Saturday, August 01, 2015

Some 1980 Titles (for Past Offences)

The latest monthly challenge over at Past Offences is to read a book in August, published in 1980. Here are 50 British/European crime titles to choose from, first published in English in 1980, pulled from my database:

Catherine Aird - Passing Strange
Ted Allbeury - The Reaper (aka The Stalking Agent)
James Anderson - Assault and Matrimony
Alex Auswaks - A Trick of Diamonds
Robert Barnard - Death in a Cold Climate
Michael Bar-Zohar - The Deadly Document
Josephine Bell - A Question of Inheritance
Michael Bradford - Counter-Coup
Simon Brett - The Dead Side of the Mike
W J Burley - Wycliffe in Paul's Court
Anna Clarke - Last Voyage
Liza Cody - Dupe
Peter Conway - Nut Case
Peter Conway - Pulling String
Peter Conway - Repent at Leisure
Eileen Dewhurst - Drink This
Umberto Eco - The Name of the Rose
Ron Ellis - Murder First Glass
Barry Fantoni - Mike Dime
Ken Follett - The Key To Rebecca
Dick Francis - Reflex
Nicolas Freeling - Castang's City
Andre Gide - Lafcadio's Adventures
Gerald Hammond - Reward Game
S T Haymon - Death and the Pregnant Virgin (apa Death of a Pregnant Virgin)
Tim Heald - Caroline R
Reginald Hill - A Killing Kindness
Reginald Hill - The Spy's Wife
Timothy Holme - The Neapolitan Streak
Alan Hunter - The Honfleur Decision
Jacquemard-Senecal - The Body Vanishes
Donald James - A Spy at Evening
P D James - Innocent Blood
Dan Kavanagh - Duffy
H R F Keating - The Murder of the Maharajah
Valerie Kershaw - Rosa
Peter Lear - Spider Girl
Max Marquis - Traitor Machine
Ngaio Marsh - Photo Finish
Michael Parker - North Slope
Anne Perry - Callander Square
Ellis Peters - Monk's-Hood
Ruth Rendell - The Lake of Darkness
Ruth Rendell - The Copper Peacock: And Other Stories
Ruth Rendell - Talking to Strange Men
Gerald Seymour - The Contract
Frank Smith - Dragon's Breath
June Thomson - Alibi in Time
David Williams - Murder for Treasure
Margaret Yorke - The Scent of Fear

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Umberto Eco for me - about time I finished it...