Reading Recommendations from Just Desserts members – January 2021

Friday, 05 February 2021 14:45

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At the January 28^th, 2020 meeting of the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group on Zoom, following the discussion of the assigned topic of the month (a variety of “Mysteries by African-American Authors”), we held our monthly Round Robin in which all 11 online attendees were able to share recommendations of what other books they’ve been reading recently.

Here’s the list of mystery, thriller and suspense books recommended by Just Desserts members in January 2021:

• Various titles by Ellie Griffiths
• Sycamore Row (on audio) by John Grisham
• The Lying Game by Ruth Ware
• Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen
• Fortune and Glory by Janet Evanovich – past author selection for Just Desserts
• The 20^th Victim by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro – past author selection for Just Desserts
• Grudge Match by Mike Lupica
• The Guest List by Lucy Foley
• The Twelve Dogs of Christmas by David Rosenfelt
• Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie  – past author selection for Just Desserts
• Deadly Propensity by Tim McDermott
• Snowdrift by Helene Tursten
• The Ghost and the Femme Fatale by Cleo Coyle
• The Red Lotus by Chris Bohjalian
• Of Mutts and Men by Spencer Quinn  – past author selection for Just Desserts
• Various in the Maggie Hope series by Susan Elia MacNeal  – past author selection for Just Desserts
• The Searcher by Tana French  – past author selection for Just Desserts (2 readers)
• Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
• Land of Shadows by Rachel Howzell Hall
• The Vanishing Girl by Josephine Ruby
• Murder in the Mystery Suite by Ellery Adams
• The Hitman’s Bodyguard and 21 Bridges, both on DVD
• A Holiday Donut Steal by Jessica Beck
• Deal Breaker and Drop Shot (both on audio) by Harlan Coben  – past author selection for Just Desserts
• Bright Moon and Brilliant Moon by Alicia Graybill

And here were some non-mystery titles some group members also recommended in January 2021:

• various cowboy romances
• The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
• Bag Man by Rachel Maddow
• The Truths We Hold by Kamala Harris
• I Am These Truths by Sunny Hostin
• This is Always How It Is by Laurie Frankel
• Short Hair Detention by Channy Chhi Laux
• On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
• And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman
• Life on the Refrigerator Door: Notes Between a Mother and Daughter by Alice Kuipers
• His Holiday Crush by Cari Z
• The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Makesy
• 1066: The Year That Changed Everything (on audio) by Jennifer Paxton
• Death Wins a Goldfish: Reflections From a Grim Reaper’s Yearlong Sabbatical by Brian Rea

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