From Jim
I made a list like this one last year, so I suppose this will become an annual post from me. I don’t like to make a “best of” list because, for one thing, who the hell am I? And, for another, I haven’t read enough (all) books to make any such pronouncements. I have, however, enjoyed quite a few books this year.
In August, I posted here a list of books I’d read in the first half of 2019. http://7criminalminds.blogspot.com/2019/08/read-any-good-books-lately.html
Now here’s a complete list for the entire year.
Now here’s a complete list for the entire year.
I’ve divided the books into the following (arbitrary) categories: MY FELLOW NOMINEES; HISTORICALS; HYSTERICALS; COPS AND BOBBIES; THRILLERS, CHILLERS, REPORTERS, AND JURIES; and I WISH I’D DISCOVERED A LONG TIME AGO. Nota bene, I have repeated some titles in different categories in order to give an idea of what kind of books they are.
MY FELLOW NOMINEES
My sixth Ellie Stone mystery, A Stone’s Throw, was a finalist for the 2019 Lefty for Best Mystery. These excellent books were nominated alongside mine, and I can’t recommend them strongly enough.
November Road, Lou Berney (Winner)
Wrong Light, Matt Coyle
Kingdom of the Blind, Louise Penny
Under a Dark Sky, Lori Rader-Day
A Reckoning in the Back Country, Terry Shames
A Stone’s Throw was also up for the Anthony Best Paperback Original Award in 2019. These were the other nominees. I really loved all these books. You can’t go wrong with any of them.
Under a Dark Sky, Lori Rader-Day (Winner)
Hollywood Ending, Kellye Garrett
If I Die Tonight, Alison Gaylin
Hiroshima Boy, Naomi Hirahara
HISTORICALS
The Prisoner in the Castle, Susan Elia MacNeil
The King’s Justice, Susan Elia MacNeil
When Hell Struck Twelve, James R. Benn
The Enemy We Don’t Know, Mary Sutton
The Widows of Malabar Hill, Sujata Massey
Murder at the Mena House, Erica Ruth Neubauer
The Pearl Dagger, L. A. Chandlar
Judge Thee Not, Edith Maxwell
HYSTERICALS
Finding Zelda, Sue Ann Jaffarian
Hollywood Ending, Kellye Garrett
Murder at the Mena House, Erica Ruth Neubauer
The Pearl Dagger, L. A. Chandlar
COPS AND BOBBIES
Charlie-316, Colin Conway & Frank Zafiro
Valley of Shadows, Steven Cooper
A Voice in the Night, Andrea Camilleri
A Bitter Feast, Deborah Crombie
Kingdom of the Blind, Louise Penny
A Reckoning in the Back Country, Terry Shames
THRILLERS, CHILLERS, REPORTERS, AND JURIES
Careful What You Wish For, Hallie Ephron
Dread of Winter, Susan Bickford
Below the Fold, R. G. Belsky
We, the Jury, Robert Rotstein
If I Die Tonight, Alison Gaylin
I WISH I’D DISCOVERED A LONG TIME AGO
Blanche on the Lam, Barbara Neely
This is by no means a “best of” list. Many of these books weren’t even released in 2019. But it’s a list of really good books you should consider buying or borrowing. Don’t steal them.
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