2024 Reviews

A summary of the books I've read in 2024 (in rating order)

Last updated: 31 December 2024 Number read so far: 147

1. 5.0, STORM CHILD, Michael Robotham
2. 5.0, THE LEDGE, Christian White 
3. 5..0, HAS ANYONE SEEN CHARLOTTE SALTER? Nicci French
   
4. 5.0, THE RUNNING GRAVE, Robert Galbraith
5. 5.0, ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE, Louise Penny
6. 5.0, THE MADNESS OF CROWDS, Louise Penny 
7. 5.0, THE SEARCH PARTY, Hannah Richell
   
8. 5.0. THE DINNER PARTY, Rebecca Heath
9. 4.9, A WORLD OF CURIOSITIES, Louise Penny
10. 4.8, THE GREY WOLF, Louise Penny
11. 4.8, IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, Jo Callaghan
12. 4.8, LEAVE NO TRACE, Jo Callaghan 
13. 4.8, PAST LYING, Val McDermid 
14. 4.8, WHAT HAPPENED TO NINA? Dervla McTiernan 
15. 4.8, THE BIRDCAGE, Eve Chase
16. 4.8, CREEPER, Margaret Hickey 
17. 4.8, THE ZIG ZAG GIRL, Elly Griffiths
18. 4.8, ONE GOOD TURN, Kate Atkinson 
19. 4.8, INSIDIOUS INTENT, Val McDermid
    
20. 4.8, DARLING GIRLS, Sally Hepworth
21. 4.8, THE SCHOOL RUN, Ali Lowe
22. 4.7. LOOK BOTH WAYS, Linwood Barclay 
23. 4.7, TAKEN, Dinuka McKenzie 
24. 4.7, THE NIGHT SHE FELL, Eileen Merriman 
25. 4.7, THE GOOD SISTER, Sally Hepworth
26. 4.7. THE GIRL IN SEAT 2A, Diana Wilkinson 
27. 4.7, ONE PERFECT COUPLE, Ruth Ware
    
28. 4.7, THE DARK LAKE, Sarah Bailey
    
29. 4.7, BRUNY, Heather Rose
30. 4.7, THE YOUNGER WIFE, Sally Hepworth
    
31. 4.7, IN DARK WATER, Lynne McEwan
32. 4.7, THE WIREGRASS, Adrian Hyland
33. 4.6, THE VALLEY, Chris Hammer
    
34. 4.6, PERFECT CRIME, Helen Fields
35. 4.6, SEVEN SISTERS, Katherine Kovacic 
36. 4.6, BEFORE SHE KNEW HIM, Peter Swanson 
37. 4.6, THE TORRENT, Dinuka McKenzie 
38. 4.6, YOU HAD IT COMING, B. M. Carroll
    
39. 4.6, MURDER IN THE FAMILY, Faith Martin
40. 4.6, THE PALE HORSE, Agatha Christie
41. 4.6, YOU ARE MINE, Diana Wilkinson
    
42. 4.6, THE BOOK CLUB, C.J. Cooper 
43. 4.6, TO THE LIONS, Holly Watt
44. 4.6, ONE OF US IS MISSING, B. M. Carroll 
45. 4.6, THE ENGINE HOUSE, Rhys Dylan
46. 4.6, THE CARDIFF KILLINGS, Gaynor Torrance
    
47. 4.6, ICE COLD MALICE, Rhys Dylan
    
48. 4.6, THE GREAT DECEIVER, Elly Griffiths
    
49. 4.6, DARK DEEDS DOWN UNDER, Craig Sisterson (edit)
50. 4.6, THE HEIGHTS, Louise Candlish
51. 4.6, IT TAKES A TOWN, Aoife Clifford
    
52. 4.6, SOME OF US ARE LOOKING, Carlene O'Connor 
53. 4.6, NOW YOU SEE THEM, Elly Griffiths 
54. 4.6, THE RUNNING CLUB, Ali Lowe
    
55. 4.6, THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME, Laura Dave
    
56. 4.6, DARKNESS FALLS, Robert Bryndza 
57. 4.6, BURIED, Lynda la Plante
    
58. 4.6, A WINTER GRAVE, Peter May
59. 4.6, VANISHING POINT, Pat Flower
    
60. 4.6, ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR, G.R. Jordan 
61. 4.5, WHAT TO DO WHEN SOMEBODY DIES, Nicci French
62. 4.5, MURDER AT THE UNIVERSITY, Faith Martin
63. 4.5, MURDER OF THE BRIDE, Faith Martin
64. 4.5, THE RADIO Victoria Purman
65. 4.5, MURDER IN THE VILLAGE, Faith Martin
66. 4.5, ONE DOWN, Diana Wilkinson
67. 4.5, MURDER ON THE OXFORD CANAL, Faith Martin
    
68. 4.5, DEATH AT MORNING HOUSE, Maureen Johnson 
69. 4.5, THE PERFECT PARENTS, J.A. Baker
70. 4.5, THE ROYAL LIBRARIAN, Daisy Wood
71. 4.5, HERCULE POIROT'S CHRISTMAS, Agatha Christie
    
72. 4.5, SUFFER THE DEAD, Rhys Dylan
73. 4.5, THE NIGHT FIRE, Michael Connelly
74. 4.5, 4 RIVERSIDE CLOSE, Diana Wilkinson 
75. 4.5, EDENHOPE, Louise Le Nay 
76. 4.5. THE PRISONER, B.A. Paris
77. 4.5, WE SOLVE MURDERS, Richard Osman 
78. 4.5, DORMIE 5, G. R. Jordan
    
79. 4.5, TIPPING POINT, Dinuka McKenzie
    
80. 4.5, ONE DARK TWO LIGHT, Ruth Mancini
    
81. 4.5, APARTMENT 303, Kelli Hawkins
    
82. 4.6, SUSPECT, Robert Crais
83. 4.6, THE NARRATOR, K.L. Slater 
84. 4.6, THE MARLOW MURDER CLUB, Robert Thorogood
85. 4.5, KILLERS OF A CERTAIN AGE, Deanna Raybourn
86. 4.5, THE TRIVIA NIGHT, Ali Lowe 
87. 4.5, CLOSE TO DEATH, Anthony Horowitz
88. 4.5, THEN SHE VANISHES, Claire Douglas  
89. 4.5, ELEPHANTS CAN REMEMBER, Agatha Christie
90. 4.5, THE WOMAN ON THE LEDGE, Ruth Mancini 
91. 4.5, TO THE RIVER, Vikki Wakefield 
92. 4.5, THE LOST APOTHECARY, Sarah Penner
    
93. 4.5. DEATH ON THE NILE, Agatha Christie 
    
94. 4.5, MURDER ON THE FARM, Kate Wells
95. 4.5, THE CASE OF THE BEREAVED BUTLER, Cathy Ace 
96. 4.5, BROKEN BAY, Margaret Hickey
97. 4.5, SEVENTEEN: Last Man Standing, John Brownlow
98. 4.5, ASSASSIN EIGHTEEN, John Brownlow 
99. 4.5, THE SUMMER PARTY, Rebecca Heath
    
100. 4.5, FOOL ME ONCE, Harlan Coben 
101. 4.5, ABSOLUTION, Caro Ramsay
102. 4.5, THE DENTIST, Tim Sullivan
     
103. 4.5, NO STRANGERS HERE, Carlene O'Connor
     
104. 4.5, THE BLOOD CARD, Elly Griffiths 
105. 4.5, CAUTION: DEATH AT WORK, Rhys Dylan
     
106. 4.5, THE DEATH OF MACLEOD, G. R. Jordan
107. 4.5, A COMMON MAN, G. R. Jordan 
108. 4.5, A SWEEPING DARKNESS, G. R. Jordan
     
109. 4.5, THE PIMLICO MURDER, Mike Hollow
110. 4.5, HOLDING, Graham Norton
     
111. 4.5, THE COVENT GARDEN MURDER, Mike Hollow
112. 4.5, ROGUE'S GALLERY, G. R. Jordan 
     
113. 4.5, LOWBRIDGE, Lucy Campbell
114. 4.5, THE THIRTEEN PROBLEMS, Agatha Christie
     
115. 4.5, CLEARED TO DIE, G.R. Jordan 
116. 4.5, MAN OVERBOARD, G.R. Jordan
117. 4.4, ELEVATOR PITCH, Linwood Barclay
118. 4.4, THE CRYPTIC CLUE, Amanda Hampson
119. 4.4, THE LAST WORD, Elly Griffiths
     
120. 4.4, LOVE SONGS FROM A SHALLOW GRAVE, Colin Cotterill 
     
121. 4.5, MURDER BEFORE EVENSONG, Richard Coles
122. 4.4, PHEASANTS NEST, Louise Milligan
     
123. 4.4, THE DEATH OF DORA BLACK, Lainie Anderson
     
124. 4.4, BUTTER, Asako Yuzuki
     
125. 4.4, BONE LANDS, Pip Fioretti
     
126. 4.4, A DEATH IN THE PARISH, Richard Coles 
127. 4.4, MURDER ON AN IRISH FARM, Carlene O'Connor
     
128. 4.4, MURDER IN AN IRISH CHURCHYARD, Carlene O'Connor
     
129. 4.4, FOUL PLAY, Fiona McIntosh
     
130. 4.4, THE TRAP, Catherine Ryan Howard 
131. 4.4, GHOST CHILD, Caroline Overington
     
132. 4.4, HIGH PROFILE, Robert B. Parker
133. 4.4, MURDER AT THE BRIGHTWELL, Ashley Weaver 
134. 4.4, I WILL FIND YOU, Harlan Coben  
135. 4.4, THE TEA LADIES, Angela Hampson
136. 4.3, A FIELD OF DARKNESS. Cornelia Read
     
137. 4.3, THE GLASS HOUSE, Eve Chase
     
138. 4.3, THE WAITER, Ajay Chowdhury
139. 4.3, THE CLOCKS, Agatha Christie
     
140. 4.2, POIROT INVESTIGATES, Agatha Christie 
141. 4.2, MOLE CREEK, James Dunbar 
142. 4.2, POISON AT THE VILLAGE SHOW, Catherine Coles  
143. 4.1, MURDER IN GALWAY, Carlen O'Connor
144. 4.0, MISS AUSTEN INVESTIGATES, Jessica Bull 
145. 4.0, MURDER ON FRIDAY STREET, Russell Cooper
     
146. 3.2. THE SILENT INHERITANCE,  Joy Dettman 
147. 3.0, THE MATCH, Harlan Coben