Anna Pigeon (Series), Nevada Barr

All the rest of them.  This is a fine series, set in the U.S. National Parks.  Entertaining, well-written and educational.  What more could you want?

Blood Lure by Nevada Barr

Anna Pigeon tracks grizzlies and a murderer in Glacier National Park.  Entertaining as always, but Barr seems to have developped a taste for the passive verb.

The Brass Verdict, Michael Connelly

Excellent story, as all of Connelly's books are, but the presence of both Mickey Haller (The Lincoln Lawyer) and Harry Bosch was contrived and didn't do justice to Bosch.

128. Shadows in Bronze, Lindsey Davis

No. 2 in Falco series. The pleasure in these is still sense of place, although the mysteries are O.K.

122. Love, Lies and Liquor, M. C. Beaton

Agatha Raisin. Either Beaton had writers block when starting or someone else wrote the opening chapters. Worst written, best plot. Murder, dope, gambling, robbery, action.

117. Blood Relatives, Ed McBain

The most excellent thing about police procedurals is it doesn't matter if you guess whodunnit. It's the procedure -- and the writing -- that counts.

110. Games to Keep the Dark Away, Marcia Muller (Audio)

Suspicious deaths in hospice generate more murders. Muller may have been the first in the modern female detective genre, but Sue Grafton does it better.

103. Bruno, Chief of Police, Martin Walker

Well done French cosy with good mystery left over from WWII.

87. The Silver Pigs, Lindsey Davis

Mystery of disappearing silver ingots in ancient Rome and Britain. Magnificent sense of place. You are there, not reading about it from the future. Worth a second shot at the series. (Grammar maven: Since she loves Roman history, Davis might consider studying Latin -- or English -- grammar and learning something about pronouns and case. Very irritating lapse.)

84. Agatha Raisin and the Perfect Paragon, M. C. Beaton

The perfect wife, the poisoned husband: business is booming for Agatha.

83. The Deadly Dance (Agatha Raisin), M. C. Beaton

Agatha has started her own detective agency. Same amount of fun and better plots.

78. Poodle Springs, Raymond Chandler & Robert B. Parker

Four draft chapters from Chandler of Phillip Marlowe novel finished seamlessly by Parker. Not top-notch Chandler or Parker, but fun.

72. Early Autumn, Robert B. Parker

This time Spenser rescues kid from his parents and becomes the parent we all wish we'd had. Crime, too. Have I said I love Spenser?

71. Los Alamos, Joseph Kanon

Good mystery, interesting historical background, irrelevant O.K. love story, but why the critics raved as though we're on for a Pulitzer is beyond me.

70. Looking for Rachel Wallace, Robert B. Parker

Sir Lancelot, in his persona as Spenser, gets hired and fired by radical lesbian feminist. Then she is kidnapped. Get the white charger.

65. Maskerade, Terry Pratchett

One of the best. Opera, ghost, wannabee singers, witches and Italian tenors. There's murder in the opera house.

61. Mexican Hat, Michael McGarrity

Secrets, new and old, and poaching generate murder and mayhem in New Mexico's Gila Wilderness. This man can write!

57. Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House, M. C. Beaton

Agatha continues to solve crimes and fall in love with the neighbour. And be grumpy and loveable.

48. A Cold-Blooded Business, Dana Stabenow

Good time-passer, small bits of insight on the conflict between oil the Inuit, but I'd have liked more.

43. The Overlook, Michael Connelly

Harry Bosch and Rachel Walling chase murderers and terrorists.