February 2013 reading recommendations from Just Desserts members

Monday, 18 March 2013 17:07

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Hey, mystery fans! Looking for something good to read?

At the February 28th, 2013 Just Desserts meeting, after discussing our monthly “assigned” author, 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 books that were hot last month with this mystery-savvy crowd:

• The works of Donna Leon (who was the author of the month for Just Desserts in January)
• The works of Janet Evanovich
• The works of William Faulkner
• The Collectors by David Baldacci
• Prodigal Son by Colleen McCullough
• Proof of Guilt by Charles Todd
• The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
• The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
• The Invisible Ones by Steph Penny
• Train Tracks: Family Stories for the Holidays by Michael Savage
• A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy
• The Scumble River series by Denise Swanson
• The Mystery Shopper series by Elaine Viets
• The Charlie Moon series by James Doss
• The Monk tie-in novels by Lee Goldberg (whose final Monk novel just came out)
• The Con Job – a Leverage tie-in novel by Matt Forbeck
• The Zoo Job – a Leverage tie-in novel by Keith R.A. DeCandido
• Copper: Season One on BBC America
• Ripper Street: Season One on BBC America

What mysteries have you been reading, listening to, or watching lately?