{"id":4037,"date":"2021-05-08T06:33:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T13:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/?p=4037"},"modified":"2021-05-08T06:33:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T13:33:15","slug":"june-july-book-clubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/june-july-book-clubs\/","title":{"rendered":"June & July Book clubs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In June, we’ll meet on Sunday, June 13 at 2 p.m. to discuss Peter Swanson’s\u00a0Eight Perfect Murders.\u00a0<\/em> This book is available for purchase on our website. \u00a0From the\u00a0 publisher: <\/em>Years ago, bookseller and mystery aficionado Malcolm Kershaw compiled a list of the genre\u2019s most unsolvable murders, those that are almost impossible to crack\u2014which he titled \u201cEight Perfect Murders\u201d\u2014chosen from among the best of the best including Agatha Christie\u2019s\u00a0A. B. C. Murders, Patricia Highsmith\u2019s\u00a0Strangers on a Train, Ira Levin\u2019s\u00a0Death Trap, A. A. Milne’s\u00a0Red House Mystery, Anthony Berkeley Cox’s\u00a0Malice Aforethought, James M. Cain’s\u00a0Double Indemnity, John D. Macdonald’s\u00a0The Drowner, and Donna Tartt’s\u00a0A Secret History.<\/p>\n

But no one is more surprised than Mal, now the owner of the Old Devils Bookstore in Boston, when an FBI agent comes knocking on his door one snowy day in February. She\u2019s looking for information about a series of unsolved murders that look eerily similar to the killings on Mal\u2019s old list. And the FBI agent isn\u2019t the only one interested in this bookseller who spends almost every night at home reading. The killer is out there, watching his every move\u2014a diabolical threat who knows way too much about Mal\u2019s personal history, especially the secrets he\u2019s never told anyone, even his recently deceased wife.<\/p>\n

To protect himself, Mal begins looking into possible suspects . . . and sees a killer in everyone around him. But Mal doesn\u2019t count on the investigation leaving a trail of death in its wake. Suddenly, a series of shocking twists leaves more victims dead\u2014and the noose around Mal\u2019s neck grows so tight he might never escape.<\/span><\/p>\n

In July, we’ll be discussing my favorite read of 2020, Sarah Stewart Taylor’s\u00a0The Mountains Wild.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>We’ll meet on Sunday, July 18 at 2 p.m.\u00a0 Read my review of Sarah’s book here.<\/a>\u00a0 Sarah’s book will be available in paperback in June.<\/p>\n

For those interested, contact us at store (at) auntagathas.com to request a zoom link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In June, we’ll meet on Sunday, June 13 at 2 p.m. to discuss Peter Swanson’s\u00a0Eight Perfect Murders.\u00a0 This book is available for purchase on our website. \u00a0From the\u00a0 publisher: Years ago, bookseller and mystery aficionado Malcolm Kershaw compiled a list of the genre\u2019s most unsolvable murders, those that are almost impossible to crack\u2014which he titled … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[167,570,569,356,571],"class_list":["post-4037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-club","tag-book-club","tag-eight-perfect-murders","tag-peter-swanson","tag-sarah-stewart-taylor","tag-the-mountains-wild"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4037"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4038,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4037\/revisions\/4038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}