the Thrill is Gone 
• Neville, Stuart - Collusion, The Ghosts of Belfast 
• Paretsky, Sarah - Bleeding Kansas 
• Pears, Iain - An Instance of the Fingerpost, The Dream of Scipio
• Pérez–Reverte, Arturo - The Cavalier in the Yellow Doublet
• Pelecanos, George - The Way Home
• Phillips, Delores - The Darkest Child 
• Picoult, Jodi - Mercy 
• Puzo, Mario - The Godfather 
• Quinn, Spencer - To Fetch a Thief
• Rankin, Ian - The Complaints, Exit Music, Resurrection Men
• Rendell, Ruth - End in Tears, Tigerlily's Orchids
• Reece, Gordon - Mice
• Sansom, C. J. - Dissolution 
• Smith, Alexander McCall - In the Company of Cheerful Ladies  
• Stein, Garth - How Evan Broke his Head and other Secrets 
• Thompson, Jim - The Killer Inside Me 
• Vargas, Fred - The Chalk Circle Man, This Night's Foul Work
• Waite, Urban - The Terror of Living
• Winspear, Jacqueline - An Incomplete Revenge, Maisie Dobbs 
• White, Stephen - Dry Ice
• Zouroudi, Anne - The Messenger of Athens