Do you like to read and talk about mysteries? Then join us for monthly book discussions, fresh perspectives, new authors and a friendly atmosphere! We are meeting virtually via Zoom for the present and will eventually transition to meeting in the library.

This month we will discuss The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters, a chilling and vividly rendered ghost story set in postwar Britain. 

The Little Stranger follows the strange adventures of Dr. Faraday, the son of a maid who has built a life of quiet respectability as a country doctor. One dusty postwar summer in his home of rural Warwickshire, he is called to a patient at Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for more than two centuries, the Georgian house, once grand and handsome, is now in decline-its masonry crumbling, its gardens choked with weeds, the clock in its stable yard permanently fixed at twenty to nine. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more ominous than a dying way of life? Little does Dr. Faraday know how closely, and how terrifyingly, their story is about to become entwined with his.

Please be sure that you know how to access Overdrive or Libby from the Cheshire Library website before the book is released. The book can be downloaded to a smartphone, Kindle, iPad or computer. For assistance, contact the library at ref@cheshirelibrary.org or 203-272-2245.

Our host for Murder by the Book is Barbara Ritchie, who can be reached at baritchie30@gmail.com.

Please register online.

At 1:00 pm on Thursday, February 17 we will email you a link to join the Zoom meeting.

Simply use your computer, phone, or tablet to join in the program by following the Zoom link. Zoom will automatically download to your device.

Funded by the Friends of the Cheshire Public Library.

Want to know what we will be reading next? Here’s the list!  You will be able to register online 2 months prior to each of the discussions. 

March 17 Night Over Water by Ken Follett

April 21 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

May 19  The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths

June 16   Strong Poison by Dorothy Sayers

July 21   Snow by John Banville