Here’s the plot description of The Red Lotus from the jacket blurb: His latest novel, The Red Lotus, is a dark, suspenseful novel, which also made many “Best Mysteries of 2020” lists at the end of last year. In fact, one or two of his novels in the past have even been considered for our One Book – One Lincoln reading project. In August, the Just Desserts group took on a stand-alone psychological suspense novel by a chameleonic author best known for his mainstream “general fiction”, Chris Bohjalian.
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The graphic at left includes four random entries from the series - feel free to read ANY novel in the series.Ĭheck out this handout describing the entire Gaslight Mystery series (up to 2021), prepared for Just Desserts. So…anyone wishing to participate in the September meeting was encouraged to read ANYone or more of Thompson’s “Gaslight Mystery” novels, and the group will discuss the overall series in broad general terms at our meeting, with everyone given an opportunity to say which book they read and what their opinion about it was. Copies of most titles are available in both print and electronic formats, although the libraries own limited numbers of physical copies of each book - anywhere from 1 to 8 (fewer than 5 of most). The libraries own all twenty-four volumes (so far) in the “ Gaslight Mystery” series, written by Victoria Thompson, set in the late 1800s/early 1900s in New York City. This link goes to the books page on the official Walter Mosley website.Įasy Rawlins series handout for Just Desserts membersįor our September 2021 meeting, the Just Desserts group read various different volumes in a long-running historical mystery series, featuring midwife Sarah Brandt and NYC detective Frank Malloy. This link goes to the Walter Mosley page on, where you can link to the plot descriptions of each book in his various series, especially the Easy Rawlins series. After this first “Round Robin” about Walter Mosley Easy Rawlins novels, we’ll hold our traditional monthly “Round Robin”, in which everyone can describe whatever else they’ve been reading lately. Each participant will be given a chance, “round robin”-style, to talk about whichever title(s) they selected and read. The libraries have between 1 and 9 copies of each novel in the series only Little Scarlet and later are available in any formats other that standard print.
Mosley’s first published novel was Devil in a Blue Dress in 1990 (the first Easy Rawlins novel), and the author has gone on to have over 55 novels published - both stand-alones and also entries in 5 different series.
For October 2021, the Just Desserts group will examine the Easy Rawlins series by mystery writer Walter Mosley. If you’d like to join us, or you would like to be added to an e-mail notification list for news about this group, you can e-mail us to let us know of your interest, at: the BookGuide e-mail address Book DiscussedĪs we have traditionally done, for several years, our October meeting will be our once-a-year opportunity to look back at a classic mystery/suspense/thriller writer.
The murderer got their “just desserts.”), participants are encouraged to bring a dessert (cookies, cake, pie, tarts, brownies, cream puffs, etc.) to share with the other group members. Since our theme is “Death and Desserts,” (i.e. A specific mystery novel is selected in advance for discussion during each meeting, although general discussion about mystery fiction may follow the discussion of the selected title. This group meets the last Thursday evening each month, January through October, from 6:30 p.m. The Just Desserts discussion group, focusing exclusively on Mystery Fiction, started at the Bennett Martin Public Library downtown in 2006, and moved to the South Branch Library from 2008 to 2018, before returning to the downtown library in 2019. 441-8530 (Public Service Desk at Bennett Martin Public Library downtown)
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