BOOKS READ IN 2017

1 Star = Take it or leave it.
2 Stars = Fair.
3 Stars = Good.
4 Stars = Really Good.
5 Stars = Exceptionally Good.


1) THE MONUMENTS MEN Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter - Non-Fiction - 5 Stars

2) SPOTLIGHT (1947) aka Wicked Uncle by Patricia Wentworth - A Miss Silver mystery - 3Stars 

3) ETERNITY RING (1948) by Patricia Wentworth - A Miss Silver mystery - 4 Stars

4) MISS SILVER COMES TO STAY (1951) by Patricia Wentworth - A Miss Silver mystery - 3 Stars

5) THE VIEW FROM PENTHOUSE B by Elinor Lipman - 4 Stars

6) THE VINYL DETECTIVE by Andrew Cartmel - 3 Stars

7) LONESOME ROAD (1939) by Patricia Wentworth - 3 Stars

8) ESCAPE (1932) by Philip MacDonald - 4 Stars

9) THE POLFERRY RIDDLE (1938) by Philip MacDonald - An Anthony Gethryn mystery - 3 Stars

10) THE CHINESE SHAWL (1943) by Patricia Wentworth - A Miss Silver mystery - 3 Stars 

11) THE BENEVENT TREASURE (1956) by Patricia Wentworth - A Miss Silver mystery - 4 Stars

12) OUT OF THE RAIN (1987) by Elizabeth Cadell - 3 Stars

13) STRANGE TIDE by Christopher Fowler - A Bryant and May mystery - 4 Stars

14) THE Z MURDERS (1932) by J. Jefferson Farjeon - 3 Stars

15) THE PURSUIT OF ALICE THRIFT by Elinor Lipman - 5 Stars

16) INK AND BONE by Rachel Caine - 2 Stars

17) ANY TWO CAN PLAY (1981) by Elizabeth Cadell - 4 Stars

18) UNLAWFUL OCCASIONS (1941) by Patricia Wentworth - 4 Stars

19) FEATHER BRAINED by Bob Tarte - non-fiction - 4 Stars

20) SMALLBONE DECEASED (1950) by Michael Gilbert - 5 Stars

21) STONE'S FALL by Iain Pears - 2 Stars

22) PAINT, GOLD & BLOOD (1989) by Michael Gilbert - 2 Stars

23) THE FRIENDLY AIR (1971) by Elizabeth Cadell - 3 Stars

24) THE EMPTY HOUSE (1978) by Michel Gilbert - 4 Stars

25) THE FAMILY TOMB (1969) by Michael Gilbert - 4 Stars

26) DEATH TAKES A BOW (1943) by Frances and Richard Lockridge - A Mr. and Mrs. North mystery - 3 Stars

27) CORPSES IN ENDERBY (1954) by George Bellairs - 3 Stars

28) A SHILLING FOR CANDLES (1936) by Josephine Tey - re-read - 4 Stars

29) HARE SITTING UP (1959) by Michael Innes - 4 Stars

30) DISHONEST MURDERER (1949) by Frances and Richard Lockridge - A Mr. and Mrs. North mystery - 3 Stars

31) HEIR TO MURDER (1953) by Miles Burton - 4 Stars

32) NORTHBRIDGE RECTORY (1941) by Angela Thirkell - 5 Stars

33) THE HEADMISTRESS (1943) by Angela Thirkell - 5 Stars

34) THE CASE OF THE FAMISHED PARSON (1949) by George Bellairs - 2 Stars

35) THE POWER HOUSE (1913) by John Buchan - 4 Stars

36) THE MAN WHO WAS NOT (no orig. date available but vintage) by John Russell Fearn - 3 Stars

37) THE THREE HOSTAGES (1924) by John Buchan - 4 Stars

38) ON TURPENTINE LANE by Elinor Lipman - 5 Stars

39) MURDER BY THE CLOCK (1929) by Rufus King - 4 Stars

40) PUT OUT THE LIGHT (1931) by Ethel Lina White - 3 Stars

41) SHE DIED A LADY (1943) by Carter Dickson - A Sir Henry Merrivale story - 5 Stars

42) ONE REMAINED SEATED (1946) by John Russell Fearn - 3 Stars

43) MYSTERY IN WHITE (1937) by J. Jefferson Farjeon - 2 Stars

44) THE DEADLY DINNER PARTY and Other Medical Detective Stories by Jonathan A. Edlow, M.D. Non-fiction - 4 Stars

45) THE QUESTION OF THE FELONIOUS FRIEND by E.J. Copperman/Jeff Cohen - 4 Stars

46) NO WIND OF BLAME (1939) by Georgette Heyer - Inspector Hemingway - 4 Stars

47) WAY STATION (1963) by Clifford D. Simak - science fiction - 3 Stars

48) THE CHELTENHAM SQUARE MURDER (1937) by John Bude - 2 Stars

49) MURDER HAS A MOTIVE (1947) by Francis Duncan - 3 Stars

50) THE CROSSING PLACES by Elly Griffiths - A Ruth Galloway story - 5 Stars

51) THE JANUS STONE by Elly Griffiths - A Ruth Galloway story - 3 Stars

52) MYSTERY IN THE CHANNEL (1931) by Freeman Wills Crofts - 4 Stars

53) AND SO TO MURDER (1940) by Carter Dickson - A Sir Henry Merrivale story - 3 Stars

54) ARROW POINTING NOWHERE (1944) by Elizabeth Daly - 4 Stars

55) MR. PINKERTON GOES TO SCOTLAND YARD (1934) by David Frome - 3 Stars

56) CUE FOR MURDER (1942) by Helen McCloy - 3 Stars

57) THE EMPEROR'S SNUFF BOX (1942) by John Dickson Carr  - 5 Stars

58) DEATH IN FIVE BOXES (1938) by Carter Dickson - A Sir Henry Merrivale story - 2 Stars

59) BLOOD AND JUDGMENT (1951) by Michael Gilbert - 4 Stars

60) THE ARROW POINTS TO MURDER (1937) by Frederica de Laguna - 3 Stars

61) THE CURSE OF THE BRONZE LAMP (1945) by Carter Dickson - A Sir Henry Merrivale story - 4 Stars

62) DEATH HAS DEEP ROOTS (1951) by Michael Gilbert  - 4 Stars

63) A DYING FALL by Elly Griffiths - a Ruth Galloway mystery - 3 Stars

64) THE GHOST FIELDS by Elly Griffiths - a Ruth Galloway mystery  - 4 Stars

65) THE HOUSE AT SEA'S END by Elly Griffiths - a Ruth Galloway mystery - 5 Stars

66) A ROOM FULL OF BONES by Elly Griffiths - a Ruth Galloway mystery - 4 Stars

67) THE WOMAN IN BLUE by Elly Griffiths - a Ruth Galloway mystery - 4 Stars 

68) THE FAR RIGHT by Spencer Quinn - 4 Stars

69) THE FRIGHTENED STIFF (1942) by Kelley Roos - A Jeff and Haila Troy mystery - 4 Stars

70) BUSMAN'S HONEYMOON (1937) by Dorothy L. Sayers - a Lord Peter Wimsey mystery - 4 Stars

71) IT WALKS BY NIGHT (1930) by John Dickson Carr - an Henri Bencolin mystery - 4 Stars

72) THE NOOSE (1930) by Philip MacDonald - an Anthony Gethryn mystery - (4 Stars)

73) TOO LATE TO DIE (1986) by Bill Crider - a Sheriff Dan Rhodes mystery - 4 Stars

74) CALAMITY TOWN (1940) by Ellery Queen - 2 Stars

75) HUE AND CRY (1927) by Patricia Wentworth  - 3 Stars

76) THE KEY (1944) by Patricia Wentworth - a Miss Silver mystery - 4 Stars

77) DO NOT DISTURB (1943) by Helen McCloy - 1 Star

78) DANCING DEATH (1931) by Christopher Bush - a Ludovic Travers mystery - 3 Stars

79) TRAITOR'S PURSE (1940) by Margery Allingham - an Albert Campion mystery -4 Stars

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