Books are listed in the chronological order I read them. The links in this list are to my reviews – some ‘reviews’ are mini reviews/notes or as parts of composite posts (not all books will be reviewed).
Key:
- F = Fiction
- K = Kindle
- CF = Crime Fiction
- HF = Historical Fiction
- LB = library book
- TBR = book acquired before 1 Jan 2018
- RB = a review book from author/publisher/NetGalley
- B = book borrowed from family/friends
- NF = non-fiction
January
- Notes From An Exhibition by Patrick Gale 4* TBR
- Turning for Home by Barney Norris 4.5* RB, K, TBR
- The Wicked Cometh by Laura Carlin 3* HF, K, RB, TBR
- The Confession by Jo Spain 4* K, RB
- After You’d Gone by Maggie O’Farrell 5*
- Force of Nature by Jane Harper 4* RB
- Victoria: A Life by A N Wilson 5* TBR, NF
February
- The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale 5* K, RB
- The Secret Vanguard by Michael Innes 4* K, RB, CF
- Only Child by Rhiannon Navin 5* K, RB
- The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 5*, K,TBR, HF
- The Midnight Line by Lee Child 4*, TBR, CF
- The Tuscan Child by Rhys Bowen 3.5*, K, HF, RB
- Dry Bones in the Valley by Tom Bouman 4* CF
- Bookworm by Lucy Mangan 4*, NF, RB, K
March
- The Western Wind by Samantha Harvey 4.5* K, RB, HF
- Munich by Robert Harris 5* HF, LB
- Bump in the Night by Colin Watson 4* K, CF, RB
- Painting as a Pastime by Winston S. Churchill 5*, NF
- The Smiling Man by Joseph Knox 5* CF, K, RB
- The Good Liar by Catherine McKenzie 4* F, K, RB
- The Daffodil Affair by Michael Innes 3.5 * CF, K, RB
- The Ashes of London by Andrew Taylor 5 * HF, K, RB
April
- The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney 2.5* CF, HF, TBR
- The Fire Court by Andrew Taylor 5* HF, K, RB
- A Dying Note by Ann Parker 4* HF, CF, K, RB
- Portrait of a Murderer by Anne Meredith 4* CF, K, RB
- Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simsonson 3.5* F
- Time is a Killer by Michel Bussi 4.5* CF, K, RB
May
- Blacklands by Belinda Bauer 5* CF (short review)
- Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker 4* K, NF, RB
- Snap by Belinda Bauer 3.5* CF, K, RB
- Her Hidden Life by V S Alexander 3* HF, K, RB
- A Life in Questions by Jeremy Paxman 4* NF, TBR (short review)
- The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson 4* F, HF, K, TBR
- The Hunger by Alma Katsu 5* F, HF, K, RB
- Persons Unknown by Susie Steiner 4.5*, F, CF, K, RB
- Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer 4.5* F, CF, LB
June
- Bats in the Belfry by E C R Lorac 4* F, CF, K, RB
- The Craftsman by Sharon Bolton 4.5* F, CF, K, RB
- Come a Little Closer by Rachel Abbott 3* F, CF, K, KLL
- Stalker by Lisa Stone 3* F, CF,K, RB
- Watching You by Lisa Jewell 5*, F, K, RB
- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 5+*, F, TBR
- On Beulah Height by Reginald Hill 5* F, CF, TBR
- The Kappillan of Malta by Nicholas Monsarrat 4* F, HF, K
- The Three Evangelists by Fred Vargas 4.5* F, CF, LB
- Fire in the Thatch by E C R Lorac 4*, F, CF, K, RB
July
- Darkside by Belinda Bauer 5* F, CF
- The Burning Chambers by Kate Mosse 4* F, HF, K, RB
- Ruined Stones by Eric Read 3.5* F,CF, RB
- Camino Island by John Grisham 3.5*, CF, K
- The Tudor Crown by Joanna Hickson 4* F, HF, K, RB
- No Further Questions by Gillian McAllister 5* F, CF, K, RB
- The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware 3* F, CF, TBR
- Your Closest Friend by Karen Perry 2* F, K, RB
- Absent in the Spring by Agatha Christie, writing as Mary Westmacott 5* F, TBR
- Do Not Disturb by Claire Douglas 4* CF, F, K, RB
August
- Dog Will Have His Day by Fred Vargas 4* CF,F, LB
- By Sword and Storm by Margaret Skea 4* HF, F, K, RB
- The Rules of Seeing by Joe Heap 2* F, K, RB
- The Story Keeper by Anna Mazzola 4* F, HR, RB
- He Who Whispers by John Dickson Carr 4* F, CF, TBR
- Macbeth by Jo Nesbo 5* F, RB, K
- Cécile is Dead by Georges Simenon 4* CF, F, TBR
September
- The Way of All Flesh by Ambrose Parry 5* CF, F, K, RB
- The Gaslight Stalker by David Field 2* CF, F, HF, K, RB
- Appleby’s End by Michael Innes 3* F, K, RB
- Dead Woman Walking by Sharon Bolton 5*, CF, F, K
- Wedlock: How Georgian Britain’s Worst Husband Met His Match by Wendy Moore 4* NF, LB
- The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin by Georges Simenon 3.5* CF, F, TBR
- The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Karen Morton 3* F, HF, K, RB
- East of Eden by John Steinbeck 4* F,K
- Down to the Woods by M J Arlidge F, CF, K, RB
October
- A Perfectly Good Man by Patrick Gale 5* F, LB
- In a House of Lies by Ian Rankin 5* F, CF, K
- Now We Shall Be Entirely Free by Andrew Miller 4* F, HF, K, RB
- Timekeepers by Simon Garfield 2.5* rounded up to 3* NF, K, RB
- The Ghost by Robert Harris 4* F, TBR
- The Darkest Place by Jo Spain 4* CF, K, RB
- Daisy in Chains by Sharon Bolton 4* CF, K, TBR
November
- I Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O’Farrell 5* NF, K
- Jacob’s Room is Full of Books by Susan Hill 5* NF, LB
- Absolute Proof by Peter James 3.5* F, K, RB
- The Reckoning by John Grisham 5* F, K, CF
- In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware 2.5* F, CF, LB
- The New Mrs Clifton by Elizabeth Buchan 4* F
- Tombland by C J Sansom 5* F, HF, CF
December
- The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz 5* F, CF, K, RB
- Italian Shoes by Henning Mankell 4* F, K, TBR
- Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome 4* F, K, TBR
- Foreign Bodies short stories edited by Martin Edwards 3* F, K, RB
- Out of Bounds by Val Mcdermid 4* CF, F, K
- The Division Bell Mystery by Ellen Wilkinson 5* F, CF, K, RB
- Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield 5* F, K, RB
- The Accordionist by Fred Vargas 4* F, CF, LB