An A-Z of reviews. Asterisked titles are included in the CWA top 100 crime novels.
*Berkeley, Anthony: The Poisoned Chocolates Case
*Blake, Nicholas: The Beast Must Die
*Brahms, Caryl: A Bullet in the Ballet
*Brand, Christianna: Green for Danger
*Buchan, John: The Thirty-Nine Steps
*Buchan, John: Greenmantle
Buchan, John: The Runagates Club
*Cain, James M.: The Postman Always Rings Twice
*Childers, Erskine: The Riddle of the Sands
*Christie, Agatha: Death Comes as the End
*Collins, Wilkie: The Woman in White [my review at Clothes in Books: men and women]
*Crispin, Edmund: The Moving Toyshop
*Davidson, Lionel: The Night of Wenceslas
*Dexter, Colin: The Dead of Jericho
Dickson, Carter: The Bowstring Murders
*Du Maurier, Daphne: Rebecca
*Du Maurier, Daphne: Jamaica Inn
*Follett, Ken: The Key to Rebecca
*Francis, Dick: Twice Shy
Gash, Jonathan: The Judas Pair
*Gilbert, Michael: Smallbone Deceased
*Greene, Graham: Brighton Rock
*Greene, Graham: The Third Man
*Hammett, Dashiell: The Glass Key
Hayward, William Stephen: Revelations of a Lady Detective
*Highsmith, Patricia: Strangers on a Train (reviewed by guest blogger Clothes in Books)
*Household, Geoffrey: Rogue Male
*James, P. D.: Devices and Desires
*Le Carré, John: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
*Le Carré, John: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
*Levin, Ira: A Kiss Before Dying
*MacLean, Alistair: The Guns of Navarone
*Marric, J. J.: Gideon’s Day
Magnan, Pierre: Death in the Truffle Wood
*McBain, Ed: Sadie When She Died
Meyer, Nicholas: The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
*Millar, Margaret: Beast in View
*Moody, Susan: Penny Black
O’Donnell, Peter: Modesty Blaise
O’Donnell, Peter: A Taste for Death
O’Donnell, Peter: Cobra Trap
*Peters, Ellis: A Morbid Taste for Bones
*Peters, Ellis: The Leper of Saint Giles
Pullman, Philip (ed): Detective Stories
Rabe, Peter: Stop This Man!
*Rendell, Ruth: A Demon in My View
*Rendell, Ruth: A Judgement in Stone
*Sayers, Dorothy L.: Murder Must Advertise
*Sayers, Dorothy L.: The Nine Tailors
*Sayers, Dorothy L.: Strong Poison
*Simon, S. J.: A Bullet in the Ballet
Sjöwall, Maj: The Fire Engine that Disappeared
*Stewart, Mary: Nine Coaches Waiting
*Symons, Julian: The Colour of Murder
*Turow, Scott: Presumed Innocent
*Tey, Josephine: The Franchise Affair
Vickers, Roy: The Department of Dead Ends
*Vine, Barbara: A Fatal Inversion
Wahlöö, Per: The Fire Engine that Disappeared
*Wallace, Edgar: The Four Just Men
Watson, Colin: Coffin Scarcely Used
Williams, Charles: Many Dimensions
Euro Crime
I also review new releases at Euro Crime:
Birkegaard, Mikkel: Death Sentence
Blake, Nicholas: There’s Trouble Brewing
Brookmyre, Chris: Where the Bodies are Buried
Cain, Tom: Dictator
Connolly, John and Burke, Declan (eds): Books to Die For
Cornell, Paul: London Falling
Easter, Patrick: The River of Fire
Ferris, Gordon: The Unquiet Heart
Fowler, Christopher: Bryant & May off the Rails
Fowler, Christopher: Bryant & May on the Loose
Granger, Ann: A Particular Eye for Villainy
Hunter, Alan: Gently with the Ladies
Indridason, Arnaldur: Operation Napoleon
Lackberg, Camilla: The Stranger
Lipska, Anya: Where the Devil Can’t Go
Perry, Anne: Dorchester Terrace
Rees, Emlyn: Hunted
Rickman, Phil: The Lamp of the Wicked
Rickman, Phil: The Heresy of Dr Dee
Ryan, William: The Holy Thief
Sharp, Alex: Driver: Nemesis
Staincliffe, Cath: Dead to Me
Sutton, Henry: My Criminal World
Swanston, Andrew: The King’s Spy
Van Der Vlugt, Simone: Shadow Sister
Voss, Louise and Edwards, Mark: All Fall Down
