I think there is plenty of room to run it again.
It certainly has provided some great reading recommendations.
Here are the books I chose.
- A: A is for Alibi, Sue Grafton
- B: S is for Simon Brett
- C: CROSS BONES, Kathy Reichs
- D: DANCE OF DEATH, John Case
- E: THE FIRST CASUALTY, Ben Elton
- F: THE FAITHFUL SPY, Alex Berenson
- G: G is for Gerritsen
- H: THE MASK OF ATREUS by A.J. Hartley
- I: VOICES by Arnaldur Indridason
- J: J is for James
- K: K is for Kavanagh
- L: LOOKING GOOD DEAD, Peter James
- M: M is for Martin Edwards
- N: NIGHT WORK, Steve Hamilton
- O: O is for Overkill, Vanda Symons
- P: Paul Cleave - THE CLEANER
- Q: Q is for Harley Quin
- R: Stella Rimington, SECRET ASSET
- S: Simon Beckett - THE CHEMISTRY OF DEATH
- T: BLIND SPOT by Terri Persons
- U: U is for UNDERTOW, Sydney Bauer
- V: V is Vargas
- W: THE DEVIL'S FEATHER, Minette Walters
- X: EXIT MUSIC, Ian Rankin
- Y: Y is for Felicity Young
- Z: SHADOW OF THE WIND - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
I'll have to look up the Mask of Atreus, as I enjoy reading mysteries set in Greece and the title suggests Greece! Here's my review of Jeffrey Deaver's thriller, The Stone Monkey
ReplyDeleteI hope you do decide to run it again -- I'd like to join in this time!
ReplyDeleteYes, what a clever challenge. At the rate Miss Lemon is going, she'll most certainly be reading Margaret Yorke when it comes down to the Ys.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kerrie!
Discuss the literary and social influences that have so differently shaped the genre in each country.
ReplyDeleteAmerican and British crime fiction are very different; the American tale tends to be more plot driven with dull stereotypical characters while in the English the characters are more important than the plot.
ReplyDeleteWilde is a fan of Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories so much so that as the mystery is unravelled he picks up clues in the manner of Holmes, observing and deducing, exclaiming when questioned by Conan Doyle
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