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Reading Recommendations from Just Desserts members – January 2023
- Friday, 27 January 2023 14:46
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Hey, mystery fans! Looking for something good to read?
At the January 2023 Just Desserts meeting, 18 group members participated in our discussion of the series novels of British author Rhys Bowen.
Following the “assigned reading” portion of the meeting, we held our monthly round robin in which we had enough time for for 14 of the 18 attendees to share recommendations of what other books they’ve been reading recently, with an emphasis on mysteries/suspense/thrillers.
Here’s the list of mystery, thriller and suspense books recommended by Just Desserts members in January 2023:
- The Home Repair series by Sarah Graves – past author selection for Just Desserts
- You’ve Got Murder by Donna Andrews – from the Nov/Dec 2022 hiatus reading suggestions
- Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
- Click Here for Murder by Donna Andrews – from the Nov/Dec 2022 hiatus reading suggestions
- The Sauvignon Secret by Ellen Crosby
- Blowback by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois – James Patterson is a past author selection for Just Desserts
- Desert Star by Michael Connelly – past author selection for Just Desserts
- A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny – past author selection for Just Desserts
- Midwinter Murder: Fireside Tales From the Queen of Mystery – a thematic collection of reprinted short stories by Agatha Christie) – past author selection for Just Desserts
- Going Rogue by Janet Evanovich – past author selection for Just Desserts
- State of Terror by Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny – Louise Penny is a past author selection for Just Desserts
- The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
- Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn (two readers)
- Racing the Light by Robert Crais – past author selection for Just Desserts
- The It Girl by Ruth Ware (multiple readers) – past author selection for Just Desserts
- Fall Guy by Archer Mayor – past author selection for Just Desserts
- The Scottish Bookshop Mystery series by Paige Shelton
- Amok by Barry Eisler
- The Lindbergh Nanny by Mariah Fredericks
- The first 9 Hercule Poirot novels by Agatha Christie as audiobooks – past author selection for Just Desserts
And here were some non-mystery titles some group members also recommended in January 2023:
- Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
- The Last Green Valley by Mark T. Sullivan
- The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles – the 2022 One Book – One Lincoln winning selection
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, as an audiobook
- The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti
- Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult (two readers)
- Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
- Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (two readers)
- The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan (two readers)
- Horse by Geraldine Brooks
- Demon Copperfield by Barbara Kingsolver