Reading Recommendations From Just Desserts Members – June 2022

Wednesday, 06 July 2022 17:45

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

At the June 2022 Just Desserts meeting, 21 group members participated in our discussion of Silverview by John Le Carre.

Following the “assigned reading” portion of the meeting, we held our monthly round robin in which all 21 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 June 2022:

• A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
• 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)
• The Maid by Nita Prose (an upcoming Just Desserts selection)
• Lightning Strikes by William Kent Krueger – past author selection for Just Desserts
• Midnight Lock by Jeffery Deaver – past author selection for Just Desserts
• A Gambling Man by David Baldacci – past author selection for Just Desserts
• The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
• Nothing to Lose by J.A. Jance – past author selection for Just Desserts
• The Fields by Erin Young
• Before She Disappeared and One Step Too Far by Lisa Gardner – past author selection for Just Desserts
• Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak (very strong recommendation
• The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill
• Damascus Station by David McCloskey
• Cold Snap by Marc Cameron
• Run, Rose, Run by James Patterson and Dolly Parton – James Patterson was a past author selection for Just Desserts
• The Bookman’s Promise by John Dunning
• Murder at the Monks’ Table by Sister Carol Anne O’Marie

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

• The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles – a 2022 One Book – One Lincoln finalist (multiple readers)
• Hell of a Book by Jason Mott – a 2022 One Book – One Lincoln finalist (multiple readers)
• Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi – a 2022 One Book – One Lincoln finalist (multiple readers)
• The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams – a 2022 One Book – One Lincoln Top Ten title (multiple readers)
• Horse by Geraldine Brooks (multiple readers)
• The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian (multiple readers) – past author selection for Just Desserts
• I’ll Be Your Blue Sky and I’d Give Anything by Marisa de los Santos
• Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
• The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka’s Journey by Heather Morris
• Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands and Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian – past author selection for Just Desserts
• A Tale of the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
• The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont
• The Pearl That Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi
• Fan Fiction by Brent Spiner
• Together We Will Go by J. Michael Straczynski
• Bookburners: The Complete Season One by Max Gladstone, Margaret Dunlap, Mur Lafferty and Brian Francis Slattery
• Flung Out of Space: Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith by Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer (a graphic novel biography) – Patricia Highsmith herself was a past author selection for Just Desserts
• Playing With Myself by Randy Rainbow
• Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

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