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LONG THREAD ALERT - it's time for my Books of 2020 and I couldn't whittle it down to just a handful... But the weather isn't much good for going out, so why not read the full write-up on the blog ( https://crimebookgirl.com/2020/12/31/feature-books-of-the-year-2020/), check out my reviews &order up a few volumes? 1/11
2/11 ...This year I finally got the blog going - thanks to @annecater ( @RandomTTours), & @RousselMeggy at @RedDogTweets for their #BlogTour invites. The year's numbers: 89 books read in total by 84 different authors (v 85 by 71 authors in 2019), which isn't too shabby...
3/11 ...JANUARY saw the bounty of James Oswald ( @SirBenfro) Nothing To Hide &a Bury Them Deep proof, plus @doug_johnstone A Dark Matter and @robertcrais A Dangerous Man. FEBRUARY highlights were @DerekIFarrell Death Of A Nobody ( @fahrenheitpress) and @vandasymon Containment...
4/11 ...MARCH brought lockdown to the UK... But also reading @PaulBurston The Closer I Get, plus @BrianMcGilloway Bleed A River Deep and The Rising. More #EmeraldNoir in APRIL with @SpainJoanne The Darkest Place, and Resurrection Man by @mcnamee_eoin, who is frankly amazing...
5/11 ...In MAY I delved into @HowardLinskey Ungentlemanly Warfare and Hunting The Hangman ( @noexitpress), and Nathan Blackwell ( @Nathan_B_Author) The Sound Of Her Voice, plus the wonderful Bones In The River by @authorzoesharp...
6/11 ...In lieu of a trip to @HullNoir, in JUNE I read Ted Lewis' Plender, awful and compelling in equal measure. JULY saw a trip to California with @lisagraywriter Bad Memory, and another to London with Rod Reynolds ( @Rod_WR) Blood Red City...
7/11 ...In AUGUST, I picked up Helen FitzGerald ( @FitzHelen) Ash Mountain and knew within a few pages was going to be a book of the year. SEPTEMBER brought Neil Broadfoot ( @NlBro) The Point Of No Return, and the second Skelfs novel from Doug Johnstone, The Big Chill...
8/11 ...OCTOBER #Orentober @OrendaBooks with Matt Wesolowksi ( @ConcreteKraken) Changeling and Lilja Sigurdardottir ( @lilja1972) Betrayal. In NOVEMBER, I was blown away by Sharon Bairden ( @sbairden) Sins Of The Father. In DECEMBER I loved @DouglasSkelton1 The Blood Is Still...
9/11 ...Honourable mentions: Tony Kent - Killer Intent; Sara Paretsky - Indemnity Only; Stuart Neville - The Final Silence; Kate Hamer - Crushed; Sarah Stovell - The Home; Martyn Waites - The Old Religion; Derek Farrell & Jo Perry for their tete beche pair of novellas...
10/11 ...Ed James - Gone In Seconds; Noelle Holten - Dead Wrong; Denzil Meyrick - Jeremiah's Bell; Morgan Cry - Thirty-One Bone; Hallie Rubenhold - The Five; William Boyle - City Of Margin; Robert B Parker - Night Passage...
11/11 ...I've no idea what 2021 will bring, other than more books, and more wittering from me about the best of those that I get my eyeballs on. Happy Hogmanay, and happy reading! #books #CrimeFiction #BookLove
