Join us for discussion of The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer by Dean Jobb.
Date: Wednesday, Jun 11, 2025
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Susman Room
Join us for a discussion of Things Aren't Right: The Disappearance of the Yuba County Five by Tony Wright.
We will be joined by the author virtually for this event!
Things Aren't Right: The Disappearance of the Yuba County Five explores the bizarre and tragic 1978 disappearance of Ted Weiher, Jack Madruga, Bill Sterling, Jackie Huett, and Gary Mathias in the Plumas National Forest in Northern California. 2024; 326 page
*we are experiencing a delay from our vendor. If you are not able to read the book before our discussion, learn more about the case by watching The Missing's Enigma's YouTube - The Yuba County Five, Files of the Unexplained - Netflix (episode 3), or reading Inside The Bewildering Case Of The Yuba County Five And Their Unsolved Disappearance.
Join us for a discussion of The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft by Ulrich Boser.
One museum, two thieves, and the Boston underworld: the riveting story of the 1990 Gardner Museum robbery, the largest unsolved art theft in history. Perfect for fans of the Netflix series This is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist! 2009; 260 pages.
This title is also available as an eBook on Hoopla.
Join us for discussion of What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator by Barbara Butcher.
Reflecting on twenty years of investigating more than 5,500 death scenes, an NYC death investigator, the second woman ever hired for this role, shares how, in dealing with death every day, she learned surprising lessons about life--and how some of those lessons saved her from becoming a statistic herself. 2023; 270 pages.
Join us for discussion of Sworn to Silence: The Truth Behind Robert Garrow and the Missing Bodies' Case by Jim Tracy.
Two small-town attorneys who outraged the nation defending a hated man; the detective who desperately sought answers to the whereabouts of missing women; the unveiling of a modern-day serial killer; and the author who witnessed the drama firsthand. 2022; 368 pages.
Join us for a crossover book club of Read Against the Machine and Book Club is My Alibi. We will be discussing Portrait of a Bank Robber by Daniel Killion with Matthew Klane.
We will be joined by the authors for this event!
Meet artist, small-business owner, and formerly incarcerated bank robber, Daniel Killion. In the mid-'90s, pre-consciously aware of "wage slavery" and "systemic racism," and after seeing the iconic film Point Break, he is inspired to rob banks. It's a romantic life-defining spree that ends in Danny (alias: Paul Blackman) inevitably getting "busted." We follow him into the correctional system where he serves 12 years in four distinct state and federal institutions. At age 50, he's free, but embroiled in a dispute with local police, a few months into the pandemic, while BLM protests surge 2023; 138 pages.
Join us for discussion of The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer by Dean Jobb.
In the span of fifteen years, Dr. Thomas Neill Cream poisoned at least ten people in the United States, Britain, and Canada, a death toll with almost no precedents. Structured around Cream’s London murder trial in 1892, when he was finally brought to justice, The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream exposes the blind trust given to medical practitioners, as well as the flawed detection methods, bungled investigations, corrupt officials, and stifling morality of Victorian society that allowed Cream to prey on vulnerable and desperate women, many of whom had turned to him for medical help. 2021; 432 pages.
This title is also available on Hoopla!
Join us for discussion of I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara.
An account of the unsolved Golden State Killer case traces the rapes and murders of dozens of victims and the author's determined efforts to help identify the killer and bring him to justice. 2019; 344 pages.
This title is also available as an eBook and eAudiobook on Hoopla!
Join us for discussion of A Light in the Dark: Surviving More Than Ted Bundy by Kathy Kleiner Rubin.
The first book by confirmed survivor of Ted Bundy, and the only memoir to challenge the popular narrative of Bundy as a handsome killer who charmed his victims into trusting him. 2023; 287 pages.
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ACCESSIBILITY @ SSPL
Current and previous selections are available in the Reading Group Books collection on the second floor
Self-check machines available on all levels of library
American Predator by Maureen Callahan
The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston & Mario Spezi
Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe
I Know Who You Are by Barbara Rae-Venter
Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
The Trauma Beat by Tamara Cherry
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
The Killer Across the Table by John Douglas
