Reading Recommendations from Just Desserts members – June 2017

Sunday, 09 July 2017 14:05

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At the June 29th, 2017 meeting of the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group, following the discussion of the assigned book of the month, we had a round robin in which all 18 attendees were able to share recommendations of other books they’ve been reading recently.

Here’s the list of mystery books recommended by Just Desserts members in June 2017:

• The Old Men by Thomas Perry
• 61 Hours and You Can’t Go Back by Lee Child (both on audio) – past author selection for Just Desserts
• Walking On My Grave by Carolyn Hart – past author selection for Just Desserts (more than one reader this month)
• Various in the Inspector Banks series by Peter Robinson – past author selection for Just Desserts
• August Snow by Steven Mark Jones
• The Reversal by Michael Connelly – past author selection for Just Desserts
• The Lincoln Myth by Steve Berry
• The Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter
• Tough Cookie by Diane Mott Davidson – past author selection for Just Desserts
• The Midsomer Murders on Netflix (available on DVD from the libraries)
• Black Order by James Rollins
• The Samaritan by ??? / Killer Instinct by ???
• Recent works by Stuart Woods – past author selection for Just Desserts
• The Cotton Mather series by Steve Berry
• As the Crow Flies by Craig Johnson – past author selection for Just Desserts
• Without Warning by Joel Rosenberg
• The Night the Lights Went Out by Karen White
• Strange Affair and Wednesday’s Child both by Peter Robinson – past author selection for Just Desserts
• The 16th Seduction by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro – past author selection for Just Desserts
• The Fix by David Baldacci – past author selection for Just Desserts
• The Burial Hour by Jeffery Deaver – past author selection for Just Desserts
• The Nowhere Man by Gregg Hurwitz
• The English Assassin by Daniel Silva – past author selection for Just Desserts
• In This Grave Hour by Jacqueline Winspear – past author selection for Just Desserts
• Golden Prey by John Sandford – past author selection for Just Desserts
• Earthly Remains by Donna Leon – past author selection for Just Desserts
• The Dalziel and Pascoe series on DVD
• Sentenced to Death and Murder on the Half Shelf by Lorna Barrett
• Fear Nothing by Lisa Gardner – past author selection of Just Desserts
• The Thirst by Jo Nesbo – past author selection of Just Desserts

And here were some non-mystery titles some group members also recommended in June 2017:

• Celine by Peter Hiller
• The Son by Philipp Meyer
• The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore
• Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
• A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles [a 2017 One Book – One Lincoln finalist]
• Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi [a 2017 One Book – One Lincoln finalist] (many readers)
• The Dinner and Dear Mrs. M. by Herman Koch
• Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin by Sybrina Fulton
• Push Out: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools by Monique W. Morris

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