It’s that time of year when I search my book lists
to bring you my 12 books in 12 categories over the last year
๐ Twelve authors who were new to me:
Laurent Westwood - The House of Second Chances
Lisa Carter - Six Poppies
Diane Jeffrey -The Crime Writer
T J Emerson -The Last Mrs Sinclair
Rachel Wolf - SunTrap
Deborah Klรฉe - The Evacuee’s Secret
Lou Gilmond - Divinity Games
Rhiannon Barnsley - Slander
Carla Kovach - My Husband’s Wife
Ellie Monago - The Son-in-Law
John Pilkington - The Death of a Stranger
Michael Jecks - Pilgrim’s War
๐ Twelve authors I have read before:
Joanna Toye -A New Chapter at the Little Penguin Bookshop
Liz Harris - The Woven Lie
Barbara Scott Emmett - Pink Lane
Alexandra Weston -The Lavender Bride
Rachel Burton -The House at River’s Edge
Jane Dunn -The Accidental Debutante
Georgina Moore - River of Stars
Lesley Pearse - The Girl with the Suitcase
G D Wright - Into the Fire
Rebecca L Marsh - The Santa Hat
Anna Stuart - The President’s Wife
Rachel Brimble - The Widows Vow
๐ Twelve books from authors I know will never let me down:
The Lake of Widows -Liza Perrat
The Players - Minette Walters
The Frozen People - Elly Griffiths
The Woman with All the Answers - Linda Green
Together again at the Cornish Country Hospital -Jo Bartlett
Booked for Summer - Kathryn Freeman
Over the Sea to Skye -Sue Moorcroft
The Writer - Valerie Keogh
Every Mother’s Nightmare - SE Lynes
Same Time Next Week - Milly Johnson
Deadman’s Pool - Kate Rhodes
Live, Laugh, Leave Me Alone - Harper Ford
๐ Twelve Books which surprised me - in a good way :
January Conversations with Dogs - Di Slaney
Elemental - Stephanie Bretherton (and others)
The Cure - Eve Smith
The Devil’s Draper -Donna Moore
Spring Pool - Miriam Darlington
The Herb Knot - Jane Loftus
Dirty Geese - Lou Gilmond
Cyber Mental - Dolapo Aceyemi
Believe - S M Govett
My Husband’s Wife - Carla Kovach
Arkansas Black - Alexander Blevens
Love, Laugh, Leave me Alone - Harper Ford
๐ Twelve books with covers I particularly liked:
The House of Echoes - Alexandra Walsh
The House at River’s Edge - Rachel Burton
The Lamplighter’s Bookshop - Sophie Austin
Bitter Greens - Kate Forsyth
Dangerous - Essie Fox
The Washashore - Marshall Highet and Bird Jones
The Girl from Normandy - Rachel Sweasey
The Hollywood Runaway - Alexandra Weston
The Emergency Poet - Deborah Alma
The Letter from the Island - Rose Alexander
Daughter of the Stones - Alexandra Walsh
The Forest Hideaway - Sharon Gosling
๐ Twelve books that took me by the hand and led me into the past:
Sizar -Susan Grossey
Confessions of a Lady - Darcy McGuire
The Secrets of the Rose - Nicola Cornick
The English Wife - Anna Stuart
Shadows in the Spring - Christina Courtenay
The Dangerous Love of a Rogue -Jane Lark
Changing Times in Nuala - Harriet Steel
The Accidental Debutante - Jane Dunn
The Queen’s Necklace - Adrienne Chinn
The Women in the Shadows - Harriet Fox
Desolation - Keith Moray
Ripples through Time - Christina Courtenay
๐ Twelve books that led me into a life of crime:
The Students - H M Lynn
Dead in the Water - Simon McCleave
Pink Lane - Barbara Scott Emett
The Boyfriend -John Nicholl
Manhattan Down -Michael Cordy
Double Stakes -Alison Morton
Black Gold - Rob Starr
One Dark Night - Hannah Rochelle
Anything for Her - Jack Jordan
To Love a Liar - Hayley Smith
Broken Bones - John Carson
Cold Blooded Killer - Alex Pine
๐ Twelve Debut Authors:
Roiแนกin O’Donnell - Nesting
The Show Woman - Emma Cowling
The Eights- Joanna Miller
Greater Sins - Gabrielle Griffiths
The Wolf Tree - Laura McCluskey
Grace of the Empire State - Gemma Tizzard
The Herb Knot - Jane Loftus
Believe - S M Govett
Innocent Guilt - Remi Kone
The Woman in the Wallpaper - Lora Jones
The Marriage Contract - Sasha Butler
Seven Reasons to Murder your Dinner Guests - K J Whittle
๐ Twelve Featured Books of the Month:
The Players - Minette Walters
Grace of the Empire State - Gemma Tizzard
Wolf Tree - Laura McCluskey
Greater Sins - Gabrielle Griffiths
Death on Wolf Fell - Nick Oldham
In the Family way - Laney Katz Becker
The Art of a Lie - Laura Shepherd Robinson
The Bride Stone - Sally Gardner
The Cut Throat Trial - S J Fleet
Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee - Charlie Higson
The Marriage Contract - Sasha Butler
His Other Woman - Valerie Keogh
๐ Twelve Books I bought for myself:
Fairy Tale - Stephen King
The Blackhouse - Carole Johnsone
Vianne - Joanne Harris
By Any Other Name - Jodi Picoult
To the Women - Donna Ashworth
The Final Vow - M W Craven
The Frozen River - Ariel Lawhon
One - Eve Smith
Conclave - Robert Harris
The House of Wolf - Tony Robinson
The Darkening Globe - Naomi Kelsey
Boleyn Traitor - Philippa Gregory
๐ Twelve Must Read Books :
The Queen of Fives - Alex Hay
Six Poppies - Lisa Carter
The Boyfriend - John Marrs
The Blackbirds of St Giles - Lila Cain
Dangerous - Essie Fox
The Quiet Wife - Felicity North
The Cure - Eve Smith
The Mourning Necklace - Kate Foster
River of Stars - Georgina Moore
The Foreshore - Samantha York
Our Last Wild Days - Anna Bailey
Theo of Golden - Allen Levi
๐ Twelve books I am looking forward to reading in 2026:
The Trouble Maker - Lesley Kara
The Fox of Kensal Green - Richard Tyrell
I’ll be Watching You - Deborah Masson
Caller Unknown - Gillian McAllister
The Drowning Places - Sarah Hilary
The Sea Child - Laura Wilgus
A Death in Glasgow - Eve McCrae
American Fantasy - Emma Straub
The Infamous Gilberts - Angela Tomaski
Fireflies in Winter - Eleanor Shearer
The Last to Know - Laura Jane Williams
The Sea Stone Sisters - Eleanor Buchanan
To all the blog readers and book bloggers who support our blog in so many ways
To all these talented authors for sharing the gift of your imagination and to all the
publishers who continue to support Jaffareadstoo in such generous ways.
To the Blog Tour operators who invite us to be part of exclusive blog tours
Books have taken me on the most wonderful armchair adventures
Come back on the 31st December when I reveal the books I thought were extra-special
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