Mystery recommendations from Just Desserts members – June 2012

Friday, 29 June 2012 17:23

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

At the June 28^th 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 this month with this mystery-savvy crowd:

• Other works by Susan Wittig Albert (whose Nightshade was our book-of-the-month)
• Due or Die by Jen McKinley
• As the Crow Flies by Craig Johnson
• Justice Ends at Home…and Other Stories by Rex Stout
• The Chocolate Castle Clue by JoAnna Carl
• The Quick and the Thread by Amanda Lee
• Death Comes Silently by Carolyn Hart
• Secrets to the Grave by Tami Hoag
• The works of Janet Evanovich, particularly the 8^th Plum book, on audio
• The works by Suzanne Arruda, who was our author-of-the-month in May
• The works of Linda Castillo
• Day of Atonement by Faye Kellerman
• Shear Murder and others by Nancy J. Cohen
• The Innocent and others by Harlan Coben
• The Last Jihad by Joel Rosenberg
• Defending Jacob by William Landay
• The works of Val McDermid
• Acceptable Loss by Anne Perry
• Back of Beyond by C.J. Box
• The Drop by Michael Connelly
• A Killer Read by Erika Chase
• The Snowman and others by Jo Nesbo
• Kingdom of Strangers by Zoe Ferraris

Non-Mysteries recommended by group members:

• The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
• World War Z by Max Brooks
• Elizabeth the Queen by Sally Bedell Smith
• The Kingdom Keepers series by Ridley Pearson, volumes 1-3
• True Sisters by Sandra Dallas
• Whiter Than Snow by Sandra Dallas
• The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan (the 2007 One Book One Lincoln selection)
• Thunder Dog by Michael Hingson
• The current three One Book One Lincoln nominees:
• The Submission by Amy Waldman
• The Tower, the Zoo and the Tortoise by Julia Stuart
• Destiny of the Republic by Candace Millard

Mystery-related news:

• Group member Vera shared the link to site she recommended about Scandinavian mystery/thriller fiction: scandinaviancrimefiction.wordpress.com, which she described as “a very comprehensive website created by Gustavus Adolphus College; excellent blog by librarian Barbara Fister with reviews of many Nordic crime fiction novels.”
• Group member Cathy shared the news that author Diana Norman, who also wrote a mystery series starting with Mistress of the Art of Death under the pseudonym Ariana Franklin, died last year (2011).

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