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Previous Book Selections
Click here to view a synopsis of the book selections for January 2018 through December 2024.
Click here to view a synopsis of the book selections for June 2012 through December 2017.
2024
January 2024 - The Never Game (Colton Shaw #1) by Jeffery Deaver
February 2024 - Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier
March 2024 - Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
April 2024 - Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena
May 2024 - Zero Days by Ruth Ware
June 2024 - Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent
July 2024 - The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
August 2024 - All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers
September 2024 - The Fury by Alex Michaelides
October 2024 - A Murder in Time by Julie McElwain
November 2024 - Let Me Go by Chelsea Cain
December 2024 - See Me by Nicholas Sparks
2023
January - Survive the Night by Riley Sager
February - The 6:20 Man by David Baldacci
March - The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
April - The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose
May - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
June - The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose
July - The Family Upstairs (#1) by Lisa Jewell
August - The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf
September - The Silent Wife (Will Trent #10) by Karin Slaughter
2022
January - The Whisper Man by Alex North
February - The Magpie Murders (Susan Ryeland #1) by Anthony Horowitz
March - Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
April - The Inheritance Games by Jennifer (Lynn) Barnes
May - The Guest List by Lucy Foley
June - The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
July - Never Look Back by Alison Gaylin
August - The Ruins by Scott B. Smith
September - The Survivors by Jane Harper
October - No Exit by Taylor Adams
November - Gone for Good (Det. Annalisa Vega #1) by Joanna Schaffhausen
December - Lost Hills (Eve Ronin #1) by Lee Goldberg
2021
January - The Chain by Adrian McGinty
February - Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
March - Dry Bones by Craig Johnson
April - Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson
May - The Last Passenger by Charles Finch
June - All the Missing Girls by Meghan Miranda
July - Long Bright River by Liz Moore
August - Pines (Wayward Pines #1) by Blake Couch
September - The Law of Innocence (Mickey Haller #7) by Michael Connelly
October - In The Dark by Loreth Anne White
November - When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole
December - Stillhouse Lake (Stillhouse Lake #1) by Rachel Caine
2020
January - I Know Who You Are by Alice Feeney
February - The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton
March - Our House by Louise Candlish
April - Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
May - The Defense by Steve Cavanagh and The Snow Killer by Ross Greenwood
June - Death is in the Details (Paynes Creek Thriller, Book1) by Heather Sunseri and Don't Make a Sound: A Sawyer
Brooks Thriller by T.R. Ragan
July - Find Me (Inland Empire Book 1) by Anne Frasier
August - Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
September - The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly
October - Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
November - The Lucky One by Lori Rader-Day
December - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
2019
January - Just Between Us by Rebecca Drake
February - Monkeewrench by P.J. Tracy
March - Prey by Michael Crichton
April - The Broken Girls by Simone St. James
May - The 7-1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
June - The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens
July - Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
August - It's Always the Husband by Michele Campbell
September - Bone Music by Christopher Rice
October - Believe Me by J.P. Delaney
November - Redemption Road by John Hart
December - Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight
January - The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel by Anthony Horowitz
February - The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen
March - Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan
April - IQ by Joe Ide
May - A Share in Death by Deborah Crombie
June - The Waters of Eternal Youth by Donna Leon
July - One Kick by Chelsea Cain
August - The Zero Game by Brad Meltzer
September - Tell No One by Harlan Coben
October - The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
November - My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni
December - Bad Move by Linwood Barclay
2017
January - Dead Irish by John Lescroart
February - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John LeCarre
March - Never Go Back by Lee Child
April - The Kill Switch by James Rollins
May - Touch & Go by Lisa Gardner
June - The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
July - Wonder by R.J. Palacio
August - NYPD Red by James Patterson
September - Vanishing Act by Thomas Perry
October - The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
November - In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
December - The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
2016
January - The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
February - The Innocent by David Baldacci
March - Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva
April - The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson
May - Identical by Scott Turow
June - The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen
July - Final Jeopardy by Linda Fairstein
August - The Watchman by Robert Crais
September - The Black Echo by Michael Connelly
October - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
November - Marathon Man by William Goldman
December - The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
2015
January - The Poet by Michael Connelly
February - Death du Jour by Kathy Reichs
March - The Company by Robert Littell
April - The Quiet Game by Greg Iles
May - Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
June - The Intercept by Dick Wolf
July - The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
August - The Murder Artist by John Case
September - Ripper by Isabel Allende
October - Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
November - A Tap on the Window by Linwood Barclay
December - When The Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman
2014
January - Triptych by Karin Slaughter
February - Murder One by Robert Dugoni
March - Gone by Mo Hayder
April - Still Life by Louise Penny
May - Defending Jacob by William Landay
June - The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton
July - The Last Child by John Hart
August - Help for the Haunted by John Searles
September - The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith
October - The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman
November - The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie R. King
December - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
2013
January - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
February - A Drink Before The War by Dennis Lehane
March - Transfer of Power by Vince Flynn
April - Nancy Martin author visit/book signing
May - In The Woods by Tana French
June - The Redbreast by Joe Nesbo
July - Triple Cross by Mark Sullivan
August - Rules of Prey by John Sandford
September - Drowning House by Elizabeth Black
October - The Bone Collector by Jeffrey Deaver
November - Night Fall by Nelson DeMille
December - The Kill Artist by Daniel Silva
2012
June - Mirror Image by Dennis Palumbo
June - Gone, But Not Forgotten by Philip Margolin
July - Sweet Revenge by Diane Mott Davidson
August - Courting Trouble by Lisa Scottoline
September - Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo
October - Heartsick by Chelsea Cain
November - Open Season by C.J. Box
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