Mystery Readers Group- All Books Discussed 1994-2009


Author	Title	Year	Writing	Personal	Combined
Albert, Susan Wittig	Thyme of death	2005			3.8
Bannister, Jo	Taste for burning	2002			7.1
Barnes, Linda	Trouble of fools	2001			7.94
Barr, Nevada	Endangered species	1999			7
Billingham, Mark	Sleepyhead	2006	6.7	6
Black, Veronica	Vow of silence	2002			6.6
Bland, Eleanor T.	Dead time	1997
Block, Lawrence	Dance at the slaughter house	1995
Block, Lawrence	Burglar who painted like Mondrian	1999			8.3
Booth, Stephen	Black dog	2004			6.6
Bowen, Rhys	Evan help us	2002			7
Box, C. J.	Open season	2003			9
Brett, Simon	Mrs. Pargeter’s plot	1999			4.5
Bruen, Ken	The guards	2007	8.1	5.6
Buchanan, Edna	Miami, it’s murder	2001			7.83
Burke, Alafair	Judgment calls	2007	7.6	7.3
Burke, James	Black cherry blues	2000			7
Camilleri, Andrea	The terra-cotta dog	2005			5.68
Cannell, Dorothy	Widow’s club	2000			5.6
Carlon, Patricia	Whispering wall	1999			6.5
Carter, Charlotte	Coq au vin	2003			4.5
Chercover, Sean	Trigger City	2009	7.5	7.5
Child, Lee	Killing floor	2004			7.9
Christie, Agatha	Caribbean mystery	1996
Chrodorov, Jerome	Talent for murder	1998			8.2
Church, James	Corpse in the Koryo	2008	5.3	3.8
Coben, Harlan	Final detail	2003			7.8
Cody, Liza	Bucket nut	2002			6
Collins, Max Allan	True detective	2004			5.16
Connelly, Michael	Black echo	2000			8
Connelly, Michael	Brass Verdict	2009	8.8	7.3
Constantine, K.C.	Always a body to trade	1997
Cornwell, Patricia	Postmortem	1995
Cotterill, Colin	The coroner’s lunch	2007	8.75	8.27
Crais, Robert	Demolition angel	2005			7.09
Crider, Bill	Death by accident	2001			7
Crombie, Deborah	A share in death	2007	5.8	5.1
Cross, Amanda	Players come again	2001			2.4
Crumley, James	The last good kiss	2006	7.8	3.8
Davidson, Diane Mott	Catering to nobody	2000			7.8
de Castrique, Mark	Dangerous Undertaking	2009	6.6	7.5
Derleth, August	Adventure of the black narcissus	1997
Dibdin, Michael	Cosi fan tutti	1999			4.5
Donis, Casey	The Drop Edge of Yonder	2009	8.3	7.5
Doyle, Arthur Conan	Adventure of the purloined periapt	1997
Dunning, John	Bookman’s wake	2000			9
Elkins, Aaron	Make no bones	2001			6.5
Elroy, James	Black Dahlia	1999			6.16
Estleman, Loren	Sugartown	2007	7.5	7
Evanovich, Janet	One for the money	1997
Ferrars, E. X.	Hobby of murder	2002			6
Fowler, Christopher	White corridor	2008	7.7	7.28
Francis, Dick	Dead cert	1996
George, Anne	Murder on a girl’s night out	2003			8
George, Elizabeth	Great deliverance	1995
Gilbert, Michael	Black seraphim	1996
Gill, Bartholomew	Death on a cold, wild river	2002			5.2
Gilpatrick, Noreen	Piano man	1996
Grabenstein, Chris	Tilt-a-Whirl	2009	6.9	7.5
Greeley, Andrew	Happy are the clean of heart	2001			5.6
Gunn, Elizabeth	Six-pound walleye	2003			7
Hall, James	Magic city	2008	7.2	7
Hamilton, Steve	Cold day in paradise	2004			5.66
Hammer, Richard	CBS murders	1998			4.6
Harris, Charlaine	Grave sight	2007	6.2	6.6
Harris, Rosemary	Pushing up Daisies	2009	5	7
Harrison, Jamie	Blue deer thaw	2003			4.7
Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia	Killing time	1999			8.8
Hart, Caroline	Little class on murder	1998			4.1
Hart, Erin	Haunted ground	2006	8	8
Hart, Roy	Seascape with dead figures	2002			6.3
Harvey, John	Off minor	1995
Hiaasen, Carl	Strip tease	1995
Highsmith, Patricia	Talented Mr. Ripley	1996
Hillerman, Tony	Thief of time	1995
Hirschfeld, Corson	Aloha, Mr. Lucky	2003			4.6
Houston, Victoria	Dead angler	2005			7
James, Bill	Top banana	2002			4
James, P.D.	Unsuitable job for a woman	1998			8
Johansen, Iris	Killing game	2008	6.5	6.1
Keene, Carolyn	Case of the floating crime	1997
Keene, Carolyn	Mystery of the tolling bell	1997
Kellerman, Faye	Ritual bath	2001
Kellerman, Jesse	Trouble	2008	2	1.2
Kemelman, Harry	Friday the Rabbi slept late	1996
Kienzle, William	Rosary murders	2001			7.6
King, Laurie	Grave talent	2004			8.33
Kling, Christine	Surface tension	2006	4.9	5
Knopf, Chris	The Last Refuge	2009	8	8
Krueger, Wm. Kent	Iron lake	2003			8
L’Engle, Madeleine	Wrinkle in time	1997
Lehane, Dennis	Mystic River	2003			8
Leonard, Elmore	La Brava	1996
Lescroart, John	Dead Irish	2005			6.5
Lippman, Laura	Charm city	2006	6.5	6.5
Logue, Mary	Blood country	2001			6.9
Lovesey, Peter	Upon a dark night	1999			7.3
Lovesey, Peter	Bloodhounds	2002			8.5
Lutz, Lisa	The Spellman Files	2009	7.3	7.2
MacDonald, Ross	Far side of the dollar	1998			7.3
Maitland, Barry	Marx sisters	2005			8.2
Maron, Margaret	Bootlegger’s daughter	1997
Maron, Margaret	Killer market	1997
Maron, Margaret	Shooting at loons	1997
Maron, Margaret	Southern discomfort	1997
Maron, Margaret	Up jumps the devil	1997
Marsh, Ngaio	Light thickens	2007	5.9	5
Massey, Sujata	Salaryman’s wife	2004			6.75
McBain, Ed	Cop hater	1998			6.9
McBain, Ed	Heat	1998			5.6
McBain, Ed	Nocturne	1998			6.1
McDermid, Val	The distant echo	2007	7	7.4
McGown, Jill	Murder at the old vicarage	2002			7.8
McKevett, G.A.	Just desserts	2006	4.6	5.25
Mina, Denise	Field of blood	2007	7.2	5.9
Mosley, Walter	Devil in a blue dress	1997
Muller, Marcia	Wolf in the shadows	2000			6.1
Myers, Tamar	Crepes of Wrath	2006	2.7	2.7
O’Connell, Carol	Mallory’s oracle	2000			6.1
O’Donnell, Lillian	Good night to kill	2000			8
O’Hehir, Diana	Murder never forgets	2008	3.7	3.4
Page, Katherine Hall	The body in the belfry	2007	7.3	7.25
Parish, P. J.	Dark of the moon	2004			7.46
Pelecanos, George	Right as rain	2005			7.4
Penny, Louise	Still life	2008	9.2	8.9
Peters, Elizabeth	Night train to Memphis	2000			5.66
Peters, Ellis	Holy thief	1995
Pickard, Nancy	I.O.U.	1995
Pronzini & Muller	Double	1998			6.6
Qiu, Xiaolong	Case of two cities	2008	3.4	2.4
Ramsay, Fred	Artscape	2006	7.2	5.78
Rankin, Ian	Black & blue	2002			3.8
Read, Cornelia	A Field of Darkness	2009	6	6.7
Rees, Matt Beynon	The Collaborator of Bethlehem	2009	6.25	5.14
Reichs, Kathy	Deja Dead	2000			6
Riordan, Rick	Last king of Texas	2003			7
Robb, J.D.	Naked in death	2005			5.3
Robotham, Michael	Suspect	2010	8.4	8.1
Roosevelt, Elliott	Murder and the first lady	2001			5.5
Ross, Kate	Broken vessel	2000			8.28
Rowland, Laura Joh	Red Chrysanthemum	2009	5.7	6.3
Rozan, S. J.	Bitter feast	2003			8
Sayers, Dorothy	Clouds of Witness	1996
Scottoline, Lisa	Moment of truth	2001			7.5
Sedley, Katie	Death and the chapman	1998			6.3
Seranella, Barbara	No human involved	2004			8.2
Shankman, Sarah	I still miss my man but…	2005			3.5
Sharp, Zoe	First drop	2007	7.8	8.6
Sidor, Steven	Skin river	2006	5.68	3.9
Slaughter, Karen	Blindsighted	2006	6.3	6.66
Smiley, Patricia	False profits	2006	6.26	6.56
Spencer-Fleming, Julia	In the bleak midwinter	2004			7.78
Stabenow, Dana	Cold blooded business	1999			7.25
Steinhauer, Olen	Bridge of sighs	2008	5.85	5.6
Toll, Emily	Murder will travel	2008	4.5	4
Tope, Rebecca	Dirty death	2004			6
Tracy, P. J.	Monkeewrench	2008	9.77	9.77
Upfield, Arthur	Bone is pointed	1997
Viets, Elaine	Shop till you drop	2006	5.9	5.8
Waldman, Ayelet	Nursery crimes	2005			7.45
Waterhouse, Jane	Shadow walk	2005			7
Westlake, Donald	Good behavior	1995
Wilhelm, Kate	Best defense	1997
Woods, Paula	Inner City Blues	2004			6.1