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July 2010 mystery recommendations from Just Desserts members
Hey, mystery fans! Looking for something good to read?
At the July Just Desserts meeting last week, 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. We had a record-breaking attendance for the July meeting, so here’s a longer-than-usual list of the novels that were hot last month with this mystery-savvy crowd:
- Blood Ties by Kay Hooper
- Sink Trap by Christy Evans
- The Ghost and the Dead Man’s Library by Alice Kimberly (a.k.a. Cleo Coyle)
- The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
- The Women’s Mystery Club series by James Patterson
- The Lion by Nelson DeMille
- The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
- Murphy’s Law by Rhys Bowen
- Heat Wave by Richard Castle
- In the Woods by Tana French
- The Knitting Mystery series by Maggie Sefton
- Knit, Purl and Die by Anne Canadeo
- False Witness by Aimee Thurlo
- Sweet Sixteen by Janet Evanovich
- A Catered Wedding by Isis Crawford
- Cat of the Century by Rita Mae Brown
- Closet Confidential by Mary Jane Maffini
- Seneca Falls Inheritance by Miriam Grace Monfredo
- Winter Study by Nevada Barr (part of the Anna Pigeon series, previously discussed by Just Desserts)
- Bleeding Kansas by Sara Paretsky
- The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard
- The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon
- Junkyard Dogs by Craig Johnson
So, what mysteries have you been reading that you’d recommend?
Nevada Barr’s “Track of the Cat”
During our July 2010 meeting, the Just Desserts mystery fiction group discussed Nevada Barr’s mystery Track of the Cat; the first volume in her Annna Pigeon series.
This book was discussed at the Just Desserts meeting on July 29, 2010. 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 August 26th at South Branch Library (6:45 p.m.), as we discuss author James Lee Burke’s Purple Cane Road, one of the volumes in his New Orleans-set Dave Robicheaux series. Additional titles for upcoming months’ discussions can be found on the Just Desserts section of the Book Groups page of BookGuide.
And, for reminders about upcoming Just Desserts meetings, don’t forget to sign up for the Just Desserts e-mail list.
June 2010 mystery suggestions from Just Desserts members
Hey, mystery fans! Looking for something good to read?
At the June Just Desserts meeting last night, 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 in June with this mystery-savvy crowd:
- The Sister Agatha series by Aimee and David Thurlo, specifically Bad Faith, and Thief in Retreat
- Blood Memory by Greg Iles
- Deception by Jonathan Kellerman
- A Stranger in the Family by Robert Barnard
- Sew Deadly by Elizabeth Lynn Casey
- The Lisbeth Salander trilogy by Stieg Larsson
- The Jim West series by Bob Doerr (not currently owned by Lincoln City Libraries)
- The Aunt Dimity series by Nancy Atherton
- The Kevin Kerney series by Michael McGarrity (previously used for Just Desserts discussion)
- The Kate Shugak series by Dana Stabenow (previously used for Just Desserts discussion)
- The Book of Old Houses by Sarah Graves, part of the Home Repair is Homicide series
- Ghost at Work by Carolyn G. Hart
- The Harper Connelly series by Charlaine Harris
So…what mysteries have YOU been reading that you’d recommend?
William Kent Krueger’s “Iron Lake”
During our June 2010 meeting, the Just Desserts mystery fiction group discussed William Kent Krueger’s Minnesota-set mystery Iron Lake; the first volume in his Cork O’Connor series.
This book was discussed at the Just Desserts meeting on June 24, 2010. 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 July 29th at South Branch Library (6:45 p.m.), as we discuss author Nevada Barr’s Track of the Cat, the first volume in her popular Anna Pigeon park ranger series. Additional titles for upcoming months’ discussions can be found on the Just Desserts section of the Book Groups page of BookGuide.
And, for reminders about upcoming Just Desserts meetings, don’t forget to sign up for the Just Desserts e-mail list.
Final three Just Desserts titles selected for 2010
Mystery fans — the titles for discussion at the August, September and October 2010 Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group meetings have now been posted on the libraries’ BookGuide site.
In August, we’ll be reading one of James Lee Burke’s Dave Robicheaux mysteries set in New Orleans — Purple Cane Road.
In September, we’ll sample the first in the madcap humorous mystery series featuring the Spellman family — The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz.
And for our final gathering of the year in October, we’ll read and discuss one of Sue Grafton’s classic Alphabet Mystery series, featuring Kinsey Milhone — M is for Malice, considered one of the best in the series.
If you’re a mystery fan who hasn’t joined us for previous gatherings, please consider reading one of these titles and coming to discuss it with fellow mystery readers. You’ll find all the information about dates and times at the Just Desserts section of our Book Groups page.