
What weāre about
Welcome to Spines of Crimes Mystery Book Club! If you love thrilling twists, devious characters, and solving whodunits, then join us as we discuss our favorite mystery and thriller novels. We meet monthly for our book discussions. Whether you're a seasoned sleuth or just getting started, all women are welcome.
šÆāāļøWe are growing an interactive community so bring your TBR's and ideas/suggestions and all things mysteries and thrillers.
šļøReceive a raffle ticket at the events. The ticket will be entered in a quarterly drawing for a prize. Members must be present at the quarterly drawing to win.
If youāre 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. Join us as we sleuth out good books and authors and figure out whodunit!
*A visible photo of your lovely face is required to join and must remain during your membership.
Upcoming events
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šSOTM January Next of Kin by Kia Abdullah
Panera Bread Whitehall Commons, 8152 S Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC, USLet's meet to discuss SOTM January Next of Kin by Kia Abdullah.
You are welcome to come if you havenāt read or finished the book but beware of SPOILERS because we wonāt hold back š.
Receive a raffle ticket when you arrive. The ticket will be entered in a quarterly drawing for a prize. Members must be present at the quarterly drawing to win.
Please update your RSVP as your plans change. Iām looking forward to this discussion and seeing you!
The Author:
https://www.kiaabdullah.com/
Goodreads Synopsis:
ON AN ORDINARY WORKING DAYā¦
Leila Syed receives a call that cleaves her life in two. Her brother-in-lawās voice is filled with panic. Heās at his sonās nursery to pick up Max. But he isnāt there.
YOUR WORST NIGHTMAREā¦
Leila was supposed to drop Max off that morning. But she forgot.
Racing to the carpark, she grasps the horror of what she has done. Max has been locked in her car for three hours on the hottest day of the year.
IS ABOUT TO COME TRUEā¦
But sheās too late.
What follows is an explosive, high-profile trial, that will tear the family apart. But as the case progresses it becomes clear thereās more to this incident than meets the eyeā¦
A gripping, brave and tense courtroom drama, Next of Kin will keep you on the edge of your seat until the final, heart-stopping page.
Happy Sleuthing!1 attendee
š SOTM February Count My Lies by Sophie Stava
Panera Bread Whitehall Commons, 8152 S Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC, USLet's meet to discuss SOTM February Count My Lies by Sophie Stava.
You are welcome to come if you havenāt read or finished the book but beware of SPOILERS because we wonāt hold back š.
šļøReceive a raffle ticket when you arrive. The ticket will be entered in a quarterly drawing for a prize (3/28/2026). Members must be present at the quarterly drawing to win.
Please update your RSVP as your plans change. Iām looking forward to this discussion and seeing you!
The Author:
https://www.sophiestava.com/
Goodreads Synopsis:
Sloane Caraway is a liar.
Harmless lies, mostly, to make her self-proclaimed sad, little life a bit more interesting.
So when Sloane sees a young girl in tears at a park one afternoon, she can't help herselfāshe tells the girl's (very attractive) dad she's a nurse and helps him pull a bee stinger from the girl's foot.
With this lie, and chance encounter, Sloane becomes the nanny for the wealthy, and privileged Jay and Violet Lockhart. The perfect New York couple, with a brownstone, a daughter in private school, and summers on Block Island.
But maybe Sloane isn't the only one lying, and all that's picture-perfect harbors a much more dangerous truth. To say anything more is to spoil the most exciting, twisty, and bitingly smart suspense novel to come out in years.
The thing about lies is that they add up, form their own truth and a twisted prison of a world. And in Count My Lies, Sophie Stava spins a breakneck, unputdownable thriller about the secrets we keep, and the terrifying dangers that lurk just under the images we spend so much time trying to maintain.
Careful what you lie for.
Happy Sleuthing š1 attendee