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Join the Just Desserts discussion on the works of Allison Brennan – January 2024

The Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group held its first monthly meeting of the year on January 25, 2024. 15 Attendees discussed the Works to-date by American mystery/suspense/thriller author Allison Brennan, with participants having read several different selections by this author. If you have read any of Brennan’s mystery novels, and would like to contribute your comments about it/them, please do so as a reply comment to this blog post, below.

Allison Brennan titles read or listened to by group members for this discussion included: Third to Die (Quinn & Costa series, 4 readers), The Prey (1 reader), The Wrong Victim (Quinn & Costa series, 2 readers), Don’t Open the Door (Regan Merritt series, 2 readers – 1 on audio), The Sorority Murder (Regan Merritt series, 3 readers), North of Nowhere (stand-alone novel, 2 readers), Kiss Me, Kill Me (Lucy Kincaid series, 1 reader), and Tell No Lies (Quinn & Costa series, 1 reader on audio). Opinions about Allison Brennan’s works were almost uniformly positive — 13 of 14 who read a Brennan book enjoyed it and would definitely read more by this author — several group members have already read multiple Brennan titles.

For additional reminders about upcoming Just Desserts meetings (once they resume) and/or other announcements of interest to mystery fans, don’t forget to sign up for the Just Desserts e-mail list. Or, once in-person meetings are possible again, if you’re logged into your account on Facebook, you can visit the Events page for the Lincoln City Libraries, and mark whether or not you plan to attend upcoming sessions of Just Desserts – this is a great way for you to help us promote this engaging discussion group!

So…What do you think of the works of Allison Brennan? Which have you read?

The following handout was prepared for the members of Just Desserts: The Works of Allison Brennan (through 2023).

Just Desserts will return on February 29, 2024, with a discussion of the psychological suspense novel The Only One Left by Riley Sager.

 

Join the discussion of Deanna Raybourn’s “Killers of a Certain Age”

The Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group held its July 2023 meeting in person, on Thursday July 27th. Twenty attendees discussed the bestselling 2022 comic thriller novel by author Deanna Raybourn, entitled Killers of a Certain Age. If you have read this novel, and would like to contribute your comments about it, please do so as a reply comment to this blog post, below.

For reminders about upcoming Just Desserts meetings and/or other announcements of interest to mystery fans, don’t forget to sign up for the Just Desserts e-mail list. Or, if you’re logged into your account on Facebook, you can visit the Events page for the Lincoln City Libraries, and mark whether or not you plan to attend upcoming sessions of Just Desserts – this is a great way for you to help us promote this engaging discussion group!

So…What did you think of Killers of a Certain Age? Will you read additional works by Deanna Raybourn?

At our next meeting, on August 31st, 2023, the members of Just Desserts will be discussing the first three books in the Thursday Murder Club series, by Richard Osman, at the downtown library. We hope to see you there!

Join the discussion of Mignon G. Eberhart’s “The Mystery of Hunting’s End”

Mystery of Hunting's End - book cover imageThe Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group held its April 2023 meeting on Thursday the 27th. Eighteen attendees discussed the classic 1930 novel The Mystery of Hunting’s End by Nebraska author Mignon Good Eberhart, which was the selected title for the One Book One Nebraska statewide reading project in 2023. If you have read this novel, and would like to contribute your comments about it, please do so as a reply comment to this blog post, below.

Of those in attendance, all but one had managed to get a hold of a copy of The Mystery of Hunting’s End and read it — and of those readers, all but one enjoyed the book!

For reminders about upcoming Just Desserts meetings and/or other announcements of interest to mystery fans, don’t forget to sign up for the Just Desserts e-mail list. Or, if you’re logged into your account on Facebook, you can visit the Events page for the Lincoln City Libraries, and mark whether or not you plan to attend upcoming sessions of Just Desserts – this is a great way for you to help us promote this engaging discussion group!

So…What did you think of The Mystery of Hunting’s End? Will you read additional works by Mignon Eberhart?

On May 25th, the members of Just Desserts will be having our annual “Series Share” discussion at the downtown library — participants are encouraged to read the first or second volume of any new mystery/thriller/suspense series that has started in the past two years, and share their impressions of it with the entire group. We hope to see you there!

Check out the Nebraska Author Mignon Eberhart booklist page on BookGuide for a full list of Eberhart’s 59 novels!

Just Desserts — Patricia Highsmith discussion and Reading Recommendations from October 2020

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

At the October 29th 2020 Just Desserts meeting that took place online using Zoom meeting software, 11 members participated in a discussion of the body of works by suspense author Patricia Highsmith, after which we held our monthly round robin in which all 11 attendees were able to share recommendations of what other books they’ve been reading recently.

Here’s the list of Patricia Highsmith novels that members read and mentioned during our October 2020 discussion:

Here’s the list of mystery, thriller and suspense books recommended by Just Desserts members in October 2020:

And here were some non-mystery titles some group members also recommended in October 2020:

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

Join the Discussion of Tana French’s “The Witch Elm”

When the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group met on July 25th, 2019, 15 group members discussed the 2018 psychological suspense novel The Witch Elm by Irish author Tana French. Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about The Witch Elm and Tana French, in a reply comment to this blog post, below.

For additional reminders about upcoming Just Desserts meetings and/or other announcements of interest to mystery fans, don’t forget to sign up for the Just Desserts e-mail list. Or, if you’re logged into your account on Facebook, you can visit the Events page for the Lincoln City Libraries, and mark whether or not you plan to attend upcoming sessions of Just Desserts – this is a great way for you to help us promote this engaging discussion group! Our selections for future meetings are usually posted there months in advance — currently through our May 2019 meeting.

So…What do you think of Tana French, and her stand-alone novel The Witch Elm?

Join us again in August 2019 for a discussion of Robert Galbraith’s debut-novel  thriller The Cuckoo’s Calling, in the 4th floor auditorium at the Bennett Martin Public Library, 14th & “N” St., in downtown Lincoln, on August 29th, 2019. [Galbraith is actually J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, but The Cuckoo’s Calling is her debut novel for adults in the mystery/thriller genre.]