British Mysteries

Mark Billingham
§ Sleepy Head 		Steven Booth
§ Dancing with the Virgins 		Rhys Bowen
§ Her Royal Spyness 		Tony Broadbent
§ The Smoke
Ken Bruen
§ The Guards 		Deborah Crombie
§ In a Dark House
§ Water Like a Stone 		Clare Curzon
§ Don’t Leave Me 		Anthony Eglin
§ The Blue Rose
Geraldine Evans
§ Dead Before Morning 		Christopher Fowler
§ Full Dark House
§ White Corridor 		Elizabeth George
§ Careless in Red
§ With No One As Witness 		Caroline Graham
§ A Ghost in the Machine
Ann Granger
§ The Companion 		Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
§ Dear Departed
§ Game Over
§ Gone Tomorrow 		Erin Hart
§ Haunted Ground 		Patricia Harwin
§ Arson & Old Lace
Reginald Hill
§ The Stranger House 		Elizabeth Ironside
§ The Accomplice
§ Death in the Garden 		P.D. James
§ The Murder Room 		M.G. Kincaid
§ Last Seen in Aberdeen
§ The Last Victim in Glen Ross
Peter Lovesey
§ The Reaper 		Stuart McBride
§ Bloodshot
§ Cold Granite
§ Dying Light 		Val McDermid
§ The Distant Echo 		Jill McGown
§ Death in the Family
§ A Tribute to Jill McGown
Denise Mina
§ The Dead Hour
§ Field of Blood 		Ann Purser
§ Murder on Monday 		Ian Rankin
§ Dead Souls
§ Fleshmarket Alley 		Danuta Reah
§ Listen to the Shadows
Ruth Rendell
§ The Rottweiler 		Peter Robinson
§ Close to Home 		Sarah Smith
§ Chasing Shakespeares 		Peter Watson
§ Landscape of Lies
Laura Wilson
§ Telling Lies to Alice


The Reaper, Peter Lovesey, Soho, $12.00.

Peter Lovesey's instant classic is now out in paperback and it's such a treat I urge you to buy two and give one to a friend. This book is about an Anglican priest who simply kills those in the path to keeping the job he loves - starting with the bishop. You may argue among yourselves as to what the message of this novel might be, but there's no denying its enjoyment factor. When my mother read it and told a priest friend about the story he thought for a moment and said "How did he kill the bishop?" Find out for yourself.

If you enjoy Peter Lovesey - you may also enjoy - more Peter Lovesey! Look for some of his other great standalones, Rough Cider, Over the Edge, and my favorite, The False Inspector Dew.

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