2022 Reading List
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January
The Snake Stone, by Jason Goodwin
The second book in the Yashim the Eunuch series
1830s, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
The Snake Stone >>
Hotel Paradise, by Martha Grimes
The first book in the Emma Graham series
Cold case, small town
Hotel Paradise >>
February
Moonflower Murders, by Anthony Horowitz
The second book in the Magpie Murders series
Book within a book, Greece, England
Moonflower Murders >>
The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes, by Leonard Goldberg
The first book in the Daughter of Sherlock Holmes series
Stolen diamond, WWI, Sherlock Holmes pastiche
The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes >>
March
Dark Sacred Night, by Michael Connelly
The second book in the Renee Ballard series; Book 21 in the Harry Bosch series
LAPD, cold case
Dark Sacred Night >>
Murder Board, by Brian Shea
First in the Boston Crime Thriller Book series
Boston, conspiracy, police procedural
Murder Board >>
April
Broken Places, by Tracy Clark
The first book in the Chicago Mystery series
African-American woman PI, Chicago
Broken Places >>
What the Dead Know, by Laura Lippman
Aka Little Sister
Stand-alone novel
Cold case, identity, Baltimore
What the Dead Know >>
May
The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman
The first book in the Thursday Murder Club series
Retirement community, cold cases, aging, friendship
The Thursday Murder Club >>
Towards Zero, by Agatha Christie
The fifth book in the Superintendent Battle series
English house party, cold case
Towards Zero >>
June
Death in D Minor, by Alexia Gordon
The second book in the Gethsemane Brown Mystery series
African-American musician, supernatural, Ireland
Death in D Minor >>
The Devil and the Dark Water, by Stuart Turton
Stand-alone novel
Historic-1634, ship voyage, supernatural
The Devil and the Dark Water >>
July
The Devotion of Suspect X, by Keigo Higashino
The first book in the Detective Galileo series
Japan, cover up, single mother, mathematics professor
The Devotion of Suspect X >>
The Eighth Detective, by Alex Pavesi
Aka Eight Detectives
Stand-alone novel
1930, Mathematics professor, unsolved murder, Mediterranean
The Eighth Detective >>
August
The Hive, by Gregg Olsen
Stand-alone novel
Cult, Pacific Northwest
The Hive >>
The Widows of Malabar Hill, by Sujata Massey
Aka A Murder at Malabar Hill
The first book in the Perveen Mistry series
1920s, India, lawyer
The Widows of Malabar Hill >>
September
Broken Ice, by Matt Goldman
The second book in the Nils Shapiro series
Private detective, missing teen, Minneapolis
Broken Ice >>
The Temple House Vanishing, by Rachel Donohue
Stand-alone novel
Journalist, cold case, boarding school, Ireland
The Temple House Vanishing >>
October
The Blind Goddess, by Anne Holt
The first book in the Hanne Wilhelmsen series
Drugs, corruption, murder, Norway
The Blind Goddess >>
Frozen Stiff, by Annelise Ryan
The third book in the Mattie Winston series
Coroner, Wisconsin, small town, cozy
Frozen Stiff >>
November
Arsenic and Adobo, by Mia P. Manansala
The first book in the Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mystery series
Culinary cozy, food critic, Filipino-American
Arsenic and Adobo >>
The Wolves of Savernake, by Edward Marston
The first book in the Domesday series
Norman England, superstition
The Wolves of Savernake >>
December
An English Murder, by Cyril Hare
Aka The Christmas Murder
Stand-alone novel
English country house, Christmas, snow
An English Murder >>
Smaller and Smaller Circles, by FH Batacan
Stand-alone novel
Philippines, Catholic church, serial killer
Smaller and Smaller Circles >>