Book of the Month: April 2026

I am pretty sure time 2026 is on a skateboard, with a turbo boost feature, as every month seems to fly by. But maybe it’s just me? I kicked off April with my new list: 50 Classic Crime Novels to Read from the 1950s. Do let me know which ones you would add. This month also saw me take my first look into Jacques Barzun and Wendell Hertig Taylor’s A Catalogue of Crime (1989), commenting on their thoughts on authors beginning with A. I managed to review 10 different authors this month. In the main my reads were from familiar authors, although this was no guarantee of quality, as Henry Wade and unusually Elizabeth Ferrars were a bit disappointing. This month I am having two categories for Book of the Month. The first category is my Best Modern Mystery, which goes to…