Feb 2014 Reading Suggestions from Just Desserts members

Tuesday, 18 March 2014 12:11

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Hey, mystery fans! Looking for something good to read? At the February 2014 Just Desserts meeting on 2/27, after discussing our monthly “assigned” books, we did a round robin around 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

• The Hercules Poirot stories by Agatha Christie
• The Miss Julia series by Ann B. Ross
• Billionaire Blend and others by Cleo Coyle
• Heat Wave and others by Richard Castle
• Death of a Cozy Writer by G.M. Malliet
• How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny
• A Bitter Truth by Charles Todd
• A variety of materials about JFK and his assassination
• Doctor Sleep by Stephen King (on CD)
• In the Woods by Tana French (on CD)
• Stalking the Angel by Robert Crais
• Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben (on CD)
• Stay at Home Dead and Popped Off by Jeffrey Allen
• Cockroaches by Jo Nesbo
• King and Maxwell by David Baldacci
• The Spook Lights Affair by Bill Pronzini
• Killer by Jonathan Kellerman
• Private L.A. by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan
• Death Angel by Linda Fairstein
• The Cat Sitter’s Cradle by John Clement
• Raylan by Elmore Leonard
• Justified based on characters by Elmore Leonard (on DVD and TV)
• The Spirit of Steamboat by Craig Johnson
• Brass Verdict and The Reversal by Michael Connelly
• Dust by Patricia Cornwell
• Three Can Keep a Secret by Archer Mayor
• Through the Evil Days by Julia Spencer-Fleming
• Storm Front by Richard Castle (on CD)

NON-MYSTERIES

• How Dogs Love Us by Gregory Berns
• The All Girls Filling Station Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg
• The House of Cards (on DVD)
• Oh My! by George Takei
• The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel Brown

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