The Big Reveal: A Murder Mystery Book Club

In her re-imagining of the Sherlock Holmes tales, author Laurie R King has Holmes retired and quietly engaged in the study of honeybees.

When a young woman stumbles into him on the Sussex Downs, Holmes finds himself drawn to her very modern 20th-century personality. What he doesn't realise is she will prove a deft protégée and a fitting partner, displaying an intellect to impress even this most gifted of Victorian detectives. As the young Mary Russell matches Holmes wit for wit in their first case together, the pair face a truly cunning adversary who will stop at nothing to put an end to their partnership.

This is the first in a 25-strong series of Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes stories by King, and should prove a riveting addition to your crime fiction reading list.

You'll find us on the first floor mezzanine (The Hive) of the Thrive Cafe (see directions under "How to find us"). Please bring along £1 per session (or £12 for the year) as a contribution to the annual Meetup fee.

It's 2003 and the long hot days of summer seem endless to a group of teenage friends with reckless Kala Lanann at their centre. But then Kala vanishes and, 15 years later, human remains are discovered in the woods.

With two more girls missing, can Kala's friends put aside their estrangement and find the truth behind why she disappeared?

Why not join us for a discussion of award-winning Irish writer Colin Walsh's first novel. Variously described as suspenseful, mesmerising, explosive and highly addictive, the only disadvantage of this book seems to be that you won't be able to put it down.

Praise from The Guardian: "Using narration by three distinct voices, Walsh brilliantly conveys the cruelty, self-absorption and vulnerability of teenagers."

You'll find us on the first floor mezzanine (The Hive) of the Thrive Cafe (see directions under "How to find us"). Please bring along £1 per session (or £12 for the year) as a contribution to the annual Meetup fee.

Why not join us for a lively discussion of what should prove to be a riveting addition to your crime fiction reading. Chosen as the Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month, Alex Pavesi's genuinely original thriller cleverly expands on the idea that murder mysteries follow a simple set of rules.

Grant McAllister, an author of crime fiction and professor of mathematics, had at one time sat down and worked them all out. But that was 30 years ago. Now he's living a life of seclusion on a quiet Mediterranean island - until Julia Hart, a sharp, ambitious editor, knocks on his door. His early work is being republished and together the two of them must revisit those old stories.

But as she reads them, Julia is unsettled to realise that there are parts that don't make sense. Subtle clues that seem to reference a real murder, and one that may have remained unsolved for three decades...

You'll find us on the first floor mezzanine (The Hive) of the Thrive Cafe (see directions under "How to find us"). Please bring along £1 per session (or £12 for the year) as a contribution to the annual Meetup fee.

Christopher Brookmyre (now Chris Brookmyre) is an award-winning Scottish author, known at the time of this book for Scotland-based adventure-mysteries. This murder mystery (shortlisted for 2008 Crime Novel of the Year) harks back to his school days. So why not put on your uniform and line up in an orderly fashion for the funniest and most accurate trip back to the classroom you are likely to read.

"We could tell you about the bodies. We could tell you their names, where they were found, the state they were in. We could tell you about the suspects too, the evidence, the investigators; join a few dots, even throw you a motive. But what would be the point? You're going to make your own assumptions anyway. After all, you know these people, don't you? You went to school with them. We all did. Granted, that was 20 years ago, but how much does anybody really change? So if you really knew them then, you'll already have all the answers..."

You'll find us on the first floor mezzanine (The Hive) of the Thrive Cafe (see directions under "How to find us"). Please bring along £1 per session (or £12 for the year) as a contribution to the annual Meetup fee.