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Mystery recommendations from Just Desserts members – April 2012

Just Desserts Logo 225Hey, mystery fans! Looking for something good to read?

At the April 26th 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 books that were hot last month with this mystery-savvy crowd:

  • A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny (part of the Inspector Gamache series, used previously for Just Desserts)
  • Crunch Time by Diane Mott Davidson (part of the Goldie the Caterer series, used previously for Just Desserts)
  • The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie King, an author used previously for Just Desserts
  • Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
  • D.C. Dead, Short Straw and Strategic Moves by Stuart Woods
  • Hotwire by Alex Kava
  • The Closer on DVD
  • Brute Strength by Susan Conant
  • The works of Suzanne Arruda, an author being used for next month’s Just Desserts
  • Bad Boy by Peter Robinson
  • The works of Margaret Coel, an author used previously for Just Desserts
  • Left for Dead by J.A. Jance
  • Heart of a Killer by David Rosenfelt
  • Flash and Bones by Kathy Reichs (part of the Temperence Brennan series, used previously for Just Desserts)
  • I Am Half Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley (part of the Flavia de Luce series, used previously for Just Desserts)
  • The works of Margaret Truman, an author used previously for Just Desserts
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
  • The Stephanie Plum books by Janet Evanovich, also in Book-on-CD format
  • Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell
  • Crawlspace by Sarah Graves (part of the Jacobia Tiptree series, used previously for Just Desserts)
  • The works of Leann Sweeney, including The Cat the Professor and the Poison and The Cat the Lady and the Liar
  • The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis
  • Where Memories Lie by Debra Crombie

Non-Mysteries recommended by group members:

  • The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
  • Lasser’s Tax Guide
  • Paco: The Cat Meowed in Space by Homer Hickam
  • You’re Not Doing It Right! by Michael Ian Black

So, what mysteries have you been reading that you’d recommend?

Faye Kellerman’s “Hangman”

Just Desserts Logo 225hangmanWhen the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group met in April 2012, we discussed a recent volume in Faye Kellerman’s long-running “Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus” series, Hangman.

This book was discussed at the Just Desserts meeting on April 26, 2012. Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about this book (and series) in a reply comment to this blog post, below.

Join us next on May 31st, at South Branch Library (6:30 p.m.), as we discuss the six-volume series of Jade del Cameron novels by Suzanne Arruda.

For additional reminders about upcoming Just Desserts meetings and/or other announcements of interest to mystery fans, don’t forget to sign up for the Just Desserts e-mail list. Or, if you’re logged into your account on Facebook, you can visit the Events page for the Lincoln City Libraries, and mark whether or not you plan to attend upcoming sessions of Just Desserts! Our selections for our May through August meetings have already been made.

What do you think of Hangman and the Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus series by Kellerman?

Mystery recommendations from Just Desserts members – March 2012

Just Desserts Logo 225Hey, mystery fans! Looking for something good to read?

At the March 29th 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 books that were hot last month with this mystery-savvy crowd:

  • A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny
  • A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
  • The Dog Who Knew Too Much and others in the Bernie and Chet series by Spencer Quinn
  • The works of Donna Leon
  • The Sudoku Lady vs. The Puzzle Lady by Parnell Hall
  • The Scarecrow and others by Michael Connelly
  • Crunch Time by Diane Mott Davidson
  • In Harm’s Way by Ridley Pearson
  • The Criminal by Jim Thompson
  • Heartland by David Wiltse – a former reading selection of the Just Desserts group
  • The Winter of Frankie Machine by Don Winslow
  • The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie King
  • Defending Jacob by William Landay
  • Though Not Dead by Dana Stabenow
  • Fools Puzzle by Earlene Fowler
  • Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
  • Privileged Witness and others by Rebecca Forster
  • D.C. Dead by Stuart Woods
  • The Line by Olga Grushin
  • Brute Strength by Susan Conant
  • Black Friday by Alex Kava
  • The Insidious Fu Manchu by Sax Roman
  • Broken by Karin Slaughter
  • The Devil’s Food Cake Murders by Joanne Fluke
  • Rebel Island by Rick Riordan
  • Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell
  • A Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander
  • Where Memories Lie by Debra Crombie

Non-Mysteries recommended by group members:

  • Miss Morrison by Mari Sandoz
  • Thunder Dog by Michael Hingson
  • Heart 411 by Marc Gillinov
  • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
  • What Teachers Make by Taylor Mali

So, what mysteries have you been reading that you’d recommend?

Michael Connelly’s “The Last Coyote”

Just Desserts Logo 225lastcoyoteWhen the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group met in March 2012, we discussed an early entry in Michael Connelly’s popular “Harry Bosch” series, The Last Coyote.

This book was discussed at the Just Desserts meeting on March 29, 2012. Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about this book (and series) in a reply comment to this blog post, below.

Join us next on April 26th, at South Branch Library (6:30 p.m.), as we discuss the “Hangman”, a recent volume in Faye Kellerman’s popular and long-running Decker/Lazarus series.

For additional reminders about upcoming Just Desserts meetings and/or other announcements of interest to mystery fans, don’t forget to sign up for the Just Desserts e-mail list. Or, if you’re logged into your account on Facebook, you can visit the Events page for the Lincoln City Libraries, and mark whether or not you plan to attend upcoming sessions of Just Desserts!

What do you think of The Last Coyote and the Harry Bosch series?

Mystery recommendations from Just Desserts members – February 2012

Just Desserts Logo 225Hey, mystery fans! Looking for something good to read?

At the February 2012 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 books that were hot last month with this mystery-savvy crowd:

Mysteries

  • Night of the Living Deed by E.J. Copperman (not in library collection)
  • Delicious and Suspicious by Riley Adams (this 1st in series not in library collection, although others are)
  • Buried in a Book by Lucy Arlington
  • Still Life by Louise Penny
  • Acqua Alta by Donna Leon
  • The Virginia Rich/Nancy Pickard culinary mysteries
  • The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard
  • Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich
  • The Jessica Fletcher mystery series
  • The works of Anne Perry
  • The works of Jacqueline Winspear
  • The medieval mysteries of Ian Morson
  • The works of Rhys Bowen
  • Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell
  • The St. Patrick’s Day Murders by Joanne Fluke
  • The Broken Window by Jeffrey Deaver
  • Crunch Time by Diane Mott Davidson
  • The works of Walter Mosley
  • Mice by Gordon Reece (not in library collection)
  • Kill Shot by Vince Flynn
  • Abuse of Power by Michael Savage
  • Hostile Witness by Rebecca Forster (not in library collection)
  • Assault With a Deadly Glue Gun by Lois Winston
  • Backspin by Harlan Coben
  • The works of Donna Leon
  • The Confession by Charles Todd
  • The Drop, and others by Michael Connelly

Non-Mysteries

  • Little Bee by Chris Cleave
  • Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan
  • Biographies of Katherine Hepburn, John Wayne and JFK
  • Whistling Season by Ivan Doig
  • The Dressmaker of Khair Khana by Gail Tzemach Lemmon
  • All the Available Light: A Marilyn Monroe Reader by Yona Zeldis McDonough
  • Biography of Natalie Wood
  • Lost in Shangri-La by Mitchell Zuckoff
  • Killing Lincoln by Bill O’Reilly
  • That Used to Be Us by Thomas Friedman

So…what mysteries have you been reading that you’d recommend?