May – Mystery Month

Welcome Summer Students,

Take a minute and review SCC Libraries Mystery Collection.

Mystery Month

Double Whammy

By Carl Hiaasen

Private eye, R.J. Decker, is searching for a cheater at a sporting event (bass fishing) but instead steps into a murder investigation in Coon Bog, Florida. This novel is an earlier work by Carl Hiaasen. This story contains humorous situations and fast pace fun.

Mistress of Mellyn

By Victoria Holt

This classic novel has a romantic suspense plot.  Connan TreMellyn is a widow and looking for a governess for his daughter. Martha Leigh is the new governess for the wealthy TreMellyn Family. Martha falls in love with the master of the house and discovers the mystery about the death of Connan’s wife.

Cookie Cutter

By Sterling Anthony

This novel has a psychological suspense plot. The killings are racially charged and Mary Cunningham, Detroit’s Homicide Lieutenant is on the case. This novel contains graphic violence and sexual situations. The storyline could inspire book discussions about race and black culture in the South (1960s) and Detroit, Michigan (1990’s). I recommend this book to any Walter Mosley fan.

Booklist:

Southern Fried                  By Cathy Pickens

The Blackheath Poisonings: A Victorian Murder Mystery             

 By Julian Symons

Paying the Piper              By Sharyn McCrumb

Simon Said                         By Sarah Shaber

Play Dirty                            By Sandra Brown

Dust to Dust                       By Tami Hoag

Popular fiction books can be checked out for 3 weeks at any of SCC Libraries (Central, Cherokee, and Tyger River).

Treat Yourself to a Horror Novel

These horror, mystery, and thriller novels are available at the SCC Libraries (Central, Cherokee, and Tyger River locations).

Title: Implant
Author: F. Paul Wilson
Summary: Gina has great respect for Dr. Lathram’s genuis and has known him for many years. Dr. Lathram has revolutionized surgery with an implant he’s invented that prevents scarring, but Gina notices that several of his patients have had deadly accidents.

Title: Cookie Cutter
Author: Sterling Anthony
Summary: Lt. Mary Cunningham of the Detroit police department is tracking a terrifying serial killer with a unique calling card that he leaves at the scence of his crime: a single Oreo cookie. Cunningham quickly reads into the subtext of this object: it is a racial term for a black person who acts like a white person. As she investigates the case, Cunningham initially does not suspect that the killer is politically motivated by the uncoming mayoral election in Detroit.

Other Titles:

“Meg” by Steve Alten

“Flowers in the Attic” by V.C. Andrews

“The Devils of D-Day” by Graham Masterton

“Demon in my View” by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

“Daggerman” by Richard Francis