BOOKS READ in 2016

1 Star = Take it or leave it.

2 Stars = Fair.

3 Stars = Good.

4 Stars = Really Good.

5 Stars = Exceptionally Good.


1) TRAGEDY AT LAW (1942) by Cyril Hare - 3 Stars

2) CASTLE GAY (1935) by John Buchan - A Dickson McCunn thriller - 3 Stars

3) THE HOUSE OF FOUR WINDS (1935) by John Buchan - A Dickson McCunn thriller - 5 Stars

4) HIGH RISING (1933) by Angela Thirkell - A Barsetshire novel - 4 Stars

5) BRYANT AND MAY AND AND THE BURNING MAN by Christopher Fowler - A Peculiar Crimes Unit novel. - 3 Stars

6) DEATH OF A MAID by M.C. Beaton - A Hamish MacBeth mystery - 3 Stars

7) THE SANTA KLAUS MURDER (1936) by Mavis Doriel Hay - 3 Stars

8) THE MARRIAGE OF MARY RUSSELL (short story) by Laurie R. King - 4 Stars

9) MORE WORK FOR THE UNDERTAKER (1948) by Margery Allingham - 4 Stars

10) DEATH BY HONEYBEE by Abigail Keam - 4 Stars

11) GREY MASK (1928) by Patricia Wentworth - A Miss Silver mystery - 5 Stars

12) BLACK PLUMES (1975) by Margery Allingham - 4 Stars

13) DEATH BY DROWNING by Abigail Keam - 4 Stars

14) DEAD AS A DINOSAUR (1952) by Frances and Richard Lockridge - A Mr. and Mrs. North mystery - 4 Stars

15) A KEY TO DEATH (1954) by Frances and Richard Lockridge - A Mr. and Mrs. North mystery - 2 Stars

16) MURDER AT ARROWAYS (1950) by Helen Reilly - An Inspector McKee mystery - 4 Stars

17) THE SILENT POOL (1953) by Patricia Wentworth - A Miss Silver Mystery - 2 Stars 

18) THE IVORY DAGGER (1950) by Patricia Wentworth - A Miss Silver Mystery - 3 Stars

19) FOUR STRANGE WOMEN (1940) by E.R. Punshon -  A Bobby Owen mystery - 4 Stars

20) THE BLIND SIDE (1939) by Patricia Wentworth - An Ernest Lamb mystery - 3 Stars

21) THE KEY (1946) By Patricia Wentworth - A Miss Silver mystery - 3 Stars

22) POISON IN THE PEN (1957) by Patricia Wentworth - A Miss Silver mystery - 4 Stars

23) PILGRIM'S REST (1946) by Patricia Wentworth - A Miss Silver mystery - 4 Stars

24) MURDER IN THE MUSEUM (1938) by John Rowland - 2 Stars

25) DEAD OR ALIVE (1936) by Patricia Wentworth - 4 Stars

26) THE FINGERPRINT (1959) by Patricia Wentworth - A Miss Silver mystery - 3 Stars

27) DEATH IN THE STOCKS (1935) by Georgette Heyer - An Inspector Hannasyde mystery - 4 Stars

28) ANNA WHERE ARE YOU? (1951) by Patricia Wentworth - A Miss Silver mystery - 4 Stars

29) VANISHING POINT (1953) by Patricia Wentworth - A Miss Silver mystery - 3 Stars

30) SAID WITH FLOWERS (1943) by Anne Nash - 4 Stars

31) THE REVOLVING DOOR OF LIFE - A 44 Scotland Street book by Alexander McCall Smith - 3 Stars

32) THE SUSSEX DOWNS MURDER (1936) by John Bude - 3 Stars

33) MURDER OF A LADY (1936) by Anthony Wynne - 4 Stars

34) DEATH IN THE TUNNEL (1936) by Miles Burton - 3 Stars

35) SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS - The Further Adventures of Erast Fandorin by Boris Akunin - 3 Stars

36) THE SECRET OF HIGH ELDERSHAM (1930) by Miles Burton - 4 Stars

37) THE PROMISE by Robert Crais - An Elvis Cole and Joe Pike book - 4 Stars

38) GHOST IN THE WIND by E.J. Copperman  - A Haunted Guesthouse Mystery - 3 Stars

39) NEVER TOO LATE (1956) by Angela Thirkell - 5 Stars

40) A MURDER OF QUALITY (1962) by John Le Carre - 4 Stars

41) LEAGUE OF DRAGONS by Naomi Novik - a Temeraire book - 4 Stars

42) SLEEPING GIANTS by Sylvain Neuvel - 4 Stars

43) THE LAST POLICEMAN by Ben H. Winters - first in a trilogy - 4 Stars

44) THE STAR MACHINE by Jeanine Basinger - non-fiction - 4 Stars

45) COUNTDOWN CITY by Ben H. Winters - 2nd in a trilogy - 4 Stars

46) WORLD OF TROUBLE by Ben H. Winters - 3rd in a trilogy - 4 Stars

47)  NIGHT SHIFT by Charlaine Harris - 3rd in trilogy - 2 stars

48) GENEROUS DEATH (1984) by Nancy Pikard - a Jenny Cain mystery - 2 Stars

49) THE FOLD by Peter Clines - science fiction - 4 stars

50)  NOTHING VENTURE (1932) by Patricia Wentworth - 4 Stars

51) PICTURE MISS SEETON (1968) by Heron Carvic - Miss Seeton #1 - 4 Stars

52) THE WAY MEN ACT by Elinor Lipman - 4 Stars

53) THE LADIES' MAN by Elinor Lipman - 4 Stars

54) THE FAMILY MAN by Elinor Lipman - 4 Stars

55) DEATH OF AN ENGLISHMAN by Magdalen Nabb - 4 Stars

56) THE SCHIRMER INHERITANCE (1953) by Eric Ambler - 1 Star

57) THE HAND IN THE GLOVE (1937) by Rex Stout - 3 Stars

58) THE CORNISH COAST MURDER (1935) by John Bude - 4 Stars

59) CROSSTALK by Connie Willis - 2 Stars

60) MURDER ON THE YACHT (1932) by Rufus King - 3 Stars

61) THE STUDIO CRIME (1929) by Ianthe Jerrold - 3 Stars

62) THE BIG THAW by Donald Harstad - A Carl Houseman book - 4 Stars

63) THE LIST OF ADRIAN MESSENGER (1959) by Philip MacDonald - An Anthony Gethryn book - (re-read) - 5 Stars

64) EVERYBODY'S FOOL by Richard Russo - 5 Stars

65) THE MARSHAL AT THE VILLA TORRINI (1993) by Magdalen Nabb - A Marshal Guarnaccia mystery - 4 Stars

66) DARK MATTER by Blake Crouch - 2 Stars

67) LIFE AFTER LIFE by Kate Atkinson - re-read - 5 Stars

68) SUMMERLAND by Michael Chabon - 5 Stars

69) THE LONG WAY TO A SMALL ANGRY PLANET by Becky Chambers - 3 Stars

70) HUNTING EICHMANN How A Band of Survivors and A Young Spy Agency Chased Down the World's Most Notorious Nazi by Neal Bascomb - Non-Fiction - 4 Stars

71) SHE CAME BACK (1945) by Patricia Wentworth - A Miss Silver mystery - 3 Stars

72) THE CASE OF NAOMI CLYNES (1934) by Sir Basil Thompson - 4 Stars

73) MISS SEETON DRAWS THE LINE (1969) by Heron Carvic - 3 Stars

74) RICHARDSON SCORES AGAIN (1934) by Sir Basil Thompson - 3 Stars

75) MALICE IN WONDERLAND (1958) by Rufus King - 3 Stars