October is National Mystery Month

This month a lot of people's minds turn to the creepy crawlies and bumps in the night that come with Halloween. We here at the library are thinking about something else with more broad appeal--Mysteries!

If you haven't read a mystery in a while, you may be thinking that they are all the same and either have a Holmes-like British detective or a hard nosed male cop in a trench coat investigating murders that occurred on dark and stormy nights. But over the years, those two stereotypical detectives have had many other types of sleuths join their ranks. There is now a type of mystery for just about anyone.

For people who would just like a new take on the old tough as nails detective, they should try J.D. Robb, Sue Grafton, and Joe Konrath to meet three hard-boiled dames that hold their own alongside their male peers.

Animal lovers can find dog and cat capers in the pages of Laurien Berenson, Rita Mae Brown, Sue Henry, and Lilian Jackson Braun.

Foodies can bake their cakes and read them too in these recipe infused mysteries by G.A. McKevitt, Joanne Fluke, and Diane Mott Davidson.

People who love historical fiction can solve mysteries all through out history. They can travel to the ancient Roman Empire with Rosemary Rowe and John Maddox Roberts, medieval England with Kate Sedley and Michael Jecks, America during the Roaring Twenties with Jill Churchill, or New York City in the late 1800's with Rhys Bowen.

Even the literary types will not be left out in the cold. They can solve crimes with Jane Austen, O. Henry, and Geoffrey Chaucer.

Whatever your reading interests lean towards, there is a mystery somewhere that fits in with them, so stop by soon and start investigating our collection.