Read 2016

 January 

1. Watches of the Night by Sally Wright (kindle) 4****
2. The Lake House by Kate Morton (nccls) 4.5****
3. Murder Freshly Baked by Vannetta Chapman (kindle) 3.5*** $1.99
4. Joy by Celina Grace (kindle)  3***
5. Death at the Manor by Celina Grace (kindle) 3***
6. In this Hospitable Land by Lynmar Brock  Jr. (kindle) 3***  $.87
7. Aunt Bessie Enjoys by Diane Xarissa (kindle) 3*** $2.99
8. Due North by Melanie Jackson ( kindle ) 2**
9. Tempest in the Tea Room by Libi Astaire (kindle) 2** 
10. Aunt Bessie Finds by Diane Xarissa (kindle)  3.5*** $2.99u
11. A Slice of Murder by Kathy Hunter ( kindle ) 1*
12. California Schemin' by Kate George ( nook) 2**
13. Starlight on Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs (ccls/digital) 4****
14. Granny Smith Investigates by G.M. Dobbs (kindle) 3***
15. Stars over Sunset Boulevard by Susan Meissner (pb) 3***
16. Portrait of a Gossip by Melanie Jackson (kindle) 2.5**
17. Aunt Bessie Goes by Diane Xarissa ( kindle )  $2.99

February

1. The Curious Case of the Black Swan Song by Andrea Frazer (kindle) 3***
2. Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer (nook) 4****
3. A Place Called Freedom by Ken Follett (pb) 3.5***
4. The Innocents by Francesca Segal (pb) 2**
5. East Coast Toast by  Walker Newton (kindle) 2.5**
6. Sins of the Father by Jeffrey Archer (nccls) 4****
7. Roselli's Gold by Michael Parker ( kindle ) 3***
8. Aunt Bessie's Holiday by Diane Xarissa (kindle) 3***  $2.99 
9. Second Honeymoon by James Patterson (nccls) 3.5 * * * 
10. Best Kept Secrets by Jeffrey Archer ( nccls ) 3.5***
11. Geared for the Grave by Duffy Brown (kindle)  3.5*** $ 1.99
12. Be Careful What You Wish For by Jeffrey Archer (nccls) 4****
13. Not a Suspicious Death by Amanda Glenn (kindle) 2**

March

1. Mightier than the Sword by Jeffrey Archer (nccls) 4****
2. Alex Cross's Trial by James Patterson (hc) 2**
3. Devonshire Scream by Laura Childs (nccls) 3***
4. A Man of Some Repute by Elizabeth Edmundson (kindle) 3.5 ***  $2.00
5. Double Fudge Brownie Murder by Joanne Fluke (nccls/digital) 3***
6. A Question of Inheritance by Elizabeth Edmundson (kindle)  3.5*** $ 2.00
7. X by Sue Grafton (nccls) 4****
8. Christmas on Candy Cane Lane by Sheila Roberts (nccls digital) 3***
9. A Holiday Yarn by Sally Goldenbaum   (nccls) 4****
10. The Heart of Heathley House by Ruby Loren ( kindle ) 3*** $2.99
11.  All the Stars in the Heavens by Adriana Trigiani (ccls/digital) 2.5**
12. The Leaves of Llewellyn Keep by Ruby Loren (kindle) 2**
13. The Snow of Severley Castle by Ruby Loren ( kindle ) 2.5**
14. The Little Beach Bakery by Jenny Colgan  (ccls/digital 4****
15. The Frost of Friston Manor by Ruby Loren ( kindle ) 3***
16. The End of the Point by Elizabeth Graver (nccls/digital)  2**
17. The Irish Cream Killer by Summer Prescott (kindle) 3***
18. The Gin and Chowder Club by Nan Rossiter   (nccls)  4****
19. Strawberry  Cream Murder by Susan Gillard (kindle ) 3***
20. Murder at the Lighthouse by Frances Evesham  (kindle ) 3***
21. The English German Girl by Jake Wallis Simons   (nccls) 4****
22. A Dyeing Shame by Elizabeth Spann Craig (kindle) 3.5***
23. The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach  by Pam Jenoff  (nccls) 3***

April

1. A Date to Die For by Kathryn Long (nook)  2**
2. The First 48 by Tim Green (hc) 3***
3. Perfect Family by Pam Lewes (hc) 2**
4. Goodbye, Piccadilly by Cynthia Harrod-Eargles ( nccls ) 4****
5. Death to Go by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles ( nccls ) 3.5***
6. The Last Noel by Michael Malone ( nook ) 3***
7. Play Dirty by Sandra Brown ( pb ) 3***
8. Ghost Wanted by Carolyn Hart (ccls/digital) 3***
9. The Gauguin Connection (Genevieve Lenard bk 1) by Estelle Ryan  (nook) 2.5**
10. Photo Finished by Laura Childs (nccls/digital) 3***
11. The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson  (nccls) 4****
12. The New Hope by Robyn Carr (ccls/digital) 4****

May

1. Scones and Death in the Cricket Pavilion by Phil Church (kindle) 3***
2. The Funeral Dress by Susan Gregg Gilmore (pb) 4****
3. Robbery, Murders and Cups of Tea by Phil Church ( kindle ) 3***
4. Summer at the Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan ( nccls ) 4****
5. Christmas Crumbles by M.C. Beaton (nccls/digital) 4****
6. The Woman in Blue by Elly Griffiths (nccls) 3***
7. Murder on the Rocks  (Boddington Bay  Bk 1) by Lucinda D. Davis (kindle) 2**
8. The Blackhouse (Lewis trilogy #1) by Peter May (nccls/digital) 3***
9. Power, Wealth and Murder by Summer Prescott (kindle) 2**
10. The Prime Minister's Secret Agent by Susan Elia MacNeal (nccls/digital) 3***
11. Scam (Stanley Hastings myst bk 12 by Parnell Hall (kindle) 2**
12. The Eleventh Commandment by Jeffrey Archer (hc) 4****
13. The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris by Jenny Colgan ( nccls / digital ) 4****
14. Retirement can Be Murder by Susan Santangelo ( kindle )  3***
15. Murder at the Bed and Breakfast by Diane Harman  (kindle ) 2***
16. Shallow Waters by Rebecca Bradley (kindle ) 4****
17. No Greater Sacrifice by John C. Stipe (kindle)

June

1. The Quarryman's Daughter Tracie Peterson ( pb) 2.5**
2. One Hoof in the Grave by Carolyn McSparren (kindle) 2.5**
3. Stalker by Faye Kellerman (hc) 4****
4. Ransom for a Russian Prince by Donna Nitz Muller (kindle) 3***
5. (The) Quilt Ripper by Mary Devlin Lynch and Debbie Devlin Zook (kindle ) 4****
6. Tapas,  Carrot Cake and a Corpse by Sherri Bryan  (kindle ) 2.5**
7. Dishing the Dirt by M.C. Beaton (ccls/digital) 3***
8. River of No Return by Bee Ridgeway (arc) 2**
9. The First Directive by Joseph D. McNamara (pb) 3***
10. Death Runs Adrift by Karen MacInerney (nccls) 3***
11. Aunt Bessie Invites  by Diane Xarissa (kindle) 4**** $2.99
12. A Hearse of a Different Color by Tim Cockey (nccls/hc)  3***
13. Musseled Out by Barbara Ross (nccls/pb) 3.5***
14. All Summer Long by Dorothea Benton Frank (nccls/hc ) 4****
15. Buffalo Bill's Dead Now by Margaret Coel (nccls) (hc) 3***
16. Mary Mary by James Patterson ( hc )  3***
17. Murder in the Mystery Suite by Ellery Adams (nccls/digital) 3***
18. Fogged Inn by Barbara Ross pb (nccls/pb)  3.5***
19. The Island House by Nancy Thayer  (nccls/hc) 3***
20. A Clubbable Woman by Reginald (nccls/hc)  2.5**
21. Murder on the Hour by Elizabeth Duncan  (nccls/hc)

July

1. Christmas at Rosie Hopkin's Sweetshop by Jenny Colgan (nook) $2.99
2. Vanishing Time by Katharine Britton  (kindle ) 3***  $2.99
3. Vanilla Beaned by Jenn McKinlay (pb) 3***
4. The Murder Road by Stephen Booth ( kindle )  4**** $2.99  
5. Pretty is as Pretty Dies by Elizabeth Spann Craig (nccls/pb) 3.5***
6. Antiques Flee Market by Barbara Allan  (nccls/hc) 3***
7. Prayers for the Dead by Faye Kellerman ( pb) 3***
8. The Death of an Ambitious Woman by Barbara Ross  (nccls/hc) 3.5***
9. Killing Custer by Margaret Coel  (nccls/hc) 4****
10. The Cherry Harvest by Lucy Sanna (nccls/pb) 4****
11. Murder in the Air by Marilyn Levinson  (kindle) 3***
12. The House by the Lake by Ella Carey (kindle) 2.5** $4.99
13. Wildest Dreams by Robyn Carr  (ccls /digital) 4****
14. Aunt Bessie Joins by Diane Xarissa  (kindle) 3.5*** $2.99
15. Rosemary's Gravy by Melissa Miller (kindle) 4****
16. A Husband for Margaret by Ruth Ann Nordin (nook) 1*
17. Missing Joseph by Elizabeth George (pb) 2**
18. Tricky Twenty-Two by Janet Evanovich (ccls/digital) 4****
19. Murder Al Dente: A Southern Pasta Shop Mystery (bk 1) by Jennifer L. Hart $.99
20. The Marble Mask by Archie Mayer (hc) 2**
21. Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich (ccls/audio)

August

1. The Retribution by Val McDermid  (nook ) 2**
2. Firecrackered: An Essie Cobb mystery by Patricia Rockwell  3*** $2.99
3. The Deal by Sabin Willett (pb) 3***
4. Killer Road Trip  (sweet southern sleuths bk 5) by Hope Callaghan (kindle) **
5. Snobbery with Violence by Marion Chesney (nccls) ***
6. Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand  (ccls/audio) **
7. Degree of Guilt by Richard North Patterson ( pb ) 3***
8. The Key to Rebecca by Ken Follett (nccls) 3***
9. The Successor by Stephen W. Frey (nccls) 4****
10. Executive Privilege by Philip Margolin  (nook) 3***
11. The Last Telegram by Liz Trenow (nccls/digital) 5*****
12. Talking God by Tony Hillerman (pb) 2.5**
13. The) Unburied Dead by Douglas Lindsay (kindle) 2**
14. Pagan Spring by G.M. Malliet (nccls/audio) 3.5***
15. The Girl at the Lion D'or by Sebastian Faulks (nccls/pb) 2**
16. The Expatriates by Janice Y. K. Lee  (ccls/digital) 4****
17. The Body in the Wardrobe by Katherine Hall Page (nccls/digital) 3***
18. Memories from Cherry Harvest by Amy Wachspress (nccls/pb) 2**
    

September

1. Songbird by Laci Barry Post (kindle)  2**  $3.79
2. The Serpents Trail by Sue Henry (nccls/hc) 3***
3. Death of a Nurse by M.C. Beaton (nccls/hc) 2.5**
4. Miss Julia Inherits a Mess by Ann B. Ross  (ccls/digital) 2**
5. Aunt Dimity and the Buried Treasure by Nancy Atherton  (ccls/digital) 3***
6. The Tooth of Time by Sue Henry (nccls/hc) 4****
7. A Certain Age by Beatriz Williams ( ccls/digital) 3***
8. Death with a Cherry on Top (twisted sisters ice cream bk 1 by Molly Dox 2.5**
9. The Rule of Nine by Steve Martini (nccls/hc)3***
10. Vanilla Baked Murder by Tom Soule ( kindle ) 2**
11. Mistletoe and Murder (Presley Thurman myst bk 5 by Laina Turner (kindle) 1*
12. Peppermint Pandemonium by Constance Barker (kindle) 2.5**
13. A Death in Tuscany by Jennifer L Jennings ( kindle ) 3***
14. Straight into Darkness by Faye Kellerman (pb)  4****
15. Miz Scarlet and the Holiday Houseguest by Sara Barton (kindle) 2.5**
16. Manitou Canyon by William Kent Kreuger (nccls/hc) 4****
17. Antiques Knock-Off by Barbara Allan (nccls/hc) 3***
18. At the Water's Edge by Sara Gruen (nccls/digital) 3.5***
19. Mira's Cozy Birthday by Annette Morgan (kindle) 2**
20. Sunshine Beach by Wendy Wax (nccls/hc) 4****
21. Garden of Stones by Sophie Littlefield (nccls/digital)  4****
22. Dying in the Wool by Frances Brody ( nccls / digital ) 3***
23. Murder Makes a Claim by Gillian Larkin (kindle) 2**
24. Pistachio Lemon Glazed Murder (donut hole myst bk 12) by Susan Gillard 2**
25. Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah (nccls/hc) 5*****
26. Flight Patterns by Karen White (ccls/digital) 4****
27. Aunt Dimity Slays the Dragon bt Nancy Atherton  (nccls/hc) 3***
28. Sick of Shadows by Marion Chesney  (nccls/hc) 3***

October 

1. Traveling Teas shop by Belinda Jones (nccls/pb) 3.5***
2. Naomi's Story by Melanie Schmitt ( kindle ) 2.5**
3. A Plot to Die For by C.A. Larmer 3***  $.99 
4. British Manor Murder by Leslie Meier (nccls/hc) 3***
5. Killer Christmas (Emma Wilde Holiday series bk 1) by Harper Lin (kindle) 2**
6. Trader of Secrets by Steve Martini (nccls/hc) 2.5**
7. Christmas Crazy (Zoe Donovan bk 3) by Kathi Daley (kindle) 2**
8.  Rising Sun, Falling Shadow by Daniel Kalla (nccls/hc) 4 ****
9. Bossy Cakes by K.P. Hilton (kindle) 2**
10. Appalachian Serenade by Sarah Loudin Thomas (kindle ) 3***
11. Bound to Die: Strawberry Shores myst (bk 1) by Mak K. Hans (kindle) 2**
12. Among the Wicked by Linda Castillo (nccls/hc) 4****
13. The Gingerbread Cookie Murder by JoAnne Fluke (nccls/hc) 3***
14. Winter's Child by Margaret Coel Wind River reservation series #20  (nccls/hc) 3.5***
15. The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro (nccls/hc) 4****
16. Winter Storms by Elin Hilderbrand (nccls/hc) 4****
17. The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan (nccls/hc) 4****
18. A Fair Murder by Gillian Larkin (kindle) 1.5*
19. A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny (nccls/hc) 4****
20. Summer in a Small Town: Welcome to Icicle Falls/Treasure Beach by Sheila Roberts and Emilie Richards  (kindle) 2**  $1.99
21. Pumpkin Pied by Karen MacInerney (kindle) 3***

November

1. Jasmine Nights by Julia Gregson  (nccls/pb) 3.5***
2. Unbound by Julie Kaewert (nccls/pb) 3***
3. Taxed to Death by Debra Purdy Kong (kindle) 1*
4. Unprintable by Julie Kaewert (nccls/pb) 3***
5. Mirror Ball Man by Joel Brown (kindle) 3***
6. Eternal Murder by Matthew Ismail  1947 Istanbul (nook) 2.5**
7. (A) Shroud for Delilah by Anthea Fraser (kindle) 3.5***
8. Pall Bearers and Pepperoni by Patti Benning (kindle) 3***
9. Bacon Cheddar Murder by Patti Benning (kindle) 3***
10. The Hollow Chest by Alice Tilton (pb) 2**

December

1. Dying Room Only by Kate Kingsbury (nccls/pb) 3***
2. Paint by Murder by Kate Kingsbury (nccls/pb) 3.5***
3. The Whole Town's Talking by Fannie Flag (ncclshc) 2***
4. Fire When Ready by Kate Kingsbury (nccls/pb) 4****
5. Berried Alive by Kate Kingsbury (nccls/hc) 4****
6. New Math is Murder by Jo-Ann Lamon Recopper (kindle) 3***
7. Death is Long Overdue by Amy Lilly (kindle)  3*** $.99
8. Nightfall over Shanghai by Daniel Kalla  (nccls/hc) 3***
9. Summer Reading is Killing Me by Amy Lilly (kindle)  3*** $.99 ?
10. Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham (hc) 3***
11. Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich  (hc) 3***
12. Permanently Deleted by Amy Lilly (kindle) 3*** $.99