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Mysteries & More Book Group

Blood Grove by Walter Mosley
2023-07-11 18:00:00 2023-07-11 19:00:00 America/New_York Mysteries & More Book Group Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library - Reading Garden, Program Room C

Tuesday, July 11
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-07-11 18:00:00 2023-07-11 19:00:00 America/New_York Mysteries & More Book Group First-time participants are always welcome! Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library - Reading Garden, Program Room C

Reading Garden, Program Room C

First-time participants are always welcome!

Blood Grove is a crackling, moody, and thrilling race through a California of hippies and tycoons, radicals and sociopaths, cops and grifters, both men and women. Easy will need the help of his friends—from the genius Jackson Blue to the dangerous Mouse Alexander, Fearless Jones, and Christmas Black—to make sense of a case that reveals the darkest impulses humans harbor. 2021, 307 pages.

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Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library
Phone: 518-371-8622
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The Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library provides a wide range of materials, programs, and services to the residents of Clifton Park and Halfmoon. We are a member of the Southern Adirondack Library System. Our mission is to nurture and foster community connections by providing the space and resources for patrons to be educated, entertained, and enriched. Our vision is to be at the heart of our community. The go-to place to meet, learn, and do. 

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