What we’re about
Welcome to Crimes in the Margins Mystery Book Club! If you are a woman who enjoy reading crime fiction, consider joining this group. The women in this group enjoy reading mysterious mysteries and twisty thrillers-the twistier the better.
If you’re a seasoned fan of the mystery genre or just starting out, all women are welcome to join this group. We meet once each month to discuss the Crime of the month.
A visible photo of your face is required to join.
👯♀️We are growing an interactive community so bring your TBR's and ideas/suggestions and all things mysteries and thrillers.
🥫We add to the To Read Jar at our meetups and select what to read next from the jar.
🤔Join us as we sleuth out good books and authors and figure out whodunit!
📚In addition to the COTM, we feature Crime Writer of the Quarter. Each quarter we select an author and explore their work on our own. At the end of the quarter we meet for lunch and discuss the author.
1Q 2026 CWOTQ (Crime Writer of the Quarter): COMING SOON!*
Upcoming events
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📢COTM December: Christmas Presents by Lisa Unger
Panera Bread Whitehall Commons, 8152 S Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC, USLet's meet for coffee and bagels and discuss the COTM December: Christmas Presents by Lisa Unger.
You are welcome to come if you haven’t read or finished the book but beware of SPOILERS because we won’t hold back 😊.
Bring 1 suggestion to add to the To Read jar.
Please update your RSVP as your plans change. I’m looking forward to this discussion and seeing you!
The Author:
https://lisaunger.com/
The synopsis:
Instead of presents this Christmas, one true crime podcaster is opening up a cold case. Coupling a picturesque, cosy setting with a deeply unsettling and suspenseful plot, Christmas Presents is a chilling seasonal tale that can be enjoyed all year long.
When true crime podcaster Harley Granger drifts into Madeline Martin's bookshop days before Christmas, he seems intent on digging up a past that Madeline would much rather forget.
Granger's work has earned him fame and wealth - and some serious criticism for his various unethical practices. Granger also has a lot of questions about the night Madeline was left for dead, the only surviving victim of killer Evan Handy.
Handy, who also murdered Madeline's best friend and is suspected in the disappearance of two local sisters, has been in jail for a decade. Since then, though, three other young women have gone missing in similar circumstances. Is the true predator still out there somewhere?
As Christmas approaches and a blizzard bears down, Madeline must confront the past to answer questions that have haunted her since that day. Is the truth more terrible than she ever imagined?
Happy sleuthing!1 attendee
