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:
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Blood Ties by Kay Hooper
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Sink Trap by Christy Evans
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The Ghost and the Dead Man's Library by Alice Kimberly (a.k.a. Cleo Coyle)
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The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
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The Women's Mystery Club series by James Patterson
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The Lion by Nelson DeMille
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The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
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Murphy's Law by Rhys Bowen
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Heat Wave by Richard Castle
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In the Woods by Tana French
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The Knitting Mystery series by Maggie Sefton
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Knit, Purl and Die by Anne Canadeo
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False Witness by Aimee Thurlo
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Sweet Sixteen by Janet Evanovich
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A Catered Wedding by Isis Crawford
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Cat of the Century by Rita Mae Brown
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Closet Confidential by Mary Jane Maffini
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Seneca Falls Inheritance by Miriam Grace Monfredo
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Winter Study by Nevada Barr (part of the Anna Pigeon series, previously discussed by Just Desserts)
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Bleeding Kansas by Sara Paretsky
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The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
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Junkyard Dogs by Craig Johnson
So, what mysteries have you been reading that you'd recommend?