What we’re about
Welcome to the Raleigh/Durham Mystery and True Crime Book Club for Women!
Typically, we meet the 4th Saturday of the month to discuss a mystery (fiction) novel and the 2nd Sunday of every other month to discuss a true crime (non-fiction) book. Members are welcome to attend just one or both of these meetings—your preference!
This is a book club for significantly female-identified people—we use an inclusive definition of “woman” and “female” and we welcome trans women, genderqueer women, and non-binary people who are significantly female-identified.
No-show Policy: After two no-shows in a row, or three no-shows overall, you will be permanently removed from the group. We define a no-show as either not showing at all, or canceling within a three-hour window of the beginning of a meeting. Please be conscientious of the other members and keep your RSVPs up-to-date!
Book Selection: We select our books once a year at planning meetings that are separate from a regular book club meeting. Any group member who wants to attend a planning meeting may do so subject to the location space limitation—we welcome ideas for places to meet, including members homes, as well as suggestions for books and special events at planning meetings.
Discord: Join us on discord! https://discord.gg/vfVFTMMScq
Our list of upcoming book selections and dates (and master list of book selections) can be found here.
Upcoming events (4+)
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### We Are All the Same in the Dark by Julia Heaberlin
From Amazon: It’s been a decade since Trumanell Branson disappeared, leaving only a bloody handprint behind. Her pretty face still hangs like a watchful queen on the posters on the walls of the town’s Baptist church, the police station, and in the high school. They all promise the same thing: We will find you. Meanwhile, Tru’s brother, Wyatt, lives as a pariah in the desolation of the old family house, cleared of wrongdoing by the police but tried and sentenced in the court of public opinion and in a new documentary about the crime.
When Wyatt finds a lost girl dumped in a field of dandelions, making silent wishes, he believes she is a sign. The town’s youngest cop, Odette Tucker, believes she is a catalyst that will ignite a seething town still waiting for its own missing girl to come home. But Odette can’t look away. She shares a wound that won’t close with the mute, one-eyed mystery girl. And she is haunted by her own history with the missing Tru.
Desperate to solve both cases, Odette fights to save the lost girl in the present and to dig up the shocking truth about a fateful night in the past—the night her friend disappeared, the night that inspired her to become a cop, the night that wrote them all a role in the town’s dark, violent mythology.
In this twisty psychological thriller, Julia Heaberlin paints unforgettable portraits of a woman and a girl who redefine perceptions of physical beauty and strength.
