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Book Groups at the Library

Virtual, International Murder Mystery—we have something for everyone. Interested in starting a new book group? Let us know!

Virtual Book Club

This online book club meets on the third Saturday of the month at 4:00 p.m.

December 21 at 4 p.m.

Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows.

2024 Book Club Selections

December 21: The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

You can request a book, or ebook from the Mid-Hudson library system.  Please call the library with any questions: 845-657-2482


International Murder Mystery Book Club

This book club meets in person at the library on the 3rd Monday of each month at 2:30 p.m.

December 16 at 2:30 p.m.

Mrs. Jeffries and the Mistletoe Mix-up by Emily Brightwell

Under a bundle of mistletoe, art collector Daniel McCourt lies with his throat slit, a bloody sword next to his body. Inspector Witherspoon is determined to solve the case-preferably before the eggnog is ladled out on Christmas Eve-but of course he will require assistance from the always sharp-witted housekeeper, Mrs. Jeffries, who has a few of her own theories on why McCourt had to die by the sword.

2024 Book Club Selections

December 16: Mrs. Jeffries and the Mistletoe Mix-Up – Emily Brightwell – Victorian England