2023 Reading List
January
Eight Perfect Murders; aka Rules for Perfect Murders >>
By Peter Swanson
The first book in the Malcolm Kershaw series
Unsolved murders, classic mystery fiction, bookshop
Entry Island >>
By Peter May
Stand alone novel
Remote islands; Canada and Scotland
February
Sworn to Silence >>
By Linda Castillo
The first book in the Kate Burkholder series
Amish, rural
The Searcher >>
By Tana French
Stand alone novel
Small Irish village, missing person
March
The Emperor of Ocean Park >>
By Stephen L Carter
The first book in the Elm Harbor series
Martha’s Vineyard, Ivy League; African American
Crime Brulee >>
By Nancy Fairbanks
The first book in the Culinary Mystery with Recipes series
New Orleans, food, cozy
April
Flowers Over the Inferno >>
By Ilaria Tuti
The first book in the Teresa Battaglia series
Italian alps; aging detective, remote town
The Man Who Died Twice >>
By Richard Osman
The second book in the Thursday Murder Club series
Stolen diamonds, older adults
May
The Woman in the Library >>
By Sulari Gentill
Stand alone novel
Literary mystery, story within a story, library
The Winter Queen >>
By Boris Akunin
The first book in the Erast Fandorin series
Tsarist Russia; gentleman sleuth
June
The No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency >>
By Alexander McCall Smith
The first book in the No ! Ladies’ Detective Agency series
Botswana, PI, missing child
The Verifiers >>
By Jane Pek
Stand alone novel
Amateur sleuth, social media, technology
July
The Last of the Independents >>
By Sam Wiebe
Stand alone novel
PI, Vancouver, BC, missing persons
The Bachelor Girl’s Guide to Murder >>
By Rachel McMillan
The first book in the Herringford and Watts Mystery series
Toronto, 1910, consulting detectives
August
The Darwin Affair >>
By Tim Mason
Stand alone novel
London; 1860; historical fiction
The Sherlockian aka The Holmes Affair >>
By Graham Moore
Stand alone novel
Holmes/Doyle, literary research
September
The Hatak Witches >>
By Devon A. Mihesuah
Stand alone novel
Oklahoma, police procedural, locked room mystery, supernatural
Lightseekers >>
By Femi Kayode
The first book int he Philip Taiwo series
Remote town, Nigeria, psychology
October
The Name of the Rose >>
By Umberto Eco
Stand alone novel
Italy, middle ages, monastery
Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions >>
By Mario Giordano
The first book in the Auntie Poldi series
Sicily; amateur sleuth
November
An Expert in Murder >>
By Nicola Upson
The first book in the Josephine Tey series
1930s; London; theater
Land of Shadows >>
By Rachel Howzell Hall
The first book in the Detective Elouise Norton series
Los Angeles, cold case, police procedural
December
A Skeleton in the Family >>
By Leigh Perry
The first book in the Family Skeleton Mystery series
Supernatural; cozy
The Missing American >>
By Kwei Quartey
The first book in the Emma Djan series
PI, missing persons, Ghana