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Tag Archives: mysteries
Linda Castillo’s “The Dead Will Tell”
When the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group met on October 29th, 2015, 17 of us enjoyed discussing The Dead Will Tell, a 2014 entry in the Kate Burkholder/Amish Country series by Linda Castillo Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about these novels 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.
What do you think of the Kate Burkholder/Amish Country mystery series by Linda Castillo?
The Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group is currently on our year-end hiatus in November and December 2015. Join us for our 11th season at our next meeting on January 28th, 2016, 6:30 p.m. at the South Branch Library!
We hope to see you then!
Mystery recommendations from Just Desserts members – September 24, 2015
At the September 24th, 2015 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 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 August 2015:
- The Company of Liars — Karen Maitland
- Death Without Company (on CD) — Craig Johnson [a past Just Desserts selected author]
- The Ranger — Ace Atkins
- The Girl With the Deep Blue Eyes — Lawrence Block
- Wicked Autumn — G.M. Malliet
- Memory Man — David Baldacci [a past Just Desserts selected author]
- Bloodline — Lynda LaPlante
- Princess Elizabeth’s Spy — Susan Elia MacNeal
- Remains of Innocence — J.A. Jance [a past Just Desserts selected author]
- Repair to the Grave — Sarah Graves [a past Just Desserts selected author]
- Invisible City — Julia Dahl
- Guardian of Lies — Steve Martini
- Strangers — Bill Pronzini
- The Bughouse Affair and The Spook Lights Affair — Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini [past Just Desserts selected authors]
- The Purification Ceremony and The Serpent’s Kiss — Mark Sullivan
- The Man Who Fell From the Sky — Margaret Coel [a past Just Desserts selected author]
- The Scam — Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg [past Just Desserts selected authors]
- Malice — Lisa Jackson
- Safe at Last — Maya Banks
- X — Sue Grafton [a past Just Desserts selected author]
- Speaking in Bones — Kathy Reichs [a past Just Desserts selected author]
- The Inspector Banks series by Peter Robinson [a past Just Desserts selected author]
- The Reckoning — Carsten Stroud
- Three Graves Full — Jamie Mason
- Code of Conduct — Brad Thor
- The Sound of Glass — Karen White
- A Fatal Chapter — Lorna Barrett
- Murder on the Horizon — M.L. Rowland
- Sworn to Silence, Breaking Silence and Prey for Silence — Linda Castillo
- The Murderer’s Daughter — Jonathan Kellerman [a past Just Desserts selected author]
- Woof — Spencer Quinn (for teens) [a past Just Desserts selected author]
- Driving Heat — “Richard Castle” [a past Just Desserts selected author]
- The Mystery Writers of America Cookbook
And here were some non-mystery titles some group members recommended in August 2015:
- Station 11 — Emily St. John Mandel [a 2015 One Book – One Lincoln finalist]
- The Taming of the Queen — Philippa Gregory
- Carthage — Joyce Carol Oates
- Wit’s End — Karen Joy Fowler
- A Confederacy of Dunces — John Kennedy O’Toole
- The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August — Claire North
What mysteries have you been reading lately that you’d recommend?
Steve Martini’s “The Enemy Inside”
When the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group met on September 24th, 2015, 13 of us enjoyed discussing The Enemy Inside, the latest volume in the Paul Madriani legal/political thriller series by Steve Martini. Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about these novels 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.
What do you think of the Paul Madriani legal/political thriller series by Steve Martini?
Join us for our next meeting on October 29th, 2015, 6:30 p.m. at the South Branch Library — our final meeting of 2015! We’ll be discussing The Dead Will Tell, a recent volume in the “Kate Burkholder” Amish country police procedural series, by Linda Castillo.
We hope to see you then!
Reading Recommendations from Just Desserts members – July 30 2015
At the July 30th, 2015 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 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 2015:
- Missing Reels — Farren Smith Nehme
- Woof — Spencer Quinn [see dog mystery series for youth]
- The Mystery Writers of America Cookbook — edited by Kate White
- Personal (on CD) — Lee Child
- The Bughouse Affair — Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini
- Wicked Charms — Janet Evanovich and Phoef Sutton
- Fatal Fortune — Victoria Laurie
- Aunt Dimity and the Summer King — Nancy Atherton
- A June of Ordinary Murders — Conor Brady
- Graveyard Dust — Barbara Hambly
- Tail Gate — Rita Mae Brown
- Crazy Love You — Lisa Unger
- Gathering Prey — John Sandford
- Endangered — C.J. Box
- Dry Bones — Craig Johnson
- Never Die Alone — Lisa Jackson
- 14th Deadly Sin — James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
- Grave on Grand Avenue — Naomi Hirahara
- The Girl on the Train — Paula Hawkins
- The English Spy — Daniel Silva
- Maisie Dobs — Jacqueline Winspear
- Don’t Go Home — Carolyn Hart
- Trapped — Irene Hannon
- Don’t Talk to Strangers — Amanda Kyle Williams
- Getting Old Can Kill You — Rita Lakin
- The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken — Tarquin Hall
- The works of Randy Wayne White
- The works of Susan Wittig Albert
- The works of Carol Higgins Clark
- Mr. Monk and the Firehouse — Lee Goldberg
- A Fatal Glass of Beer — Stuart Kaminsky
And here were some non-mystery titles some group members recommended in June 2015:
- The Ordinary Spaceman — Clayton Anderson
- Just Mercy — Bryan Stevenson [2015 One Book – One Lincoln finalist]
- Americanah — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie [2015 One Book – One Lincoln winner]
- Station Eleven — Emily St. John Mandel [2015 One Book – One Lincoln finalist]
- Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: The Untold Story — Barbara Leaming
- The Goldfinch (on CD) — Donna Tartt
- The Devil in the White City — Eric Larson [2006 One Book – One Lincoln winner]
- Go Set a Watchman — Harper Lee
- People of the Book — Geraldine Brooks [2009 One Book – One Lincoln winner]
- Miracle on the 17th Green — James Patterson and Peter De Jonge
- Miracle at Augusta — James Patterson and Peter De Jonge
- A Little Big Life — Dean Koontz
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes — Caitlin Doughty
- A New Hope — Robyn Carr
- Shot in the Back — William Johnstone
- Thomas Cromwell — Tracy Borman
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance — Robert Pirsig
- Truck — John Jerome [through InterLibrary Loan]
- Blankets — Craig Thompson [graphic novel]
- Driving the King — Ravi Howard
- The Pilot’s Wife — Anita Shreve
- By Myself — Lauren Bacall
What mysteries have you been reading lately that you’d recommend?
Reading Recommendations from Just Desserts members – June 25, 2015
At the June 25th, 2015 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 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 2015:
- Blood on Snow — Jo Nesbo
- The Red Princess mystery series — Lisa See
- By Book or By Crook — Eva Gates
- Solitude Creek — Jeffery Deaver
- Gathering Prey — John Sandford
- The Aquarius online streaming series starring David Duchovny
- To Dwell in Darkness — Deborah Crombie
- Murder on Bamboo Lane — Naomi Hirahara
- Private Vegas — James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
- All the President’s Menus — Julie Hyzy
- Gone — Randy Wayne White
- The Inspector Guido Brunetti series — Donna Leon
- Don’t Scream — Wendi Corsi Staub
- The Leopard — Jo Nesbo
- At All Costs — John Gilstrap
- Flesh and Bone and The Boneyard — Jefferson Bass
- The Black Ice (on CD) — Michael Connelly
- Rock With Wings — Anne Hillerman
- Thin Air — Ann Cleeves
- Breaking Creed — Alex Kava
- Gone Girl — Gillian Flynn
And here were some non-mystery titles some group members recommended in June 2015:
- As You Wish (on CD) — Cary Elwes
- Epitaph — Mary Doria Russell
- Early Warning — Jane Smiley
- God Help the Child — Toni Morrison
- The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up — Marie Kondo
- Just Mercy — Bryan Stevenson [2015 One Book – One Lincoln finalist]
- Americanah — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie [2015 One Book – One Lincoln winner]
- Station Eleven — Emily St. John Mandel [2015 One Book – One Lincoln finalist]
- Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker — Jennifer Chiaverini
- In the Unlikely Event — Judy Blume
- The Buried Giant — Kazuo Ishiguru
- Our Little Secret — Kevin Flynn and Rebecca Lavoie
- Doc — Mary Doria Russell
- Glory Cloak — Patricia O’Brien
- Widow of the South — Robert Hicks
- The Oregon Trail — Francis Parkman
- My Beloved World — Sonia Sotomayor
What mysteries have you been reading lately that you’d recommend?