Monday Murders book discussion group

At this month's Monday Murders, we will be discussing Darktown by Thomas Mullen.

The story centers on two new black officers, Boggs and Smith, who come across an older white man whose Buick has crashed into one of the first streetlights on the wrong side of town. The young black woman with him flees the scene and is later discovered beaten to death and dumped in an alley. While the premise of many mysteries involves police investigating in the wake of official silence, Mullen employs this familiar theme specifically to shine a light on the embedded racism of the times. Boggs and Smith persist in trying to uncover the woman's murderer, pushing against the rules and confronting dangers posed by resentful white cops. (Booklist review excerpt)

THIS DISCUSSION TAKES PLACE AT THE SENIOR RESOURCE CENTER ON STEPHENSON ST.