Reading Recommendations from Just Desserts members – September 2021

Monday, 04 October 2021 15:27

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

At the September 2021 Just Desserts meeting that took place in-person at the Bennett Martin Public Library, 14 group members participated in a discussion of Victoria Thompson’s “Gaslight Mystery” series. Following that discussion, we held our monthly round robin in which all 14 attendees were able to share recommendations of what other books they’ve been reading recently.

Here’s the list of mystery, thriller and suspense books recommended by Just Desserts members in September 2021:

• We Begin at the End by Chris Whittaker
• Several series novels, including the Sarah Linton & Jeffrey Tolliver series and the Will Trent series, by Karin Slaughter – past author selection for Just Desserts
• Various in the Ruth Galloway series by Elly Griffiths – past author selection for Just Desserts
• The Wring Family by Taryn Fisher
• The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny – past author selection for Just Desserts (several readers)
• The Burning Room by Michael Connelly – past author selection for Just Desserts
• Lightning Strike by William Kent Krueger – past author selection for Just Desserts
• Various Jacqueline Kirby and Vicki Bliss series novels, including The Night Train to Memphis, by Elizabeth Peters – past author selection for Just Desserts
• City of Dark Corners by Jon Talton
• The Law of Innocence by Michael Connelly – past author selection for Just Desserts
• The Penguin Who Knew Too Much by Donna Andrews – past author selection for Just Desserts
• Force of Nature (on audio) by Suzanne Brockmann
• An Irish Hostage by Charles Todd – past author selection for Just Desserts
• Deep State by Chris Hauty
• Devil’s Breath by G.M. Malliet – past author and title selection for Just Desserts
• (Vince Flynn’s) Enemy at the Gates by Kyle Mills
• All the Wrong Places by Joy Fielding

And here were some non-mystery titles some group members also recommended in September 2021:

• A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
• Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker (the 2021 One Book – One Lincoln winner)
• American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West by Nate Blakeslee
• Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
• The Paris Library by Janet Skalesian Charles
• The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
• As Bright as Heaven by Susan Meissner
• The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
• The Code Breaker: Jennifer Douda, Gene Editing and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson
• Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson
• Machinehood by S.B. Divya
• The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis
• Virgil Wander by Leif Enger
• Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (a past One Book – One Lincoln winner)
• The Seven and a Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
• In the Garden of Beasts by Eric Larson
• Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis
• Something Found and Something Twisted by Sarah Dale
• The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin
• Together We Will Go by J. Michael Straczynski
• The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray (on audio)
• Fred Rogers: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (part of a series of 30+ entries)

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