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Tag Archives: mystery
June through September 2014 Just Desserts titles selected!
The titles/authors for the June through September Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group have been posted.
June – Death Angel by Linda Fairstein
July – Doing Hard Time by Stuart Woods
August – The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan
September – After I’m Gone by Laura Lippman
There is also a survey available online for Just Desserts members to offer their opinions on what should be discussed at the October 2014 Just Desserts meeting. Click the link to add your vote! [survey no longer active]
What do you think of the above four authors/titles? Are you looking forward to reading any of these?
Click the title of this specific blog post, or the number to the right of Comments, below, to leave your own comment!
Deborah Crombie’s “Water Like a Stone”
When the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group met on April 24th, 2014, 17 of us enjoyed discussing Deborah Crombie’s Water Like a Stone, the eleventh volume in that author’s popular Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James series.
Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about this book 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 Water Like a Stone by Deborah Crombie?
Join us next on May 29th, 2014, 6:30 p.m. at the South Branch Library for our annual Series Share night. We’re not all reading the same book for that meeting. Instead, participants are encouraged to read the first volume of ANY new mystery/suspense/thriller series that’s premiered in the past 4 years. Everyone will get a chance to share their impressions and opinions of that new series with the group — should be an opportunity to get lots of good suggestions for new authors to try!
We hope to see you then!
Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg’s “The Heist”
When the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group met on March 27, 2014, 16 of us enjoyed discussing Janet Evanovich’s and Lee Goldberg’s The Heist, the premiere volume of a new mystery/thriller series from these two best-selling authors.
Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about this book 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 Heist by Evanovich and Goldberg?
Join us next on April 24th, 2014, 6:30 p.m. at the South Branch Library for a discussion of Water Like a Stone, a 2007 entry in Deborah Crombie’s “Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James” series.
Feb 2014 Reading Suggestions from Just Desserts members
Hey, mystery fans! Looking for something good to read? At the February 2014 Just Desserts meeting on 2/27, after discussing our monthly “assigned” books, we did a round robin around 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 novels that were hot last month with this mystery-savvy crowd:
MYSTERIES
- The Hercules Poirot stories by Agatha Christie
- The Miss Julia series by Ann B. Ross
- Billionaire Blend and others by Cleo Coyle
- Heat Wave and others by Richard Castle
- Death of a Cozy Writer by G.M. Malliet
- How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny
- A Bitter Truth by Charles Todd
- A variety of materials about JFK and his assassination
- Doctor Sleep by Stephen King (on CD)
- In the Woods by Tana French (on CD)
- Stalking the Angel by Robert Crais
- Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben (on CD)
- Stay at Home Dead and Popped Off by Jeffrey Allen
- Cockroaches by Jo Nesbo
- King and Maxwell by David Baldacci
- The Spook Lights Affair by Bill Pronzini
- Killer by Jonathan Kellerman
- Private L.A. by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan
- Death Angel by Linda Fairstein
- The Cat Sitter’s Cradle by John Clement
- Raylan by Elmore Leonard
- Justified based on characters by Elmore Leonard (on DVD and TV)
- The Spirit of Steamboat by Craig Johnson
- Brass Verdict and The Reversal by Michael Connelly
- Dust by Patricia Cornwell
- Three Can Keep a Secret by Archer Mayor
- Through the Evil Days by Julia Spencer-Fleming
- Storm Front by Richard Castle (on CD)
NON-MYSTERIES
- How Dogs Love Us by Gregory Berns
- The All Girls Filling Station Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg
- The House of Cards (on DVD)
- Oh My! by George Takei
- The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel Brown
So, what mysteries have you been reading that you’d recommend?
Charles Todd’s “An Unmarked Grave”
When the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group met on February 27, 2014, 14 of us enjoyed discussing Charles Todd’s An Unmarked Grave, the fourth volume in that author’s popular Bess Crawford series.
Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about this book 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 An Unmarked Grave by Charles Todd?
Join us next on March 27th, 2014, 6:30 p.m. at the South Branch Library for a discussion of The Heist, the new mystery/thriller by the writing duo of Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg.