The Manchester Mystery Book Group meets on the last Friday of the month at 10:30AM. April's meeting will occur in the library's reading room or outside. Email mwillwerth@manchesterpl.org with any questions or to get connected with the group.

We will discuss "The Maid" by Nita Prose. "A charmingly eccentric hotel maid discovers a guest murdered in his bed, turning her once orderly world upside down ... Molly Dunn is not like everyone else. She struggles with social skills and interprets people literally. Her gran used to interpret the world for her, codifying it into simple rules that Molly could live by. Since Gran died a few months ago, twenty-five-year-old Molly has had to navigate life's complexities all by herself. No matter--she throws herself with gusto into her work as a hotel maid. Her unique character, along with her obsessive love of cleaning and proper etiquette, make her an ideal fit for the job. ... But Molly's orderly life is turned on its head the day she enters the suite of the infamous and wealthy Charles Black, only to find it in a state of disarray and Mr. Black himself very dead in his bed. Before she knows what's happening, Molly's odd demeanor has the police targeting her as their lead suspect and she finds herself in a web of subtext and nuance she has no idea how to untangle. Fortunately for Molly, a medley of friends she didn't realize she had refuses to let her be charged with murder--but will they be able to discover the real killer before it's too late? A Clue-like, locked-room mystery and a heartwarming journey of the spirit, The Maid explores what it means to be the same as everyone else and yet entirely different--and reveals that all mysteries can be solved through connection to the human heart" -Catalog

Physical copies will be available at the circulation desk in April and an ebook and digital audiobook are available through the Libby app. Sign up for free using your library card. Don't have a card yet, but live in Massachusetts? Sign up for an ecard to get instant e-access to library resources. 

May's pick will be "Cimarron Rose" by James Lee Burke. Physical copies will be available at the circulation desk in late April.

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