Friday, September 25, 2026 · 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Children's Room — 15 Union St., Manchester-By-The-Sea, MA
The Manchester Mystery Book Group meets on the last Friday of the month at 10:30AM. This September we are reading Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman. This meeting will occur in person at the library and over Zoom. Email mwillwerth@manchesterpl.org if you have any questions. About the Book: "Highly acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman returns with an irresistible mystery featuring Muriel Blossom, a former private investigator and middle-aged widow whose vacation on a Parisian river cruise turns into a deadly international mystery...that only she can solve" "Mrs. Blossom has a knack for blending into the background, which was an asset during her days assisting private investigator Tess Monaghan. But when she finds a winning lottery ticket in a parking lot, everything changes. She is determined to see the world that she sometimes feels is passing her by. When Mrs. Blossom booked her cruise through France on the MS Solitaire, she did not expect to meet Allan on her transatlantic flight. He is the first man who's sparked something inside her since her beloved husband passed. She also didn't expect Allan to be found, dead, twenty-four hours later in Paris, a…