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26 December 2009

Your Best Crime Fiction reads in 2009

Lots of people are publishing their "best reads" for 2009.
Mine are easy to find.

For the second year running readers of this blog have the opportunity to give me their top 10 crime fiction reads for 2009 via a comment, and then in about 2 week's time I will collate the lists with mine and give a definitive list.

O.K. So the rules are
  1. it is about crime fiction you've read in 2009. Year of publication doesn't matter.
  2. about 10 titles in the format of title, author (no need for description etc).
  3. any order will do. If you think one was so much better than the others, you might like to put it in your list twice.
  4. You have until Jan 7 to do it.
  5. You can help on your own blog by writing about what I am doing and pointing people to this post, so they can come here and contribute their list.
I'm looking forward to seeing what the final list looks like.

Last year we came up with a very interesting list from 42 crime fiction bloggers. If you've written a post with your own personalised list in it, then feel free to use the Mr Linky below to link to your post. But please leave your list in a comment too because they are the ones that I will count (unless you email them to me).

Last year I also produced lists of the most popular authors and the top 20 books.

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64 comments:

  1. Anonymous26 December 2009 at 14:44

    What a great idea, Kerrie! I will definitely mention this on my blog : ).

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  2. Jose Ignacio Escribano26 December 2009 at 20:50

    Kerrie, I enjoy very much your blog and I'm learning a lot about crime fiction. Great fun. Thank you.

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  3. Kerrie26 December 2009 at 20:59

    Thanks Margo. You are very welcome Jose

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  4. Uriah Robinson26 December 2009 at 21:13

    Good idea, Kerrie. I explained last year that Euro Crime reviewers send their choices to Karen, so if you don't mind I will wait to participate on this one until Karen has posted her lists.
    I have three lists:
    a] three non European best.
    b] two European non translated.
    c] five European translated.

    Hope you had a Happy Christmas.

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  5. Paul D Brazill26 December 2009 at 22:59

    Kerrie, mine should be up later today or tomorrow . Cheers,Paul

    http://pdbrazill.blogspot.com/

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  6. Deb27 December 2009 at 02:10

    Kerrie--what if you're one of those poor deprived individuals who doesn't have a blog? I'd love to post my favorites of 2009--can I just do it here, or do I need to have a blog to participate?

    Thanks!

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  7. Susan27 December 2009 at 07:31

    Hi Kerrie - I'll do a post and list later. Just wanted to let you know that I'm joining this! I have some new mysteries for Christmas, so I might be able to squeeze some onto my year's list! lol Happy Holidays!

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  8. Kerrie27 December 2009 at 08:22

    Deb, I was hoping people would put their list in a comment, so please do.

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  9. Gavin27 December 2009 at 10:06

    Kerrie - I haven't reviewed all of these but here are my favorites in no particular order. Please give two votes to Irdridason!

    Nemesis and Redbreast - Jo Nesbo
    Silence of the Grave - A. Irdridason
    The Girl Who Played With Fire -Stieg Larsson
    Echos From The Dead - Johan Theorin
    Still Life - Louise Penny
    Dark Places - Gillian Flynn
    The Last Child - John Hart
    Exit Music - Ian Rankin

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  10. Kerrie27 December 2009 at 11:01

    Thanks Gavin.
    Paul, Norman, Susan, I await your lists with anticipation

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  11. raidergirl327 December 2009 at 13:04

    Here's my list. I put the series books together, because I think of them as one big book. Wife of the Gods was the best of them all, so 2 votes? First in a series, but I don't know when the next will be.

    1. Wife of the Gods, Kwei Quartey

    2a) The Draining Lake Indridason
    b) Arctic Chill, Indridason
    c) Hypothermia, Indridason

    3. Still Life, Louise Penny
    4. Sacred Cows, Karen E Olson

    5a) Excurson to Tindari, Camilleri
    b) The Smell of the Night, Camilleri
    c) Rounding the Mark, Camilleri
    d)The Patience of the Spider, Camilleri

    6. Dead Until Dark, Charlaine Harris
    7. Three Bags Full, Leonie Swann
    8. December Heat, Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza

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  12. Kerrie27 December 2009 at 13:54

    Many thanks Raidergirl3. Interesting point you make about a series really being one big book.

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  13. Deb28 December 2009 at 01:41

    Thanks Kerrie. I suppose I should get my own blog, but I fear it would be like the scrapbooking kit my sister-in-law gave me when my oldest child was born: Something that reproaches me for never getting done (my oldest child is now 17 and scrapbook sits exactly as it was the day it was given).

    Anyway, here are my ten favorite crime/mystery books read in 2009. It was a hard list winnow down--and I don't think any of them were actually published this year, but here goes:

    The Headhunters - Peter Lovesey

    Mystery of the Blue Train - Agatha Christie

    The Death Wish - Elizabeth Sanxay Holding

    Out - Natsuo Kirino

    An Air That Kills - Andrew Taylor

    Death on Doomsday - Elizabeth Lemarchand

    The Ewe Lamb - Margaret Erskine

    The Ax - Donald Westlake

    The Killings on Jubilee Terrace - Robert Barnard

    Bury Me Deep - Megan Abbott

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  14. Kerrie28 December 2009 at 09:49

    Many thanks Deb. My advice - don't create a blog unless you really want one - otherwise it will become a millstone.

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  15. Kerrie28 December 2009 at 09:49

    Paul, I now have your best 10 on my spreadsheet and I've adjusted the link in Mr Linky.

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  16. Kerrie29 December 2009 at 08:55

    Mine are settled now:
    SHATTER Michael Robotham
    PLAY DEAD Richard Montanari
    ECHOES FROM THE DEAD Johan Theorin
    SHADOW Karin Alvtegen
    DEATH WORE WHITE Jim Kelly
    SEARCH THE DARK Charles Todd
    A PALE HORSE Charles Todd
    ARCTIC CHILL Arnaldur Indridason
    THE REDEEMER Jo Nesbo
    THE CRUELLEST MONTH Louise Penny
    THE SERPENT POOL Martin Edwards (publ. Feb 2010)
    A TEST OF WILLS Charles Todd
    A CERTAIN MALICE Felicity Young

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  17. Bernadette29 December 2009 at 19:01

    I've started to whittle down my list, but with two and a bit more reading days available (and two books on the go right now) my list is still a work in progress so I'll be back after the 31st. But I like looking at other people's lists as they appear - interesting to see one of your very recent reads made the list Kerrie - just shows you should never be too early

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  18. Nan30 December 2009 at 03:27

    Here are my favorites in alphabetical order. The two I loved the very best are those by Henning Mankell.

    Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear

    Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell

    Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear

    Ruling Passion by Reginald Hill

    The Case of the Missing Servant by Tarquin Hall

    The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan by Nancy Springer

    The Cruellest Month by Hazel Holt

    The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell

    The Skeleton in the Grass by Robert Barnard

    Valley of the Lost by Vicki Delany

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  19. Kerrie30 December 2009 at 08:28

    Thanks Nan

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  20. Martin Edwards30 December 2009 at 09:48

    Kerrie, thanks for mentioning THE SERPENT POOL!

    Here are my top 10 (not in order -that's too difficult!):

    Miles Tripp - Woman at Risk
    Christopher Fowler - The Victoria Vanishes
    Peter Lovesey - Skeleton Hill
    Ann Cleeves - Red Bones
    Frederic Valmain - The Jackals
    Kate Ellis - Seeking the Dead
    Detection Club - The Scoop
    Jim Kelly - Death Wore White
    Margaret Larminie and Jane Langslow - Gory Knight
    L.C. Tyler - The Herring Seller's Apprentice
    Best nonfiction: The Secret Notebooks of Agatha Christie by John Curran.

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  21. Kerrie30 December 2009 at 17:18

    Thanks Martin

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  22. Literary Feline31 December 2009 at 19:34

    Here is my list (in no specific order):
    The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
    Zoo Station by David Downing
    In the Woods by Tana French
    The Secret Keeper by Paul Harris
    A World I Never Made by James LePore
    The Missing Ink by Karen E. Olson
    The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl
    No One You Know by Michelle Richmond
    Prime Time by Hank Phillippi Ryan
    Shades of Grey by Clea Simon

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  23. Paul Beech31 December 2009 at 22:59

    Hi Kerrie,

    Greetings from the Weaver Valley in Cheshire, England. Here are my Top 10 (in no particular order):

    The Arsenic Labyrinth – Martin Edwards
    Dying to Sin – Stephen Booth
    Cold in Hand – John Harvey
    Dead Sight – Glenn Chandler
    Little Face – Sophie Hannah
    Raven Black – Ann Cleeves
    White Corridor – Christopher Fowler
    The Lemur – Benjamin Black (John Banville)
    Naked to the Hangman – Andrew Taylor
    The Secret Hangman – Peter Lovesey

    Happy New Year!

    Paul

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  24. Xavier1 January 2010 at 05:58

    There are only three years left before the big jump so I think I can safely post my Top Ten.

    1. Smile and Murder by F. Addington Symonds
    2. The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale
    3. La Raison Du Meilleur Est Toujours La Plus Forte (The Best One's Will Is Always The Strongest) by René Reouven
    4. Swan Song by Edmund Crispin
    5. Sleep with Slander by Dolores Hitchens
    6. The Puzzle of the Blue Persian by Stuart Palmer
    7. Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets by Georges Simenon
    8. Mathilde Et Ses Mitaines (Mathilde and Her Mittens) by Tristan Bernard
    9. Into the Web by Thomas H. Cook
    10. Le Cauchemar de l'Aube (Nightmare at Dawn) by Frédéric Dard

    Happy New Year everybody!

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  25. Kerrie1 January 2010 at 09:52

    Many thanks Literary feline, Pual, and Xavier. A heap of interesting titles there.

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  26. Rob Kitchin1 January 2010 at 22:21

    Kerrie, here you go. I have reviews of all of them up on my blog. http://theviewfromthebluehouse.blogspot.com/2010/01/best-crime-novel-reads-2009.html


    1. Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada (1947 in German, translated 2009)

    2. Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell (2006)

    3. Diamond Dove by Adrian Hyland (2006)

    4. The Collaborator of Bethlehem by Matt Benyon Rees (2007)

    5. The Wheelman by Duane Swierczynski (2005)

    6. The Foreign Correspondence by Alan Furst (2006)

    7. Fifty Grand by Adrian McKinty (2009)

    8. Walking the Perfect Square by Reed Farrel Coleman (2002)

    9. Go to Helena Handbasket by Donna Moore (2006)

    10. The Twelve by Stuart Neville (2009)

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  27. Xavier2 January 2010 at 02:59

    Oops, I meant three *hours*.

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  28. Corey Wilde2 January 2010 at 07:18

    My top ten for 2009:

    1. Fifty Grand by Adrian McKinty
    2. Pariah by Dave Zeltserman
    3. Print the Legend by Craig McDonald
    4. Small Crimes by Dave Zeltserman
    5. The Gentlemen's Hour by Don Winslow
    6. The First Rule by Robert Crais
    7. Mixed Blood by Roger Smith
    8. Cape Disappointment by Earl Emerson
    9. The Little Sleep by Paul Tremblay
    10. This Wicked World by Richard Lange

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  29. Bernadette2 January 2010 at 07:35

    My final list

    Karin Alvtegen, MISSING
    Colin Cotterill, THE CORONER’S LUNCH
    Reginald Hill, A CURE FOR ALL DISEASES
    Adrian Hyland, DIAMOND DOVE (aka MOONLIGHT DOWNS)
    Stieg Larsson, THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
    Denise Mina, GARNETHILL
    Malla Nunn, A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO DIE
    Matt Rees, THE SALADIN MURDERS
    Tom Rob Smith, CHILD 44
    Johan Theorin, ECHOES FROM THE DEAD

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  30. Kerrie2 January 2010 at 08:25

    Many thanks Rob, Corey, and Bernadette

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  31. Chris Well2 January 2010 at 12:55

    In alphabetical order:

    AN UNSUITABLE JOB FOR A WOMAN, P.D. James
    CASE CLOSED (manga series), Gosho Aoyama
    CASEBOOK OF THE BLACK WIDOWERS, Isaac Asimov
    CHINAMAN'S CHANCE, Ross Thomas
    KANE: RABBIT HUNT, Paul Grist
    MR. MONK AND THE DIRTY COP, Lee Goldberg
    TANTALIZING LOCKED ROOM MYSTERIES, Isaac Asimov, Charles G. Waugh, Martin Harry Greenberg, ed.
    THE VICTORIA VANISHES, Christopher Fowler
    WHATDUNITS and MORE WHATDUNITS, Mike Resnick, ed.
    WILD SHEEP CHASE, Haruki Murakami

    Bonus: Nonfiction
    MAPS AND LEGENDS, Michael Chabon
    SHERLOCK HOLMES WAS WRONG: REOPENING THE CASE OF THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, Pierre Bayard
    TALKING ABOUT DETECTIVE FICTION, P.D. James

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  32. Kerrie2 January 2010 at 12:59

    Thanks Chris. I'm not sure I know what manga is though.

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  33. Anonymous2 January 2010 at 13:26

    Kerrie - This really was a fabulous idae, and thanks for compiling our lists. Here is my "Top 10" list, in alphabetical order by author.

    The Coroner’s Lunch – Colin Cotterill

    The Cipher Garden - Martin Edwards

    What Came Before He Shot Her – Elizabeth George

    The Girl of His Dreams – Donna Leon

    A Surfeit of Lampreys – Ngaio Marsh

    The Brutal Telling – Louise Penny

    Still Life – Louise Penny

    Exit Music – Ian Rankin

    Silent in the Grave – Deanna Raybourn

    Blue Shoes and Happiness – Alexander McCall Smith

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  34. Kerrie2 January 2010 at 13:43

    Thanks Margot

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  35. BooksPlease2 January 2010 at 20:29

    Here are my top ten (in a-z order of title, anything else is just too difficult):

    Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear
    The Black Book by Ian Rankin
    The Brading Collection by Patricia Wentworth
    The Cipher Garden by Martin Edwards
    Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell
    The Falls by Ian Rankin
    Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie
    A Judgement in Stone by Ruth Rendell
    The Riddle of the River by Catherine Shaw
    Strange Affair by Peter Robinson

    I read far more crime fiction last year than ever before, mainly thanks to your blog and the books themselves of course.

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  36. Kerrie2 January 2010 at 20:31

    Thanks BooksPlease

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  37. Anonymous3 January 2010 at 01:39

    Kerrie, here's my top ten in crime fiction. Since I've been away from blogging for many months, I don't think very many of them have a review. They are in the order I read them. Thanks for doing this and come visit me sometime.

    Rule Against Murder – Louise Penny
    In the Woods – Tana French
    The Virgin of Small Plains – Nancy Pickard
    The Coffin Trail - Martin Edwards
    Faithless – Karin Slaughter
    Desert Wives – Betty Webb
    The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson
    The Girl Who Played With Fire – Stieg Larsson
    The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest – Stieg Larsson
    Kindness Goes Unpunished – Craig Johnson

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  38. Kerrie3 January 2010 at 08:03

    Thanks Kay

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  39. Wendy3 January 2010 at 12:43

    Hi Kerrie, I read some good crime fiction/thrillers this year (I don't have 10). Here's my list of favorites in no particular order:

    1. Breathing out the Ghost by Kirk Curnutt
    2. Christine Falls by Benjamin Black
    3. The Silver Swan by Benjamin Black
    4. In the Woods by Tana French
    5. What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman
    6. Best Intentions by Emily Listfield

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  40. Kerrie3 January 2010 at 17:39

    That's great Wendy - thanks

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  41. Unknown4 January 2010 at 02:28

    Kerrie,

    Sorry I ran over - I had trouble getting this list down to twelve, actually!

    Thanks for hosting this very worthwhile exercise.

    Here are my choices for best reads in crime fiction in 2009:

    The Piper on the Mountain by Ellis Peters
    The Water’s Edge by Karin Fossum
    Skeleton Hill by Peter Lovesey
    Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
    The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
    Turning Point by Peter Turnbull
    A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny
    The Price of Malice by Archer Mayor
    Wycliffe and the Tangled Web by W.J. Burley
    Hit and Run by Lawrence Block
    Fell Purpose by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
    The Fire Engine That Disappeared by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo

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  42. Kerrie4 January 2010 at 06:49

    Thanks Roberta. A good mixture of old and new there.

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  43. Maria4 January 2010 at 11:03

    I had such a busy year, that my reading list was woefully light this year. I don't think I read 10 crime books that I would put on the list, but I do have a *few* that I just have to mention:

    Murder on a Girl's Night Out by Anne George

    Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter by Blaize Clement

    Big Hair, Flying Cows by Dolores Wilson

    I had a hard time deciding whether to include this last one because I think that many of her other books are much better--but that is not to say that this one is not good:

    Bone by Bone Carol O'Connell

    More an Urban Fantasy, but with definite crime twists and my favorite book of the year:

    Unleashed by John Levitt

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  44. Kerrie4 January 2010 at 17:56

    Thanks Maria - I'll add them in

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  45. The other one4 January 2010 at 18:19

    Favorite crime/mystery fiction read this year:

    The Revenge of the Spellmans -- Lisa Lutz
    The Tremor of Forgery -- Patricia Highsmith
    The City and The City -- China Mieville
    The Ax -- Donald E. Westlake
    Inherent Vice -- Thomas Pynchon
    Await Your Reply -- Dan Chaon
    The Man Who Liked Slow Tomatoes -- K.C. Constantine
    The Cold Dish -- Craig Johnson
    Child 44 -- Tom Rob Smith
    The Dawn Patrol -- Don Winslow

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  46. Kerrie4 January 2010 at 18:27

    Thanks Bullwinkle. Another good list!

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  47. Susan5 January 2010 at 07:54

    Hi Kerrie, I finally have mine ready! I'm going to do a separate post later this week, I only did my favourite books read (all genres) today on my blog. I'll link back when I do the mystery post, but for now, here are my choices - and I've had so much fun looking over all the books nominated! Only a few are recurring, which is even more interesting!
    In no particular order:

    Turnstone - Graham Hurley
    The Draining Lake - Artur Indridason
    Various Haunts of Men - Susan Hill
    Maisie Dobbs - Jacqueline Winspear
    Mistress of the Art of Death - Ariana Franklin
    The Cruellest Month - Louise Penny
    Case Histories - Kate Atkinson
    Last Rituals - Yrsa Sigurdottir
    This Night's Foul Work - Fred Vargas
    The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (my book of the year)- Kate Summerscale

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  48. Peter Rozovsky5 January 2010 at 17:45

    I waffled. My list contains 14 titles by 11 authors.

    The Assassin, Liam O'Flaherty
    Hard Man and Savage Night, Allan Guthrie
    Havana World Series, Jose Latour
    Death in the Truffle Wood and The Messengers of Death, Pierre Magnan
    1977, David Peace
    Scalped, Jason Aaron (author), R.M. Guera (illustrator)
    Breathing Water, Timothy Hallinan
    Gallows Lane, Brian McGilloway
    Lorraine Connection and Rough Trade, Dominique Manotti
    Arctic Chill, Arnaldur Indriðason
    Wake Up Dead, Roger Smith
    ==============
    Detectives Beyond Borders
    "Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"
    http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/

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  49. Kerrie5 January 2010 at 19:04

    Thanks Susan and Peter

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  50. Elizabeth Frengel6 January 2010 at 03:44

    What a lovely idea! Miss Lemon loves lists! (Almost as much as she loves mysteries!)


    1.Taken at the Flood, by Agatha Christie
    2.Lonelyheart 4122, by Colin Watson
    3.A Pocket Full of Rye, by Agatha Christie
    4.In the Small Hours of the Morning, by Margaret Yorke
    5.The Sittaford Mystery, by Agatha Christie
    6.Written in Blood, by Caroline Graham
    7.Gentlemen & Players, by Joanne Harris
    8.Agatha Christie and the Eleven Missing Days, by Jared Cade
    9.The Chinese Bell Murders, by Robert Van Gulik
    10.The Lodger, by Marie Belloc Lowndes

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  51. Karen (Euro Crime)6 January 2010 at 06:27

    My top 5 euro crime reads :)

    Andrea Camilleri - August Heat
    Arnaldur Indridason - Silence of the Grave (audio)
    Stieg Larsson - The Girl Who Played with Fire
    Alexander McCall Smith - Tea Time for the Traditionally Built (audio)
    Jon Stock - Dead Spy Running (audio)

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  52. Kerrie6 January 2010 at 07:05

    Thanks Miss Lemon, Saerah, and Karen. The lists are certainly looking realy interesting.

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  53. Vicki Delany6 January 2010 at 11:38

    At the group blog in which I am a member, Type M for Murder, we annual provide a list of recommended books for gift-giving. Our rules are strict - the book must have been published in this year or the previous and can not have been writing by anyone with whom we are personally acquainted. On the other hand, we can recommend any type of book, fiction or non. So its a nice change to be invited to provide a list of crime novels with no rules!

    Hard Rain - Barry Eisler
    Pleasing the Dead - Deborah Turrell Atkinson
    The Sky Took Him - Donis Casey
    The Suspicions of Mr. Whichter (not fiction, but still crime) - Kate Summersdale
    The Moonstone - Wilkie Collins
    Playing with Fire - Peter Robinson (a short story collection, including an Inspector Banks Novella)
    Where Memories Lie - Deborah Crombie
    Devil’s Food - Kerry Greenwood
    One Careless Moment - Dave Hugelschaffer
    A Passage to India - E.M. Forster
    Stone's Fall - Iain Pears

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  54. Mack6 January 2010 at 14:32

    I was pretty undisciplined in record keeping in 2009 and thought about ducking out but Kerrie noticed I was hiding so here is my list of favorites in no order. I borrowed Raidergirl3's idea about recording a series which allows me to fit in 11 titles.

    1a) The Girl Who Played With Fire - Stieg Larrsson
    b) The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

    2) Mixed Blood - Roger Smith

    3) Fifty Grand - Adrian McKinty

    4) The Rule Book - Rob Kitchin

    5) Bury Me Deep - Megan Abbott

    6) Bad Traffic - Simon Lewis

    7) Damn Near Dead - Duane Swierczynski, editor

    8) A Vengeful Longing - Roger Morris

    9) 9 Dragons - Michael Connelly

    10) Pain Killers - Jerry Stahl

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  55. Kerrie6 January 2010 at 21:27

    Thanks Mack and Vicky. What a wonderful range of crime fiction we are getting

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  56. Meg Gardiner7 January 2010 at 00:30

    Four of my 2009 favorites, by authors I read for the first time last year:

    Bury Me Deep, Megan Abbott
    The City and The City, China Mieville
    Finch, Jeff VanderMeer
    The Siege, Stephen White

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  57. pattinase (abbott)7 January 2010 at 01:57

    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Larson
    Starvation Lake, Brian Gruley
    The Little Stranger, Sarah Waters
    Small Crimes, Dave Zeltserman
    Life Sentences, Laura Lippman
    The Long Division, Derek Nikitas
    Rogue Males, Craig McDonald
    The End of Everything, Megan Abbott
    The Name of the Game is Death, Dan Marlowe
    Tomato Red, Daniel Woodrell

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  58. Lesa7 January 2010 at 07:01

    Thanks, Kerrie. Here's my list.

    Dog On It - Spencer Quinn
    A Bad Day for Sorry - Sophie Littlefield
    13 1/2 - Nevada Barr
    The Brutal Telling - Louise Penny
    Faces of the Gone - Brad Parks
    U is for Undertow - Sue Grafton
    Holiday Grind - Cleo Coyle
    The Silent Spirit - Margaret Coel
    Secondhand Spirits - Juliet Blackwell
    Awakening - S.J. Bolton

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  59. Kerrie7 January 2010 at 07:04

    Thanks Meg and Pattinase. The running total is 447 titles suggested by 44 contributors!

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  60. Kerrie7 January 2010 at 07:20

    Many thanks Lesa.

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  61. Margot7 January 2010 at 17:44

    Hi Kerrie,
    Here's my list - not in any particular order.
    1. Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly
    2. Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Deciption by Eric Van Lustbader
    3. The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
    4. The Way Home by George Pelecanos
    5. The Associate by John Grisham

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  62. Kerrie7 January 2010 at 19:20

    Thanks Margot

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  63. Vicki Delany9 January 2010 at 08:35

    I made a mistake with the Peter Robinson title. It should be The Price of Love

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  64. Kerrie9 January 2010 at 08:43

    Thanks Vick - I'll fix it on the final list

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