Join us for a lively discussion of this darkly comic page-turner, Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth. Newcomers are always welcome. Copies of the book can be requested by phone or at the circulation desk, or through our digital collections.

When a neighbor turns up dead on her quiet Melbourne street, 81-year-old Elsie Fitzpatrick becomes the talk of the town, because decades ago, under another name, she was “Mad Mabel,” Australia’s youngest convicted murderer. Was she guilty then? Is she guilty now? Or has she simply spent a lifetime being underestimated? Sharp, twisty, and wickedly funny, this mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Sister and The Soulmate is a story of buried secrets, unlikely friendships, and finally telling your own side of the story.