What Cathy Read 2019

Here is a list of the books I read in 2019.  Click on the title to read my review.

1. Stories We Tell Ourselves by Sarah Françoise (2 out of 5)
2. Blackberry and Wild Rose by Sonia Velton (4 out of 5)
3. The Hopes and Dreams of Lucy Baker by Jenni Keer (3 out of 5)
4. A River in the Trees by Jacqueline O’Mahony (4 out of 5)
5. The Secret by Katharine Johnson (4 out of 5)
6. The Turn of Midnight (Black Death #2) by Minette Walters (3 out of 5)
7. Nemesis (Tom Wilde #3) by Rory Clements (5 out of 5)
8. The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood (3 out of 5)
9. Eagle & Crane by Suzanne Rindell (5 out of 5)
10. Prester John by John Buchan (3 out of 5)
11. A Killer’s Alibi (Philadelphia Legal #3) by William L. Myers, Jr. (4 out of 5)
12. The Sewing Machine by Natalie Fergie (3 out of 5)
13. The Glass Woman by Caroline Lea (4 out of 5)
14. The Phoenix of Florence by Philip Kazan (5 out of 5)
15. 99 Nights in Logar by Jamil Jan Kochai (3 out of 5)
16. Louis & Louise by Julie Cohen (4 out of 5)
17. Blood & Sugar by Laura Shepherd-Robinson (4 out of 5)
18. The Horseman’s Song by Ben Pastor (4 out of 5)
19. The Blameless Dead by Gary Haynes (3 out of 5)
20. Salute to Adventurers by John Buchan (4 out of 5)
21. Poetic Justice by R.C. Bridgestock (4 out of 5)
22. The Olive Garden Choir by Leah Fleming (4 out of 5)
23. All Among the Barley by Melissa Harrison (4 out of 5)
24. Josephine’s Daughter (The Golden City #5) by A. B. Michaels (3 out of 5)
25. The Cornish Lady by Nicola Pryce (4 out of 5)
26. The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer (4 out of 5)
27. The Road to Grantchester by James Runcie (4 out of 5)
28. The Saxon Wolves by Penny Ingham (4 out of 5)
29. The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo (4 out of 5)
30. Hetty’s Secret War by Rosie Clarke (3 out of 5)
31. The Path of the King by John Buchan (3 out of 5)
32. The American Agent (Maisie Dobbs #15) by Jacqueline Winspear (5 out of 5)
33. The Conviction of Cora Burns by Carolyn Kirby (5 out of 5)
34. Sunwise by Helen Steadman (4 out of 5)
35. The Storyteller by Pierre Jarawan (5 out of 5)
36. The Golden Hour (The Lady Evelyn Mysteries #4) by Malia Zaidi (3 out of 5)
37. The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins (4 out of 5)
38. Beyond The Thirty-Nine Steps: A Life of John Buchan by Ursula Buchan (5 out of 5)
39. Pilgrim by Louise Hall (4 out of 5)
40. The New Achilles by Christian Cameron (3 out of 5)
41. The Dollmaker by Nina Allan (2 out of 5)
42. Dark Sky Island (Jennifer Dorey Mystery #2) by Lara Dearman (4 out of 5)
43. A Clean Canvas (Lena Szarka Mystery #2) by Elizabeth Mundy (4 out of 5)
44. Call Me Star Girl by Louise Beech (4 out of 5)
45. The Inside City by Anita Mir (3 out of 5)
46. Midwinter by John Buchan (4 out of 5)
47. The Way of All Flesh by Ambrose Parry (3 out of 5)
48. Where The Hornbeam Grows by Beth Lynch (5 out of 5)
49. This Is Me by Shari Low (3 out of 5)
50. De Bohun’s Destiny (The Meonbridge Chronicles #3) by Carolyn Hughes (4 out of 5)
51. Storm of Steel (The Bernicia Chronicles #6) by Matthew Harffy (5 out of 5)
52. A Devil Comes To Town by Paolo Maurensig,  trans. by Anne Milano Appel (3 out of 5)
53. Cultivating a Fuji by Miriam Drori (3 out of 5)
54. The Three Hostages by John Buchan (4 out of 5)
55. Stealing Roses by Heather Cooper (5 out of 5)
56. Tell Me Where You Are by Moira Forsyth (4 out of 5)
57. The Long Take by Robin Robertson (4 out of 5)
58. Gold Digger: The Remarkable Baby Doe Tabor by Rebecca Rosenberg (3 out of 5)
59. Aurelia (Roma Nova #4) by Alison Morton (4 out of 5)
60. The Lost Shrine (Hills & Barbrook #2) by Nicola Ford (4 out of 5)
61. The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Armin (4 out of 5)
62. Warlight by Michael Ondaatje (4 out of 5)
63. Fled by Meg Keneally (5 out of 5)
64. The Western Wind by Samantha Harvey (3 out of 5)
65. The Playground Murders (The Detective’s Daughter #7) by Lesley Thomson (4 out of 5)
66. A Long Way From Home by Peter Carey (4 out of 5)
67. Monopoli Blues by Tim Clark & Nick Cook (4 out of 5)
68. The Serpent’s Mark by S. W. Perry (4 out of 5)
69. Birdie & Jude by Phyllis H. Moore (4 out of 5)
70. The Body Lies by Jo Baker (4 out of 5)
71. A Modern Family by Helga Flatland (3 out of 5)
72. The Dancing Floor by John Buchan (3 out of 5)
73. Hudson’s Kill (Justice Flanagan #2) by Paddy Hirsch (5 out of 5)
74. Train Man by Andrew Mulligan (3 out of 5)
75. In My Life: A Music Memoir by Alan Johnson (4 out of 5)
76. The Dinner List by Rebecca Serle (4 out of 5)
77. Razia by Abda Khan (4 out of 5)
78. The Secret Life of Alfred Nightingale by Rebecca Stonehill (4 out of 5)
79. A Cornish Affair by Jo Lambert (3 out of 5)
80. The Runagates Club by John Buchan (3 out of 5)
81. Motive X by Stefan Ahnhem (4 out of 5)
82. This Mortal Boy by Fiona Kidman (5 out of 5)
83. Fake Like Me by Barbara Bourland (4 out of 5)
84. The Traitor of Treasure Island by John Drake (4 out of 5)
85. Untitled: The Real Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor by Anna Pasternak (4 out of 5)
86. The Beach at Doonshean by Penny Feeny (4 out of 5)
87. The Tides Between by Elizabeth Jane Corbett (4 out of 5)
88. Ike and Kay by James MacManus (4 out of 5)
89. The Outrageous Fortune of Abel Morgan by Cynthia Jefferies (3 out of 5)
90. The Stationmaster’s Daughter by Kathleen McGurl (4 out of 5)
91. Nadine by John Steinberg (3 out of 5)
92. Welcome to America by Linda Boström Knausgård (4 out of 5)
93. The Courts of the Morning by John Buchan (3 out of 5)
94. The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott (4 out of 5)
95. Wicked by Design by Katy Moran (5 out of 5)
96. A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier (4 out of 5)
97. The Vanished Bride (Brontë Mysteries #1) by Bella Ellis (4 out of 5)
98. The Mermaid’s Call (Cornish Mysteries #3) by Katherine Stansfield (5 out of 5)
99. The Mathematical Bridge (Nighthawk #2) by Jim Kelly (5 out of 5)
100. Dead Flowers by Nicola Monaghan (4 out of 5)
101. The Familiars by Stacey Halls (4 out of 5)
102. Eight Hours From England by Anthony Quayle (5 out of 5)
103. The Jeweller by Caryl Lewis (4 out of 5)
104. Asylum Road (Jake Caldwell #4) by James L. Weaver (4 out of 5)
105. Rivals (Georgina Garrett #2) by Sam Michaels (3 out of 5)
106. A Ration Book Childhood (East End Ration #3) by Jean Fullerton (4 out of 5)
107. The Blanket of the Dark by John Buchan (5 out of 5)
108. Don’t Get Involved by F. J. Curlew (3 out of 5)
109. The Glittering Hour by Iona Grey (5 out of 5)
110. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (3 out of 5)
111. Chanel’s Riviera: Peace and War on the Cote d’Azur, 1930 – 1944 by Anne de Courcy (3 out of 5)
112. Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout (4 out of 5)
113. The House of the Four Winds by John Buchan (3 out of 5)
114. The House That Alice Built by Chris Penhall (4 out of 5)
115. The Photographer of the Lost by Caroline Scott (4 out of 5)
116. Christmas at Ladywell by Nicola Slade (4 out of 5)
117. There’s Something About Darcy by Gabrielle Malcolm (3 out of 5)
118. The Tide Between Us by Olive Collins (3 out of 5)
119. Wolf of Wessex by Matthew Harffy (4 out of 5)
120. The Outrun by Amy Liptrot (4 out of 5)
121. Entertaining Mr Pepys (Women of Pepys’ Diary #3) by Deborah Swift (3 out of 5)
122. The Listening Walls by Margaret Millar (4 out of 5)
123. The Honourable Life of Thomas Chayne by Cynthia Jefferies (3 out of 5)
124. Death Makes No Distinction (Dan Foster Mystery #3) by Lucienne Boyce (4 out of 5)
125. The Woman With Wings by James MacManus (3 out of 5)
126. The Boy With Blue Trousers by Carol Jones (4 out of 5)
127. Cold, Cold Heart (Katie Flanagan #2) by Christine Poulson (4 out of 5)
128. Dreamland by Nancy Bilyeau (4 out of 5)
129. Joan Smokes by Angela Meyer (4 out of 5)
130. The Island of Sheep by John Buchan (4 out of 5)
131. Fred’s Funeral by Sandy Day (3 out of 5)
132. Mrs P’s Book of Secrets by Lorna Gray (3 out of 5)
133. El Hacho by Luis Carrasco (5 out of 5)
134. Burning Cold (Cara Walden Mystery #2) by Lisa Lieberman (4 out of 5)
135. Augustus by John Buchan (3 out of 5)
136. Artefacts and Other Stories by Rebecca Burns (3 out of 5)