In February, the main selection will be Suspect, a stand-alone novel by Robert Crais, author of the Elvis Cole/ Joe Pike series. LAPD cop Scott James is not doing so well, eight months after he was shot and his partner killed in a mysterious shootout. When he meets Maggie, a Marine German Shepherd who lost her handler in a roadside explosion in Afghanistan suffering from PTSD, he embarks on a mission to find his partner’s killers. The mystery title will be a historical fiction mystery, The Paris Architect, by Charles Belfoure, set in Nazi-occupied World War II Paris. The alternate title will be Circling the Sun, a biographical novel about the Kenyan aviatrix Beryl Markham, by Paris Wife author Paula McClain. Registration is required. 630.483.5600. Donation: FREE
