Hello and, as always, a warm welcome to all our new BRTD members!👋🏼
We will be meeting the third weekend of the month this time. This does not give us as much time to read as usual, so I hope you find this one to be a page-turner!
Our next meeting will take place on Saturday, May 16th at 5:30PM at Le Parc Cafe inside the Coral Gables Country Club (997 N Greenway Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33134).
How It Works:
A month(ish) prior to the next meetup, I will create the next event and announce the book we will be reading.📖 These will generally be in the mystery and thriller genre, of course. If anyone has suggestions or a book they've been wanting to read or that they read and loved that they feel would be good for this group, please don't hesitate to let me know!
For those of you who haven't joined us before:
We order drinks/food, I will have some questions for you (love hearing your thoughts!), and the rest is a free-flowing discussion.
This month's read is "The Bystander" by John David.
It wasn’t just another live shot …
"TV reporter Pete Lemaster anticipates nothing more riveting than filming a short lifestyle segment for an upcoming college football rivalry when he arrives at the Jacksonville Waterfront pregame tailgate party. Then chaos erupts as a bystander stops an active shooter with an act of stunning bravery. And Pete suddenly holds a golden career opportunity in his hands—an exclusive video that goes viral.
With the citizen hero’s star rising among the Second Amendment folk, Pete, too, enjoys the perks of fame. But something about that now-famous moment feels off, so he uses his journalism skills to poke around. Suddenly, he’s not sure what he captured is the truth.
And now opportunistic political and media figures are threatening Pete’s life if he doesn’t back off. Can he blow the whistle on a coverup, out the real villain, and stay alive?"
The Bystander combines the twists and turns of Catherine Steadman’s Something in the Water with a bit of Carl Hiaasen’s Florida snark.
"The story felt unique. I've never read anything quite like it." -- Sam's Fireside
WINNER of 2025 Page Turner Award in Mystery Genre.
May Event
WHEN: Saturday, May 16th
WHERE: Le Parc Cafe (Coral Gables Country Club)
TIME: 5:30PM
As always, I look forward to seeing you all at our next meeting. I hope you all enjoy the book but if not, at least we'll have a great time discussing it!
