2025 Book List

 Books

 

1. The Birdcage Libaby, Freya Berry, a little strange
2. Cold Breath, Quentin Bates, Iceland Lady Detective
3. The Rik Mayall, Rik Mayall, interestingly incoherent and flighty
4. The Beautiful Mystery, Louise Perry (LP) 
5. The Long Way Home LP
6. The Nature of the Beast LP
7. Mountains of the Pharaohs, Zahi Hawasi, quite interesting Egyptian pyramid history 
8. The African Queen, C.S. Forester, Hard to read cockney accent Charlie speaks with in the book at first, Rose is a stronger character in the book.
9. Fear Comes to Chalfont, Freeman Wills Croft,  1942 detective story
10. The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Eva Jurczyk, book goes missing,  Liesl looks for it, maybe she finds it
11. Knife Skills for Beginners, Orlando Murrin, a how to book 
12. A great Reckoning, LP
13. Glass Houses, LP
14. Nothing Ventured, Jeffery Archer
15. Kingdom of the Blind, LP
16. Death of a Spy, M.C. Beaton and R. W. Green
17. Prose and Cons, Gyles Brandreth, downstairs book, still reading
18. The Only Gaihin in the Village, Ian Maloney, guy moves to Japan, very different from Scotland, who knew
19. A Better Man, LP
20. All the Devils are Here, LP
21. Antique Guide to Murder, C.L. Miller,  there is a second book and I liked this one enough to not read the second.
22. Travels with my Aunt, Graham Greene, read again, love this book and all the stories and all the travels
23. Madhouse at the End of the Earth, Julian Sacnton, Details the 1897 winter when the Belgica was stranded in the ice in the antarctic. Early exploit of Roald Amundsen.
24. Maigret and the Wine Merchant, Georges Simenon (GS), previously read, reread in July in Norway and on a Svalbard expedition.
25. Maigret's Friend, GS 
26. The 2 Penny Bar, GS
27. The Goodbye Coast, Joe Ide, Phillip Marlow new story
28. The Awkward Squad, Sophie Henaff, quirky group of misfit french police solving cold cases
29. We Solve Murders, Richard Osman
30. Let it Bleed, Ian Rankin
31. The Madness of Crowds, LP
32. The Lost Book of Bonn, Brianna Whocares, DNF
33. The Spy How Loved Me, Ian Flemming (IF), not like the movie at all
34. On Her Majesties Secret Service, IF 
35. Bryand and May London, Christopher Fowler, Interesting bits and bobs about London sights, people and events
36. Down the Garden Path, Beverley Nichols, read years ago, all about his first garden and house in the country 
37. You Only Live Twice, IF, the movie stayed close to the book partly
38. Slow Train to Switzerland, Diccon Bewes, details a trip undertaken by a group from the UK on an early Thomas Cook tour, author tries to recreate the trip. Tghere are trains, so I liked the book.
39. Everyone on this Train is a Suspect, Benjamin Stevenson, just OK
40. My Summer in a Garden, Charles Dudley Warner
41. Christmas at the Island Hotel, Jenny Colgar, thought it was a murder mystery, but it was not 
42. Man with the Golden Gun,IF, wow, the movie is so far different than the book, not even the gun is the same
43. Maigret at Picratt's, GS, watched Rowan Atkinson's Maigret and wanted to see how close to the book he was
44. Maigret's Dead Man, GS, Ditto
45. A World of Curiosities, LP
46. Who Saw Her Die, Patricia Moyes, still reading, started 12/20