- Monday, 18 April 2011 12:59
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?