Reading Recommendations from Just Desserts members – February 2023

Saturday, 25 February 2023 13:01

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

At the February 2023 Just Desserts meeting, 13 group members participated in our discussion of first three novels by American author S.A. (Sean) Cosby.

Following the “assigned reading” portion of the meeting, we held our monthly round robin in which group members shared recommendations of what other books they’ve been reading recently, with an emphasis on mysteries/suspense/thrillers. We tried something new this month, to make sure everyone got a turn in the Round Robin – everyone could share a single title during their verbal recommendations, but could share additional titles on a paper form – ALL titles recommended are shared below, but those that were specifically talked about in the Round Robin have an * next to them.

Here’s the list of mystery, thriller and suspense books recommended by Just Desserts members in February 2023:

• Back to the Garden by Laurie R. King – past author selection for Just Desserts
• Fake It Till You Bake It by Jamie Wesley
• Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
• the rest of the Home Repair series by Sarah Graves, including Knockdown, Dead Level and A Bat in the Belfry – past author selection for Just Desserts
• Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister *
• The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood
• Magpie Murders on DVD, based on the novel by Anthony Horowitz * – past author/title selection for Just Desserts
• The Badlands series, including Badlands, Lucky Town, The Rising, Loose Ends, and No Surrender, by Morgan Brice
• The Hunt by Faye Kellerman * – past author selection for Just Desserts
• The Finalist by Joan Long
• Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger – past author selection for Just Desserts
• Secret Lives by Mark de Castrique
• Girl Forgotten by Karin Slaughter – past author selection for Just Desserts
• Red Planet Blues by Robert J. Sawyer *
• Racing the Light by Robert Crais
• Basil’s War by Stephen Hunter
• The Plea by Steve Cavanagh
• The Harbinder Kaur series, including The Stranger Diaries and Bleeding Heart Yard, by Elly Griffiths * – past author selection for Just Desserts
• The Lost Diary of Samuel Pepys by Jack Jewers
• Desert Star by Michael Connelly) – past author selection for Just Desserts
• The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith (a.k.a. J.K. Rowling) –past author selection for Just Desserts
• The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan *
• A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn
• The Road to Gandolfo by Robert Ludlum
• Acqua Alta by Donna Leon – past author selection for Just Desserts
• A Line to Kill by Anthony Horowitz – past author selection for Just Desserts
• The End of Her and An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena *
• One Breath Away, This is How I Lied, and Before She Was Found by Heather Gudenkauf
• The Last to Vanish by Megan Miranda
• The Motion Picture Teller by Colin Cotterill
• A Dangerous Business by Jane Smiley

And here were some non-mystery titles some group members also recommended in February 2023:

• Mad Honey by Jennifer Finney and Jodi Picoult *
• One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow by Olivia Hawker *
• The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocum *
• The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey *
• My Life With Whitney Houston by Robyn Crawford
• The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See

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