This post follows up on a couple of recent ones about top crime fiction reads.
My databases ofr the last 5 years contains just over 660 books.
I have given about 10% of those a rating a 5.
But there are some that have missed out by the smallest of margins - they are the "nearly there's" that I gave 4.9 to.
So here is that list:
Australian Authors
Kerry Greenwood DEATH BY WATER 2005
P D Martin THE MURDERERS' CLUB 2006
British authors
Mark Billingham SLEEPY HEAD 2001
P. D. James THE PRIVATE PATIENT 2008
Jim Kelly DEATH WORE WHITE 2008
Alexander McCall Smith BLUE SHOES AND HAPPINESS 2006
Charles Todd SEARCH THE DARK 2000
Charles Todd A PALE HORSE (audio book) 2008
Rest of the world - translated authors marked with *
* Karin Alvtegen SHADOW 2007
Michael Connelly THE CONCRETE BLONDE 1994
Michael Connelly ECHO PARK 2006
Leighton Gage THE BLOOD OF THE WICKED 2008
Randall Hicks THE BABY GAME 2005
* Arnuldur Indridason TAINTED BLOOD (Jar City) 2004
Thomas Perry VANISHING ACT 1994
* Johan Theorin ECHOES FROM THE DEAD 2008
* Fred Vargas SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR 2004
Why MYSTERIES? Because that is the genre I read.
Why PARADISE? Because that is where I live.
Among other things, this blog, the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution,
will act as a record of books that I've read, and random thoughts.
1 comment:
Kerrie - Thanks for this list. You've got some terrific reads here, and I can see how they came very close...
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