Tag: mystery

Maxwell Matinee

March 5, 2024 By ml-admin

A Haunting in Venice

2023
PG-13
104 minutes

Tuesday, March 12
2:00 to 4:30 PM
Registration required as space is limited

The film is set in eerie, post-World War II Venice on All Hallows’ Eve and is a terrifying mystery featuring the return of Agatha Christie’s celebrated sleuth, Hercule Poirot. Now retired and living in self-imposed exile, Poirot reluctantly attends a séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets. Stars Kenneth Branagh and Michelle Yeoh.

Unraveling Yarns Mystery Book Club

November 2, 2023 By ml-admin

If You Were Here

Monday, November 13
5:00 to 6:00 PM
Maxwell Community Room
Registration required

This month’s selection is If You Were Here by Alafair Burke.

Find a summary, reviews, and more at BookBrowse

Unraveling Yarns Mystery Book Club

September 25, 2023 By ml-admin

The Dry

Monday, October 9
5:00 to 6:00 PM
Maxwell Community Room
Registration required

This month’s selection is The Dry by Jane Harper.

Our long-time mystery book club returns! Bring your needlework or other small craft and unravel a different plot each month.

Copies of the book are available at Maxwell’s front desk one month before the meeting. Some titles may also be available through Libby or Hoopla or as audiobooks.

Newcomers and non-knitters welcome!

Unraveling Yarns Mystery Book Club

September 1, 2023 By ml-admin

Bleeding Heart Yard

Note our new day and time!
Unraveling Yarns now meets the second Monday of the month from 5 to 6 PM!

Monday, September 11
5:00 to 6:00 PM
Maxwell Community Room
Registration required

Our long-time mystery book club returns! Bring your needlework or other small craft and unravel a different plot each month.

This month’s selection is Bleeding Heart Yard by Elly Griffiths.

You can read more about the book at Publishers Weekly.

Copies of the book are available at Maxwell’s front desk one month before the meeting. Some titles may also be available through Libby or Hoopla or as audiobooks.

Newcomers and non-knitters welcome!

Unraveling Yarns Mystery Book Club

July 28, 2023 By ml-admin

The Cloisters

Thursday, August 10
10:30 to 11:30 AM
Maxwell Community Room
Registration required

Our long-time mystery book club returns! Bring your needlework or other small craft and unravel a different plot each month.

This month’s selection is The Cloisters, by Katy Hays.

You can read more about the book at Kirkus Reviews.

Copies of the book are available at Maxwell’s front desk one month before the meeting. Some titles may also be available through Libby or Hoopla or as audiobooks.

Newcomers and non-knitters welcome!

Maxwell Matinee

July 24, 2023 By ml-admin

Tuesday, August 8
2:00 to 4:30 PM
Registration required as space is limited

Crooked House
2017
PG-13
115 minutes

A private detective heads to an English manor to investigate the murder of a wealthy patriarch, but soon realizes that everyone is a suspect—including his former lover.

Based on the novel by Agatha Christie. Starring Glenn Close, Max Irons, and Gillian Anderson.

Maxwell Matinees is the library’s film series featuring a full-length feature on the second Tuesday of every month. All movies are free and open to the public.

Unraveling Yarns Mystery Book Club

July 7, 2023 By ml-admin

Eight Perfect Murders

Thursday, July 13
10:30 to 11:30 AM
Maxwell Community Room
Registration required

Our long-time mystery book club returns! Bring your needlework or other small craft and unravel a different plot each month.

This month’s selection is Eight Perfect Murders, by Peter Swanson.

Copies of the book are available at Maxwell’s front desk one month before the meeting. Some titles may also be available through Libby or Hoopla or as audiobooks.

Newcomers and non-knitters welcome!

Unraveling Yarns Mystery Book Club

May 30, 2023 By ml-admin

Have You Seen Me?

Thursday, June 8
10:30 to 11:30 AM
Maxwell Community Room
Registration required

Our long-time mystery book club returns! Bring your needlework or other small craft and unravel a different plot each month.

Copies of the book are available at Maxwell’s front desk one month before the meeting. Some titles may also be available through Libby or Hoopla or as audiobooks.

Newcomers and non-knitters welcome!

This month’s selection is Have You Seen Me? by Kate White.

Unraveling Yarns Mystery Book Club

May 8, 2023 By ml-admin

Hello, Transcriber

Thursday, May 11
10:30 to 11:30 AM
Maxwell Community Room
Registration required

Our long-time mystery book club returns! Bring your needlework or other small craft and unravel a different plot each month.

Copies of the book are available at Maxwell’s front desk one month before the meeting. Some titles may also be available through Libby or Hoopla or as audiobooks.

Newcomers and non-knitters welcome!

This month’s selection is Hello, Transcriber by Hannah Morrissey.

Unraveling Yarns Mystery Book Club

April 6, 2023 By ml-admin

The Verifiers

Thursday, April 13
10:30 to 11:30 AM
Maxwell Community Room
Registration required

Our long-time mystery book club returns! Bring your needlework or other small craft and unravel a different plot each month.

Copies of the book are available at Maxwell’s front desk one month before the meeting. Some titles may also be available through Libby or Hoopla or as audiobooks.

Newcomers and non-knitters welcome!

This month’s selection is The Verifiers by Jane Pek.

Unraveling Yarns Mystery Book Club

March 7, 2023 By ml-admin

The Plot

Thursday, March 9
10:30 to 11:30 AM
Maxwell Community Room
Registration required

Our long-time mystery book club returns! Bring your needlework or other small craft and unravel a different plot each month.

Copies of the book are available at Maxwell’s front desk one month before the meeting. Some titles may also be available through Libby or Hoopla or as audiobooks.

Newcomers and non-knitters welcome!

This month’s selection is The Plot, by Jean Hanff Korelitz.

Unraveling Yarns Mystery Book Club

January 30, 2023 By ml-admin

Thursday, February 9
10:30 to 11:30 AM
Maxwell Community Room
Registration required

Our long-time mystery book club returns! Bring your needlework or other small craft and unravel a different plot each month.

Copies of the book are available at Maxwell’s front desk one month before the meeting. Some titles may also be available through Libby or Hoopla or as audiobooks.

Newcomers and non-knitters welcome!

This month’s book is The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman.

Unraveling Yarns Mystery Book Club

January 9, 2023 By ml-admin

Thursday, January 12
10:30 to 11:30 AM
Maxwell Community Room
Registration required

Our long-time mystery book club returns! Bring your needlework or other small craft and unravel a different plot each month.

Copies of the book are available at Maxwell’s front desk one month before the meeting. Some titles may also be available through Libby or Hoopla or as audiobooks.

Newcomers and non-knitters welcome!

This month’s book is The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by C. Alan Bradley.

Maxwell Matinee

December 5, 2022 By ml-admin

Where the Crawdads Sing
2022
PG-13
125 minutes

Tuesday, December 13
2:00 to 4:30 PM
Registration required as space is limited

Kya is a young woman who raised herself in the North Carolina marshlands after being abandoned there by her mother when she was a little girl. She feels detached from the small-town community near the marshes until two men show interest in her. However, when one of them later dies, she becomes the town’s prime suspect.

Based on the bestselling novel by Delia Owens.

Maxwell Matinees is the library’s film series featuring a full-length feature on the second Tuesday of every month. All movies are free and open to the public.

Maxwell Matinee: Still Life

April 26, 2022 By ml-admin

Still Life: A Three Pines Mystery
2013
Not Rated
1 hour 28 minutes

Tuesday, May 10
2:00 to 4:30 PM
Registration required as space is limited

See how it all began with this film adaptation of the first volume in Louise Penny’s bestselling Inspector Gamache mysteries!

Maxwell Matinees is the library’s film series featuring a full-length feature on the second Tuesday of every month. All movies are free and open to the public.