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Mystery Book Club at Connie Morella (Bethesda)

The Murder of Mr. Wickham, by Claudia Gray

2025-01-28 18:30:00 2025-01-28 19:30:00 America/New_York Mystery Book Club at Connie Morella (Bethesda) Join us for a lively conversation about The Murder of Mr. Wickham, by Claudia Gray. Connie Morella Library -

Tuesday, January 28
6:30pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-01-28 18:30:00 2025-01-28 19:30:00 America/New_York Mystery Book Club at Connie Morella (Bethesda) Join us for a lively conversation about The Murder of Mr. Wickham, by Claudia Gray. Connie Morella Library -

Join us for a lively conversation about The Murder of Mr. Wickham, by Claudia Gray.

Join us for our inaugural meeting of the new Connie Morella mystery book club! We will be reading mysteries, thrillers and whodunits together every month. This January, we will be discussing The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray.

A summer house party turns into a whodunit when Mr. Wickham, one of literature’s most notorious villains, meets a sudden and suspicious end in this mystery featuring Jane Austen’s leading literary characters.

The happily married Mr. Knightley and Emma are throwing a house party, bringing together distant relatives and new acquaintances—characters beloved by Jane Austen fans. Definitely not invited is Mr. Wickham, whose latest financial scheme has netted him an even broader array of enemies. As tempers flare and secrets are revealed, it’s clear that everyone would be happier if Mr. Wickham got his comeuppance. Yet they’re all shocked when Wickham turns up murdered—except, of course, for the killer hidden in their midst.

Nearly everyone at the house party is a suspect, so it falls to the party’s two youngest guests to solve the mystery: Juliet Tilney, the smart and resourceful daughter of Catherine and Henry, eager for adventure beyond Northanger Abbey; and Jonathan Darcy, the Darcys’ eldest son, whose adherence to propriety makes his father seem almost relaxed. The unlikely pair must put aside their own poor first impressions and uncover the guilty party—before an innocent person is sentenced to hang.

Copies of the book can be picked up at the front desk at the Connie Morella Library, or you can borrow a digital copy from our online collection here.

Questions about this program? Contact the branch at (240) 777-0970.

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Accommodation Requests

People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request English-language captioning or sign-language interpretation at least five days before the library-sponsored program they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.

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AGE GROUP: | Older Adults | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Reading Programs |

TAGS: | mysteries | Indoor Program | book club |

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