Book Club Questions/ Conversation Starters for LENNY MARKS GETS AWAY WITH MURDER by Kerryn Mayne
Warning: There are spoilers in here, so don’t read prior to finishing the book!!
1. Could Zanny have done better?
2. Lenny doesn’t want to teach young children or teenagers. Why do you think she relates so well to grade five students?
3. Do you think Ned and Lenny are a better match than Ned and Amy?
4. Lenny struggles to stand up for herself, but can do it for others (when she defends Ned’s choice to Ed, or when she protects Malcolm). Why is it always so much easier to look after other people that yourself?
5. Was there anything Lenny or Maureen could’ve done differently when Fergus showed up at the door? Or should they have done something differently?
6. Do you see the value in collecting things like Lenny does with The Hobbit?
7. Do you think Lenny is neurodivergent?
8. Lenny is in a stable, safe place with people around her that care for her (even if she doesn’t know it). Do you think the arrival of the letter from the parole board triggers her memories to start returning, or is it that it was always going to happen anyway?
9. The lies Lenny tells herself are a way in which she survives. Should she have just left them where they were?
10. Is Malcolm (the dog) as important to Lenny as Lenny is to him?
11. Did Fay do the wrong thing by letting Lenny forget about Malcolm, her mum and her stepdad all those years?
12. What do you think of Lenny’s mum, Tammy? She plays a very small role in the book, but obviously her life decisions have changed the course of Lenny’s life.
13. Do you think that ultimately Lenny Marks will get away with murder?
14. At what point did you realise that Malcolm (they boy) was more than just an imaginary friend?
15. If you could talk to the author, what burning question would you want to ask? (And then please feel free to email it to me!)
Thank you for reading Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder.
I am so excited to have Lenny in the hands of readers.
Kerryn
