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Recommended Reading in June 2014 from Just Desserts
- Monday, 07 July 2014 11:37
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Hey, mystery fans! Looking for something good to read? At the June 2014 Just Desserts meeting on 6/26, after discussing our monthly “assigned” book, we did a round robin at the table, asking attendees to share what mysteries they’d been reading lately that they felt they could recommend.
Here’s a list of the books that were hot in June 2014 with this mystery-savvy crowd:
MYSTERIES
- Terminal City by Linda Fairstein
- Secret Prey by John Sandford
- Slow Kill by Michal McGarrity
- And Then There Were None (on Audio) by Agatha Christie
- This Dame For Hire by Sandra Scoppetone
- Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries on DVD, based on the books by Kerry Greenwood
- Field of Prey by John Sandford
- The Old Blue Line – a Joanna Brady novella by J.A. Jance
- Whack Job by Kendell Lynn
- The Bake Sale Murder by Leslie Meier
- NYPD Red 2 by James Patterson and ??? Karp
- Death Angel by Linda Howard
- The Son by Jo Nesbo
- Death at the Door by Carolyn Hart
- The Last Man by Vince Flynn
- In a Dark House by Deborah Crombie
- Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
- Chasing the Dime by Michael Connelly
- The Book of Old Houses by Sarah Graves
- A Face at the Window by Sarah Graves
- The Cell by Stephen King
- Any Other Name by Craig Johnson
- Spider Woman’s Daughter by Anne Hillerman
- The Longmire TV series based on the books by Craig Johnson (on Netflix)
- Bad Blood by Linda Fairstein
- Silent Mercy by Linda Fairstein
- A Grave Talent by Laurie R. King
- Run For Your Life by Andrea Kane
- You Don’t Want to Know by Lisa Jackson
- The Case of the Missing Servant by Tarquin Hall
- Stolen Lives by Jassy Mackenzie
- The Affair (audiobook) by Lee Child
- A Darker Shade of Sweden edited by John-Henri Holmberg
- Veronica Mars: The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham
- Murder on Bamboo Lane by Naomi Hirahara
- Mystery Scene Magazine – not in the libraries’ collection, but available locally at both Barnes and Noble locations
NON-MYSTERIES
- At Night We Walk in Circles by Daniel Alarcon
- Coop by Michael Perry
- Population: 485 by Michael Perry
- Truck: A Love Story by Michael Perry
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig
- One Good Thing by Kevin Alan Milne
- The Boys in the Boat by Daniel Brown
- The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
- Y the Last Man graphic novel series by Brian Vaughn
- The Light Between Oceans (audiobook) by M.L. Stedman
So, what mysteries have you been reading that you’d recommend?