Join Burlingame's mystery/thriller group called Booked on Crime. We read classic & modern mysteries, spy novels, and potentially true crime. 

We meet in person in the Upper Level Room at 6:00pm on the third Thursday of each month.

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Join Burlingame's mystery /thriller group called Booked on Crime. We read classic and modern mysteries, spy novels, and potentially true crime. We meet in person in the Upper Level Room at 6 pm on the third Thursday of each month.

June 20: No Mark Upon Her by Deborah Crombie

When an Olympic rowing hopeful and a detective with the Met is found dead in the Thames, Scotland Yard Superintendent Duncan Kincaid, along with his wife and his team, is submerged in a complex case involving political and ethical issues that put both his career and reputation on the line. 

July 18: The Other Side of Silence by Philip Kerr

It's 1956, and former Berlin cop Bernie Gunther has put his former life behind him. He no longer lives in Germany, but rather on the French Riviera and he's working as a concierge at a high-class resort hotel. But things take a turn for the dramatic when Gunther is summoned to the home of writer W. Somerset Maugham, first for bridge, then as a go-between to handle the delicate matter of blackmail payment, hush money to prevent the photos of Maugham's gay lifestyle from becoming tabloid fodder. 

August 8th: The Best of Lupin: Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief (Vintage Classics)  Please note this is the first Thursday!

A selection of classic stories featuring France's answer to Sherlock Holmes: a brilliant master criminal with a mischievous sense of humor—now the inspiration for the major streaming series Lupin.  The Netflix series is a modern take on this series. 

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