Mystery Book Club

VIRTUAL MEETING

A Conventional Corpse by Joan Hess

In the 13th Claire Malloy mystery, Farberville, Arkansas is playing host to its first ever mystery convention. Dragooned into running the show when the original organizer is hospitalized, local bookseller Claire Malloy finds herself in the midst of a barely controlled disaster. Then when one of the attendees dies in a suspicious car accident and a cat disappears from Claire's home, it becomes evident that the murder mystery is more than a literary genre.

Spring 2026 – Booked for Murder – For those of us who love to read, libraries and bookstores are special, treasured places. It’s no wonder that some authors have made librarians and booksellers the heroes/heroines of their detective novels. Here are five of the most famous.