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Mystery recommendations from Just Desserts members – October 29, 2015

At the October 29th, 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 October 2015:

Sleuth (a play) — Anthony Shaffer
Deathtrap (a play) — Ira Levin
The Scam (in both print and audiobook formats)— Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg [past Just Desserts selected authors]
— by Dorling Kingersley Publishing
The ABC Murders — Agatha Christie [a past Just Desserts selected author]
Maigret and the Headless Corpse — George Simenon [a past Just Desserts selected author ]
My Cousin Rachel — Daphne DuMaurier
Dare to Die — Carolyn Hart [a past Just Desserts selected author ]
The Death of Lucy Kyle — Nicola Upson
The Convictions of John Dillahunt — Andrew Hughes
The Last 4 Days of Paddy Buckley — Jeremy Massey
The Nature of the Beast — Louise Penny (several members were reading this!) [a past Just Desserts selected author ]
Murder at the Paperback Parlor — Ellery Adams
Memory Man — David Baldacci [a past Just Desserts selected author]
The Hearse You Came In On — Tim Cockey
The Keeper of Lost Causes — Jussi Adler-Olsen
The rest of the Kate Burkholder series — Linda Castillo [this month’s Just Desserts selected author]
The Lucy Stone series — Leslie Meier
In Dark Places — Peter Robinson [a past Just Desserts selected author ]
Long Upon the Land — Margaret Maron
Rogue Lawyer — John Grisham (several Just Desserts members reading this)
a whole bunch of Halloween-themed cozies — by various authors
The Cormoran Strike series — Robert Galbraith (a.k.a. J.K. Rowling)
The Girl on the Train — Paula Hawkins
The Rule of Nine — Steve Martini [a past Just Desserts selected author ]
The Day Shift — Charlaine Harris
The Haunted Season — G.M. Malliet
Driving Heat — “Richard Castle” [a past Just Desserts selected author]
The Blue Last — Martha Grimes

And here were some non-mystery titles some group members recommended in August 2015:

The Survivor — Vince Flynn
The Ghost Fleet — P.W. Singer
Station 11 — Emily St. John Mandel [a 2015 One Book – One Lincoln finalist]
The Porcelain Thief: Searching the Middle Kingdom for Buried China — Huan Hsu
The Pulp Fiction Screenplay — Quentin Tarantino
Finders Keepers and Thinner and Carrie — Stephen King
The Unbearable Lightness of Being — Milan Kundera
Arthur and George — [on PBS]
In Cold Storage — James W. Hewitt

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

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?

Reading Recommendations from Just Desserts members – August 27th, 2015

At the August 27th, 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:

Volumes in the Benjamin January series by Barbara Hambly [a past Just Desserts selected author]
Three volumes by C.J. Box [a past Just Desserts selected author]
Memory Man — David Baldacci [a past Just Desserts selected author]
Nemesis — Catherine Coulter
Blessed Are Those Who Thirst — Anne Holt
Plum Island — Nelson DeMille
By Hook or By Crook and A Stitch in Crime — Betty Heckman
Silent Creed — Alex Kava
After the Storm — Linda Castillo [an upcoming Just Desserts selected author]
Bittersweet — Laura Wittig Albert [a past Just Desserts selected author]
Brutality — Ingrid Thoft
Cash Landing — James Grippando
I, Ripper — Stephen Hunter
The Ripper — Isabel Allende
Sudden Death — David Rosenfelt
Wait for Signs — Craig Johnson [a past Just Desserts selected author]
The Melody Lingers On — Mary Higgins Clarke and Alafair Burke [a past pair of Just Desserts selected authors]
A Tiger’s Tale — Laura Morrigan
The Enemy Within — Steve Martini [next month’s Just Desserts selected title]
Dry Bones — Craig Johnson [a past Just Desserts selected author]
Death and the Small Hours — Charles Finch
The Art Whisperer — Charlotte Elkins
The Skin Collector — Jeffrey Deaver [a past Just Desserts selected title]
Various works by Mary Kan Andrews
Various works by Randy Wayne White [a past Just Desserts selected author]

And here were some non-mystery titles some group members recommended in August 2015:

Americanah — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie [2015 One Book – One Lincoln winner]
Pro Bono — Jeff McArthur
The Road to Character (on CD) — David Brooks
The Joseph Stilwell papers from WWII
Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals — Richard Pirsig
The Truth According to Us — Annie Barrows

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

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?

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Tag Archives: recommendations

Mystery recommendations from Just Desserts members – October 29, 2015

Here’s the list of mystery books recommended by Just Desserts members in October 2015:

And here were some non-mystery titles some group members recommended in August 2015:

Mystery recommendations from Just Desserts members – September 24, 2015

Here’s the list of mystery books recommended by Just Desserts members in August 2015:

And here were some non-mystery titles some group members recommended in August 2015:

Reading Recommendations from Just Desserts members – August 27th, 2015

Here’s the list of mystery books recommended by Just Desserts members in August 2015:

And here were some non-mystery titles some group members recommended in August 2015:

Reading Recommendations from Just Desserts members – July 30 2015

Here’s the list of mystery books recommended by Just Desserts members in June 2015:

And here were some non-mystery titles some group members recommended in June 2015:

Reading Recommendations from Just Desserts members – June 25, 2015

Here’s the list of mystery books recommended by Just Desserts members in June 2015:

And here were some non-mystery titles some group members recommended in June 2015:

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