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Reading Recommendations from Just Desserts members – August 2018

At the August 30th, 2018 meeting of the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group, following the discussion of the assigned topic of the month (James Grippando’s Most Dangerous Place), we held our monthly round robin in which all 25 attendees were able to share a few recommendations of what other books they’ve been reading recently, both mystery and non-mystery.

Here are the mystery titles recommended by Just Desserts members in August 2018:

Here are the non-mystery titles recommended by Just Desserts members in August 2018:

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

Reading Recommendations from Just Desserts members – July 2018

At the July 26th, 2018 meeting of the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group, following the discussion of the assigned topic of the month (Shannon Baker’s Dark Signal), we held our monthly round robin in which all 21 attendees were able to share a few recommendations of what other books they’ve been reading recently, both mystery and non-mystery.

Here are the mystery titles recommended by Just Desserts members in July 2018:

Here are the non-mystery titles recommended by Just Desserts members in July 2018:

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

Reading Recommendations in March 2018 from Just Desserts members

At the March 29th, 2018 meeting of the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group, following the discussion of the assigned topic of the month (Felix Francis’ Triple Crown), we held our monthly round robin in which all the attendees were able to share a few recommendations of what other books they’ve been reading recently.

Here’s the list of mystery books recommended by Just Desserts members in February 2018:

And here were some non-mystery titles some group members also recommended in February 2018:

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

Reading Recommendations from Just Desserts members – February 2017

At the February 23rd, 2017 meeting of the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group, following the discussion of the assigned book of the month, we had a round robin in which all 14 attendees were able to share recommendations of other books they’ve been reading recently.

Here’s the list of mystery books recommended by Just Desserts members in February 2017:

And here were some non-mystery titles some group members also recommended in February 2017:

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

May 2010 Mystery Recommendations from Just Desserts

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At the May 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. Here’s a list of the novels and DVD sets that were hot in May with this mystery-savvy crowd:

  • Knots & Crosses by Ian Rankin (series previously used for Just Desserts discussion)
  • The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon
  • A River in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters
  • The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson
  • Exposed by Alex Kava
  • Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
  • The Broken Vase, a Tecumseh Fox novel by Rex Stout
  • A Twist of Orchids by Michelle Wan
  • Cursed by Carol Higgins Clark
  • Farrier’s Lane by Anne Perry
  • A Most Wanted Man by John Le Carre (on CD)
  • Cat of the Century by Rita Mae Brown
  • The Kate Shugak series by Dana Stabenow (series previously used for Just Desserts discussion)

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