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Santa Cruz Pickwick Club presents: Christie Mysteries

September 27, 2026 @ 1:00 pm – June 27, 2027 @ 3:00 pm
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Over the coming year, Dickens Universe readers and Pickwick Club members will meet for discussions focused on these novels and their lasting influence on the mystery genre. This year’s reading series brings together four landmark works of crime fiction: The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens (Penguin Classics, 2002), The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (William Morrow, 2021), The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie (William Morrow, 2025), and The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie (William Morrow, 2011). Join Dickens enthusiasts and Pickwick Club members on Zoom for a series of discussions about these beloved books.

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Reading Schedule:

  • Sept 27: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
  • Oct 25: The Pale Horse
  • Nov 22: The Murder at the Vicarage
  • Dec 27: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
  • Jan 24: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
  • Feb 28: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
  • Mar 28: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
  • Apr 25: TBD
  • May 23: TBD
  • Jun 27: TBD

Recommended Edition: We recommend the Penguin Classics edition of the novels for its appendices and notes, but other versions are fine. First-time readers should avoid the Introduction if they don’t want spoilers. Download the novels to read at Gutenburg.org or listen at LibriVox.org.

The Santa Cruz Pickwick (Book) Club, a branch of the Dickens Fellowship, is a community of local bookworms, students, and teachers who meet monthly to discuss a nineteenth-century novel. The Santa Cruz Public Libraries provide support for the reading group.

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