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• LA031 Murder, They Read: "Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead," by Olga Tokarczuk

  • When
    03 Apr 2026
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    2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Impact Café, lower level (salle 3), 67 rue Beaubourg, 75003
  • Spaces left
    4

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  Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, by Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk (translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones) follows Janina Duszejko, an eccentric, astrology-obsessed woman living in a remote Polish village near the Polish border. A former engineer and part-time teacher, she cares deeply about animals. When several local men—hunters and officials involved in animal cruelty—are found dead under mysterious circumstances, Duszejko becomes convinced the animals are taking revenge. As the authorities dismiss her theories, she investigates on her own, interpreting events through astrology and William Blake’s poetry. The story blends dark humor, ecological themes, and mystery while questioning justice, human domination of nature, and society’s treatment of those considered outsiders.

  

  The "Murder, They Read" book group offers members the chance to explore the mystery form—from classic sleuths and gritty detectives to unconventional investigators and amateur gumshoes.

  A compelling mystery is selected for each month's reading and discussion, with an eye toward strong writing, memorable characters, and inventive plotting. From contemporary noir to historical mysteries, the group’s selections will span subgenres, eras, locales and cultures, offering something for longtime mystery lovers and curious newcomers alike.

  Discussions—held in English—delve into themes, character development, setting, and of course, the crime itself. The goal is not just to guess the culprit, but, through the eyes of the sleuth, to benefit from a literary immersion into another time, place, and/or culture;  to appreciate how the author constructs the mystery and what the story reveals about the world it portrays. And of course  to enjoy time spent with others who love the mystery genre.

  Selections are chosen with these criteria in mind:

  • Available in English (paper or ebook)

  • Standalone/can be read on it’s own, or first in a series

  • Rich in atmosphere, character, or setting

  • Offers an unexpected perspective

  

  Two spaces are reserved for new WICE members. If no new WICE members have registered seven days before the event, those two spaces will become available to the general WICE membership.

  Registration opens on Saturday, 07 March.

  
  

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• LY011 Murder, They Read: "The Blessing Way," by Tony Hillerman

  • When
    01 May 2026
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    2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Impact Café, lower level (salle 3), 67 rue Beaubourg, 75003
  • Spaces left
    11

  While investigating a murder on the Navajo Reservation in the Southwestern  US, Navajo Police Officer Joseph Leaphorn encounters what appear to be ritualistic elements linked to Navajo beliefs.   Meanwhile, Leaphorn’s friend, anthropologist Bergen McKee, while visiting the Navajo Nation for his research on witches, becomes entangled in a particularly challenging series of events in the canyons. This novel, first in the Navajo Tribal Police series, blends elements of danger and adventure and a compelling mystery with depictions of Navajo culture, landscape, and spirituality

  The Navajo Nation awarded Hillerman the title of Special Friend to the Diné, and his love of the people and the country they inhabit shines through in this book.

  

  Two spaces are reserved for new WICE members. If no new WICE members have registered seven days before the event, those two spaces will become available to the general WICE membership.

  Registration opens on Saturday, 04 April.

  
  

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• LU051 Murder, They Read: "Harlem Shuffle," by Colson Whitehead

  • When
    05 Jun 2026
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    2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Impact Café, lower level (salle 3), 67 rue Beaubourg, 75003
  • Spaces left
    11

  

  Harlem Shuffle,by 2 time Pulitzer Prize winner and MacArthur fellow Colson Whitehead, follows Ray Carney, a small businessman living in 1960s Harlem. Carney sees himself as an honest businessman trying to climb into the middle class, but due to the need to support his family and the difficulty of doing so, he sometimes steps over the line. When his ne’er do well cousin Freddie involves him in a plan for a robbery, Carney is pulled deeper into crime. As the years pass, he navigates corrupt police, gangsters, and shifting Harlem politics while trying to protect his business and family. Blending crime story and social portraiture, the novel explores ambition, survival, and the complicated line between respectability and criminality in a changing Harlem.

  

  Two spaces are reserved for new WICE members. If no new WICE members have registered seven days before the event, those two spaces will become available to the general WICE membership.

  Registration opens on Saturday, 02 May.

  
  

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