Thrills & Chills Book Club
Thrills & Chills is the book club youāll want to join if you love a bit of spookiness while reading. Itās led by Jordan, a fan of all types of mystery and thriller novels. Explore the mystery/thriller genre with each read in this chilling but super chill book club.
This month we are reading The Butcher by Jennifer Hillier. The Thrills & Chills book club will meet at 5:30 PM, on Tuesday, December 17th.
In 1985, Edward Shank famously gunned down the Beacon Hill Butcher, ending the serial killerās reign of terror over the city of Seattle. But now in his eighties, Edwardās action-packed glory days are long behind him. The decorated former Seattle police chief has given up his high-maintenance Victorian home to his grandson Matt for a quiet life at the nearby Sweetbay Village Retirement Residence, where mac-n-cheese Wednesdays have become the highlight of his week.
Though itās hard to watch his grandfather get older, Matt is thrilled to inherit the large house he grew up in. Already an accomplished chef with a popular restaurant and a TV show in the works, Mattās dream life is finally within reachā¦until he discovers a crate buried in the backyard that holds a secret about his grandfather so terrible, it threatens to ruin all their lives if it ever gets out. Especially his girlfriend Samās, whose mother was killed when she was only two years old.
As Matt struggles with his dark family secret, Samās obsession with solving her motherās murder continues to grow. A true crime writer now working on a book about the Butcher, Sam has always suspected her mother was one of his victims, even though she was killed two yearsĀ afterĀ the Butcher was supposedly gunned down.
But when new victims begin to turn up, their murders eerily similar to the Butcherās all those years ago, Sam realizes she might be right. The more she digs into the old murders, the more dangerous it getsā¦and the truth is closer to home than she ever could have imagined.
Purchase a copy to read, or grab it from the library, and join us for discussion at Dog-Eared Books at 5:30 PM, on Tuesday, December 17th. This book club is free to anyone who wishes to participate, no registration necessary.
Also, for 20 minutes after each club meeting, you will receive 20% off all books and merchandise!
Content Warnings for Official Book Club 2024
Content Warnings forĀ The Butcher
Content Warnings forĀ Murder on the Red River
Content Warnings forĀ Dial A for Aunties
Content Warnings forĀ Close Your Eyes and Count to 10
Dates and books of upcoming 2024-2025 Thrills & Chills Book Club gatherings:Ā
December 17th at 5:30 PM The Butcher by Jennifer Hillier |
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January 21st at 5:30 PM Murder on the Red River by Marcie R Rendon |
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February 18th at 5:30 PM Dial A for Aunties by Jessie Q. Sutanto |
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March 18th at 5:30 PM Close Your Eyes and Count to 10 by Lisa Unger |