BOOKS READ in 2012

1. THE AFFAIR (2011) by Lee Child

2) DEAD MAN'S WATCH (1931) by G.D.H. & M. Cole - Vintage - Reviewed

3) BODIES IN A BOOKSHOP (1946) by R. T. Campbell (Vintage Reading Challenge) Reviewed

4) INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS by Imogen Robertson - Reviewed

5) WHAT ALICE KNEW A Most Curious Tale of Henry James and Jack the Ripper by Paula Marantz Cohen - Reviewed

6) THE CASE OF THE CONSTANT SUICIDES (1941) by John Dickson Carr - Reviewed - Vintage

7) DEATH IN KASHMIR (1953) by M.M. Kaye - Reviewed - Vintage

8) SYLVESTER or THE WICKED UNCLE by Georgette Heyer - Reviewed

9) THE NONESUCH by Georgette Heyer - Vintage

10) HAG'S NOOK by John Dickson Carr - Vintage  - Reviewed

11) FAREWELL, MISS ZUKAS by Jo Dereske - Reviewed

12) TAKEN by Robert Crais (2012) - Reviewed

13) THE GRAND SOPHY by Georgette Heyer - Reviewed

14) THREE BLIND MICE by Agatha Christie - Vintage - Reviewed

15) THE SINGING SANDS by Josephine Tey - Reviewed

16) ANATOMY OF MURDER by Imogen Robertson - Reviewed

17) CAT AND MOUSE by Christianna Brand - Vintage - Reviewed

18) SHE SHALL HAVE MURDER by Delano Ames - Vintage - Reviewed

19) DEATH'S BRIGHT DART by V.C. Clinton-Baddeley - Reviewed - Vintage

20) VICTORY OF EAGLES by Naomi Novik - Reviewed

21) THE MUMMY CASE MURDER by Dermot Morrah - Vintage - Reviewed

22) MASTER AND COMMANDER by Patrick O'Brian

23) DARKNESS AT PEMBERLEY by T.H. White - Vintage - Reviewed

24) POST CAPTAIN by Patrick O'Brian - Reviewed

25) H.M.S. SURPRISE by Patrick O'Brian - Reviewed

26) THE SWIMMING POOL by Mary Roberts Rinehart - Vintage - Reviewed

27) MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN by Ransom Riggs - Reviewed

28) THE HOLLOW NEEDLE (1909) by Maurice LeBlanc - Vintage - Reviewed

29) THE GREAT MISTAKE (1940) by Mary Roberts Rinehart - Vintage - Reviewed

30) THE DROP (2012) by Michael Connelly

31) COP TO CORPSE (2012) by Peter Lovesey

32) MAIGRET SETS A TRAP by Georges Simenon - Vintage - Re-read

33) SMALL VICES by Robert Parker - Re-read - Reviewed

34) VENGEANCE (2012) by Benjamin Black - Reviewed

35) CHAMPAGNE FOR ONE by Rex Stout - Re-read - Vintage - Reviewed

36) SINGING IN THE SHROUDS by Ngaio Marsh - Re-read - Vintage - Reviewed

37) KILL MY DARLING by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles (2012)

38) THE SOLITARY HOUSE by Lynn Shepherd - (2012) Reviewed

39) TAHOE TRAP by Todd Borg (2012) Reviewed

40) DEVIL MAY CARE (1977) by Elizabeth Peters - Reviewed

41)THE  SONG OF ACHILLES by Madeline Miller

42) MAIGRET'S CHRISTMAS by Georges Simenon - an anthology - Re-read - reviewed

43) MAIGRET AND THE MADWOMAN by Georges Simenon - Re-read - reviewed

44) MAIGRET AND THE WINE MERCHANT by Georges Simenon - Re-read - reviewed

45) SPEAK OUT BEFORE YOU DIE by Jacqueline T. Lynch - reviewed

46) THE MOONSTONE by Wilkie Collins - reviewed

47) FINAL CURTAIN by Ngaio Marsh - Re-read - reviewed

48) ISLAND OF BONES by Imogen Robertson - reviewed

49) ARCHIE MEETS NERO WOLFE by Robert Goldsborough - reviewed

50) THE MEMORY OF BLOOD by Christopher Fowler