2024 Reviews

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

Last updated: 17 November 2024 Number read so far: 129

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