2016 Reviews

Books are in review date order with Australian authors highlighted in green (if crime fiction these are published at my other blog)

  1. Kati Hiekkapelto THE DEFENCELESS
  2. Leslie O’Kane DEATH COMES eCALLING
  3. Emma Viskic RESURRECTION BAY
  4. Ellery Adams MURDER IN THE MYSTERY SUITE
  5. Michael Gilbert SMALLBONE DECEASED
  6. Dana Stabenow A COLD DAY FOR MURDER
  7. William Boyd RESTLESS (book vs adaptation)
  8. Ian Caldwell THE FIFTH GOSPEL
  9. Doug Johnstone THE JUMP
  10. Ann Turner THE LOST SWIMMER
  11. Helen Garner THIS HOUSE OF GRIEF
  12. Anita Nair A CUT-LIKE WOUND
  13. Antti Tuomainen DARK AS MY HEART
  14. Dorothy L. Sayers MURDER MUST ADVERTISE
  15. Jean Harrod DEADLY DIPLOMACY
  16. Julia Keller LAST RAGGED BREATH
  17. Cath Ferla GHOST GIRLS
  18. Mickey Spillane I, THE JURY
  19. C.J. Sansom DISSOLUTION
  20. Hans Olav Lahlum SATELLITE PEOPLE
  21. Peter Docker SWEET ONE
  22. Ellery Adams A KILLER COLLECTION
  23. Janice Simpson MURDER IN MT MARTHA
  24. Hideo Yokoyama SIX FOUR
  25. Arthur Upfield DEATH OF A SWAGMAN
  26. Ruth Rendell ROAD RAGE (book vs adaptation)
  27. Aoife Clifford ALL THESE PERFECT STRANGERS
  28. Karin Fossum THE DROWNED BOY
  29. Amanda Ortlepp RUNNING AGAINST THE TIDE
  30. Allen Eskens THE LIFE WE BURY
  31. Margaret Millar AN AIR THAT KILLS
  32. Emily Maguire AN ISOLATED INCIDENT
  33. Fiona Barton THE WIDOW
  34. Lindsay Tanner COMFORT ZONE
  35. Jørn Lier Horst THE CAVEMAN
  36. Agatha Christie AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (book vs adaptation)
  37. Melanie Raabe THE TRAP
  38. E.M. Channon THE CHIMNEY MURDER
  39. Jean Bedford NOW YOU SEE ME
  40. Lou Berney THE LONG AND FARAWAY GONE
  41. Olga Lorenzo THE LIGHT ON THE WATER
  42. Roger Monk THE BANK MANAGER
  43. Jane Harper THE DRY
  44. Deborah Johnson THE SECRET OF MAGIC
  45. A.E. Martin COMMON PEOPLE: MURDER IN SIDESHOW ALLEY
  46. Patricia Abbott SHOT IN DETROIT
  47. Arthur Upfield DEATH OF A LAKE
  48. Antonia Hodgson THE DEVIL IN THE MARSHALSEA
  49. David Owen 13-POINT PLAN FOR A PERFECT MURDER
  50. Shamini Flint A DEADLY CAMBODIAN CRIME SPREE
  51. Dorothy L. Sayers STRONG POISON
  52. Val McDermid OUT OF BOUNDS
  53. Meg and Tom Keneally THE SOLDIER’S CURSE
  54. Todd Borg TAHOE DEATH FALL
  55. Belinda Bauer THE SHUT EYE
  56. Georges Simenon PIETR THE LATVIAN
  57. Zygmunt Miloszweski RAGE
  58. Sue Williams DEAD MEN DON’T ORDER FLAKE
  59. Tania Chandler DEAD IN THE WATER
  60. Jane Jago THE WRONG HAND
  61. Ellery Adams LETHAL LETTERS & Michael Wood FOR REASONS UNKNOWN
  62. R. Austin Freeman THE RED THUMB MARK
  63. Melina Marchetta TELL THE TRUTH, SHAME THE DEVIL
  64. Larry D. Sweazy SEE ALSO MURDER
  65. Karin Fossum HELL FIRE
  66. Anna Snoekstra ONLY DAUGHTER
  67. Denise Mina SANCTUM (aka DECEPTION)
  68. Hans Olav Lahlum THE CATALYST KILLING
  69. Emily Arsenault WHAT STRANGE CREATURES
  70. Margot Kinberg PAST TENSE
  71. Pat Flower VANISHING POINT
  72. Robert Harris CONCLAVE
  73. Felicity Young A DONATION OF MURDER
  74. Sulari Gentill GIVE THE DEVIL HIS DUE
  75. Jock Serong THE RULES OF BACKYARD CRICKET
  76. Margaret Millar A STRANGER IN MY GRAVE
  77. Hannah Kent THE GOOD PEOPLE
  78. Vanda Symon THE FACELESS
  79. Jaye Ford DARKEST PLACE
  80. David Owen ROMEO’S GUN