On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues. With his groundbreaking nonfiction novel, “In Cold Blood'',…

For our April meeting the HYP Book Club becomes unstuck in time as we follow the life of Billy Pilgrim from the Dresden firebombing during World War II to the far off planet of Tralfamador in Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five”. Based on his own experience as a POW, Vonnegut crafted a science fiction infused anti-war novel…

May’s book is “The Picture of Dorian Gray'' by Oscar Wilde. One of literature's most well known and influential gothic novels. The book caused a scandal upon its release and nearly resulted in its author being prosecuted for violation of laws guarding public morality. The story follows young aristocrat, Dorian Gray, as he pursues every hedonistic…

For our June meeting the HYP Book Club is joined by Stefan Hawkins, owner of Good Brotha’s Book Café, and 2021 HYP Business of the Year recipient, who also selected this month’s novel, “Post-Traumatic” by Chantal V. Johnson.  To the outside observer, Vivian is a success story—a dedicated lawyer who advocates for mentally ill patients…

Fight the July heat with “The Spy Who Came in from the Cold”, a cold war era spy thriller from the master of the genre John Le Carré. Based on years of experience in British Intelligence, Le Carré weaves an intricate tale of international espionage.  When the last agent under his command is killed and…

Wild, intelligent, and totally isolated, Kya has spent most of her life surviving in the marsh surrounding the small town of Barkley Cove, North Carolina. So when one of the town's most popular resident’s dies under mysterious circumstances it is naturally the strange “Marsh Girl” that the town begins to suspect. The story of this…