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End of the Year round-up: What did I read in 2024?

Caron Allan

I thought I’d end 2024 with a round-up of the books I’ve read. Usually I’ll waffle on about goals etc, but I thought I’d keep it simple. At the start of the year I planned to read an average of 1 book a week, to achieve a minimum of 52 books read by the end of the year, but I didn’t quite manage that. Still, I gave it my all!

They are mainly fiction, but there are a couple of non-fiction thrown in. I’m not including the books I just dip into for research etc. These are books I read cover to cover. Most of them, I highly recommend. There were a couple of disappointing ones here too, but I won’t tell you what I thought – reviews are necessarily subjective, and just because I didn’t take to a book, doesn’t mean you won’t love it and put it up there in your top ten.

Here’s my list.

  1. Poirot’s Early Cases – Agatha Christie
  2. A Scandalous Match – Jane Dunn
  3. A Citizen of All Times – Heike Wolf
  4. Writing a Cozy Mystery (nonfiction) – Nancy J Cohen
  5. Murder at the Spring Ball – Benedict Brown
  6. A Nice Class of Corpse – Simon Brett
  7. The Killings at Kingfisher Hill – Sophie Hannah
  8. The Gazebo – Patricia Wentworth
  9. The Case of William Smith – Patricia Wentworth
  10. Sparkling Cyanide – Agatha Christie
  11. The Dark Side of the Mind (nonfiction) – Kerry Daynes
  12. A Few Days in Endel – Lucilla Andrews
  13. Marsh Blood – Lucilla Andrews
  14. The Sinister Side – Lucilla Andrews
  15. Spotlight – Patricia Wentworth
  16. The Landscape of Death – M S Morris
  17. She Came Back (aka The Traveller Returns) – Patricia Wentworth
  18. Death Comes as the End – Agatha Christie
  19. The Appeal – Janice Hallett
  20. Out of the Past – Patricia Wentworth
  21. Death at a Shetland Festival – Marsali Taylor
  22. Cast, In Order of Disappearance – Simon Brett
  23. Murder on Sea – Julie Wassmer
  24. Three Act Tragedy – Agatha Christie
  25. Dead Man’s Prayer – Jackie Baldwin
  26. Slippery Creatures – KJ Charles
  27. Mrs, Presumed Dead – Simon Brett
  28. Mrs Pargeter’s Package – Simon Brett
  29. Mrs Pargeter’s Pound of Flesh – Simon Brett
  30. Mrs Pargeter’s Plot – Simon Brett
  31. The Body on the Beach – Simon Brett
  32. The Torso in the Town – Simon Brett
  33. Mrs Pargeter’s Point of Honour – Simon Brett
  34. Murder by the Seaside – Jackie Baldwin
  35. And Then She Was Gone – Lisa Jewell
  36. Murder Among the Roses – Liz Fielding
  37. Mrs Pargeter’s Principle – Simon Brett
  38. The Murder at the Museum – Simon Brett
  39. Murder at Castle Trapain – Jackie Baldwin
  40. Mrs Pargeter’s Public Relations – Simon Brett
  41. Mrs Pargeter’s Patio – Simon Brett
  42. Gin, Fizz and Tonic – Emma Baird
  43. The Hanging at the Hotel – Simon Brett
  44. Journey to Casablanca – Judith Cranswick
  45. Cowgirls do it Better #1 Redemption – Lila Dawes
  46. The Witness at the Wedding – Simon Brett
  47. The Body in the Library – Agatha Christie
  48. The Stabbing at the Stables – Simon Brett
  49. The Weapon and the Fruit: Four and Twenty Blackboards – L E Bendon
  50. The Twyford Code – Janice Hallett

As you can see, I didn’t quite make it to my goal of an average of 1 book per week. There’s still time, but I doubt I’ll complete two more books before the 31st.

(Note to self: Must try harder!)

And you’ll notice the prevalence of Simon Brett’s work… What can I say, it’s been a tough year, so I needed plenty of light and engaging reading.

What have you been reading this year?

Many thanks for all your support in 2024, I hope to see you in 2025. A wonderful Christmas and a very happy New Year to all.

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