It's a Mystery to me, how many mysteries there are out there to read!! For all of you mystery readers, I'm working on a program with a panel of Mystery writers. In the "Have You Read Category?", I have some authors I would like to suggest to readers and I hope you tell me who you read, like to read and what type of mysteries are your favorites. Old, new, whatever, if there's a murder, it's a go!



As Agatha Christie said, " Every murder is probably somebody's old friend". And so, we are always looking to meet up with old friends.

Have you read ? Check out the new titles!

Karen E. Olson, Sacred Cows, Secondhand Smoke and Dead of the Day


Louise Penny, A Fatal Grace, Still Life, and the soon to be released The Cruelest Month.


Laura Lippmann, Baltimore Noir, By a Spider's Thread, Every Secret Thing, In a Strange City, The Last Place, No Good Deeds and many more including the 2007 What the Dead Know.

Also, we are pleased to have J.A. Jance, author of many books including, Bark M for Murder, Breach of Duty, Day of the Dead, Dead Wrong, Desert Heat, Exit Wounds, Justice Denied, Long Time Gone, and Lying in Wait speaking at the Library on January 27th at 4:00 pm. Copies of her newest mystery, Hand of Evil will be available for purchase and a booksigning and reception will follow her talk.

Who is your favorite? What are you reading now?

All women authors this time, next time the men.

We have seen the first snowfall in New Canaan and felt the chill of the coming winter. We know that the holidays are upon us...Hanukkah begins tonight, and then Christmas will be just around the corner. For our December Beyond the Best Seller List we have chosen holiday titles that will put you in a holiday spirit or perhaps provide you with a welcome time of respite from holiday happenings. The fiction list features new titles set in December or with holiday themes. If you have "had it" with holiday preparations you might want to pick up On Strike for Christmas by Sheila Roberts. It is reminiscent of Grisham's "Skipping Christmas" but with a twist: this time the wives go on strike and the husbands have to step up to the plate if they want to celebrate the holidays. Christmas Stories: edited by Diana Secker Tesdell is a lovely anthology of classic Christmas tales. Dickens, Bowen, Cather, and Conan Doyle are featured in this volume.

On the nonfiction side we recommend Cross Country Skiing: building skills for fun and fitness by Steve Hindman. Think of the fun you can have in Waveny Park or at the Nature Center! Since it is time for donating and year-end tax planning we recommend two books relating to giving: Ron Jordan and Katelynn Quynn's Invest in Charity: a donor's guide to charitable giving will help you evaluate charities, and Who Really Cares by Arthur C. Brooks tells why giving to charity matters.

For December parties we recommend The Art of Mingling by Jeanne Martinet to get you through that dreaded office party. If you are the one throwing the party, check out The Pastry Queen Christmas by Rebecca Rather. It is more than pastry, with recipes, meal plans, and advice for smooth entertaining.



Happy Holiday reading from your Library!