Clicquot Book Club
Love books? Love talking about books? Join us for the Cliquot Book Club review the first Thursday of every month from 2-3:30pm. We meet in the Roche Bros. room. Hear what’s new in books, what makes a great read, and discover reader favorites. The best part about this club is that you don’t even have to read the books before you come. Each month we discuss several new releases and our opinions of them. Discussions are lively, full of laughter and we serve light refreshments.
The only thing missing is you.
Selections: March 2026
Clicquot: February 2026
A Borrowing of Bones by Paula Muiner
First in the Mercy Carr mystery series. A retired vet and her dead partner’s bomb-sniffing dog are on a walk when the dog alerts, finding a baby and human bones. A fun new police procedural where a missing woman might hold the key to saving their sleepy town from a looming threat.
A Certain Kind of Starlight by Heather Webber
Two women weighted down with secrets that could destroy them must return to their hometown of Starlight to be by the dying relative they adore. Within the shackles of the past, comes the potential for healing… if they can free themselves from them.
All This Could be Yours by Hank Phillippi Ryan
A cat and mouse thriller. We follow a woman who has just released her debut novel to great acclaim and is on top of the world… until she realizes that someone is stalking her. With her past coming to collect, she must fight the realization that every deal has a price, and it might be time for hers to come due.
Banana Ball by Jesse Cole
The wacky, incredible true story of Jesse Cole and how the Savannah Bananas came to be. Full of joy, winning practical advice, and how to lead from the heart, this is a book for anyone with a dream to do something unbelievable.
Bird Box by Josh Malerman
An edge of your seat thriller about what a mother will do to save her children while an unidentifiable contagion ravages her world.
Far From the A-List by Stephanie Burns
A former child star trying to find her place in the world outside the role she played. How do you find yourself when the baggage of the spotlight is still haunting your footsteps, bad decisions are supposed to come with laugh tracks, and freedom is an unknown?
Her One Regret by Donna Freitas
A successful real-estate agent disappears without a trace from a parking lot, leaving her infant child behind. While the search is underway and the world has its eyes on the shape this woman has left, her friend grapples with the question of whether she was taken or she left on her own volition. A fantastic, thought-provoking mystery.
Loose Lips by Kemper Donovan
A ghost-writer takes a job teaching on a cruise-ship retreat for writers at the behest of an old frenemy: a best-selling writer from her school days. Cue adoring fans, plenty of activities, and a series of murders that no one expected, but need to be solved before they all end up in deep water.
Mango, Mambo, and Murder by Raquel V. Reyes
A cozy mystery at its best. A food anthropologist is caught in hot water when, at her new job, a woman keels over dead in her chicken salad. In order to clear her friend’s name, she must brave the culture disparity of her new home and her husband’s mid-life crisis, finding the ingredients to reveal the murderer before they decide to take her off the menu.
Sandwich by Catherine Newman
A hot literary book that some might resonate with, but might be better left on the shelf.
Seven Reasons to Murder Your Dinner Guests by KJ Whittle
“Clue” with cards that tell you when you will die. Seven guests go to a dinner party and then start dying after they leave. A fantastic mystery about the whys of mortality, in turns hilarious and hateful, that will have you wondering not the ‘why’, but the ‘how’.
The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst
Book 2 in the cozy fantasy “Spellshop” series. A charming book about a woman who was turned into a statue once more wrestles with using her magic to do the right thing versus obeying the law. Throwing in a grumpy gardener, a beautiful setting, and the heartfelt journey of her coming into herself, this is a book that will keep you warm.
The Original Daughters by Jemimah Wei
A story of two sisters pushed to excel even at the expense of the other, and learn to find solace with the other. After a betrayal by one of the sisters, the other grapples with the question of how much her culture and the demands to maintain familial ties must hold her to the person she loved and was hurt by the most. A literary debut that takes a new lens and the raw emotions of what makes a family.
The Passengers by John Marrs
A look at the future with a dark twist. 8 people from different walks of life are all trapped in self-driving cars and told that all of them will all die except one… determined by the watching world. How do you weigh a life when secrets get exposed, and nothing is quite as it should be.
The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy
Five women in their early 20s navigate the wilderness of adult life and the consequences of wading through it.
The Women of Wild Hill by Kirsten Miller
Female power at its best– I loved this. A family of unknowing witches must come together to inherit their legacy and right the wrongs of a murdered woman… if they can put aside their own differences and come into the powers that come with their bloodline.
Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle
A man haunted by ghosts can taste their last meals, and decides to turn his gift into a way of helping people find closure. A gripping tale of how food can connect us, heal us, and bring us together that will satiate your hunger for a wonderful book, but might bring you to the kitchen to create your own gastronomical delight in the process.
The Ferryman and His Wife by Froede Grytten
A gorgeous novel about a man who wakes up, realizing that this will be the day he dies. As he goes about his day on his boat, he’s visited by the people he once carried, reliving their shared pasts as he waits for the woman he loves to join him. A heartfelt story about how we touch others, and the beauty found not only in connections, but by the small things that make up a life.
Selections: January 2026
All My Bones by P.J. Nelson
Second in the “Old Juniper Bookstore Mystery” series. An absolutely charming cozy mystery with Southern charm. Set with the bookstore as a backdrop and a dead body under the azalea bush. A fun read.
All the Other Mothers Hate Me by Sarah Harman
A flighty, washed-up mother ends up with a problem she can’t brush aside when her beloved son’s bully goes missing on a school trip. Now she has to figure out what happened to the other boy without any skills to help, without allies, and with the sneaking suspicion her son might not be as sweet as she wants to believe.
Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino
Everyone is Lying to You by Jo Piazza
Two college friends’ (Lizzie and Bex) relationship comes to an abrupt halt when one ghosts the other after getting married. While Bex becomes a tradwife influencer, Lizzie follows her journey online, admiring her perfect life, until Bex reaches out and invites her to an exclusive event. Once Lizzie arrives, she finds out Bex has gone missing with her husband murdered, and she has to figure out who her friend has become outside the ring light, and either prove her innocence or reveal the monster she never knew.
Jacakal by Erin E. Adams
A mystery/thriller centering around a string of murders with a healthy dose of social commentary. A woman comes home to her stifling past for her best friend’s wedding, and during proceedings, her goddaughter goes missing. With a race against the clock and a force watching in the woods, she must figure out who took her before it’s too late. Tense and horrifying in equal parts, this is a book that makes you wonder who looks at the other half.
Maggie; Or, A Man and a Woman Walk into a Bar by Katie Yee
A literary take on a scorned wife. A woman planning to tell her husband she has cancer is instead informed that he’s leaving her for a woman named Maggie. What follows is the last year of her life, dealing with the fallout from her husband’s infidelity, her diagnosis, and how it shifts her world.
Murder on Sex Island by Jo Firestone
A murder occurs on the set of the hit reality show “Sex Island”, and panicked producers hire P.I. Luella van Horn to go undercover and investigate. Luella is leading a double life, and jumps at the opportunity to prove herself and be surrounded by the glitz and glam, only to find the shady underbelly of reality TV. With murder and possibly love dogging her footsteps, this promises to be the juiciest season of the show yet.
Murder on the Marlow Beach by Richard Thorogood
The fourth in the Marlow Murder Club mystery series. Judith, Suzie, and Becks are up to their old tricks getting underfoot in a murder investigation and having the insight to solve it before their exasperated police lead. Fun and witty, this is your call to pick up the series.
Selection: December 2025
Happy Wife by Meredith Lavender and Kendall Shores
A young woman is the second wife of an older rich man. Blissfully married, they’re happy… until he disappears after a massive party. Now rumors are flying, and she needs to figure out what happened to him before her life fully crashes down around her. A twisty mystery with a delicious ending.
Homeseeking by Karissa Chen
Gorgeous historical fiction spanning 60 years that follows two childhood friends who became more than, but lost each other when the War happened. Following both as they move through the decades in the aftermath, this is a heartfelt read of belonging, friendship, family, and who your people are.
King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby
Roman’s family owns a crematorium, and after a call that his father had an “accident”– caused by his brother trying to cheat the drug lords he fell into bed with, he returns home. Now, Roman has to try and fix things, and figure out in the process what he can save, and what will burn.
Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman
Mrs. Bloom is a retired widow who finds a lottery ticket and becomes an instant millionaire. Treating herself to a vacation, she finds a man that she thinks might become Someone… until he winds up dead. Now, caught up in international affairs and danger, she has to solve a murder that will change her forever. A cozy to curl up with this winter.
Please Don’t Lie Christina Baker Kline & Anne Burt
Twisty only starts to cover it. A young woman whose family dies and leaves her their wealth is convinced to move by her husband, who has far too many secrets of his own. Trying to make friends, she invites one of the townsfolk to stay with her– a kindness that turns sour when everything falls to chaos.
Poems & Prayers Matthew McConaughey
Inspirational offering by McConaughey with poems and reflections on his life.
The Break-In by Katherine Faulkner
Alice hosts a playdate at her house when she and her guests are threatened by a teen burglar. When she accidentally kills him in self-defense, she starts spiraling, getting in contact with his family to try and make amends and finds out that the randomness of the crime might have been calculated after all.
The Busy Body by Kemper Donovan
A ghostwriter comes up to try and work on a memoir for a Senator who just lost a contentious presidential race when they get caught up in a murder. With the senator’s clout and the writer’s wits, this investigation will be an easy solve… if not what it seems.
The Compound by Aisling Rawle
A dystopian take on reality TV. A future version of “Big Brother” mixed with “Survivor”, tainted with desperation when the real world has fallen to pieces, and the contestants must do anything they can to survive. If they win, they’ll be set for life. If they lose… the stakes may prove how far reality TV is willing to go.
The Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukkah by Jean Meltzer
The Hanukkah version of “the Christmas Carol”. A high-powered exec is being haunted by several ghosts trying to get her back together with her ex husband. As sparks and deadlines fly, the question becomes whether she can find balance, or drown.
The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro
Alejandra is trapped. Trapped by her husband, the love of her children, and the emptiness of the future looming in front of her. When La Llorona tries to tempt her to “escape”, she must find herself, or lose everything. Beautifully written, this is a story that spans generations, and gives form to the trauma that haunts them.
The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman
Fifth in the “Thursday Murder Club” series, the gang is back with more fun. Elizabeth is still grieving, but that won’t stop them from solving the latest murder that comes their way. A delightful entry.
A Little Holiday Fling by Farah Heron
Grumpy meets Sunshine in this holiday romance set in a hotel.
The Savage Noble Death of Babs Dionne by Ron Currie
Babs Dionne is a proud matriarch and the head of a mafia that rules with an iron fist. When someone murders her daughter, there’s no telling what the consequences and casualties will be of the warpath she goes on.
The World’s Greatest Detective and Her Just Okay Assistant by Liza Tully
A detective’s assistant, desperate to prove herself and learn everything from her mentor, stumbles into the mystery of a wealthy woman that fell to her death. Now, determined to piece together the clues, she’ll either be in over her head, or she may discover a plot bigger than the case should hold. A fun, feel-good romp of a mystery.
We Don’t Talk About Carol by Kristen L. Berry
A family mystery threatens to consume. When an investigative reporter is clearing out her grandmother’s house, she finds out about an aunt who went missing and was never spoken of again. Following the trail threatens to unravel her life, but the questions about Carol, her fate, and the fate of other missing girls may just be worth it. A fantastic story– I loved it.
Twice Mitch Albom
A provocative story asking about what we would do for love, second chances, and what mistakes we’re willing to live with if we were able to live a moment twice.
The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes by Chanel Cleeton
A story that follows a single book through several periods of time across the landscapes of Boston, Cuba, and London. From its birth and the trials of its author, to its secretive, threatened nature during an authoritative regime, to the present where it has become the subject of a deadly search, this is a story about the love of reading and the readers that hold onto tales against all odds. A breathtakingly beautiful work to add to your TBR immediately.