My 12 in 12 for 2015....

As the end of my reading year approaches these are

my

12 in 12

Twelve authors who were new to me:

1. David Churchill - Leopards of Normandy
2. Colette McBeth - The Life I Left Behind
3. James Hannah - The A-Z of You and Me
4. Antoine Laurain - The Red Notebook
5. Cesca Major - The Silent Hours
6. Beth Miller - The Good Neighbour
7. Fionnuala Kearney - You, Me and Other People
8. Rebecca Muddiman - Gone 
9. Marie Laval - Angel Heart
10. Clare Coombe - Definitions
11. Sharon Booth - There Must be an Angel
12. Jo Bloom - Ridley Road

Twelve authors I have read before:

1. A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
2. Phil Rickman - Night After Night
3. Deborah Harkness - The Book of Life 
4. Stephen King -Finders Keepers 
5. Isabella Connor -An Irish Promise 
6. Josa Young - Sail Upon the Land
7. Jane Cable - The Faerie Tree
8. Alison Morton - Aurelia
9. Lesley Pearse -Without a Trace 
10. Freya North - The Turning Point
11. Rosie Thomas - Daughter of the House 
12. The Missing Husband - Amanda Brooke

Twelve books that took me by the hand and led me into the past: 

1. Sisters of Treason by Elizabeth Fremantle
2. The Chosen Queen By Joanna Courtney
3. The Song of the Sea Maid by Rebecca Mascull
4. Dacre's War by Rosemary Goring
5. The Butcher Bird by S D Sykes
6. Treason's Daughter by Antonia Senior
7. The Flax Flower by Amanda Maclean
8. The Raven's Head by Karen Maitland
9. Along the Infinite Sea by Beatriz Williams
10. The Silvered Heart by Katherine Clements
11. Bloodie Bones by Lucienne Boyce
12. The House of Shadows by Pamela Hartshorne

Twelve books from authors I know will never let me down: 

1. The Taming of the Queen by Philippa Gregory
2. The Ghost Fields by Elly Griffiths
3. The Man in the Canary Waistcoat by Susan Grossey 
4. We Are All Made of Stars by Rowan Coleman
5. Always the Bridesmaid by Lindsay Kelk
6. The Family Divided by Anne Allen
7. The Storm Sister by Lucinda Riley
8. The Liar by Nora Roberts
9. Leaving Time - Jodi Picoult
10. The Outlandish Companion Volume II by Diana Gabaldon
11. Beyond the Sea by Melissa Bailey
12. It's Not Me , It's You - Mhairi McFarlane

Twelve Books that had lingered far too long on my Book Shelf:

1. The String Diaries by Stephen Lloyd Jones
2. Cross Bones Yard by Kate Rhodes
3. Eeny Meeny by M J Arlidge
4. The Black House by Peter May
5. Fallen Idols by Neil White
6. The Girl With A Clock for a Heart by Peter Swanson
7. Tuesday's Gone by Nicci French
8. The Stolen Child by Laura Elliot
9. Fear the Worst by Linwood Barclay
10. The House on the Cliff by Charlotte Williams
11. I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh
12. The Woman in Silk by R J Gadney

Twelve Books that surprised me.....in a good way:

1. The Good Girl by Fiona Neill
2. A Way from Heart to Heart by Helena Fairfax
3. The Ice Twins by S K Tremayne
4. The House of Frozen Dreams by Sere Prince Halverson
5. Mrs Engels by Gavin McCrea
6. Dead Star Island by Andrew Shantos
7. The Sisters by Claire Douglas
8. Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee
9. Wolf Winter by Cecelia Ekback
10. Significance by Jo Mazelis
11. The Boleyn King by Lauren Anderson
12. A Dream of Lights by Kerry Drewery

Twelve books that I read for a Book Club:

1. At Home - Bill Bailey
2. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie - Alan Bradley
3. The Farm - Tom Rob Smith
4. The Taxidermist's Daughter  - Kate Mosse 
5. The Sunrise - Victoria Hislop
6. Us - David Mitchell
7. The Girl in the Red Coat - Kate Hamer
8. Summer of Secrets - Sarah Jasmon
9. A Better Man - Leah McLaren
10. The Glass Painter's Daughter - Rachel Hore
11. Last of the Wine - Mary Renault
12. Only We Know - Karen Perry

Twelve books that led me into the world of crime and psychological suspense:

1. Freedom's Child by Jax Miller
2. The Jackdaw by Luke Delaney
3. The Ghost Fields by Elly Griffiths
4. Stasi Child by David Young
5. Killer Plan by Leigh Russell  
6. Black Wood by S J I Holliday
7. Away from You by Kay Langdale
8. In the Line of Blood by Ben McPherson
9. The Daughter's Secret by Eva Holland
10. The Liars Chair by Rebecca Whitney
11. Sewing the Shadows Together by Alison Baillie
12. The Last Pier by Roma Tearne

Twelve books that I borrowed from my local library:

1. Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee
2. The Edge of Dark by Pamela Hartshorne
3. Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
4. The Winter Crown by Elizabeth Chadwick
5. The Taxidermist's Daughter by Kate Mosse
6. Finders Keepers by Stephen King
7. The Liar by Nora Roberts
8. The Penny Heart by Martine Bailey
9. The Taming of the Queen by Phillipa Gregory
10. I am Malala by Malala Yousafzia
11. The Storm Sister by Lucinda Riley
12. The House of Shadows by Pamela Hartshorne

Twelve books I would like to see made into a movie:

1. Solomon Creed by Simon Toyne
2. The Daughter's Secret by Eva Holland 
3. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
4. The Cold, Cold Sea by Linda Huber
5. The Life I Left Behind by Collette McBeth
6. Th Silent Hours by Cesca Major
7. The A-Z of You and Me by James Hannah
8. The House on Cold Hill by Peter James
9. Wolf Winter by Cecelia Ekback
10. I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh
11. Second Life by S J Watson
12. Freedom's Child by Jax Miller

Twelve Books I would like to read in 2016:

1. The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley
2. The Witches by Staci Schiff
3. A Desperate Fortune by Susanna Kearsley
4. Nelly Dean by Alison Case
5. All Hallows at Eyre Hall by Luccia Gray
6. Sleeper's Castle by Barbara Erskine
7. The Woman in Blue by Elly Griffiths (Ruth Galloway #8)
8. The Obsession by Nora Roberts
9. The Jeweller's Wife by Judith Lennox
10. Little Boy Blue by M J Arlidge  (Helen Grace #5)
11. At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier
12. The English Girl by Katherine Webb

Thanks to Jo at The Book Jotter who inspired me to do my 12 in 12 book list ....

My twelfth and final category - the twelve books I have enjoyed the most will be revealed..

alongside the twelve honorable mentions...

....tomorrow....

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