Read 2025

• January

1. Patchwork Quilt Murder by Leslie Meier (hoopla) 4.****
2. The Bedlam Detective by Stephen Gallagher (pb) 2**
3. Light Through the Vines by Fiona Valpy  (kindle) 4****
4. Some Other Time by Angela Brown (kindle) 1* dnf
5. Advice of Counsel by Debra Trueman (kindle) 3***

February 

1. White Mulberry by Rosa Kwon Easton (kindle)
2. The Book of Some Day by Dianne Dixon (pb)  4****
3. Lillies in Moonlight by Allison Pittman (pb) ***
4. Close Knit by Jenny Colgan (hoopla) 4****

March

1. Murders in Great Diddling by Katarina Bivald  ( hoopla) 4 ****
2. The Moonflowers by Abigail Rose-Marie (kindle)****
3. World without End by Ken Follett (pb) 4****

April 

1. Your Beautiful Lies by Louise Douglas (hoopla)3***
2. Best Behavior by Wendy Francis (hoopla) 3***
3. Changing Times in Nuala by Harriet Steel (kindle unlimited) 3***
4. Dragon’s Breath by Rhys Dylan (kindle unlimited) 4***
5. Death by Carpet by P.F. Ford ( kindle unlimited)3***
6. Raven Bones by N.C. Lewis (kindle unlimited) 3***

May

1. Stone Cold by David Gatward ( kindle unlimited) 4****
2. Echoes on the Fens by Joy Ellis (kindle unlimited)3***
3. Blood Fountain by David Gatward ( kindle unlimited)
4. Marshal of Snowdonia by Simon McCleave (kindle unlimited) ****
5. False Witness by Simon McCleave (kindle unlimited) 3***
6. The Bowman by Rhys Dylan ( kindle unlimited) 4****

June

1. One Less Snake by Rhys Davies (kindle unlimited)****
2. Murder Under the Sun by Faith Martin (kindle unlimited) 4****
3. Belsay by LJ Ross ( kindle unlimited) ***
4. The Somerset Slayings by David Gatward (kindle unlimited) 3***
5. Bridal Shower Murder by Leslie Meier (hc/nccls) 3.5***

July 

1. Rose Arbor by Rhys Bowen (kindle unlimited) ***
2. Deadly Care by Simon McCleave (kindle unlimited) 4****
3. Five Days in Provence by Simon McCleave ( kindle unlimited 2**
4. The Paxton’s Tower Murder by Stephen Pulestan ( kindle unlimited) 4****
5. When the Storm Dies by Jack Cartwright (kindle unlimited) 3***
6. A Word with the Dead by Rhys Dylan ( kindle unlimited)  4****

August 

1. The Tenby Harbour Murders by Stephen Puleston ( kindle unlimited) ****
2. The Abersoch Killings by Stephen Puleston 4****
3. The Baker of Lost Memories by Shirley Russak Wachtel (kindle unlimited) 3***
4. Mrs. Endicott’s Splendid Adventure by Rhys Bowen ( kindle unlimited) 5*****
5. The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson (nccls/hb) 4****
6. The Swansea Marina Murders by Stephen Puleston ( kindle unlimited) 4****
7. Hatchet Hill by David Gatward (kindle unlimited) 2**
8. The Imperial Alchemist by A.H. Wang (kindle unlimited) 3***

September 

1. What Child in this by Alice K. Boatwright ( kindle unlimited 4****
2. The Distant Daughter by Lorna Cook (kindle unlimited) 4****
3. The Christmas Book Hunt by Jenny Colgan (kindle unlimited ) 4****
4. In this Life Ever After by Alice K. Boatwright (kindle unlimited) 3***
5. Bad Deeds by David Gatward ( kindle unlimited)2.5**
6. A Cereal Killer by Morgana Best (kindle ) 3***
7. Just another Dead Author by Katarina Bivald (kindle)***

October 

1. The Dressmaker’s Secret by Lorna Cook  (kindle) 4****
2. The Restoration Garden by Sara Blaydes ( kindle)
3. Murder in an Irish Village by 

November 

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2. Appalachian Christmas by Irene Brand (kindle)
3. Marriage Carol by Chris Fabry, Gary Chapman (kindle
4. Wanna Get Lucky by Deborah Coonts (kindl
5. Easy Innocence by Libby F. Hellman (kindle) 
6. The Seventh Man by Max Brand (nook)
7. Where Love Finds You

December