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Category Archives: Just Desserts
Andrew Greeley’s “The Bishop at the Lake”
- Wednesday, 08 July 2009 11:32
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During our June 2009 meeting, we discussed Andrew Greeley’s 2007 novel The Bishop at the Lake, featuring catholic priest, Father Blackie Ryan, as the sleuth. This particular mystery features Blackie entangled in a web of family intrigues when an aviation executive’s death sparks a fight for his fortune.
This book was discussed at the Just Desserts meeting on June 25, 2009. Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about this book in a reply comment to this blog post, below.
Join us on July 30th at South Branch Library (6:45 p.m.), as we discuss Sarah Strohmeyer’s mystery, Bubbles Betrothed, featuring former hairstylist and now investigative reporter, Bubbles Yablonsky.
Laurie R. King’s “The Art of Detection”
- Sunday, 31 May 2009 11:29
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During our May 2009 meeting, we discussed Laurie R. King’s 2006 novel The Art of Detection, featuring San Francisco homicide investigator Kate Martinelli. This particular mystery features an investigation into the death of a Sherlock Holmes memorabilia dealer, and allowed King to interweave an original Sherlock Holmes mystery from the 1920s into a contemporary plot. King is also known for her Sherlockian “Mary Russell” novels.
This book was discussed at the Just Desserts meeting on May 28, 2009. Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about this book in a reply comment to this blog post, below.
Join us on June 25th at South Branch Library (6:45 p.m.), as we discuss the Andrew Greeley mystery, The Bishop at the Lake.
Elizabeth Peters’ “Lion in the Valley”
- Saturday, 02 May 2009 10:31
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During our April 2009 meeting, we discussed Elizabeth Peters’ fourth “Amelia Peabody” archaeology mystery, Lion in the Valley, a volume in the series that’s pivotal to long-running events in the Peabody saga.
This book was discussed at the Just Desserts meeting on April 30, 2009. Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, we encourage you to share your own thoughts and opinions about this book in a reply comment to this blog post, below.
Ian Rankin’s “A Question of Blood”
- Thursday, 26 March 2009 10:25
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For our second “contemporary author” discussion of 2009, we discussed Ian Rankin’s A Question of Blood, one of the later volumes in his critically acclaimed “Inspector Rebus” series, set in Ireland. [Note: The title of the book really is A Question of Blood, despite the title “The Question of Blood” on the cover reproduced here!]
This book was discussed at the Just Desserts meeting on March 26, 2009. We encourage you to share your own thoughts and opinions about this book in a reply comment to this blog post, below.
Raymond Chandler’s “The Big Sleep”
- Friday, 27 February 2009 10:22
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In February 2009, we discussed the classic 1939 hard-boiled detective novel, The Big Sleep, in which author Raymond Chandler introduces us to the famed gumshoe Philip Marlowe.
This title was discussed at the Just Desserts meeting on February 26, 2009. Any and all visitors to this blog are encouraged to share your own thoughts and opinions about this book in a reply comment to this blog post, below!