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Tag Archives: mystery
Sarah Graves’ “The Book of Old Houses”
During our June 2011 meeting, the Just Desserts mystery fiction group discussed Sarah Graves’ Home Repair is Homicide mystery, The Book of Old Houses.
This book was discussed at the Just Desserts meeting on June 30th, 2011. Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about this book (and series) in a reply comment to this blog post, below.
Join us next on July 28th, 2011, at South Branch Library (6:30 p.m.), as we discuss author Kathy Reichs’ second Temperance Brennan novel, Death du Jour. Additional titles for the remaining discussions in 2011 will be posted to the Book Groups page on the libraries’ BookGuide web site shortly.
And, for additional reminders about upcoming Just Desserts meetings, 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!
What did you think of The Book of Old Houses?
Elizabeth George’s “In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner”
During our May 2011 meeting, the Just Desserts mystery fiction group discussed Elizabeth George’s Inspector Lynley mystery, In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner.
This book was discussed at the Just Desserts meeting on May 19th, 2011. Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about this book (and series) in a reply comment to this blog post, below.
Join us next on June 30th, 2011, at South Branch Library (6:30 p.m.), as we discuss author Sarah Graves’ The Book of Old Houses. Additional titles for upcoming months’ discussions have also been posted to the Book Groups page on the libraries’ BookGuide web site.
And, for additional reminders about upcoming Just Desserts meetings, 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!
What did you think of In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner?
Craig Johnson’s “The Cold Dish”
During our April 2011 meeting, the Just Desserts mystery fiction group discussed Craig Johnsons’s first Walt Longmire mystery novel, The Cold Dish. This book was discussed at the Just Desserts meeting on April 28th, 2011. Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about this book (and series) in a reply comment to this blog post, below.
Join us next on May 19th, 2011, at South Branch Library (6:30 p.m.) — a week earlier than usual — as we discuss author Elizabeth George’s Inspector Lynley novel, In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner. Additional titles for upcoming months’ discussions have also been posted to the Book Groups page on the libraries’ BookGuide web site.
And, for additional reminders about upcoming Just Desserts meetings, 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!
What did you think of The Cold Dish?
Mystery recommendations from Just Desserts members – March 2011
Hey, mystery fans! Looking for something good to read?
At the March 31st Just Desserts meeting, 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 novels that were hot last month with this mystery-savvy crowd:
- The Molly Murphy series by Rhys Bowen
- To Have and to Kill by Mary Jane Clark
- 14 by J.T. Ellison
- The Bone Thief by Jefferson Bass
- Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
- The Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
- The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
- The 5th Horseman by James Patterson (Women’s Murder Club series)
- City of Veils by Zoe Ferraris
- The Automatic Detective by A. Lee Martinez
- Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich
- The Vicky Bliss series by Elizabeth Peters
- Painted Ladies by Robert B. Parker
- Sail by James Patterson
- Dead Dry in the Em Hansen series by Sarah Andrews
- Cold Dish by Craig Johnson
- The Lee McKinney series by JoAnna Carl
- The Charlie Moon series by James Doss
- The works of Tony Hillerman
- The works of Patricia Cornwell
- The works of Erle Stanley Gardner
- A Little Gentle Sleuthing – the first in the Melissa Craig series by Betty Rowlands
- Cat Coming Home – one of the latest Joe Grey mysteries by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Non-Mysteries recommended by group members:
- The works of Ray Kurzweil
- The DVD series Lark Rise to Candleford
- Little Bee by Chris Cleave
- Works about John Wesley
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
- Room by Emily Donoghue
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett
- Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhoda Janzen
- The Moonflower Vine by Jetta Carleton
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
- Every Last One by Anna Quindlen
- Heartwood by Belva Plain
- Still Alice by Lisa Genova
So, what mysteries have you been reading that you’d recommend?
Lee Child’s “Worth Dying For”
During our March 2011 meeting, the Just Desserts mystery fiction group discussed Lee Child’s Reacher thriller, Worth Dying For, which was set in central Nebraska.
This book was discussed at the Just Desserts meeting on March 31st, 2011. Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about this book (and series) in a reply comment to this blog post, below.
Join us next on April 28th, 2011, at South Branch Library (6:30 p.m.), as we discuss author Craig Johnson’s Cold Dish, the first in a popular new series that’s already seen six volumes released. Additional titles for upcoming months’ discussions have also been posted to the Book Groups page on the libraries’ BookGuide web site.
And, for additional reminders about upcoming Just Desserts meetings, 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!
What did you think of Worth Dying For?