On my predilection for British crime fiction

I don't suppose that I should have been surprised that, out 133 books read so far this year, 50 of them are by British authors. After all, last year it was 60 out of 142.
I'll have a couple more to add to my list by year's end. (I'm currently enjoying an audio version of Christopher Fowler's FULL DARK HOUSE, the beginning of the Bryant & May series.)

Of course each year the Agatha Christie Reading Challenge accounts for 12 titles.
And I have to admit that I have still more unread British titles on my shelves and on my Kindle.
Nevertheless I join a British reading challenge each year, really just as an excuse to record what I read.

Here is my list for this year.
You'll see there are many excellent reads among them.

1. 4.4, NO MERCY, Wendy Cartmell
2. 4.5, TUESDAY'S GONE, Nicci French
3. 4.2, DESTINATION UNKNOWN, Agatha Christie
4. 4.9, THE DARK WINTER, David Mark 
5. 4.5, THE OFFICE OF THE DEAD, Andrew Taylor 
6. 4.3, AN ARTISTIC WAY TO GO, Roderic Jeffries
7. 4.0, REVENGE OF THE TIDE, Elizabeth Haynes 
8. 4.4, SHADOW OF THE ROCK, Thomas Mogford 
9. 4.2, MRS QUEEN TAKES THE TRAIN, William Kuhn - NOT crime fiction
10. 4.1, DEAD MAN'S FOLLY, Agatha Christie 
11. 4.3, TRIAL BY FIRE, Frances Fyfield 
12. 4.4. AGENT 6, Tom Rob Smith 
13. 4.3, SO MUCH BLOOD, Simon Brett 
14. 5.0, DEAD WATER, Ann Cleeves 
15. 4.4, 4.50 FROM PADDINGTON, Agatha Christie 
16. 4.4, THE CARRIER, Sophie Hannah 
17. 4.8, THE HIGHLAND WITCH (aka CORRAG), Susan Fletcher 
18. 4.5, BRYANT & MAY AND THE INVISIBLE CODE, Christopher Fowler
19. 4.1, THE BAGHDAD RAILWAY CLUB, Andrew Martin
20. 4.7, THE EARTH HUMS IN B FLAT, Mari Strachan 
21. 4.5, ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE, Agatha Christie 
22. 4.8, STANDING IN ANOTHER MAN'S GRAVE, Ian Rankin 
23. 4.4, THE LOST LIBRARY, A.M. Dean 
24. 4.7, BRING UP THE BODIES, Hilary Mantel 
25. 4.8, THE TOOTH TATTOO, Peter Lovesey 
26. 5.0, THE LEWIS MAN, Peter May 
27. 4.6, THE FROZEN SHROUD, Martin Edwards
28. 4.2, A DECENT INTERVAL, Simon Brett 
29. 4.3, CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS, Agatha Christie 
30. 4.4, THE PALE HORSE, Agatha Christie 
31. 4.5, BONES UNDER THE BEACH HUT, Simon Brett 
32. 4.2, GUNS IN THE GALLERY, Simon Brett 
33. 4.6, THE CORPSE ON THE COURT, Simon Brett 
34. 4.4, SHORT SENTENCE: 10 stories of dastardly deeds, Parker Bilal et al 
35. 4.7, THE MIRROR CRACK'D FROM SIDE TO SIDE, Agatha Christie 
36. 4.7, GODS AND BEASTS, Denise Mina 
37. 4.8, A DARK ADAPTED EYE, Barbara Vine
38. 4.1, LORD JAMES HARRINGTON AND THE WINTER MYSTERY, Lynn Florkiewicz 
39. 3.8, THE DEVIL'S MOON, Peter Guttridge 
40. 4.2, THE CLOCKS, Agatha Christie 
41. 4.7, WAITING FOR WEDNESDAY, Nicci French 
42. 4.5, MISS MARPLE STORIES: SOLVING SIX, Agatha Christie 
43. 4.6, THE MASTER OF THE MOOR, Ruth Rendell
44. 4.5, M.O. CRIMES OF PRACTICE, Martin Edwards (edit) 
45. 4.4, A CARIBBEAN MYSTERY, Agatha Christie 
46. 4.5, REFUSAL, Felix Francis
47. 5.0, THE CUCKOO'S CALLING, J.K. Rowling writing as Robert Galbraith 
48. 4.5, NO MAN'S NIGHTINGALE, Ruth Rendell 
49. 4.3, SHADOW OF THE SERPENT, David Ashton 
50. 4.3, AT BERTRAM'S HOTEL, Agatha Christie