The Croak and Dagger Book Discussion Group

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Elly Griffiths. The Postscript Murders (Harper Collins, $16.99).

Murder leaps off the page when crime novelists begin to turn up dead in this intricate new novel by internationally best-selling author Elly Griffiths, a literary mystery perfect for fans of Anthony Horowitz and Agatha Christie.

The death of a ninety-year-old woman with a heart condition should not be suspicious. Detective Sergeant Harbinder Kaur certainly sees nothing out of the ordinary when Peggy’s caretaker, Natalka, begins to recount Peggy Smith’s passing.

But Natalka had a reason to be at the police station: while clearing out Peggy’s flat, she noticed an unusual number of crime novels, all dedicated to Peggy. And each psychological thriller included a mysterious postscript: PS: for PS. When a gunman breaks into the flat to steal a book and its author is found dead shortly thereafter—Detective Kaur begins to think that perhaps there is no such thing as an unsuspicious death after all.

And then things escalate: from an Aberdeen literary festival to the streets of Edinburgh, writers are being targeted. DS Kaur embarks on a road trip across Europe and reckons with how exactly authors can think up such realistic crimes . . .

You may also like the following events from The Poisoned Pen Bookstore:

• Next Friday, 18th July, 12:00 am, Steve Berry discusses The List in Scottsdale, Arizona
• Next Friday, 18th July, 07:00 pm, Sci-Friday Book Discussion Group in Scottsdale
• This month, 22nd July, 06:30 pm, Daniel Silva discusses An Inside Job in Scottsdale

Also check out other Arts events in Scottsdale, Literary Art events in Scottsdale, Festivals in Scottsdale.