What We Read: We look for books that give us a lot to talk about! Mysteries, thrillers, true crime, and books with lots of twists and turns are ideal. Please see the bottom of this page for a list of previously discussed titles.
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September
Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera
We are meeting at
O’Halloran’s Public House and Hall
112 Macomb Place
Mt. Clemens, MI 48043
Book Description
What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if the truth doesn’t matter?
Lucy and Savvy were the golden girls of their small Texas town: pretty, smart, and enviable. Lucy married a dream guy with a big ring and an even bigger new home. Savvy was the social butterfly loved by all and, if you believe the rumors, especially popular with the men in town. But after Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend Savvy’s blood, everyone thinks she is a murderer.
It’s been years since that horrible night, a night Lucy can’t remember anything about, and she has since moved to LA and started a new life. But now the phenomenally huge hit true crime podcast Listen for the Lie and its too-good looking host, Ben Owens, have decided to investigate Savvy’s murder for the show’s second season. Lucy is forced to return to the place she vowed never to set foot in again to solve her friend’s murder, even if she is the one who did it.
The truth is out there, if we just listen.
October
What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall
We are meeting at
Bentley’s Roadhouse
28410 S River Rd
Harrison Twp, MI 48045
Book Description
Naomi Shaw used to believe in magic. Twenty-two years ago, she and her two best friends, Cassidy and Olivia, spent the summer roaming the woods, imagining a world of ceremony and wonder. They called it the Goddess Game. The summer ended suddenly when Naomi was attacked. Miraculously, she survived her seventeen stab wounds and lived to identify the man who had hurt her. The girls’ testimony put away a serial killer, wanted for murdering six women. They were heroes.
For decades afterward, the friends have kept a secret worth killing for. But now Olivia wants to tell, and Naomi sets out to find out what really happened in the woods―no matter how dangerous the truth turns out to be.
Previous Murder & Booze Titles
2023
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
The Long Call by Anne Cleeves
2024
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
IQ by Joe Ide
A Solitude of Wolverines by Alice Henderson
The Only One Left by Riley Sager
Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo
Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica
How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin