The Manchester Mystery Book Group meets on the last Friday of the month at 10:30AM. This August we are reading Bitter Medicine by Sara Paretsky. August's meeting will occur in person the library's reference room and over Zoom. Email mwillwerth@manchesterpl.org if you have any questions.

About the Book: "Private eye V.I. Warshawski finds herself up against rampant corruption in Chicago’s hospitals in the fourth novel in Sara Paretsky’s New York Times bestselling series.

Young, diabetic, and pregnant, Consuelo Alvarado is lucky to have a mentor in V.I. Warshawski. But not even V.I. can help when Consuelo goes into premature labor in a remote suburb; mother and baby both die in the nearby hospital. When a young resident starts raising questions about Consuelo’s treatment, what seemed like a tragic accident turns into something far more disturbing. What connection could the hospital have with Chicago’s street gangs? What heavy secret is the hospital’s neonatologist carrying? The questions the detective asks cut to the heart of everything that is troubling about the practice of medicine in America. Can V.I. sort out the answers before she herself ends up in the hospital morgue?" --Harper Collins

Physical copies will be available at the circulation desk in August. Ebooks are available through the Hoopla App. Use your Manchester library card to access Hoopla.

New members are always welcome.