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**
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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**
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December

1. Shock Wave by John Sandford (pb) 4****
2. Hard Core Twenty -Four by Janet Evancovich (hc)
3. Mortal Sin by Paul Levine (kindle)
4. Murder on Spyglass Lane by J.M. Griffin (kindle)
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6. 1. Where Love Finds You ?
   2. An Appalachian Christmas by Irene Brand (kindle
   3. Rope Enough by Oliver Tidy (kindle) 
   4. Three Bullets to Queensland by Rick Mofina (nook)
   5. Marriage Carol by Chris Fabry, Gary Chapman (kindle)
   6. Wanna Get Lucky by Deborah Coonts (kindle)
   7. Easy Innocence by Libby F. Hellman (kindle) 
   8. The Seventh Man by Max Brand (nook)