Mystery book & video club : The last dance
Date
7:15 PM | dinner
Location
Sponsor
Salmagundi Program Committee
Admission
Eventbrite RSVP required
Dinner is paid separately (card only)
About the Event
You are invited to join in the discussion with Salmagundi’s Mystery book & video club in our Wiggins bar. The discussion is led by the book & video club founder Gloria Sampson Knight. Ticketed attendees who would love to join us for an a la carte dinner may make a reservation via our Reservations page and include the message “Mystery Book Club dinner”.
To miss this would be a crime.
About the Book
The first new series in two decades from multi-award-winning international bestseller Mark Billingham begins with an intricately plotted, simultaneously witty, and hard-edged police procedural. Billingham introduces Detective Miller: a man who’s unique, unconventional, and criminally underestimated.
Maverick sleuth Declan Miller is back at work following the murder of his wife (and amateur ballroom dancing partner) Alex. Working with new partner and heavy metal enthusiast DS Sara Xiu, he is tasked with investigating the double killing of gangland family scion Adrian Cutler and IT consultant Barry Shepherd at the Sands Hotel. Initial evidence suggests a hired gun and a botched job.
The search for the hitman begins and Miller begins to reconnect with his old network—his ballroom dancing friends, homeless informant Finn, and even the ghost of his wife who keeps showing up in his kitchen. The fact Alex had been investigating the Cutler family prior to her death complicates things, and as Miller gets closer to the truth, he realizes the danger is walking right up to his doorstep…
About the Author
Mark Philip David Billingham is an English novelist, actor, television screenwriter and comedian known for the “Tom Thorne” crime novel series.
About the Mystery Book & Video Club
Since 2013, the Mystery book & video club has met monthly with the exception of June and July. The books discussed are primarily mystery novels. Some memorable authors explored have included Agatha Christie, Lee Child, Louise Penny and Ruth Rendell.
Books are selected based on geographic or historical interest, such as works by author Donna Leon whose crime novels are set in Venice, Italy and Peter Tremayne, Celtic scholar and historian whose focus is 7th century Ireland. We have had new authors discuss their writings including Paul Paradise, who writes about murder, trademark counterfeiting, and product piracy and Radha Vatsal, award winning mystery writer whose books center around a young female reporter in New York City during the 1910’s.