Books Read in 2021

January - 9 

1. The Purple Onion Mystery (aka Murder on Friday) - book 7, and last, in the Spike Tracy series 

by Harriette Ashbrook

mystery 1941

Kindle

finished 1/2/21

2. The Theft of the Iron Dogs aka Murderer's Mistake - book 28 in the Robert Macdonald series

by E.C.R Lorac

mystery 1946

Kindle

finished 1/10/21

3. The Railway Children

by Edith Nesbitt

children's fiction serialized in The London Magazine 1905, published as a book in 1906

Kindle

finished 1/14/21

4. The Owl Service

by Alan Garner

children's fiction 1967

Kindle

finished 1/16/21

5. Murder in Vienna - book 42 in the Robert Macdonald series

by E.C.R. Lorac

mystery 1956

Kindle 

finished 1/21/20

6. Kamala and Maya's Big Idea

by Meena Harris; illus. by Ana Ramirez Gonzalez

Children's picture book 2020

print

finished 1/24/21

7. Joey  The Story of Joe Biden

by Jill Biden; illus. by Amy June Bates

children's picture book 2020

print

finished 1/24/21

8. The Fatal Flying Affair - book 7 in the Lady Hardcastle mysteries

by T. E. Kinsey

mystery 2020

Kindle

finished 1/27/21

9.The Boy, the mole, the fox and the Horse

by Charlie Mackesy

illustrated fiction for adults and children 2019

print

finished 1/27/21

February - 5

10. A Shot in the Dark - book 1 in the Mydworth mysteries

by Matthew Costello (with Neil Richards)

mystery 2019

Kindle

finished 2/6/21

11. A Pint of Murder - book 1 in the Madoc and Janet Rhys series

by Alisa Craig 

mystery 1980

Kindle

finished 2/20/21 

12. The Old Woman Who Named Things

by Cynthia Rylant

illustrated by Kathryn Brown

children's picture book 1996

print

finished 2/22/21

13. A Little Night Murder - book 2 in the Mydworth mysteries

by Matthew Costello (with Neil Richards)

mystery 2019

Kindle

finished 2/24/21

14. Murder at Melrose Court - book 1 in the Heathcliff Lennox series

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

mystery 2018

Kindle

finished 2/27/21

March - 4

15. The Black Cat Murders - book 2 in the Heathcliff Lennox series

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

mystery 2019

Kindle

finished 3/5/21

16. The Splendid and the Vile

by Erik Larson

nonfiction 2020

print

finished 3/15/21

17. The Curse of Braeburn Castle - book 3 in the Heathcliff Lennox series

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

mystery 2019

Kindle 

finished 3/19/21

18. Inked Out - book 2 in the Snug Harbor series

by Karen MacInerney

mystery 2021

Kindle

finished 3/23/21

April - 5

19. Sable Messenger - book 2 in the Inspector Knollis series

by Francis Vivian

mystery 1947

Kindle

finished 4/2/21

20. The Threefold Cord - book 3 in the Inspector Knollis series

by Francis Vivian

mystery 1947

Kindle

finished 4/8/21

21. Something in the Water

by Catherine Steadman

mystery/thriller 2018

Kindle

library book

finished 4/10/21

22. The Swiss Summer

by Stella Gibbons

fiction 1951

Kindle

finished 4/20/21

23. Convenience Store Woman

by Sayaka Murata

translated from the Japanese by Ginny Tapley Takemori

fiction 2018

Kindle

library book

finished 4/22/21

May - 6

24. The Plumley Inheritance - book 1 in the Ludovic Travers series

by Christopher Bush

mystery 1926

Kindle

finished 5/4/21

25. High Wire in Nuala - book 9 in the Inspector De Silva series

by Harriet Steel

mystery 2020

Kindle 

finished 5/7/21

26. Dandelion Cottage

by Carroll Watson Rankin

children's fiction 1904

Kindle

finished 5/9/21

27. Sweet Bean Paste

by Durian Sukegawa

translated from the Japanese by Alison Watts

fiction 2017

Kindle

finished 5/12/21

28. Before the Coffee Gets Cold - book 1 in Before the Coffee Gets Cold series

by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

translated from the Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselo

fiction 2015

Kindle

finished 5/17/21

29. The Consequences of Fear - book 16 in the Maisie Dobbs series

by Jacqueline Winspear

mystery 2021

Kindle

library book

finished 5/23/21

June - 3

30. Cold Case in Nuala - book 10 in the Inspector De Silva series

by Harriet Steel

mystery 2021

Kindle

finished 6/15/21

31. Citizens of London

The Americans Who Stood With Britain In Its Darkest, Finest Hour

by Lynn Olson

nonfiction 2010

print

finished 6/7/21

32. A Shropshire Lad

by A.E. Housman

poetry  

Dover Thrift Edition published 1990

first printing was 1896

finished 6/18/21

July - 4

33. The Affair of the Christmas Card Killer - book 1 in the Lord Kit Aston

by Jack Murray

mystery  2018

Kindle

finished 7/3/21

34. The Whitstable Pearl Mystery - book 1 in the Whitstable Pearl mysteries

by Julie Wassmer

mystery 2015

Kindle

finished 7/11/21

35. Murder-On-Sea - book 2 in the Whitstable Pearl mysteries

by Julie Wassmer

mystery 2015

Christmas

Kindle

finished 7/20/21

36. The May Day Murder - book 3 in the Whitstable Pearl mysteries

by Julie Wassmer

mystery 2016

Kindle

finished 7/28/21

August - 4

37. Murder on the Pilgrims Way - book 4 in the Whitstable Pearl mysteries

by Julie Wassmer

mystery 2017

Kindle

finished 8/6/21

38. Disppearance in Oare - book 5 in the Whitstable Pearl mysteries

by Julie Wassmer

mystery 2018

Kindle

finished 8/13/21

39. Murder Fest - book 6 in the Whitstable Pearl mysteries

by Julie Wassmer

mystery 2019

Kindle

finished 8/24/21

40. Murder on the Downs - book 7 in the Whitstable Pearl mysteries

by Julie Wassmer

mystery 2020

Kindle 

finished 8/28/21

September - 5

41. Strictly Murder - book 8 in the Whitstable Pearl mysteries

by Julie Wassmer

mystery 2021

Kindle

finished 9/2/21

42. Dear Hugo 

by Molly Clavering

fiction 1955

Kindle

finished 9/7/21

43. A Study in Stone - book 1 in the Devonshire mysteries (a short novel)

by Michael Campling

mystery 2019

Kindle

finished 9/8/21 

44. Valley of Lies - book 2 in the Devonshire mysteries

by Michael Campling

mystery 2020

Kindle

finished 9/17/21

45. The Colors of All the Cattle - book 19 in the No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series

by Alexander McCall Smith

mystery 2018

Kindle

library book

finished 9/21/21

October - 4

46. "Murder Isn't Cricket" - book 4 in the Doctor Harry Manson series

by E. and M.A. Radford

mystery 1946

Kindle

finished 10/3/21

47. Murder Between the Tides - book 3 in the Devonshire mysteries

by Michael Campling

mystery 2020

Kindle

finished 10/19/21

48. The Road to Grantchester - prequel to the Grantchester series

by James Runcie

fiction 2019

Kindle

finished 10/26/21

49. Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death - book 1 in the Grantchester series

by James Runcie

mystery 2012

Kindle

second reading

finished 10/31/21

November - 5

50. Sidney Chambers and The Perils of the Night - book 2 in the Grantchester series

by James Runcie

mystery 2013

Kindle

second reading 

finished 11/8/21

51. Sidney Chambers and The Problem of Evil - book 3 in the Grantchester series

by James Runcie

mystery 2014

Kindle

finished 11/16/21

52. A Child's Christmas in Wales

by Dylan Thomas

autobiographical prose poem 

Christmas

published in Harper's Bazaar 1950

recorded by the author BBC Radio 1952

my edition New Directions 1954

print

finished 11/16/21

53. Sidney Chambers and The Forgiveness of Sins - book 4 in the Grantchester series

by James Runcie

mystery 2015

Kindle

finished 11/24/21

54. Sidney Chambers and The Dangers of Temptation - book 5 in the Grantchester series

by James Runcie

mystery 2016

Kindle

finished 11/28/21

December - 8

55. Sidney Chambers and The Persistence of Love - book 6 in the Grantchester series

by James Runcie

mystery 2017

Kindle

finished 12/1/21

56. The Bishop's Wife

by Robert Nathan

fiction 1926

Christmas

Kindle

finished 12/3/21

57. Mrs Lorimer's Quiet Summer 

by Molly Clavering

fiction 1953

Kindle

finished 12/5/21

58. Because of Sam

by Molly Clavering

fiction 1954

Kindle

finished 12/10/21

59. Murder Jigsaw - book 2 in the Doctor Harry Manson series 

by E. and M. A. Radford

mystery 1944

Kindle

finished 12/18/21

60. Edward Speaks At Midnight

by Pamela Terry

illus. by Kevin Nichols

children's picture book 2015

Christmas

print

finished 12/18/21

61. Who Killed Dick Whittington? - book 6 in the Doctor Harry Manson series

by E. and M.A. Radford

mystery 1947

Kindle

finished 12/27/21

62. Lucy & Tom At Christmas

by Shirley Hughes

children's picture book 1981

Christmas

print

finished 12/28/21