2024 Books Read

 Most books read in a year, second most was in 2020.

 Murder in old Bombay by Nev March started in 2023, finished in 2024 so I won't count it here.

1. Oranges and Lemons, Christopher Fowler, Peculiar Crimes Unit book #20
2. Murder on the Links, Agatha Christie
3. Black Run, Antonio Manzini, Italian Alps and Deputy Police Chief Rocco Schiavone.
4. Man with the Silver Saab, Alexander McCall Smith
5. Marked Man, Archer Mayor, Vermont Bureau of Investigation agent Joe Gunther 
6. Devil's Delight, M.C. Beaton 
7.  The Benson Murder Case, Philo Dough
8. Night Train to Lisbon, Pascal Mercier, strange and interesting, 2 stories in one. Third reading.
   
9. The Raging Storm, Anne Cleeves
10. The Old Knives,  Olen Steinhauer
11. Vendetta, Michael Dibdin (MD) Reread the Zen series this year
12. Bruno's Challenge, Martin Walker
13. Full Circle, Andrew Smith, A Doctor Who story, reread
    
14. The Face of Evil, Terrance Dicks, A Doctor Who story, reread
    
15. Dead Lagoon, MD
16. Monsieur Pamplemouse Afloat, Michael Bond (MB)
    
17. Martin Walker Short stories, just so so.
    
18. Antidote to Venom, Freeman Wills Croft
19. Cosi Fan Tutti, MD
20. A Long Finish, MD
21. And Then You Die, MD
22. Blood Rain, MD
23. Medusa, MD
24. Back to Bologna, MD
25. End Games, MD
26. Maigret's Pipe, Georges Simenon (GS)
27. Frozen Assets, Quintin Bates, Icelandic Detective Story
28. A Rich Full Death, MD, Not in the Zen series
29. Ramones, Carl Cafarelli
30. District VIII, Adam Lebor, Budapest murder mystery
31. Do Polar Bears get Lonely, New Scientist book, DNF
    
32. Saints of the Shadow Bible, Ian Rankin (IR), Inspector Rebus
    
33. Knots and Crosses, IR 
34. Mortal Causes, IR 
35. The Naming of the Dead, IR 
36. Maigret Enjoys himself, GS 
37. Maigret in Vichy, GS
38. Mr. Pamplemouse on Probation, MB 
39. Still Life, Louise Penny (LP), Three Pines mysteries 
40. A Fatal Grace, LP 
41. The Cruelest Month, LP
42. A Rule Against Murder, LP
43. And Then Came Paulette, Barbara Constantine
44. The Hangman, LP
45. The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien, read in Iceland
46. Maigret Travels, GS
47. Pietr the Lett, GS 
48. The Brutal Telling, LP
49. A Christmas Resolution, Anne Perry
50. Deck the Donuts, Ginger Bolton, too wordy
51. Bury your Dead, LP Takes place partly in Quebec City and made me want to visit.
    
52. Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien, Slower read than "The Hobbit", got tired of reading it towards the end. Highly unlikely that I will move on to the next in the series.
    
53. A Trick of the Light, LP