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Join others to discuss mystery, fiction book club selections for May
By Deon Stonehouse
The Sunriver Book Club is
a fun way to meet new people
who enjoy reading and discussing books.
Register to attend a club
discussion by emailing sunri
verbooks@sunriverbooks.com.
Book club discussions are
held on Monday via Zoom and
in person.
Mystery Book Club
Mystery Book Club members will discuss “The Queens
of Crime” by Marie Benedict
May 4, 6 p.m. via Zoom and
May 11, 4:30 p.m. at the bookstore in The Village at Sunriver.
“The Queens of Crime”
combines Benedict’s excellent
historic research with a juicy
mystery from the Golden Age
of mysteries.
The Detection Club was
created in 1930 to up the game
of mystery authors, have a
code of fair play, and hopefully
improve their standing in the
literary world.
The foremost women authors of mystery, Agatha Chris-
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is a monk. Then there is the
unacknowledged son, Manx.
His mother was Native
American. She died when he
was a toddler. Manx works on
the ranch, and he has a magic
touch with horses and mules.
The night before Pepper McKay died, his family was embroiled in a
contentious meeting.
Meanwhile, nature is raging.
There are fires not that far away.
If the wind blows the wrong
way, things could go frighteningly awry.
Stay tuned for more on this
event in June.
Sunriver Books & Music is
in building 25 in The Village
at Sunriver.
Call 541-593-2525 or visit
www.sunriverbooks.com for
additional information.
tie, Dorothy Sayers, Ngaio
Marsh, Baroness Emma Orczy and Margary Allingham
were members of the Queens
of Crime.
The men back then didn’t
necessarily give the female
authors as high a regard as
they merited.
The Queens of Crime decided to do something impressive
that the men couldn’t ignore.
They would solve a real
murder, the killing of May
Daniels, a young English nurse
murdered in France.
May was traveling with a
friend, also a nurse, on a brief
holiday from work. As the two
young women headed back to
take the ferry home, Daniels
vanished. Her body was found
months later.
If you enjoy mysteries, this is
fun to read.
Naturally, the women make
great sleuths!
Fiction Book Club
The Fiction Book Club
members will discuss “Table for Two” by Amor Tow-
Events at
Sunriver Books
Mystery Book Club
The book club will meet
to discuss "The Queens of
Crime" by Marie Benedict
on Monday, May 4 at 6 p.m.
via Zoom and Monday,
May 11 at 4:30 p.m. at the
bookstore.
'The Queens of Crime' and 'Table for Two' are May's book
club selections.
les, a writer of incredible
range. His use of language is
absolutely beautiful.
The meetings are May 18,
6 p.m. via Zoom and May 25
at 4:30 p.m. at the bookstore.
“Table for Two” gives the
reader a chance to savor a
variety of times, places, and
protagonists created by Towles
in a short story collection that
concludes with a novella that is
a brilliant noirish mystery.
The stories range widely
from a man advancing in Rus-
Sunriver Service District Civil Service
Commission has open positions
sia due to his kindness while
waiting in line that changes as
he prospers to a story set in the
Golden Days of Hollywood.
He brings back a character
from his debut novel, “Rules
of Civility.”
Fro m L o s A n g e l e s t o
New York City, Towles captures the eras, places, and
people perfectly.
Reading anything by Towles
is a pure delight.
Sunriver Books & Music is in
The Village at Sunriver.
Call 541-593-2525 or
visit sunriverbooks.com
for more information.
Fiction Book Club
The book club will meet to
discuss "Table for Two" by
Amor Towles on Monday,
May 18 at 6 p.m. via Zoom
and Monday, May 25 at 4:30
p.m. at the bookstore.
RSVP for author
William Sullivan's visit
William Sullivan will present
his spectacular slideshow
titled "New Hikes Around
Portland" Saturday, May
9 at 5 p.m. Register at
sunriverbooks.com or call
541-593-2525.
RSVP for author
Craig Johnson's visit
Craig Johnson visits Sunriver
Saturday, June 6 at 5 p.m.
to present "The Brothers
McKay," the latest in the
"Sheriff Longmire" series.
Pre-purchase the book at
Sunriver Books to receive a
ticket to attend the event.
Visit sunriverbooks.com or
call 541-593-2525 for
more information.
The Sunriver Service District is accepting applications for two
volunteer commissioner positions under the
Civil Service Commission.
The commission oversees employment activities for the
Sunriver Fire Department. Meetings are quarterly and a
commissioner term is three years.
Applications can be picked up at the Sunriver Service District
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at
57475 Abbot Drive in Sunriver.
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