The game is afoot!
Grab your magnifying glass and your detective hat... Mysteries abound at the library this May!
Enjoy sleuthing all month long at all JCL locations. Some activities even offer the chance to win a prize!
Sherlock Holmes Mystery Puzzle
Teens & Adults 12 Y+ | Mon., May 13 | 5 PM
Who Stole the Cookies: an Interactive Story Time
Geared toward children 3-5 Y; older children welcome | Tues., May 14 | 6:30 PM
Children 5-12 Y | Sat., May 18 | 3 PM
Children 5-12 Y | Tues., May 21 | 6 PM
Teens 12-18 Y | Tues., May 28 | 5:30 PM
All Ages | Sat., May 4 | 10 AM-4 PM
Teens 12-18 Y | Sat., May 4 | 2 PM
Make Your Own Hidden Book Safe
Adults | Tues., May 7 | 10:30 AM
Adults | Tues., May 7 and every Tuesday in May | 1:30 PM
Adults | Thurs., May 9 and every Thursday in May | 1:30 PM
Mystery Book Club
Children - Ages 5-11 | Sat., May 11 | 3 PM
Teens 12-18 Y welcome; please note movie rating: PG-13 | Sat., May 11 | 3 PM
Make a Mystery Abstract Painting
Adults | Tues., May 14 | 10:30 AM
Unlocking Your Ancestral Mysteries: Strategies to Tackle Genealogy Brick Walls
Adults | Sat., May 18 | 2:00 PM
Crafternoon: Invisible Ink Paintings
Children 2-6 Y | Tues., May 21 | 3 PM
Book Discussion: Elizabeth is Missing
Adults | Wed., May 22 | 10:30 AM
Treasure Hunt
Teens 12-18 Y | Thurs., May 23 | 6 PM
Investigate one of the suspenseful reads compiled here by JCL staff, or discover your own through our catalog or a browse through the shelves!
Adults
The Weight of Blood
Laura McHugh
Flavia de Luce series
Alan Bradley
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle
How to Solve Your Own Murder
Kristin Perrin
Torie O'Shea Mysteries series
Rett MacPherson
Blue Ridge Library Mysteries series
Victoria Gilbert
The Girl in Cabin 13
A.J. Rivers
Lost Birds
Anne Hillerman
Brain Storm
Elaine Viets
The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides
Teens
Take the Key and Lock Her Up
Ally Carter
Not If I Save You First
Ally Carter
The Cousins
Karen McManus
The Agathas
Kathleen Glasgow
How We Fall Apart
Katie Zhao
The Inheritance Games
Jennifer Lynn Barnes
The Lake
Natasha Preston
Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley
By Any Other Name
Erin Cotter
Blood Debts
Terry J. Benton-Walker
Children
The Mystery at Lilac Inn
Carolyn Keene
Mystery on Magnolia Circle
Kate Klise
Why Did the Monster Cross the Road
R.L. Stine
The Lost Library
Rebecca Stead
The Boxcar Children Mystery series
Gertrude Chandler Warner
The Bad Beginning
Lemony Snicket