About us
Meet up with local Agatha Christie fans for coffee, cocktails, and crime!
The goal of this group is to meet up once a month at a coffee shop or bar in the New Haven area to casually discuss one of Christie's books. Open to anyone of any age!
Upcoming events
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Oct./Nov. 2026 Book Club: The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens
East Rock Market, 285 Nicoll St., New Haven, CT, USDue to scheduling conflicts in October and Thanksgiving in November, we will combine our October and November meetings into one.
Let's read The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens!
Book Description:
College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. Carl is a dying Vietnam veteran--and a convicted murderer. With only a few months to live, he has been medically paroled to a nursing home, after spending thirty years in prison for the crimes of rape and murder.As Joe writes about Carl's life, especially Carl's valor in Vietnam, he cannot reconcile the heroism of the soldier with the despicable acts of the convict. Joe, along with his skeptical female neighbor, throws himself into uncovering the truth, but he is hamstrung in his efforts by having to deal with his dangerously dysfunctional mother, the guilt of leaving his autistic brother vulnerable, and a haunting childhood memory. Thread by thread, Joe unravels the tapestry of Carl’s conviction. But as he and Lila dig deeper into the circumstances of the crime, the stakes grow higher. Will Joe discover the truth before it’s too late to escape the fallout?
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2026 Holiday Party and Book Club: Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel by Lucy Foley
East Rock Brewing Company, 285 Nicoll St, New Haven, CT 06511, USA, New Haven, CT, USLet's celebrate the holiday season with a party and book discussion at East Rock Brewing Company! We'll have space reserved for our group.
I will order pizzas, and feel free to bring a side or dessert to share. Drinks will be available for purchase.
For this party, we'll discuss Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel by Lucy Foley. This is one of the "new" Miss Marple novels commissioned by the Agatha Christie estate.
Book Description:
High in the Swiss Alps, accessible only by a single, winding railway, stands the luxurious Grand Alpine Hotel. With glorious mountain views and exclusive access to powdery slopes, it draws guests from far and wide:
The notorious actress.
The high-flying politician.
The society wife.
The reckless friend.
The shrewd doctor.But not everyone is here for a winter holiday.
Beneath the champagne and furs, dark histories simmer; old grudges emerge like cracks in the ice.
And someone is watching from the shadows. A polite, unassuming woman with an extraordinary mind: Miss Marple.
When a body is found and a blizzard cuts off all escape, only Miss Marple can connect the clues before the killer strikes again. Because it isn’t a question of who has a motive, but who’s next…
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Past events
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