Mystery Novels 2020
Fiona’s Books
Title: Author:
The Death of Mrs. Westaway Ruth Ware (set in south coast of England)
To Die but Once Jacqueline Winspear (Set during WWII)
Journey to Munich Jacqueline Winspear (Set during WWII)
The Salaryman’s Wife Sujata Massey (Set in Japan)
The Satapur Moonstone Sujata Massey (Set in India)
The Child Fiona Barton (England)
Belgravia Julian Fellowes (set in 19th century England).
Laura’s Books
Doors Open Ian Rankin: (set in Edinburgh)
A Darker Domain Val McDermid: (set in east coast Scotland)
Trilogy:
The Blackhouse Peter May
The Lewis Man Peter May (Set in the outer hebrides)
The Chessmen Peter May
(currently reading the Grave Tattoo by Val McDermid set in Wordsworth country in the Lake District in the north of England)
Mystery Books 2019
These were all mentioned/discussed at our December 2019 gathering of Knox Book Club. Many authors have a whole series with a recurring main character/setting/theme, so I listed the books by author. You may need to do some sleuthing to decide the best book to start with for a particular author as it may not be the one listed here – happy reading!
Fiona Barton
The Child
Elizabeth George
What Came Before He Shot Her
Careless in Red
Shari Lapena
The Couple Next Door
Amanda Lee
Stitch Me Deadly (part of the Embroidery Mysteries series)
Donna Leon
Unto us a Son is Given
Peter May
The Black House
Louise Penny
A Better Man
Ellis Peters
The Price of Light (a short story)
Daniel Silva
The Rembrandt Affair
The Unlikely Spy
The New Girl
Martin Walker
The Resistance Man
The Children Return/Children of War
The Patriarch/The Dying Season
Death in the Dordogne
Bruno, Chief of Police/(first in the Bruno series)
Undercurrents – didn’t get an author for this suggestion and there were too many books with this title for me to choose!