BOOKS READ IN 2018

1 Star = Don't bother.

2 Stars = Fair.

3 Stars = Pretty Good.

4 Stars = Really Good.

5 Stars = Exceptionally Good.

1) THE MYSTERY AT ORCHARD HOUSE (1946) by Joan Coggin - a Lady Lupin mystery - 4 Stars

2)  MURDER AT FENWOLD (1930) by Christopher Bush - a Ludovic Travers mystery - 3 Stars 

3) THE PONSON CASE (1921) by Freeman Wills Croft - 4 Stars

4) SWAN SONG (1947) by Edmund Crispin - a Gervase Fen mystery - 5 Stars

5) UNMASKING MISS APPLEBY by Emily Larkin - 3 Stars

6) CLAIMING MR. KEMP by Emily Larkin - 4 Stars

7) TRUSTING MISS TRENTHAM by Emily Larkin - 4 Stars

8) RESISTING MISS MERRYWEATHER by Emily Larkin - 3 Stars

9) DEATH IN HIGH HEELS (1941) by Christianna Brand - 3 Stars 

10) CLOSE ENCOUNTERS by Sandra Kitt - 4 Stars

11) SUNSET OVER SOHO (1943) by Gladys Mitchell - 2 Stars

12) WINDOW ON THE SQUARE (1962) by Phyllis Whitney - 4 Stars

13) COLUMBELLA (1982) by Phyllis Whitney - 3 Stars

14) BURIED FOR PLEASURE (1948) by Edmund Crispin - a Gervase Fen mystery - 4 Stars

15) MOTHER FINDS A BODY (1942) by Gypsy Rose Lee - 4 Stars

16) THE LONG DIVORCE (1981) by Edmund Crispin - 4 Stars

17)  HIDE MY EYES (1958) by Margery Allingham - 5 Stars

18)  FOOL ERRANT (1929) by Patricia Wentworth - a Benbow Smith thriller - 4 Stars

19) FREQUENT HEARSES (1950) by Edmund Crispin - a Gervase Fen mystery - 3 Stars

20) THE CORPSE STEPS OUT (1940) by Craig Rice - 4 Stars

21) THINK OF ENGLAND by K.J. Charles - 4 Stars

22) THE DOWER HOUSE MYSTERY (1925) by Patricia Wentworth - 4 Stars

23) NOTHING VENTURE (1932) by Patricia Wentworth - reread -  4 Stars

24) THE TIGER IN THE SMOKE (1952) by Margery Allingham - 4 Stars

25) THE JUDAS WINDOW (1938) by Carter Dickson - 3 Stars

26) HENCHMEN OF ZENDA by KJ Charles - 4 Stars

27) THE SECRET CASEBOOK OF SIMON FEXIMAL by KJ Charles - 4 Stars

28) COFFIN USED (1981) by Colin Watson - 2 Stars

29) ALIAS BASIL WILLING (1951) by Helen McCloy - 3 Stars

30) HOLY DISORDERS (1945) by Edmund Crispin - 3 Stars

31) THE BOX OFFICE MURDERS (1929) by Freeman Wills Crofts - 4 Stars

32) THE CASE OF THE SEVEN WHISTLERS (1944) by George Bellairs - 4 Stars 

33) DEATH IN THE NIGHT WATCHES (1945) by George Bellairs - 4 Stars

34) DEATH SENDS FOR THE DOCTOR (1957) by George Bellairs - 4 Stars

35) A MINOR INCONVENIENCE by Sarah Granger- 4 Stars

36) CROSSROADS by Riley Hart - 5 Stars

37) THE CASK (1920) by Freeman Wills Croft - 3 Stars

38) BY THE CURRAWONG'S CALL by Welton B. Marsland - 5 Stars

39) THE NATURALIST by Andrew Mayne - 3 Stars

40) DEATH IN THE FEARFUL NIGHT (1960) by George Bellairs - 4 Stars

41) CALAMITY AT HARWOOD (1945) by George Bellairs - 3 Stars

42) THE MECHANIC by Max Hudson - 4 Stars

43) DETECTION UNLIMITED (1953) by Georgette Heyer - 4 Stars

44) DEATH IN DARK GLASSES (1952) by George Bellairs - 4 Stars

45) HALF-MAST FOR THE DEEMSTER (1953) by George Bellairs - 4 Stars

46) DEATH IN HIGH PROVENCE (1957) by George Bellairs - 5 Stars

47)  HEIR FOR HIRE by Jerry Cole - 4 Stars

48) RISKY BUSINESS by Jerry Cole - 4 Stars

49)  THE MANHATTAN AFFAIR by Jerry Cole - 5 Stars

50) MURDER MAKES MISTAKES (1958) by George Bellairs - 5 Stars

51) DEATH TREADS SOFTLY (1956) by George Bellairs - 5 Stars

52) CRIME IN LEPER'S HOLLOW (1952) by George Bellairs - 4 Stars

53) DUPLICATE DEATH (1951) by Georgette Heyer - 4 Stars

54) POLICE AT THE FUNERAL (1931) by Margery Allingham - 4 Stars

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