Reading Recommendations from Just Desserts members – April 2022

Saturday, 30 April 2022 18:45

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

At the April 2022 Just Desserts meeting, 16 group members participated in our discussion of The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz.

Following the “assigned reading” portion of the meeting, we held our monthly round robin in which all 16 attendees were able to share recommendations of what other books they’ve been reading recently, with an emphasis on mysteries/suspense/thrillers.

Here’s the list of mystery, thriller and suspense books recommended by Just Desserts members in April 2022:

• The Crime Beat (a non-fiction volume) by Michael Connelly – past author selection for Just Desserts
• In My Dreams, I Hole a Knife by Ashley Winstead
• The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
• Winter Counts (winner of multiple mystery-field awards) by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
• Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
• Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos by Donna Andrews – past author selection for Just Desserts
• Lightning Strikes by William Kent Krueger – past author selection for Just Desserts
• The Left-Handed Twin by Thomas Perry
• State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny – Louise Penny is a past author selection for Just Desserts
• The Maid by Nita Prose (an upcoming Just Desserts selection)
• The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman (note: the third in this series, The Bullet That Missed, is due out in September 2022 but is not yet in the library catalog for placing holds upon)
• When Christmas Comes by Andrew Klavan
• Worthy Brown’s Daughter by Phillip Margolin – past author selection for Just Desserts
• Death at Greenway by Lori Rader-Day
• Nine Lives by Peter Swanson
• Last Seen Alive by Joanna Schaffhausen
• Ghost Blows a Kiss (as an audiobook) by Carolyn Hart – past author selection for Just Desserts
• Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village by Maureen Johnson, with art by Jay Cooper
• Murder on the Orient Express adapted into a stage play by Ken Ludwig, from the novel by Agatha Christie – Agatha Christie is a past author selection for Just Desserts
• Fallen Creed by Alex Kava – past author selection for Just Desserts
• One Step Too Far by Lisa Gardner – past author selection for Just Desserts

And here were some non-mystery titles some group members also recommended in April 2022:

• Not a Happy Family by Shari Lapena
• Shaq’s Family Style by Shaquille O’Neal
• Whispering Rock and Second Chance Pass (both as audiobooks) by Robyn Carr
• Private Way by Ladette Randolph
• Mercy Street by Jennifer Haigh
• North Wind by Gary Paulsen (published posthumously)
• The Wild Truth by Carine McCandless
• The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation by Rosemary Sullivan
• The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family (as an audiobook) by Ron Howard and Clint Howard
• The Empress of Mars by Kage Baker
• The Cold Vanish by Jon Billman (non-fiction on the subject that Lisa Gardner researched for the novel One Step Too Far above

What mysteries have you been reading lately that you’d recommend?