2008 totals: 52/81
December 2008
3/6
Not in the Flesh, by Ruth Rendell ****
Nineteen Minutes, by Jodi Picoult *****
The Burning Bride, by Margaret Lawrence ***
The Other Queen, by Philippa Gregory ***
Down River, by John Hart ****
The Heretic’s Daughter, by Kathleen Kent *****
Simple Socks, Plain and Fancy, by Priscilla A Gibson-Roberts ***
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by JD Rowling *****
The History of the Regicides in New England, by Lemuel Welles *****
November 2008 2/8
The Stolen Child, by Keith Donahue *****
The Four Seasons, by Laurel Corona ****
Lethal Guardian, by M William Phelps ****
A Killer’s Kiss, by William Lashner ***
The Believers, by Zoe Heller *****
Death Walked In, by Carolyn Hart ***
Small Town, by Lawrence Block ****
The Deadly Dance, by MC Beaton ***
The Innocent Man, by John Grisham ****
The House at Midnight, by Lucie Whitehouse ***
October 2008 5/6
Hiding from the Light, by Barbara Erskine ***
No Good Deeds, by Laura Lippman ****
The Keepsake, by Tess Gerritsen *****
Dark Tort, by Diane Mott Davidson ****
Disowning Slavery, by Joann Pope Melish ***
The Servants, by Michael Marshall Smith ***
Mister Pip, by Lloyd Jones *****
Coraline, by Neil Gaiman *****
The Cult of the Saints, by Peter Brown ***
The Book of Lost Things, by John Connolly *****
Faded Coat of Blue, by Owen Parry ***
September 2008 5/7
Home, by Marilynne Robinson **
The Naming of the Dead, by Ian Rankin ****
China Lake, by Meg Gardner ***
The Virgin of Small Plains, by Nancy Pickard ***
Nathan Hale: The Life and Death of America’s First Spy, by M William Phelps *****
American Wife, by Curtis Setterfield ****
Company of Liars, by Karen Maitland ****
Green River Running Red, by Ann Rule ****
One Dangerous Lady, by Jane Stanton Hitchcock *****
Ivory and Its Uses, by Benjamin Burack ****
Ghostwalk, by Rebecca Stott ***
Change of Heart, by Jodi Picoult *****
August 2008 4/7
Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman ****
Garden Spells, by Sarah Addison Allen ***
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Schaeffer *****
Jane Boleyn, by Julia Fox ****
Social Crimes, by Jane Hitchcock ****
First Among Sequels, by Jasper Fforde ****
Daphne, by Justine Picardie ****
The Lace Reader, by Brunonia Barry *****
In the Dark of the Night, by John Saul **
Blood Brothers, by Nora Roberts *
An Unacceptable Death, by Barbara Seranella ***
July 2008 6/7
Eifelheim, by Michael Flynn *
Dead March, by Ann MacMillan **
Angel’s Tip, by Alafair Burke ****
The Queen’s Secret, by Jean Plaidy ***
Welcome Chaos, by Kate Redding *****
Warm Fuzzies, by Betz White *****
There’s No Place Like Here, by Cecilia Ahern ****
I is for Innocent, by Sue Grafton ****
Dream When You’re Feeling Blue, by Elizabeth Berg ***
Edge of Evil, by JA Jance **
Pilgrims Inn, by Elizabeth Goudge ***
The Venetian Betrayal, by Steve Berry *
The Stranger Beside Me, by Ann Rule ****
June 2008 5/8
Losing You, by Nicci French ***
Ghost Country, by Sarah Paretsky ****
The Forest in Folklore and Mythology, by Alexander Porteus ***
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Ham, by Phyllis Richman ***
The Fisher Boy, by Stephen Anable ****
T is for Trespass, by Sue Grafton *****
Songs for the Missing, by Stewart O’Nan ****
The Bestiary, by Nicholas Christopher ***
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, by Bill Bryson *****
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, by David Sedaris ****
The Whole World Over, by Julia Glass ****
An Unpardonable Crime, by Andrew Taylor ****
Inheriting the Trade, by Thomas Norman DeWolf **
May 2008 6 / 8
Blood Work, by Michael Connelly ***
Careless in Red, By Elizabeth George *****
To Make Men Free, by William Croker ****
The Dark Lantern, by Gerri Brightwell ****
The Lincoln Lawyer, by Michael Connelly ****
Handwoven Textiles of Early New England,
by Nancy Dick Bogdonoff ****
Salem Falls, by Jodi Picoult **
What the Dead Know, by Laura Lippman *****
The Year of Fog, by Michelle Richmond ****
Because I Loved You, by M William Phelps ****
Ashes of the Elements, by Alys Clare ***
Echo Park, by Michael Connelly *****
The Bridge of Sighs, by Richard Russo ***
Bodmin, by Roberta Kalechofsky ***
April 2008
2/5
A Terrible Beauty, by Graham Masterson - *unfinished
The Torment of Others, by Val McDermid ****
The Seventh Sacrament, by David Hewson ****
Web of Evil, by J A Jance **
Chasing the Dime, by Michael Connelly ***
Burning Bright, by Tracy Chevalier ****
Solstice Wood, by Patricia McKillip *****
March 2008
5/7
The Lizard’s Bite, by David Hewson ****
London Is the Best City in America, by Laura Dave no stars
End in Tears, Ruth Rendell ***
Heart Shaped Box, by Joe Hill *****
Last Known Victim, by Erica Spindler ***
Lost Glory, by Tom Carhart ****
Lost Light, by Michael Connelly *****
The Sister, by Poppy Adams ***
Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides *****
Girls of Tender Age, by Mary Ann *****
Lucrezia Borgia by John Faunce ***
February, 2008
3/3
A Thousand Bells at Noon, by G Franco Romagnoli ****
Absolute Truth by Lisa Jackson **
Death at the Old Vicarage, by Jill McGown ****
The Physician by Ann Benson ****
Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson *****
Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler ****
January, 2008
6/8
The Chemistry of Death by Simon Beckett ****
Heartsick by Chelsea Cain no stars
The Kings of Innocence by Michael Burns ***
A Wrongful Death by Kate Wilhelm ***
The House at Riverton by Kate Morton *****
A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare 1599 by James Shapiro *****
True Evil by Greg Iles ***
Suffer the Little Children by Donna Leon ****
The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold *****
A Perfect Match by Jill McGown ***
The Courts of Love by Jean Plaidy ***
Blind Descent by Nevada Barr ****
The Uses of Enchantment by Heidi Julavits *****
Interred with their Bones by Jennifer Lee Carroll ***
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2007
27 / 80
12/31/07 The Finishing School by Michelle Martinez **
12/30/07 A Strange Affair by Peter Robinson *****
12/20/07 At Risk by Patricia Cornwell ***
12/16/07 World Without End by Ken Follett *****
Death Qualified by Kate Wilhelm ****
12/10/07 Loitering with Intent by Muriel Spark *****
12/9/07 Rise to Rebellion by Jeff Shaara ***
12/8/07 The Religion by Tim Willett **
12/5/07 Digging to America by Anne Tyler *****
12/1/07 The Closer by Michael Connelly ***
11/23/07 Lean, Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich **
11/22/07 The Footprints of God by Greg Iles ***
11/17/07 Cross Bones by Kathy Reich ***
11/16/07 The Copper Scroll by Joel C Rosenburg **
11/15/07 A Darkness More Than Night by Michael Connelly ****
11/13/07 Leonardo’s Swans by Karen Essex ***
11/13/07 City of Bones by Michael Connelly ****
11/9/07 – Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Vanora Bennett *****
11/10/07 – The Seasons of Rome: a Journal by Paul Hofmann ****
