2026 Common Read: Author Talk with Noel Hamiel

2026 Common Read + Discussion Event
Join us for this year’s Common Read: South Dakota’s Mathis Murders: Horror in the Heartland by Noel Hamiel.
This compelling true crime story revisits one of South Dakota’s most infamous unsolved cases—offering new insight into a mystery that still haunts the state.
Discussion Event: Wednesday, September 30

Time: 6:00 p.m.

Rawlins Library
Noel Hamiel is a South Dakota Newspaper Hall of Fame journalist with a 35‑year career in reporting and publishing.
Rawlins Library’s Common Read brings the community together each year through one South Dakota nonfiction title.
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