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Tag Archives: mystery
Laurie R. King’s “The Art of Detection”
During our May 2009 meeting, we discussed Laurie R. King’s 2006 novel The Art of Detection, featuring San Francisco homicide investigator Kate Martinelli. This particular mystery features an investigation into the death of a Sherlock Holmes memorabilia dealer, and allowed King to interweave an original Sherlock Holmes mystery from the 1920s into a contemporary plot. King is also known for her Sherlockian “Mary Russell” novels.
This book was discussed at the Just Desserts meeting on May 28, 2009. 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.
Join us on June 25th at South Branch Library (6:45 p.m.), as we discuss the Andrew Greeley mystery, The Bishop at the Lake.
Elizabeth Peters’ “Lion in the Valley”
During our April 2009 meeting, we discussed Elizabeth Peters’ fourth “Amelia Peabody” archaeology mystery, Lion in the Valley, a volume in the series that’s pivotal to long-running events in the Peabody saga.
This book was discussed at the Just Desserts meeting on April 30, 2009. Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, we encourage you to share your own thoughts and opinions about this book in a reply comment to this blog post, below.
Raymond Chandler’s “The Big Sleep”
In February 2009, we discussed the classic 1939 hard-boiled detective novel, The Big Sleep, in which author Raymond Chandler introduces us to the famed gumshoe Philip Marlowe.
This title was discussed at the Just Desserts meeting on February 26, 2009. Any and all visitors to this blog are encouraged to share your own thoughts and opinions about this book in a reply comment to this blog post, below!
The Works of Erle Stanley Gardner
During the Nov/Dec 2008 hiatus between meetings of the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group, we encourage regular attendees to participate as a group in a virtual way. While we may not have an actual meeting scheduled during these two months, we want to use this blog to keep everyone active with their mystery reading and discussions.
We encourage Just Desserts participants to read a book by Erle Stanley Gardner (the creator of Perry Mason, as well as many other novels) at some point in November or December 2008, then come back here and leave a comment about whichever ESG book they read, as a comment post in response to this message.
As a bit of background, here are some links to Erle Stanley Gardner information:
- The Official Erle Stanley Gardner homepage
- Erle Stanley Gardner entry at Wikipedia
- Erle Stanley Gardner bibliography
We look forward to seeing your comments here over the course of the next two months!
Scott C. – Just Desserts coordinator
Arthur Conan Doyle’s “A Study in Scarlet”
For our final meeting of 2008, we will be reading and discussing the Sherlock Holmes novel A Study in Scarlet, by Arthur Conan Doyle! This novel was Doyle’s first Holmes tale, introducing the Great Detective for the first time and chronicling his first case with Dr. Watson at his side.
This title was discussed at the Just Desserts meeting on October 30, 2008. We encourage you to share your own thoughts and opinions about this book in a reply comment to this blog post, below!