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Just Desserts – January 2021 – Mysteries by African-American Authors discussion
- Friday, 05 February 2021 14:29
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At the January 28th, 2021 meeting of the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group on Zoom, the assigned reading topic was “African-American Mystery Authors”. Each participating group member was to have read ANY mystery novel or single-author mystery short story collection, which fell into that broad category, and everyone was then given an opportunity to share their thoughts and opinions on whatever they had read.
Here’s the list of mystery, thriller and suspense novels written by African-American authors, discussed by Just Desserts members in January 2021:
- Travelin’ Shoes by V.M. Burns
- Land of Shadows by Rachel Howzell Hall (3 readers)
- When Death Comes Stealing by Valerie Wilson Wesley
- Speaking of Summer by Kalisha Buckhanon
- Lies She Told and The Widower’s Wife, both by Cate Holahan (same reader for both)
- Devil’s Peak by Deon Meyer
- The Plot is Murder by V.M. Burns
- Wife of the Gods by Kwei Quartey
- Sex, Murder and a Double Latte by Kyra Davis
- The Missing American by Kwei Quartey
- Fearless Jones by Walter Mosley
Do you have any favorite African-American authors of mysteries you’d like to recommend? Did you read a book in this category for our monthly theme? If so, leave a comment here to let us know what you read!
Curious to explore more African-American Mystery Authors? Check out the checklist of suggested authors, prepared as a handout for Just Desserts members!