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The Book Shop Mystery & Crime Club

Somerville, MA, US

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Organized by Richard Schwartz and 1 other

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Anyone Interested In Mysteries & Crime, Join The Book Shop Mystery & Crime Club, A book club devoted to the best in Crime fiction, from Hammett to Lehane and beyond. If you’d like to sit around and gas with a bunch of like-minded Crime fanatics, email TheBookShop@yahoo.com and put Mystery & Crime Club in the subject line. The Book Shop Ball Square

Upcoming events (2)

Wed, May 28, 2025, 11:00 PM UTCMay meeting to discuss The Untouchable by John Banville
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On Wednesday May 28, we will be discussing "The Untouchable" by John Banville This story was clearly inspired by the life of the great British Art Historian Sir Anthony Blunt, Blunt was a Soviet spy, one of the gay members of the Cambridge Five.

WINNER OF THE LANNAN LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION • From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea comes the fascinating story of a former British spy who's been unmasked as a Russian agent—and "one of spy fiction's greatest characters" (People). •

"Contemporary fiction gets no better than this." — The New York Times Book Review
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Wed, Jun 25, 2025, 11:00 PM UTCJune Meeting to discuss LAIDLAW by William McIlvanney
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For June we will be reading Laidlaw by William McIlvanney

The unorthodox, complex, sardonically humorous, intriguing policeman Jack Laidlaw makes his debut in an engrossing tale of murder. In Glasgow, the city with the worst slums in Europe, a city of hard men, powerful villains, bitter victims and cynical policemen, Laidlaw uses unconventional methods.
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Past events (117)

Wed, Apr 30, 2025, 11:00 PM UTCApril Meeting: to discuss Havana Blue, by Leonardo Padura
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