Books Read in 2015

December - 7

69. Information Received - book 1 in the Bobby Owen series
by E.R. Punshon
mystery 1933
kindle
finished 12/31/15

68. Mystery Villa - book 4 in the Bobby Owen series
by E.R. Punshon
mystery 1934
kindle
finished 12/20/15

67. The Water Room - book 2 in the Bryant and May series
by Christopher Fowler
mystery 2004
kindle
finished 12/16/15

66. The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog
by Dave Barry
fiction 2006
reread
print
finished 12/10/15

65. Full Dark House - book 1 in the Bryant and May series
by Christopher Fowler
mystery 2003
kindle
finished 12/9/15

64. The Resistance Man - book 6 in the Bruno, Chief of Police series
by Martin Walker
mystery 2013
kindle
finished 12/3/15

63. The Devil's Cave - book 5 in the Bruno, Chief of Police series
by Martin Walker
mystery 2012
kindle
finished 12/1/15

November - 5

62. The Crowded Grave - book 4 in the Bruno, Chief of Police series
by Martin Walker
mystery 2011
kindle
finished 11/20/15

61. Black Diamond - book 3 in the Bruno, Chief of Police series
by Martin Walker
mystery 2010
kindle
finished 11/14/15

60. The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine - book 16 in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
by Alexander McCall Smith
fiction 2015
kindle
finished 11/10/15

59. Stranger in the House
by Julie Summers
nonfiction 2008
print
finished 11/7/15

58. Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha - book 7 in the Mrs. Pollifax series
by Dorothy Gilman
mystery 1985
reread
kindle
finished 11/6/15

October - 7

57. Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station - book 6 in the Mrs. Pollifax series
by Dorothy Gilman
mystery 1983
reread
kindle
finished 10/31/15

56. Mrs. Pollifax on Safari - book 5 in the Mrs. Pollifax series
by Dorothy Gilman
mystery 1976
reread
kindle
finished 10/24/15

55. To Dwell in Darkness - book 16 in the Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James series
by Deborah Crombie
mystery 2014
kindle
finished 10/22/15

54. The Housekeeper and the Professor (also called The Gift of Numbers)
by Yoko Ogawa
translated from Japanese by Stephen Snyder
fiction 2003; 2009 in English translation
print
finished 10/13/15

53. The Sound of Broken Glass - book 15 in the Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James series
by Deborah Crombie
mystery 2013
kindle
finished 10/13/15

52. A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax - book 4 in the Mrs. Pollifax series
by Dorothy Gilman
mystery 1973
reread
kindle
finished 10/8/15

51. The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax - book 3 in the Mrs. Pollifax series
by Dorothy Gilman
mystery 1971
reread
kindle
finished 10/3/15

September - 6

50. A Dangerous Place - book 11 in the Maisie Dobbs series
by Jacqueline Winspear
mystery 2015
kindle
library book
finished 9/27/15

49. The Complete Inspector Morse
by David Bishop
nonfiction first published 2002 - this updated edition published 2011
print
finished 9/21/15

48. The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax - book 2 in the Mrs. Pollifax series
by Dorothy Gilman
mystery 1970
reread
kindle
finished 9/20/15

47. The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax - book 1 in the Mrs. Pollifax series
by Dorothy Gilman
mystery 1966
reread
kindle
finished 9/17/15

46. The Egypt Game
by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
middle grade fiction 1967
kindle
finished 9/9/15

45. Cutting for Stone
by Abraham Verghese
fiction 2009
kindle
library book
finished 9/5/15

August - 7

44. Behind the Green Door - book 4 in the Penny Parker series
by Mildred A. Wirt
young adult mystery 1940
kindle
finished 8/27/15

43. Mavis of Green Hill
by Faith Baldwin
fiction 1921
kindle
finished 8/23/15

42. In the Garden with The Totterings - a Tottering-By-Gently collection
by Annie Tempest
graphic novel 2011
print
finished 8/22/15

41. The Cases of Hildegarde Withers
by Stuart Palmer
mystery (not sure of publication date - it may be a collection that St. Swithin Press put together recently just for e-books. the stories were published in various places in the 1930s and 1940s) - call it 1940s
kindle
finished 8/14/15

40. The Benson Murder Case - book 1 in the Philo Vance Murder Cases series
by S.S. van Dine
mystery 1926
kindle
finished 8/12/15

39. Thursdays in the Park
by Hilary Boyd
fiction 2011
print
finished 8/10/15

38. Celia's House - book 1 in the Rydelton series
by D.E. Stevenson
fiction 1943
reread
kindle
finished  8/4/15

July - 6

37. The Novel Habits of Happiness - book 10 in the Isabel Dalhousie series
by Alexander McCall Smith
fiction 2015
kindle
finished 7/27/15

36. A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
by Ben Macintyre
nonfiction 2014
kindle
finished 7/20/15

35. Can't we talk about something more PLEASANT?
by Roz Chast
graphic nonfiction 2014
print
finished 7/19/15

34. Find the Good
by Heather Lende
nonfiction 2015
print
finished 7/13/15

33. Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs
by Heather Lende
nonfiction 2010
print
finished 7/11/15

32. The Will of the Tribe - book 27 in the Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte series
by Arthur Upfield
mystery 1962
kindle
finished 7/5/15

June - 3

31. Game Without Rules - the Calder and Behrens series
by Michael Gilbert
spy fiction 1968
kindle
finished 6/27/15

30. If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name
by Heather Lende
nonfiction 2005
print
finished 6/19/15

29. Way Down Deep
by Ruth White
young adult fiction 2013
kindle
finished 6/19/15

May - 6

28. Bony and the Kelly Gang - book 25 in the Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte series
by Arthur Upfield
mystery 1960
kindle
finished 5/23/15

27. Bony and the Black Virgin - book 24 in the Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte series
by Arthur Upfield
mystery 1959
kindle
finished 5/12/15

26. Bony and the Mouse - book 23 in the Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte series
by Arthur Upfield
mystery 1959
kindle
finished 5/10/15

25. Bony Buys a Woman - book 22 in the Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte series
by Arthur Upfield
mystery 1957
kindle
finished 5/10/15

24. A Spool of Blue Thread
by Anne Tyler
fiction 2015
kindle - library book
finished 5/5/15

23. Essays After Eighty
by Donald Hall
nonfiction 2014
print
finished 5/1/15

April - 4

22. Anything for a Quiet Life
And Other New Mystery Stories
by Michael Gilbert
mystery 1990
kindle
finished 4/23/15

21. Dead Beat - book 1 in the Kate Brannigan series
by Val McDermid
mystery 1992
kindle
finished 4/17/15

20. The Man of Two Tribes - book 21 in the Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte series
by Arthur Upfield
mystery 1956
kindle
finished 4/12/15

19. Spot's First Easter
by Eric Hill
children's book 1988
reread
print
finished 4/2/15

March - 5

18. The Battling Prophet - book 20 in the Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte series
by Arthur Upfield
mystery 1956
kindle
finished 3/27/15

17. Cake in the Hatbox - book 19 in the Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte series
by Arthur Upfield
mystery 1955
kindle
finished 3/18/15

16. The Rude Visitors

by Gail Chislett

illustrated by Barbara Di Lella

children's book 1984
reread
print

finished 3/12/15

15. Death of a Lake - book 18 in the Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte series
by Arthur Upfield
mystery 1954
kindle
finished 3/10/15

14. Murder Must Wait - book 17 in the Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte series
by Arthur Upfield
mystery 1953
kindle
finished 3/5/15

February - 9

13. The Vanishing Houseboat - book 2 in the Penny Parker series
by Mildred A. Wirt
young adult mystery1939
kindle
finished 2/24/15

12. Cocaine Blues - book 1 in the Phryne Fisher series
by Kerry Greenwood
mystery 1989
kindle
finished 2/22/15

11. Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good - book 10 in the Mitford series
by Jan Karon
fiction 2014
kindle
finished 2/18/15

10. Howards End is on the Landing
by Susan Hill
nonfiction 2009
print
reread
finished 2/14/15

9. The Search for Belle Prater - book 2 in the Belle Prater series
by Ruth White
young adult fiction 2005
kindle
finished 2/14/15

8. Belle Prater's Boy - book 1 in the Belle Prater series
by Ruth White
young adult fiction 1996
kindle
finished 2/13/15

7. The Clue of the New Shoe - book 15 in the Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte series
by Arthur Upfield
mystery 1951
kindle
finished 2/9/15

6. The Bachelors of Broken Hill - book 14 in the Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte series
by Arthur Upfield
mystery 1950
kindle
finished 2/3/15

5. Bee-bim Bop
by Linda Sue Park
illustrated by Ho Baek Lee
children's book 2005
print
finished 2/2/15

January - 4

4. The Widows of Broome - book 13 in the Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte series
by Arthur Upfield
mystery 1950
kindle
finished 1/28/15

3. The Mountains Have a Secret - book 12 in the Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte series
by Arthur Upfield
mystery 1948
kindle
finished 1/19/15

2. An Author Bites the Dust - book 11 in the Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte series
by Arthur Upfield
mystery 1948
kindle
finished 1/12/15

1. The Devil's Steps - book 10 in the Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte series
by Arthur Upfield
mystery 1948
kindle
finished 1/5/15