The time has come to close out the decade 2010-2020 with some of my most memorable reads. This is hardly an exhaustive list. I'm happy to say there was a wealth of wonderful books by excellent authors. However, these were both the first books of which I thought and the books whose stories made a lasting impression on me. The link to my review of each book can be found in the column on the right under the section of the title above. I can't wait to see what this new decade has in store. ENJOY!
Adam, Paul - THE RAINALDI QUARTET
Berney, Lou - NOVEMBER ROAD
Burley, John - THE QUIET CHILD
Bolton, Sharon - LITTLE BLACK LIES
Cleeves, Ann - THE SEAGULL
de Giovanni, Maurizio - I WILL HAVE VENGEN CE
Eskins, Allen - NOTHING MORE DANGEROUS
Fox, Candice - CRIMSON LAKE
Harper, Jordan - SHE RIDES SHOTGUN
Horan, Ellen - 31 BOND STREET
McPherson, Catriona - THE CHILD GARDEN
O'Connell, Carol - THE CHALK GIRL
Penny, Louise - A TRICK OF THE LIGHT
Tuti, Ilaria - FLOWERS OVER THE INFERNO
Vargas, Fred - AN UNCERTAIN PLACE
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You have such excellent reads here! There are about half a dozen (Vargas, Penny, McPherson, Adams, Bolton, Cleeves) that I think are exceptional, too. There are definitely some books like that that stay with you over time, aren't there?
ReplyDeleteThank you, Margot. I do wonder, though, about authors who only write one book, often to excellent reviews, and not another. Jordan Harper and Ellen Horan are examples. I keep checking/hoping, but there's no sign of another book. John Burley wrote four and, I assume, wasn't picked up to write more. I do see that Paul Adam wrote a third in the Cremona Mysteries series and it came out in 2019. Now I'm off to buy a copy.
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