Series Share list and other books Just Desserts members were reading in May 2017

Sunday, 04 June 2017 17:45

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

At the May 2017 Just Desserts meeting a week ago, we held our annual “Series Share” meeting, in which group members were encouraged to read the first or second volume in a new series that’s started within the past couple of years, and share their thoughts in a “round-robin” format. Here’s a list of the novels/series that were mentioned by group members, plus whether they gave them a “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” (a feature missed in this year’s meeting):

• Jodi – Elementary, She Read (A Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery) by Vicki Delany
• Linda – August Snow, a stand-alone novel by Stephen Mack Jones
• ??? – Deadly Pedigree, the first in the Nick Herald series by Jimmy Fox
• Suzy – Murder Wears White, the second in the Wedding Planner series by Stephanie Blackmore, and A Perilous Undertaking, the second in the Veronica Speedwell Victorian mystery series by Deanna Raybourn
• ??? – Peaches and Scream, the first in the Georgia Peach mystery series by Susan Furlong
• Barb – Murder is Binding, the first in the Booktown Mysteries series by Lorna Barrett
• Ida – The Kill Artist, first in the Gabriel Allon series by Daniel Silva
• Carolyn – Curtains for Miss Plym, the second in the Mary McGill Dog Mystery series by Kathleen Delaney
• ??? – A Conspiracy of Paper, first in the Benjamin Weaver series by David Liss
• Don – Bloodline, 8^th in the Sigma Force series by James Rollins
• ??? – The Killing Season, first in the Carter Blake series by Mason Cross
• Paula – books in the Library Lovers Mysteries series by Jenn McKinlay

Following the “Series Share” portion of the meeting, the group held its regular monthly “Round Robin” in which group members shared what else they’ve been reading lately. That list included:

Mysteries/Suspense/Thrillers:

• The Black Widow by Daniel Silva – past title/author selection of Just Desserts
• The Thirst by Jo Nesbo – past author selection of Just Desserts
• Of Books and Bagpipes by Paige Shelton
• Razor Girl by Carl Hiaasen
• His Bloody Project by Graeme M. Burnet
• Haunted Season by G.M. Malliet – upcoming author selection of Just Desserts
• Vicious Circle by C.J. Box – past author selection of Just Desserts
• The Girl on Legare Street by Karen White
• Heat Storm by Richard Castle – past author selection of Just Desserts
• Bookmarked for Murder, Bookplace Special, Chapter & Hearse all by Lorna Barrett
• Flowers for the Judge by Margery Allingham
• The Pied Piper by Ridley Pearson
• The Black Angel by John Connelly
• NYPD Red 2 and NYPD Red 3 by James Patterson – past author selection of Just Desserts
• No Second Chance, Tell No One and Home – all by Harlan Coben – past author selection of Just Desserts
• Ultimate Storm by Richard Castle – past author selection of Just Desserts

Non-Mystery:

• Vengeance by George Jonas
• The Progeny by Tosca Lee
• Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
• Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China by Paul French

So, what mysteries have you been reading that you’d recommend?