5/02/2015

A long overdue list of Recent Reads

Had to go back and look at the last time I'd posted one of these to see where I left off. There is a year's worth of them, so these may end up being divided...

The Whole Enchilada by Diane Mott Davidson

Difficult after a year, but I seem to remember enjoying this. Goldie was not quite in the TSTL category here, which made it much better.

The Norfolk Mystery: A County Guides Mystery by Ian Sansom

First in a series. Enjoyed it. It's been a year, so I suppose I should start looking for the next one.

Michael Pearce:

A Dead Man in Malta
A Dead Man in Naples

Two more Sandor Seymour books.

Agatha Christie:

Dead Man's Folly
The Big Four
Hercule Poirot--The Complete Short Stories (haven't actually finished this)
Curtain: Poirot's Last Case
Crooked House
Death on the Nile
A Murder is Announced
Murder on the Orient Express
Nemesis
Peril at End House
A Caribbean Mystery
At Bertram's Hotel
Elephants Can Remember
The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side
The ABC Murders
And Then There Were None

Rhys Bowen:

Masked Ball at Broxley (short story)
Naughty in Nice
The Twelve Clues of Christmas
Queen of Hearts

More Royal Spyness adventures.

Mary Daheim:

Gone With The Win (from her Bed-and-Breakfast series)

Okay. Didn't enjoy it as much as her Alpine Advocate series.

From her Alpine Advocate Series:

The Alpine Advocate
The Alpine Betrayal
The Alpine Christmas
The Alpine Decoy
The Alpine Fury
The Alpine Gamble
The Alpine Hero
The Alpine Icon
The Alpine Journey
The Alpine Kindred
The Alpine Legacy
The Alpine Menace
The Alpine Nemesis
The Alpine Obituary
The Alpine Pursuit
The Alpine Quilt
The Alpine Recluse
The Alpine Scandal
The Alpine Traitor
The Alpine Uproar
The Alpine Vengeance
The Alpine Winter
The Alpine Xanadu
The Alpine Yeoman
The Alpine Zen

Long haul for Emma Lord and the Sheriff. Finally ended well for them.

Joan Hess:

Claire Malloy series:

Murder as a Second Language
Pride v. Prejudice

The two latest in this long-running series.

Maggody series:

Malice in Maggody

Carola Dunn:

Daisy Dalrymple series:

Death at Wentwater Court
The Winter Garden
Requiem for a Mezzo
Murder on the Flying Scotsman
Damsel in Distress
Dead in the Water
Styx and Stones
To Davy Jones Below
Rattle His Bones
The Case of the Murdered Muckraker
Die Laughing
A Mourning Wedding
Fall of a Philanderer
Gunpowder Plot
The Bloody Tower
Black Ship
Sheer Folly
Gone West
Anthem for Doomed Youth
Heirs of the Body

Newest one is out very soon, if not already.

Cornish Mystery series:

Manna from Hades
A Colorful Death
Valley of the Shadow

Interesting series with old-lady sleuth, her police officer niece, and a local artist who I hope becomes the niece's love interest. Set in the 60s or 70s, so women police officers were still a new thing.

Barbara Ross:

Clammed Up
Boiled Over

Series set in Maine, if I remember correctly. First two books. I'm planning to get the next one, which is out now.

Charles Todd:

Bess Crawford series:

The Maharani's Pearls (short story)
An Unwilling Accomplice

I really enjoy Bess Crawford. Smart and brave.

Inspector Ian Rutledge series:

A Fine Summer's Day

This one was set just before WWI, his last case before joining the army and having his life changed forever.


I will have to finish these in another post.  Whew!

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