Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Mystery Book Club's Best of 2018

We are coming to the end of 2018. We had our last Mystery Book Club meeting for 2018. The MBC has really grown in the past few months, bringing lots more book recommendations, lively discussions and new book friends.

We don't read a book for the December meeting. Instead we bring snacks, books to trade or give away and talk about our favorite books of the year. As promised here is the list of the books the group members presented. Note: they are not all mysteries, they are not all fiction. (Whaaat?)
It was impossible to take notes on what each book was about or what the members liked about the books they talked about. I will give a little info on the books I mentioned, though.



My favorites first:

Sherlock Holmes and the Twelve Days of Christmas: An enthralling collection of festive mysteries by Roger Riccard. This just came out December 1. (I just posted a review here also. See the post for more info.)

The Artisan Heart by Dean Mayes: Not a mystery but a feel good book with a bit of suspense.

The Slim Hardy series by Jack Benton (Chris Ward)
   Book One: The Man by the Sea
   Book Two: The Clockmaker's Secret

I am anxiously awaiting Book Three in this series.

Ok here is the rest of the list. No particular order and as I said, not all mysteries or fiction. But I thought you might be interested in what other books our MBC reads.

I'd Rather Be Reading 
Anne Bogel

The Book That Matters Most
Ann Hood

To The Bright Edge of the World
Eowyn Ivey

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman

Dear Mrs. Bird
A.J. Pearce

The Clockmaker's Daughter
Kate Morton

Truly Devious
Maureen Johnson

Under a Dark Sky
Lori Rader-Day

Lethal White
Robert Galbraith

The Day of the Dead
Nicci French

The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Happiness 
Paula Poundstone

The Last Equation of Isaac Severy: A Novel in Clues
Nova Jacobs

The Pink Steering Wheel Chronicles: A Love Story
Laura Fahrenthold

The Botany of Desire: A Plant's View of the World
Michael Pollan

A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles

News of the World
Paulette Jiles

Homegoing
Frederik Pohl

Varina
Charles Frazier

Where the Crawdad's Sing
Delia Owens

Alex McKnight series
Steve Hamilton

Nick Mason series
Steve Hamilton

The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy
Rachel Joyce

Before I Go to Sleep
S.J. Watson

The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules -  League of Pensioners
Catherine Ingelman - Sundberg

Find Me 
Carol O'Connell

Fall of Giants
Ken Follett

Hound of the Baskervilles
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Purloined Letter
Edgar Allen Poe

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
Alice Schroeder

What's on your list for 2019? Might find a few books to add to it her
















































































































































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