Top Ten Mysteries

I have read seventy mysteries in 2011! (Before January 1, 2011, I'd only read eleven.) These are the mystery authors I've read this year:

• Agatha Christie
• Dorothy Sayers
• Rex Stout 
• Alan Bradley
• Carrie Bebris 
• Lilian Jackson Braun
• Wilkie Collins
• Jill Paton Walsh 
• Gyles Brandreth 
• Josephine Tey
• P.D. James
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Elizabeth Peters 
• Kathy Lynn Emerson 
• Marilee Brothers
• Robert J. Randisi
• Helen Grant
• Anya Seton 
• Ken Harmon 

And these are my top ten books:


The Intrigue at Highbury: Or, Emma's Match. Carrie Bebris. 2010. Tor. 317 pages.


The Woman in White. Wilkie Collins. 1860. 672 pages.

A Red Herring Without Mustard: A Flavia de Luce Novel. Alan Bradley. 2011. Random House. 399 pages.


Sad Cypress. Agatha Christie. 1939/2007. Black Dog & Leventhal. 256 pages.

The Moving Finger. Agatha Christie. 1942/2007. Black Dog & Leventhal. 208 pages.

Some Buried Caesar. Nero Wolfe Mystery. Rex Stout. 1938. Random House. 288 pages.

The Golden Spiders. Rex Stout. 1953. Random House. 206 pages.

4:50 From Paddington. Agatha Christie. 1957/2007. Black Dog & Leventhal. 288 pages.

Gaudy Night. Dorothy L. Sayers. 1936/1995. HarperCollins. 512 pages.

Strong Poison. Dorothy L. Sayers. 1930/1995. HarperCollins. 272 pages.

© 2011 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews