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Category Archives: Just Desserts

Susan Wittig Albert’s “Nightshade”

Friday, 29 June 2012 09:40
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Just Desserts Logo 225nightshadeWhen the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group met in June 2012, we discussed a 2008 volume in Susan Wittig Alberts’s long-running “China Bayles” series, Nightshade.

This book was discussed at the Just Desserts meeting on June 28, 2012. Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about this book (and series) in a reply comment to this blog post, below.

Join us next on July 26th, at the Walt Branch Library (6:30 p.m.), as we discuss the historical Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novel Treason at Lisson Grove by Anne Perry.

For additional reminders about upcoming Just Desserts meetings and/or other announcements of interest to mystery fans, don’t forget to sign up for the Just Desserts e-mail list. Or, if you’re logged into your account on Facebook, you can visit the Events page for the Lincoln City Libraries, and mark whether or not you plan to attend upcoming sessions of Just Desserts! Our selections for our July and August meetings are posted, and the selections for the September and October meetings will be posting shortly.

What do you think of Nightshade and the China Bayles series by Albert?

Mystery recommendations from Just Desserts members – May 2012

Wednesday, 06 June 2012 17:25
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Just Desserts Logo 225Hey, mystery fans! Looking for something good to read?

At the May 31st 2012 Just Desserts meeting, after discussing our monthly “assigned” book, 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 books that were hot last month with this mystery-savvy crowd:

  • The 11th Hour by James Patterson
  • Books Can Be Deceiving by Jen McKinley
  • Save Me by Lisa Scottoline
  • The works of Agatha Christie
  • The Murder She Wrote tie-in novels
  • The Agony of Leaves by Laura Childs
  • Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell
  • The Lost Years by Carol Higgins Clark
  • Claws and Effects by Rita Mae Brown
  • Rottweiler Rescue by Ellen O’Connell
  • The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbol
  • Stay Close by Harlan Coben
  • True Sisters by Sandra Dallas
  • Everywhere That Mary Went by Lisa Scottoline
  • Dirty Blonde by Lisa Scottoline
  • Gun Games by Faye Kellerman
  • A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton
  • Come Home by Lisa Scottoline
  • Sacred and Profane by Faye Kellerman
  • The Torso by Helen Tursten
  • Maigret Hesitates by George Simenon
  • The works of Janet Evanovich, particularly the 4th through 7th Plum books
  • The Mary Russell series by Laurie R. King, particularly The Moor
  • Ghost of a Chance by Helen Chappell
  • City of Veils by Zoe Ferraris
  • The Jesse Stone series by Robert B. Parker
  • No Second Chance by Harlan Coben
  • One False Move by Harlan Coben
  • The Rope by Nevada Barr
  • Force of Nature by C.J. Box
  • As the Crow Flies by Craig Johnson

Non-Mysteries recommended by group members:

  • The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon
  • Room by Emma Donoghue

So, what mysteries have you been reading that you’d recommend?

The Works of Suzanne Arruda

Wednesday, 06 June 2012 09:37
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Just Desserts Logo 225crocodileslastembraceWhen the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group met in May 2012, we discussed the entire body of works — 6 novels — by mystery author Suzanne Arruda.

These books were discussed at the Just Desserts meeting on May 31, 2012. Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about this author’s series in a reply comment to this blog post, below.

Join us next on June 28th, at South Branch Library (6:30 p.m.), as we dscuss the “Nightshade”, one of the China Bayles mysteries by author Susan Wittig Albert.

For additional reminders about upcoming Just Desserts meetings and/or other announcements of interest to mystery fans, don’t forget to sign up for the Just Desserts e-mail list. Or, if you’re logged into your account on Facebook, you can visit the Events page for the Lincoln City Libraries, and mark whether or not you plan to attend upcoming sessions of Just Desserts! Our selections for our May through August meetings have already been made.

What do you think of Suzanne Arruda and the Jade Del Cameron series?

Mystery recommendations from Just Desserts members – April 2012

Sunday, 29 April 2012 17:28
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Just Desserts Logo 225Hey, mystery fans! Looking for something good to read?

At the April 26th Just Desserts meeting, after discussing our monthly “assigned” book, 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 books that were hot last month with this mystery-savvy crowd:

  • A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny (part of the Inspector Gamache series, used previously for Just Desserts)
  • Crunch Time by Diane Mott Davidson (part of the Goldie the Caterer series, used previously for Just Desserts)
  • The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie King, an author used previously for Just Desserts
  • Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
  • D.C. Dead, Short Straw and Strategic Moves by Stuart Woods
  • Hotwire by Alex Kava
  • The Closer on DVD
  • Brute Strength by Susan Conant
  • The works of Suzanne Arruda, an author being used for next month’s Just Desserts
  • Bad Boy by Peter Robinson
  • The works of Margaret Coel, an author used previously for Just Desserts
  • Left for Dead by J.A. Jance
  • Heart of a Killer by David Rosenfelt
  • Flash and Bones by Kathy Reichs (part of the Temperence Brennan series, used previously for Just Desserts)
  • I Am Half Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley (part of the Flavia de Luce series, used previously for Just Desserts)
  • The works of Margaret Truman, an author used previously for Just Desserts
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
  • The Stephanie Plum books by Janet Evanovich, also in Book-on-CD format
  • Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell
  • Crawlspace by Sarah Graves (part of the Jacobia Tiptree series, used previously for Just Desserts)
  • The works of Leann Sweeney, including The Cat the Professor and the Poison and The Cat the Lady and the Liar
  • The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis
  • Where Memories Lie by Debra Crombie

Non-Mysteries recommended by group members:

  • The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
  • Lasser’s Tax Guide
  • Paco: The Cat Meowed in Space by Homer Hickam
  • You’re Not Doing It Right! by Michael Ian Black

So, what mysteries have you been reading that you’d recommend?

Faye Kellerman’s “Hangman”

Sunday, 29 April 2012 09:34
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Just Desserts Logo 225hangmanWhen the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group met in April 2012, we discussed a recent volume in Faye Kellerman’s long-running “Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus” series, Hangman.

This book was discussed at the Just Desserts meeting on April 26, 2012. Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about this book (and series) in a reply comment to this blog post, below.

Join us next on May 31st, at South Branch Library (6:30 p.m.), as we discuss the six-volume series of Jade del Cameron novels by Suzanne Arruda.

For additional reminders about upcoming Just Desserts meetings and/or other announcements of interest to mystery fans, don’t forget to sign up for the Just Desserts e-mail list. Or, if you’re logged into your account on Facebook, you can visit the Events page for the Lincoln City Libraries, and mark whether or not you plan to attend upcoming sessions of Just Desserts! Our selections for our May through August meetings have already been made.

What do you think of Hangman and the Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus series by Kellerman?