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2024
My Year in Books
37,557
pages read
111
books read
Ekj


Dirty Laundry by Richard Pink
Shortest Book
143
pages
The Sins of our Fathers by Ã…sa Larsson
Longest Book
600
pages

Average book length in 2024
338
pages

The Sanatorium by Sarah  Pearse
Most Shelved
398,298
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Deadfall by Aline Templeton
Least Shelved
25
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Ekj’s average rating for 2024
4.2
4.2

The Last Throw by Rhys Dylan
Highest Rated on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ
4.64 average

The Dee Valley Killings by Simon McCleave

Ekj’s first review of the year

did not like it
I tried �

This is the third book in the DI Ruth Hunter series. I read the first two in the series and didn’t really enjoy them, but thought, with all the good reviews, the series had to get better. WRONG! DI Hunter is the most incompetent lead detective I have encountered what with her naïve theorizing � and re-theorizing � about the crimes under investigation. And, while I have great sympathy for those afflicted with alcoholism, Nick’s constant a
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·¡°­´³â€™S 2024 BOOKS
A Long Time Dead by J.M. Dalgliesh
The Sins of our Fathers by Ã…sa Larsson
The Shadow Lily by Johanna Mo
it was amazing
Enough by Cassidy Hutchinson
Bad Blood by Aline Templeton
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Reykjavík by Ragnar Jónasson
The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael    Connelly
Cruel Acts by Jane Casey
The Talisker Dead by J.M. Dalgliesh
Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Black Summer by M.W. Craven
it was amazing
Vanished Trails by L.T. Ryan
Let the Dead Speak by Jane Casey
The Light Remains by Rhys Dylan
Where the Shadows Lie by Michael Ridpath
The Cutting Place by Jane Casey
The Close by Jane Casey
The Harbour by Rachel McLean
The Snowdonia Killings by Simon McCleave
The Harlech Beach Killings by Simon McCleave
The Dee Valley Killings by Simon McCleave
Death Under a Little Sky by Stig Abell
really liked it
The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood
Death Comes to Marlow by Robert Thorogood
The Girls in the Water by Victoria Jenkins
The First One To Die by Victoria Jenkins
Nobody's Child by Victoria Jenkins
A Promise to the Dead by Victoria Jenkins
Evil Things by Katja Ivar
it was amazing
Deep as Death by Katja Ivar
Trouble by Katja Ivar
The Ice Beneath Her by Camilla Grebe
A Stranger in the Family by Jane Casey
The Mermaid by Anki Edvinsson
Vigil for the Dead by M.S. Morris
The Vacation Rental by Katie Sise
The Skeleton Road by Val McDermid
The Shortlist by Andrew  Raymond
it was amazing
Fox Valley Homicide by David Jones
The Bloody, Bloody Banks by Andrew  Raymond
The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths
The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths
Out of Bounds by Val McDermid
The Last Word by Elly Griffiths
A Matter of Evidence by Rhys Dylan
Broken Ground by Val McDermid
it was amazing
Still Life by Val McDermid
Past Lying by Val McDermid
The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean
Garden Myths by Robert Pavlis
Soil Science for Gardeners by Robert Pavlis
Harm by Sólveig Pálsdóttir
The Cuillin Dead by J.M. Dalgliesh
The Grave Tattoo by Val McDermid
it was amazing
Death in a Lonely Place by Stig Abell
The Mercy Chair by M.W. Craven
The Act of Disappearing by Nathan Gower
Cold Open by Andrew  Raymond
The Last Throw by Rhys Dylan
Return to evil by John Carson
Garden Myths by Mr. Robert Pavlis
Boys Who Hurt by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir
In Cold Blood by Jack  Cartwright
it was amazing
Suffer In Silence by Jack  Cartwright
Dying To Tell by Jack  Cartwright
Coffin Island by Kate Ellis
A Grave Return by Jaye Bailey
The Quiet and the Dead by Jaye Bailey
The Fells by Cath Staincliffe
Blue Murder by Cath Staincliffe
Hit and Run by Cath Staincliffe
Make Believe by Cath Staincliffe
Desperate Measures by Cath Staincliffe
The Coldest Case by A.J. Cross
Lest Bridges Burn by Phillipa Nefri Clark
Lest We Forgive by Phillipa Nefri Clark
Crying Out Loud by Cath Staincliffe
In Plain Sight by Marion Todd
it was amazing
See Them Run by Marion Todd
Lies to Tell by Marion Todd
Dirty Laundry by Richard Pink
What They Knew by Marion Todd
Old Bones Lie by Marion Todd
A Blind Eye by Marion Todd
Bridges to Burn by Marion Todd
Dangerous Play by Elise Hart Kipness
it was amazing
The Coldest Clues by A.J. Cross
Death on the Levels by David      Hodges
The Comforts of Home by Susan         Hill
Never Somewhere Else by Alex Gray
A Small Weeping by Alex Gray
Unnatural Ends by Christopher  Huang
it was amazing
The Blood Promise by Liz Mistry
Dragon's Breath by Rhys Dylan
Frozen Out by Quentin Bates
Cold Comfort by Quentin Bates
Chilled to the Bone by Quentin Bates
Cold Steal by Quentin Bates

Death on the Levels by David      Hodges

Ekj’s last review of the year

did not like it
Laurel and Hardy meets Nancy Drew

The first in this series that I’ve read � and the last, too! Surely this is meant to be tongue-in-cheek. A farcical twist on traditional police procedurals? Can’t believe all the positive reviews but to each their own, I guess, but not my cup of tea!
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