Mystery recommendations from Just Desserts members – July 2012

Sunday, 05 August 2012 17:21

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Hey, mystery fans! Looking for something good to read?

At the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group meeting on July 26^th, after our book discussion, we spent time doing a round robin at the table, giving all attendees an opportunity to share what they’ve been reading lately. Here’s what was popular in July 2012 with this mystery-savvy group:

MYSTERIES or THRILLERS

• The Return of the Dancing Master by Henning Mankell
• The works of John Sandford
• The works of Tom Clancy, particularly The Sum of All Fears
• Cold Harbor by Jack Higgins
• Free Fire and Bloodhunt by C.J. Box
• Point of Impact and others by Stephen Hunter
• Knit One Kill Two by Maggie Sefton
• Spin a Wicked Web by Cricket McRae
• Secrets to the Grave by Tami Hoag
• Dragonwell Dead by Laura Childs
• Dead Men Can’t Crochet by Betty Hechtman
• I Am Half Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley
• The Last Days by Joel Rosenberg
• Out of the Shadows by Kay Hooper, part of her Bishop/Special Crimes series
• Wicked Business by Janet Evanovich
• Defending Jacob by William Landay
• Gun Games by Faye Kellerman
• Dead Scared by S.J. Bolton
• Snagged by Carol Higgins Clark
• Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
• The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt
• Sleeping Beauty by Ross MacDonald
• The Lew Archer series by Ross MacDonald
• The Shane Scully series by Stephen J. Cannell
• The Jesse Stone, and Sunny Randall series by Robert B. Parker
• Stay Close by Harlan Coben
• The Cinnamon Roll Murders by Joanne Fluke
• The Bad Hair Day series by Nancy J. Cohen
• Day of Atonement by Faye Kellerman
• The Andy Carpenter series by David Rosenfelt
• The works of Margaret Coel
• The works of C.J. Box
• The works of Emily Brightwell
• The works of J.A. Jance
• The Magic Bullet by Larry Millett
• Sea Change by Karen White
• The works of Suzanne Arruda
• The works of Val McDermid
• The works of Donna Leon
• The works of Deborah Crombie

NON-MYSTERIES

• Bleak House by Charles Dickens
• The works of Stephen King
• The Submission by Laura Waldman, one of the One Book – One Lincoln finalists
• The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson, one of the past One Book – One Lincoln selections
• Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard, one of the One Book – One Lincoln finalists
• Freedom by Jonathan Franzen

What mysteries have you been reading lately that you would recommend?