2005 in Review

This is my Year in Review message that was posted to femmystery@yahoogroups.

In 2005, I read 158 books - 131 mysteries, 27 fiction.

The best series that I discovered and/or finally got around to reading in 2005:

Martha Grimes - Plant & Jury series

John Connolly - Charlie Parker series

Laurie R King - Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes series


My top 10 mystery novels read during 2005 (no particular order):

Jan Burke, Bloodlines
Robert Crais, The Forgotten Man
Elizabeth George, With No One As Witness
Lee Child, One Shot
PJ Tracy, Dead Run
Denise Mina, Deception
Michael Connelly, The Lincoln Lawyer
Karin Slaughter, Faithless
Jeffrey Deaver, The Twelfth Card
Jill McGown, Unlucky for Some


My top choices in fiction this year:

Kate Atkinson, Case Histories (sort of a mystery)

Reginald Hill, The Stranger House (sort of a mystery)

Carlos Ruiz Zafon, The Shadow of the Wind (also sort of a mystery :-)

Melissa Bank, The Wonder Spot

Jess Walter, Citizen Vince

Penny Vincenzi, No Angel, Something Dangerous, Into Temptation (trilogy)