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January
February
Never Tell a Lie, Hallie Ephron (2.75)
Stalin's Ghost, Martin Cruz Smith (3.0)
The Tin Collector, Steven Cannell (3.0) audio
Sleepyhead by Mark Billingham, (3.0)
Winter's Child by Margaret Maron (2.50) comfort fluff audio
No Graves As Yet by Anne Perry (3.0) audio.
The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny (3.0)
The Broken Window by Jeffery (sic) Deaver, (3.0) Thriller
March
One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson (3.5) Good one!
Hide by Lisa Gardner (2.25)
Private Patient by PD James, audio (3.0)
The Colour by Rose Tremain (3.25)
April
Nothing to Lose, Lee Child (2.5) airplane book
Bleeding Heart Square, Andrew Taylor (2.25) ARC, odd mystery
The 19th Wife, David Ebershoff (3.0) Enjoyed this one
The Runner, Peter May (3.25) Loved it!
The Literary Society and Potato Peel Pie Club, (2.75) Ok
May
The Dark Side of the Moon, J.Carson Black, (2.75) local author and local color.
Look Again, Lisa Scottoline, (2.75) Narberth locale, good read.
Long Lost, Harlan Coben (3.75) excellent thriller!
Losing Mum and Pup, Christopher Buckley (3.5)
The Polish Officer by Alan Furst (audio 3.75 excellent!)
June
The Scarecrow, (4.5) by Michael Connelly Loved it all!
The Secret Scripture (3) by Sebastian Barry. Poetry as prose
Dark Star (3.25) by Alan Furst, audio. Spying for NKVD WWII
A Trace of Smoke, (3.75) by Rebecca Cantrell, very intriguing 1931 Berlin first book
Finger Lickin Fifteen (2.25) by Janet Evanovich. The usual weirdness/giggle fits.
Gone Tomorrow (3.25) by Lee Child, audio. Latest Jack Reacher thriller
July
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, by Alan Bradley (4.5) Loved this one!
Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie, audio (oldie but goodie, 3.75)
The Hard Way, Lee Child (3.25) another Jack Reacher special, audio
Free Fall, Rob't Crais (4.0) audio rerun of another older good book
What the Dead Know, (4.0) by Laura Lippman, audio. Excellent audio book, Baltimore, MD 2 sisters go missing for over 20 yrs...
Angel's Game, (2.75) Carlos Ruiz Zafon, great beginning, melodramatic ending.
Below Zero, by CJ Box (3.50) Good story, audio
The Laughing Policeman by Maj Sjowall, Per Wahloo (2.75) eh audio
August
The Inner Circle, by TC Boyle (4.0) Good fictionalized version of Dr Alfred Kinsey's Institute beginnings
Dead Folks Blues, by Steven Womack (3.50) Audio
Hostage, by Rob't Crais (3.75) audio, good enough but not great.
The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein, (3.0) Doggie narrator of extended bad luck story of race car driver owner.
Mercy Street, by Mariah Stewart (3.5) very nice for a standard story. audio
The Earth Hums in B Flat, by Mari Strachan, (3.) Interesting Welsh coming-of-age
Roseanna, by Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo, 2.75 audio okay older Swedish mystery
Before the Frost, by Henning Mankell, Linda and Curt Walander, audio 2.75, reread. Good one.
That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo, 2.5. Dysfunctional marriage/s. Eh.
September
River of Darkness by Rennie Airth, 3.0, reread of post WWI murder mystery
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery, 2.5, too much philosophy for me
Death of a Cozy Writer by G.M. Malliet (audio) confusing, unfair ending 1.5
October
Without Fail by Lee Child, good read as usual, audio
Death Qualified by Kate Wilhelm, audio
A Question of Blood, by Ian Rankin, audio Good one!
Hard Truth by Mariah Stewart, audio, a comfort read
November
13 1/2 by Nevada Barr, audio, a stand alone, out of series and a good read
March Violets by Philip Kerr, audio, fascinating mystery of Berlin noir before WWII
The Hearing by John Lescroat, audio, SF city cops
The Killing Floor by Lee Child, audio. Good one!
The Suspect by LR Wright, comfort reading, Canadian mystery
Sleep While I Sing by LR Wright (see above)
A Chill Rain in January, " " "
Prized Possessions, " " "
Fall From Grace, " " "
The Neighbor by Lisa Gardner, a real grabber, thriller/mystery with tech background set in Southie (Boston)
The First Rule, ARC by Rob't Crais....A Winner!!
December
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn. Ugh. No redeeming virtues in this one.
The Silent Hour by Michael Koryta, Good one! I will read more from Koryta.
The Locked Room by Maj Sjowall/Per Wahloo Audio. More good stuff from the Swedish couple; considered one of their best 1972.
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout, individual character studies taking place in Maine. Good one.
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, audio. An oldie revisited. I like it better as I age. (free gift from Audible)