Mystery Mondays Book Club

Welcome to Middleburg Books' Mystery Mondays Book Club! 

This new book club will be led by Shayne as she leads you on an investigation of the riddles and puzzles within this vast genre. Our selection for April is The Appeal by Janice Hallet. 

We are offering two options for tickets:

1) You may purchase the book through us and admission to the club is free.

2) If you would prefer to source the book yourself, admission is $10.

This event takes place in our shop at 17 South Madison Street.

About The Appeal:

Perfect for fans of Ruth Ware and Lisa Jewell, this international bestseller and “dazzlingly clever” (The Sunday Times, London) murder mystery follows a community rallying around a sick child—but when escalating lies lead to a dead body, everyone is a suspect.

The Fairway Players, a local theatre group, is in the midst of rehearsals when tragedy strikes the family of director Martin Hayward and his wife Helen, the play’s star. Their young granddaughter has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, and with an experimental treatment costing a tremendous sum, their castmates rally to raise the money to give her a chance at survival.

But not everybody is convinced of the experimental treatment’s efficacy—nor of the good intentions of those involved. As tension grows within the community, things come to a shocking head at the explosive dress rehearsal. The next day, a dead body is found, and soon, an arrest is made. In the run-up to the trial, two young lawyers sift through the material—emails, messages, letters—with a growing suspicion that the killer may be hiding in plain sight. The evidence is all there, between the lines, waiting to be uncovered.