Let's discuss some good mystery books!
If you love mysteries, this book club is the place for you! We meet every month to discuss the chosen selection, with maybe a little catching up on the side.
November's book selection is Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes by Sandra Jackson-Opoku.
When Savvy Summers first opened Essie's soul food café, she never expected her customer-favorite sweet potato pie to become the center of a murder investigation. But when Grandy Jaspers, the 75-year-old neighborhood womanizer, drops dead at table two, she suddenly has more to worry about than just maintaining Essie's reputation for the finest soul food in the Chicagoland area.
Even as the police deem Grandy’s death an accident, Savvy quickly finds herself—and her beloved café—in the middle of an entire city’s worth of bad press. Desperate to clear her name and keep her business afloat, Savvy and her snooping assistant manager, Penny Lopés, take it upon themselves to find who really killed Grandy.
But with a slimy investor harassing her to sell her name and business, customers avoiding her sweet potato pie like the plague, and her police sergeant ex-husband suddenly back in the picture, will Savvy be able to clear the café’s name and solve Grandy’s murder before it all falls apart?
After all, while Savvy always said her sweet potato pie was to die for, she never meant literally.
Books can be checked out at the Laman Library circulation desk (ask a staff member) or online on the Libby app. For more information, contact Megan at mhines@nlrlibrary.org. No registration required.
AGE GROUP: | Ages 19+: Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Book/Discussion Club |
TAGS: | Discussion | BookClub |
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