Janice reads

Thanks so much for setting this up. I look forward to reading all the postings and trying some of the books mentioned.

Finished the first book of the year.

#1 The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osmon

#2 Proud Sorrows by James R. Benn

#3 Purrder She Wrote by Cate Conte
a perfect book to read while recovering from Covid---------word of advice, avoid Covid. Don't have a bad case, but it's bad enough!

#4 Home at Night by Paula Munter
An OK book. 5th in a series. I probably would have enjoyed it more if I had read some of the previous ones first.

#5 Past Lying by Val McDermont fist book of hers I have read. I will look for more.

#6 The Seagull by Ann Cleaves

I’m watching Shetland series by Ann Cleaves and it’s so good! Read the series several years ago and loved it.

#7 Nine Lives and Alibis by Cate Conte

# 8 Witness for the Persecution by E J Copperman

#9 Mulch Ado About Murder by Edith Maxwell

#10 Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths
A re-read. Enjoyed it the first time and the second.

I have not been having any luck reading so far this year. I had read 20 last year by this time. I have started and not finished at least 5 as well as read 10, but it seems I am having a problem picking books. sighhhhhhhhhh don't mind me, I'm just whining.

#11 The Raging Storm by Ann Cleeves

#12 Danger of Defeat by Edward Marston
I've read other books by him and enjoyed them more. Maybe my tastes are changing??

#13 Murder Most Royal by S J Bennett

#14 Death at the Savoy by Ron Base and Prudence Emery
First in a series. Don't think I'll read any more. Just silly and predictable.

#15 Nineteen Steps by Milly Bobby Brown
a good book, especially for a first novel

#16 The Paper Caper by Kate Carlisle

>13 jbegab: whining encouraged when about books!

#17 The Art of Inheriting Secrets by Barbara O'Neal
a pretty good book, but it seems that there could have been more. Some unanswered situations. Maybe there will be a sequel??

#18 Deep Fried Death by Maddie Day

#19 Bright Young Things by Jane A Adams

#20 Fakes and Lies by Jane A Adams

#21 The Darling Dahlias and the Voodoo Lily by Susan Wittig Albert
I hadn't read any of her books for quite awhile. I am glad to have found her again.

#22 Antiques Foe by Barbara Allan
A truly silly book. I had to make myself finish it.
I did learn a new word though--tulpamancer --- doubt I'll ever use it.

#23 Kill them with Canvas by Bailee Abbott
another silly book. I seem to be on a roll.

#24 Hemlock by Susan Wittig Albert
A MUCH better book than the last two I read.

#25 Her Father's Secret by Sara Blaedel
I'm sure I read this before, plot seemed familiar. I have started the sequel, don't think I have read it.

#26 The Third Sister by Sara Blaedel

#27 Aunt Dimity and the Golden Heart by Nancy Atherton

#28 Reykjavik by Ragnar Jonasson and Katrin Jakobsdottir
A pretty good book, but the ending rather fell apart, I thought.

#29 Miss Morton and the English House Party Murder by Catherine Lloyd
First in a new series. I will look for the next one. She has written another series, I may look for those books too.

#30 Robert B Parker's Bye Bye Baby by Ace Atkins

#31 Murder in a Cape Bookstore by Maddie Day

# 32 The Clinic by Cate Quinn
this is her second book. I will look for her first.

#33 Castle Deadly, Castle Deep by Veronica Bond

#34 Believing the Lie by Elizabeth George
I always enjoy her books.

#35 Cyanide and Sensibility by Katie Oliver
Rather predictable as this type of book goes, but not a bad read.

#36 A Banquet of Consequences by Elizabeth George

#37 Death Comes to the Village by Catherine Lloyd
read it before, but a book of this nature was needed

#37 Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs
A good plot, but more info than I wanted about how to tell one saw cut from another, or a spectrometer reading of a glove.

#38 Miss Morton and the spirits of the Underworld by Catherin Lloyd

#39 Black Widows by Cate Quinn
I was anxious to read this book and compare it to The Clinic. Black Widows
was written first. In her author's notes at the end of The Clinic, she said that was the first book she had written sober. Both are well written, I think.

#40 The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson
I usually don't care for short stories, but this one was good.

#41 The Cuckoo's Child by Marjorie Eccles

#42 Broadcast 4 Murder by J C Eaton
A silly book. Don't think I will read any more by this author, but, one never knows!

#43 Enigma by Catherine Coulter

#44 Flat White Fatality by Emmeline Duncan

#45 The Case of the Canterfell Codicil by Fitzsimmons
I finished the book, but the characters didn't endear themselves to me. Probably won't look for another by this author.

#46 Mrs. Pargeter's Patio by Simon Brett

#47 Silent voices by Ann Cleaves
a re-read. I do enjoy her books

#48 Murder Has a Motive by Francis Duncan

#49 Still Life by Val McDermid

#50 Twisted Tea Christmas by Laura Childs

#51 Fourteen Days ed. Margaet Atwood and Douglas Preston
The book started out being very good, progressed to downright weird and then ended in a way I didn't expect.

#52 Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie

#53 The Family Game by Catherine Steadman

#54 Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie

#55 The Bodies in the Library by Marty Wingate.

#56 The Red Lamp by Mary Roberts Rhinehart a reread

#57 Fire Season by Phillip Connors
An interesting read for me. About his time as a lookout. My parents were on lookouts from 1933-1937. They were in Washington state, and he was in the SW US. Different areas, but similar experiences.

#58 The New Couple in 5B by Lisa Unger