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Reading Suggestions from Just Desserts members – January 2014
- Wednesday, 05 February 2014 12:33
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Hey, mystery fans! Looking for something good to read? At the January 2014 Just Desserts meeting last week, after discussing our monthly “assigned” books, we did a round robin at the table, asking attendees to share what mysteries they’d been reading lately that they felt they could recommend.
Here’s a list of the novels that were hot last month with this mystery-savvy crowd:
MYSTERIES
- One Shot by Lee Child (on CD)
- Mr. Paradise by Elmore Leonard
- W is for Wasted by Sue Grafton
- Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child (on CD)
- Storm Front by Richard Castle (on CD)
- Heat Wave and others by Richard Castle
- That Old Flame of Mine by J.J. Cook
- Playing With Fire by J.J. Cook
- The Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys Bowen
- The Broken Places by Ace Atkins
- Absolute Fear by Lisa Jackson
- Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich
- The Spirit of Steamboat by Craig Johnson
- Chasing Darkness by Robert Crais
- Storm Front by John Sandford
- Deadly Forecast by Victoria Laurie
- Cuba Libre by Elmore Leonard The works of Elliott Roosevelt
- The Murdoch Mysteries on DVD
- A Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
- Still Life by Louise Penny
- A Wanted Man by Lee Child
- Morning After by Lisa Jackson
- Shiver by Lisa Jackson
- The Sarah Woods mystery series by Jennifer L. Jennings
- Through the Evil Days by Julia Spencer-Fleming
- The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
- Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard
- The Booktown Mysteries by Lorna Barrett
- 52 Pick-Up by Elmore Leonard
- Identical by Scott Turow
- Cross My Heart by James Patterson
- A Tap on the Window by Linwood Barclay
- Three Can Keep a Secret by Archer Mayor
- Tamarack County by William Kent Krueger
- Damned if You Do and other Jesse Stone novels by Michael Brandman
- The Gods of Guilt by Michael Connelly
- Trunk Music by Michael Connelly
- Never Go Back by Lee Child
- Deception Point by Dan Brown
- A Question of Honor by Charles Todd
- Pandora’s Daughter by Iris Johansen (on CD)
- Tishomingo Blues by Elmore Leonard (on CD)
- The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
- The Taking by Dean Koontz
- Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich (on CD)
- Touch and Go by Lisa Gardner (on CD)
- Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben (on CD)
- The Monkey’s Raincoat by Robert Crais
- The Watchman by Robert Crais
- Stalking the Angel by Robert Crais
- Mayhem at the Orient Express by Kylie Logan
NON-MYSTERIES
- Hitler’s Cross by Erwin Lutzer
- Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken
- Things That Matter by Charles Krauthammer
- Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
- Midnight In the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
So, what mysteries have you been reading that you’d recommend?