Read 2021

January 

1. Cuthbert's Way by L.J. Ross (kindle unlimited) 4****
2. Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Varandarah (kindle prime) 4****
3. The Zachery Case by Diana Xarissa (kindle unlimited) 3***
4. In From the Cold by Matt Conway (kindle) 2**
5. Pressed for Time by Elizabeth Spann Craig (hoopla) 3.5***
6. Songbird by Pete Grainger (kindle Prime) 3***
7. A Fatal Mistake by Faith Martin (kindle unlimited) 3.5***
8. Island Escape by Diana Xarissa (kindle unlimited)2**
9. The Devil’s Cliff Killings by Simon McCleave (kindle unlimited) 4****
10. Christmas Calamity at the Vicarage by Emily Organ (kindle unlimited) 3***
11. Tragedy at Piddleton Hotel Emily Organ (kindle unlimited) 3***
12. The Berwyn River Killings by Simon McCleave (kindle unlimited)
13. The Case of the Dotty Dowager by Cathy Ace (kindle unlimited) 3***
14. Trials and Tribulations by Jean Grainger (kindle unlimited) 4****
15. The Adams File by Diana Carissa (kindle unlimited) 2.5**
16. The White Forest Killings by Simon McLeave (kindle unlimited) 4****
17. Murder in Cold Mud by Emily Organ (kindle unlimited) 3***
18. The Solace Farm Killings by Simon cCleave (kindle unlimited) 4****
19. An Accidental Death by Peter Grainger (kindle unlimited) 3***

February

1. Rest in Pieces by Elizabeth Spann Craig (hoopla) 4****
2. Fire on the Fens by Joy Ellis (kindle unlimited) 4****
3. The World Starts Anew by Jean Grainger ( kindle unlimited) 4***
4. The Curtis Blake Killings by Simon McCleave (kindle unlimited)
5. Hidden on the Fens by Joy Ellis (kindle unlimited) 4****
6. On Pins and Neefles by Elizabeth Spann Craig (hoopla) 3***
7. The Story Keeper by Lisa Wingate (hoopla) 3***
8. Antiques Fate by Barbara Allan (hoopla) 2.5**
9. Assassins of Athens by Jeffrey Siger (hoopla) 3.5***
10. Christmas at the Island Hotel by Jenny Colgan (nccls/hc) 4****
11. Antiques Frame by Barbara Allan (hoopla) 2.5**
12. 500 Miles From You by Jenny Colgan (nccls/hc) 4****

March

1. Teatime for the Firefly by Shona Patel 3.5***
2. Diary of a War Crime by Simon McCleave (kindle unlimited) 4****
3. The Theatre Street Killing by Simon McCleave (kindle) 3***
4. The Curtis Blake Killing by Simon McCleave (kindle) 3***
5. The Dark Horizon by Liz Harris (kindle unlimited) 3***
6. Nothing to Fear by Karen Rose (pb) 2.5**
7. Above the Bay of Angels by Rhys Bowen (prime) 3.5***
8. Have You Seen Luis Velez ? by Catherine Ryan Hyde (prime) 4****
9. Diamond Head by Cecil Wong (nccls/digital) 2.5**
10. Winter’s Mourn by  Mary Stone (prime) 3***
11. Where Have All the Boys Gone? by Jenny Colgan (hoopla) 4****
12. The Four Winds by Kristen Hannah (nccls/he) 3.5***
13. Amanda’s Wedding by Jenny Colgan (hoopla) 4****
14. Punishable by Death by ACF Bookens (kindle) 3.5***
15. A Gathering of Secrets by Linda Castillo (nccls/digital) 4****

April

1. Irish Parade Murder by Leslie Meier (hoopla) 4****
2. The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock by Jane Riley (prime) 3.5***
3. The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths (nccls/he) 4****
4. Egg Shooters by Laura Childs (nccls/hc) 3***
5. The Menai Bridge Killings by Simon McCleave (kindle unlimited) 4****
6. Nothing Bundt Murder by Leigh Selfman (kindle) 3***
7. A Bitter Feast by Deborah Crombie (hoopla) 4****
8. The Razor Gang Murder by Simon McCleave (kindle unlimited) 4****
9. Refuge number Dot Jackson (kindle unlimited) 3***
10. The Skylark’s Secret by Fiona Valpy (kindle unlimited) 4****
11. The Armstrong Assignment by Diana Xarissa (kindle unlimited) 3***

May

1. Secret on the Fens by Joy Ellis  (kindle unlimited) 4****
2. Haunted Hibiscus by Laura Child’s (nccls/hc) 3***
3. The Bernhardt File by Diana Xarissa (kindle unlimited) 2**
4. Cold Case in Nuala by Harriet Steel (kindle unlimited) 4****
5. Someone Else’s Secret by Jean Spiro (kindle unlimited)
6. 4****
7. The Rock by L.J Ross (kindle unlimited) 4****
8. In the Beginning There was a Murder by P.C. James (kindle unlimited) 3***
9. The Venice Sketchbook by Rhys Bowen (kindle unlimited) 4****
10. At Home on the Riverbend by Kate Morton (internet short story) 4****
11. Death in a Strange Country by Donna Leone (hoopla) 4****
12. Murder in the Manor by Fiona Grace (hoopla) 3***

June

1. The Last Garden in England by Julia Kelly (nccls/hc) 4****
2. Avarice by Pete Brassert (kindle unlimited) 3***
3. Apple Die by Chelsea Thomas (kindle unlimited) 2.5**
4. A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch (kindle unlimited) 2**
5. The Conway Harbour Killings by Simon McCleave (kindle unlimited) 4****
6. So Much Owed by Jean Grainger (kindle unlimited) 4****
7. The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin (nccls/hc) 3.5***
8. The Murderer’s Son by Joy Ellis (kindle unlimited) 3.5***
9. Crime in the Cafe by Fiona Grace ( hoopla) 3***
10. The Blake Assignment by Diana Xarissa (kindle unlimited) 3.5***

July

1. The Lost and Found Bookshop by Susan Wiggs (nccls/hc) 5****
2. Their Lost Daughters by Joy Ellis (kindle unlimited) 3.5***
3. A Lover Too Many by Roy Lewis (kindle unlimited) 2**
4. The Fourth Friend by Joy Ellis (kindle unlimited) 4****
5. The Two Mrs. Abbots by D. E. Stevenson (hoopla) 3***
6. Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler (nccls/hc) 3***
7. The Guilty Ones by Joy Ellis (kindle unlimited) 3.5***
8. Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend by Jenny Colgan (hoopla) 3.5***
9. The Stolen Boys by Joy Ellis (kindle unlimited) 3.5***
10. Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder by Joanne Fluke (hoopla) 3***

August

1. Wild Strawberries by Angela Thirkell (nccls/hc) 2**
2. Sunrise by the Sea by Jenny Colgan (nccls/hc) 5*****
3. Plainsong by Kent Haruf ( nccls/digital) 3***
4. The Carter File by Diana Xarissa (kindle unlimited)2**
5. The Patient Man by Joy Ellis (kindle unlimited) 4***
6. Scone Cod Dead by Karen MacInerney (nccls//pb)3***
7. The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles (nccls/hc)
8. Imitation of Darkness by Simon McCleave (kindle unlimited) 4****
9. A Simple Murder by Linda Castillo (nccls) 3***
10. Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan (kindle unlimited) 3***

September

1. They Disappeared by Joy Ellis (kindle unlimited) 4****
2. Absolution by Caro Ramsay (kindle unlimited) 3***
3. The Single Wife by Ella King (kindle unlimited) 3***
4. The Night Hawks by Elly Griffiths (nccls/hc) 4****
5. Just Meecy by Bryan Stephenson (nccls/hc) 1*
6. The Girl with the Golden Scissors by Julia Drosten (Kindle Prime) 4**** 
7. One For the Blackbird, One for the Crow by Olivia Hawker (kindle Prime) 3***

October 

1. Cruel as the Grave by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles (hoopla)4****
2. An Unfinished Story by Boo Walker (kindle) 4****
3. Miss Spelled by Morgana Best (kindle) 1*
4. NYPD Red 4 by James Patterson (pb) 4****
5. Across the Winding River by Aimie K. Runyan (kindle) 4****
6. Manuscript for Murder by Chautona Havig (kindle) 2.5**
7. News of the World by Paulette Jiles (hoopla) 4****
8. Sullivan’s Law by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg (hc) 3***
9. Armed and Outrageous by Madison Johns (kindle) 2**

November

1. Killer Art by Dream Reed (kindle) 2**
2. Bittersweet by Colleen McCullough (pb) 2.5**
3. Under a Gilded Moon by Joy Jordan-Lake (kindle) 3***
4. Tea with Emma by Diane Moody (kindle) 2**

December

1. Shock Wave by John Sandford (pb) 4****
2. Hard Core Twenty -Four by Janet Evancovich (hc)1*
3. Buried in Buttercups by Jim and Joyce Laverne (kindle) 3***
4. A Fatal Night by Faith Martin (kindle) 4****
5. Solomon vs. Lord by Paul Levine (kindle) 4****
6. The Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz (pb)
7. Dressed for Death by Donna Leon (hoopla) 4****
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