2020 Year in Review: SMSA’s Top 10 Mysteries
Mystery & Crime lovers abound at SMSA, so we have highlighted the top books from that genre this year. Which have you read?
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Book Reviews
2020 In Review: SMSA’s Top 10 Books
Sections Top 10 Books Honourable Mentions Top 10 Books Click the title to see the book in the Library Catalogue 10 A Thousand Moons…
Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike #5) by Robert Galbraith
Cormoran and Robin are asked to investigate the 40 year old cold case of Margot Bamborough, a doctor who went missing and was never heard…
The Postscript Murders (Harbinder Kaur #2) by Elly Griffiths
When I reviewed The Stranger Diaries last year, I commented that I hoped that Griffiths would write more books with the delightful DS Harbinder Kaur…
The Living Sea of Waking Dreams by Richard Flanagan
Richard Flanagan has the soul of a poet and it is reflected in the prose of The Living Sea of Waking Dreams. His use of…
The Chalk Pit (Ruth Galloway #9) by Elly Griffiths
The Chalk Pit is the ninth book in the Dr Ruth Galloway series by Elly Griffiths, and it ticks all the boxes!
The Red Hand by Peter Temple
The Red Hand by Peter Temple contains the last unfinished Jack Irish novel, along with other stories and reflections.
The Glad Shout by Alice Robinson
The Glad Shout by Alice Robinson is a slap-in-the-face call to curb our excesses before the earth says “enough” and turns on us; and it’s…
Death of An Old Master (Lord Francis Powerscourt #3) by David Dickinson
Death of An Old Master by David Dickinson is the third in the Lord Francis Powerscourt series.
The Buried Circle by Jenni Mills
Jenni Mills has written a real page turner! The Buried Circle of the title refers to the 5000-year-old stone circle at Avebury in Wiltshire.
Crooked River (Agent Pendergast #19) by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
Surprisingly, the 19th book in the FBI Agent at Large Aloysius Pendergast series takes place less than a month after Verses for the Dead (book…
Pardonable Lies (Maisie Dobbs #3) by Jacqueline Winspear GABY
Pardonable Lies demonstrates Winspear’s ability to balance pace, plot and characters with skill and dexterity.