Mystery Books Club

Jasper Fforde's Lost in a Good Book

8/26/2021

While one group member is totally in love with Fforde's series, the rest of us didn't appreciate the book so terribly much. We acknowledged its cleverness, but we felt too lost to embrace it.

We did love the name of the protagonist: Thursday Next. I especially appreciated the work the character did in her first adventure: changing the ending to that dratted Jane Eyre I absolutely hated in high school!

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2021 mysteries
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January 21: Highsmith, Patricia. Strangers on a Train. 1950.

February 17: Brearton, T.J. Buried Secrets, 2017.

March 17: Christie, Agatha. Cards on the Table. 1936.

April 21: Carson, Jeff. Foreign Deceit, 2014.

May 19: Santlofer, Jonathan. The Last Mona Lisa, 2021.

June 16: Grisham, John, The Reckoning, 2019.

July 21: Grainger, Peter. An Accidental Death, 2013.

August 18: Raina, Rahul. How to Kidnap the Rich, 2021.

September 15: Sayers, Dorothy. Clouds of Witness. 1926.

October 20: Singh, Nalini. Quiet in Her Bones, 2021.

November 17: Daniels, Robert. Once Shadows Fall, 2015.

December 15: Osman, Richard. The Thursday Murder Club, 2021.

January 21: Rhea, Nicholas. Constable on the Hill.

February 18: Kelly, So
phie. The Cats Came Back. (2018)

March 18: Michaelides, Alex. The Silent Patient. Complex thriller. (2019)

April 15: Brodsky, Zach. Mysterious Case of the Missing Tuk-Tuk. 1st of 3. (2019)

May 20: Quinn, Spencer, Dog On It. (2009)

June 17:Atkinson, Kate. Case Histories. (2007)

July 15: Cavanaugh, Steve. Thirteen. (2020)

August 19: Fforde, Jasper. Lost in a Good Book. (2004)

September 16: Swanson, Peter. Rules for Perfect Murders (2020)

October 21: Walker, Martin. Fatal Pursuit. (2016)

November 18: Grant, Michael The Artful Assassin (2020)

December 16: Spencer-Fleming, Julia. Hid from Our Eyes (PB 4/21)

2020 Mysteries

1/16 Charlaine Harris Dead Until Dark (humorous vampire mystery)

2/20 Leslie Budewitz Assault and Pepper (cozy, first in a series)

3/19 Ruth Ware The Woman in Cabin 10 (twisty British cruise mystery)

4/16 Felix Francis Crisis (horse racing theme by Dick Francis’ son—he’s written 19 books in the franchise)

5/21 Craig Johnson An Obvious Fact (Western procedural)

6/18 Amanda Quick The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1930s Hollywood)

7/16 J.A. Jance Field of Bones (Sheriff Joanna Brady mystery)

8/20 Joe Ide IQ (East Long Beach detective)

9/17 Ragnar Jónasson The Darkness (atmospheric thriller)

10/15 Tarquin Hall Case of the Man Who Died Laughing (humorous mystery set in India)

11/19 Lou Berney November Road (thriller love story set against the JFK assassination)—it’s won lots of awards this year)

12/17 Wendall Thomas Drowned Under (zany travel-themed mystery)

2019 MYSTERIES

1/17: Garrett, Hollywood Homicide

2/21: Beaton, The Blood of an Englishman

3/21: Byron, Plantation Shudders

4/18: Hallinan, Crashed

5/16: Parker, The Professional

6/20: Kreuger, Ordinary Grace

7/18: Landon, Defending Jacob

8/15: Petrie, The Drifter

9/19: Dazieri: Kill the Father

10/17: Reichs, Bones to Ashes

11/21: Ziskin, No Stone Unturned

12/19: Shames, Dead Broke in Jarrett Creek

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