2020 Books

 This year I read 17 more Inspector Maigret books, 3 more Dr. Fu Manchu stories and another Raymond Chandler novel. My numbers are high because the Maigret books are not very long, but very good. Over the summer I was reading after work instead of commuting which helped my book count also. In the fall as the days got shorted, I migrated to watching all of the  Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes series on you tube.

This year's books in order read;

1. How to Retire Happy, Wild and Free, Zelinski 
2. The Templar's last secret, Martin Walker
   
3. Hello Everyone, travel experiences written by a family friend.
   
4. Maigret in Court, Georges Simenon (GS)
5. Maigret and the Old People, GS
6. Aunti Poldi and the Sicilian Lions, Mario Giordano
7. Maigret and the Lazy Builder, GS
8. A Sea of Trouble, Donna Leon  Guido Brunetti mysteries taking place in Venice.
   
9. The Cask, Freeman Wills Croft, published in 1920 and starts with a dead body in a cask. The author worked on the railroad when he started writing and transportation timetables figured greatly in  this novel. Defiantly will try some of his others.
   
10. Maigret and the Good People of Montparnasse, GS
11. Maigret and the Sunday Caller, GS
12. Maigret and the Tramp, GS
13. The Return of Fu Manchu, Sax Rohmer  Looking for the first of the series. Not as rude to non-british folks as expected. A good story.
    
14. Willful Behaviour, Donna Leon
15. Maigret Defends Himself, GS
    
16. Death and the Dutch Uncle, Patricia Moyes. New author to me, quite good, will keep a look out for more.
17. Maigret's Patience, GS
18. In a Sunburned Country, Bill Bryson
    
19. Maigret's Pickpocket, GS
20. An Unkindness of Ravens, Ruth Rendel
21. The Treasure Hunt, Andrea Camilleri Inspector Montalbano
22. The Shadow of Fu Manchum Sax Rohmer
23. The Wrath of Fu Manchu, Sax Rohmer
24. Aunti Poldi and the Vinyards of Etna, Mario Giordano
25. The Crow Trap, Anne Cleeves A Vera novel
    
26. Maigret and the Nahour  Case, GS
27. Farewell my Lovely, Raymond Chandler Second Novel by Chandler, I only have the last 2 of his novels to read.
28. Maigret in Vichy, GS
29. Maigret Hesitates, GS
30. The Temptation of Forgiveness, Donna Leon
    
31. Maigret's Childhood Friend, GS
32. Maigret and the Killer, GS
33. Unto Us a Son is Given, Donna Leon
34. Maigret and the Wine Merchant, GS
35. Cabal, Michael Dibden From the Aurelio Zen series, takes place in and around the Vatican.
36. Thin Air, Anne Cleeves Not a Vera novel.
    
37. Maigret and the Loner, GS
38. The Jewels of Paradise, Donna Leon  Story about Caterina Pellegrin and some work she picks up in Venice. Not a Guido Brunetti novel.
39. The Last Unicorn, William deBuys NonFiction searching for an endangered species in Southeast Asia. Received by accident, not bad, a bit sad overall for many different reasons.
    
40. The Terracotta Dog, Andrea Camilleri
41. Wildfire, Anne Cleeves
42. The Voice of the Violin, Andrea Camilleri
43. Beating around the Bush, M. C. Beaton
44. A Farmers Diary, Sally Urwin
45. The Knowledge, Marth Grimes
46. A Maigret Christmas and other stories, GS
47. The Mistletoe Murders, P. D. James, short stories
48. Harbour Street, Anne Cleeves