WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE OUR BOOKS TAKING US IN JANUARY - 2024?

Where in the World Have We Been?

U.S STATES
2-Alaska
Lynda - Lost Hours - Paige Shelton
Carol - City Under One Roof- Iris Yamashita

5-Arizona
Carol - The Poet - Michael Connelly
Andrew - The Poet - Michael Connley
Eadie - The Poet - Michael Connley
Lynda - The Poet - Michel Connley
Carol - Storm Born - Richelle Mead

19 California
Carol - Stay - K.M. Neuhold
Heather - The Light on Farallon Island - Jen Wheeler
Carol - The Poet - Michael Connelly
Andrew - The Poet - Michael Connley
Eadie - The Poet - Michael Connley
Sergei - The Poet - Michael Connely
Maura - The Poet - Michael Connely
John - The Poet - Michael Connley
Lynda - The Poe - Michael Connley
Carol - Four-Letter Word - K.M.Neuhold
Threadnsong - The Poet - Michael Connley
Bette - The Poet - Michael Connley
Lynda - The Unidentified Redhead - Alice Clayton
Lynda - The Soulmate Equation - Christina Lauren
Eadie - The Last Flight - Julie Clark
Tessa - Old Bones - Douglas Preston
Lynda - Night Owl - Andrew Mayne
Julie - Whispers - Dean Koontz

14-Colorado
Carol - A Daddy for Kinkmas - Reece Morrison
Tessa - The Last Ride of the Pony Express – Will Grant
Carol - The Poet - Michael Connelly
Andrew - The Poet - Michael Connley
Eadie - The Poet - Michael Connley
Sergei - The Poet - Michael Connely
Maura - The Poet - Michael Connely
Carol - Strawberries for Dessert - Marie Sexton
Lynda - The Poet- Michael Connley
Threadnsong - The Poet - Michael Connley
Bette - The Poet - Michael Connley
John - The Poet - Michael Connley
Carol - The Letter Z - Marie Sexron
daxxh - White Fire - Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child

1-Connecticut
Hope - No Such Person - Caroline B. Cooney

1-Florida
Carol - The Reformatory -Tananarive Due

1-Georgia
Lynda - Blindsighted - Karin Slaughter

1-Idaho
Carol - Winter Oranges - Marie Sexton

19-Illinois
Carol - A Daddy for Kinkmas - Reece Morrison
Carol - Somebody To Love -April Wilson
Carol - Somebody to Hold- April Wilson -
Carol - Painted Lace - K.M. Neuhold
Eadie - The Amazing Crime and Trial of Leopold and Loeb - Maureen McKernan
Andrew - The Poet - Michael Connley
Eadie - The Poet- Michael Connley
Sergei - The Poet - Michael Connely
Maura - The Poet - Michael Connely
Carol - Strawberries for Dessert - Marie Sexton
Threadnsong - The Poet - Michael Connley
Bette - The Poet - Michael Connley
Lynda - The Poet - Michael Conley
Carol - The Poet - Michael Connley
John - The Poet - Michael Connley
Carol - Haunted Heartland - Beth & Norman Scott
Tessa - Say When - Elizabeth Berg
Carol - Play It by Ear - K.M. Neuhold
Carol - From Out in The Cold - L.A. Witt

2-Indiana
Carol - Please Tell Me - Mike Omer
Carol - Haunted Heartland - Beth & Norman Scott

1-Iowa
Carol - Haunted Heartland - Beth & Norman Scott

2-Kansas
Carol - Haunted Heartland - Beth & Norman Scott
Carol - All The Forgivnesses - Elizabeth Harindger

1-Kentucky
Carol - All The Forgivnesses - Elizabeth Harindger

1-Maine
Carol - A Cutie for Kinkmas - Morticia Knight

1-Maryland
Lynda - Kindred- Octavia E. Butler

5-Massachusetts
Carol - A Cutie for Kinkmas - Morticia Knight
Threadnsong- All That Is Mine I Carry With Me - William Landay
Marykuhl - One Wrong Word - Hank Phillipi Ryan
Carol - Small Mercies - Dennis Lehane
Tessa - Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter - Kate Clifford Larson

1-Michigan
Carol - Haunted Heartland - Beth & Norman Scott

2-Minnesota
Carol - Haunted Heartland - Beth & Norman Scott
Lynda - Judgment Prey - John Sandford

1-Missouri
Carol - Haunted Heartland - Beth & Norman Scott

1-Montana
Tessa - Midnight Howl - Clare Hutton

4-Nebraska
Carol - Haunted Heartland - Beth & Norman Scott
Carol - Never Have I Evan - DJ Jamison
Carol - Two Truths and A Lyle - DJ Jamison
Carol - From Out in The Cold - L.A. Witt

2-Nevada
Carol - Rescue Me - K.M Neuhold
Carol - Dark Divide and Badlands Witch - Carrie Vaughn

3-New Hampshire
Carol - The Echo of Old Books - Barbara Davis
Carol- Never Have I Evan - DJ Jamison
Cindy - Lottery of Secrets - Nadija Mujagic

1-New Jersey
Julie - Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight -Janet Evanovich

1-New Mexico
Lynda - The Blessing Way - Tony Hillerman

10-New York
Lynda - Once Upon a Crime - Michael Buckley
Carol - The Writing Retreat - Julia Bartz
Carol - Grave's End - Elaine Mercado
Craco - The God of Endings by Jacqueline Holland
Lynda - Reconstructing Amelia - Kimberly McCreight
Lynda - The Sweetest Oblivion - Danielle Lori
Cindy - Let the Dead Keep Their Secrets - Rosemary Simpson
Eadie - The Last Flight - Julie Clark
Lynda - Katie the Catsitter -Colleen A.F. Venable -
Lynda - We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver

North Carolina

1-Ohio
Carol - Haunted Heartland - Beth & Norman Scott

5-Oregon
Julie - A Girl from Yamhill -Beverly Cleary
Carol - Make Me Stay- Annbeth Albert
Julie - My Own Two Feet - Beverly Cleary
Carol - Strike a Chord - K.M. Neuhold
Lynda - Dead By Sunset: Perfect Husband, Perfect Killer? -Ann Rule

1-Pennsylvania
Lynda - The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold

1- Puerto Rico - (not a state but an unincorporated U.S. Territory)
Eadie- The Last Flight - Julie Clark

Rhode Island

2-South Carolina
Carol - When All the World Sleeps - Lisa Henry & J.A. Rock
Heather - The Eye of the Bedlam Bride - Matt Dinniman

2-Tennessee
Andrew - His Soul to Keep Melinda Woodhall
Andrew- His Heart of Darkness - Melinda Woodhall

4-Texas
Cindy - The Night of the Storm - Nishita Parekh
Lynda - Track of the Cat - Nevada Barr
Tessa - Ander and Santi Were Here- Jonny Garza Villa
Cindy - Bluebird, Bluebird - Attica Locke

1-Vermont
Carol - Seeds and Sunshine - Jodi Payne & B A Tortuga

1-Virginia
Carol - All the Sinners Bleed - S.A. Cosby

2-Washington
Carol - What Lies in The Woods - Kate Alice Marshall
Carol - If You Tell - Gregg Olsen

1-Washington D.C.
Threadnsong - Four Blind Mice James Patterson

1-West Virginia
Carol - Signs and Wonders - Morgan Brice

3-Wisconsin
Carol - Haunted Wisconsin Michael Norman
Carol - Haunted Heartland - Beth & Norman Scott
Lynda - An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak - Jennifer Hartmann

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THE REST OF OUR WORLD
1-Africa
Lynda - Purple Hibiscus - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Nigeria

1-Arctic
Carol - The Voyage of The Narwhal - Andrea Barrett

1-Austria
Heather - The Little Book - Selden Edwards

1-Australia
Carol - Blindside - N.R. Walker

1-Belgium
Cindy - Death Cruise - Lawrence Block

2-Brazil
Cindy - Death Cruise - Lawrence Block
Caroline - River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey Candice Millard

1-The Bahamas
Andrew - Spanish Wells - Robert E Perreault (Hilton Head Island)

Ceylon

1-Cuba
Cindy - Death Cruise - Lawrence Block

1-Denmark
Cindy - Death Cruise - Lawrence Block

43-England
Andrew- A Perfect Paris Christmas - Mandy Baggot,
Andrew - Christmas Nights at the Star and Lantern - Helen Rolfe
Tessa - Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
Lynda - An Impossible Impostor - Deanna Raybourn
Carol - Broken - Colette Davison
Eadie - The Fury - Alex Michaelides
Eadie - The Drowning Isle - Simon McCleave
Sergei - Pride of Lancashire - Anna Jacobs
Carol - Forgotten - Colette Davison
Lynda - The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie - Alan Bradley
Andrew - The Armour of Light - Ken Follett
Andrew - The Fallen Michael Wood - Michael Wood
Heather - Rules at the School by the Sea -Jenny Colgan
Heather - Lessons at the School by the Sea Jenny Colgan
Cindy - The Traitor's Wife -Susan Higginbotham
Carol - Forgiven - Colette Davidson
Tessa - Royal Flush - Rhys Bowen
Andrew - The Tudor Conspiracy - C W Gortner
Andrew - Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen
Andrew - Absolutely and Forever Rose Tremain
Cindy - Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes - Jessica Pan
Tessa - Requiem for a Mezzo - Carola Dunn
Cindy - Fayne - Ann-Marie MacDonald
Carol - Silent Angel - Helen Phifer
Hope - Murder for Christmas - Francis Duncan
Andrew- The Appeal - Janice Halley
Andrew- His Heart of Darkness - Melinda Woodhall
Andrew - The Tudor Deception - Scott Mariani
Sergei - Agatha Raisin and a Spoonful of Poison - M. C. Beaton
Andrew- A Breath of Fresh Air - Jessica Redland
Lynda - Cruel as the Grave - Sharon Kay Penman
Andrew - Victim of Innocence - Michael Wood
Carol - Those People - Louise Candlish
Andrew - Save Her Twice - Helen Phifer
Andrew - The Family Upstairs - Lisa Jewell
Sergei - Country Wives - Rebecca Shaw
Cindy - Death Cruise - Lawrence Block
Andrew - The Family Remains - Lisa Jewell
Lynda - Alias Emma - Ava Glass
Mary - The Phantom Child - A J Wills
Carol - Our House - Louise Candlish
Tessa - The Viscount Who Loved Me - Julia Quinn
Sergei - Tales from the Big House: Nostell Priory - Michael J. Rochford
Lynda - Only Time Will Tell - Jeffrey Archer
Lynda - The Harvest Man - Alex Grecian
Lynda - Resurrection Row - Anne Perry

5-France
Andrew - A Perfect Paris Christmas - Mandy Baggot
Tessa - The Stolen Lady - Laura Morelli
Cindy - Death Cruise - Lawrence Block
Tessa - The Perfume Thief - Timothy Schaffert
Tessa - The Good Thief’s Guide to Paris – Charles Ewan

3-Germany
Cindy - Death Cruise - Lawrence Block
Mary - The Redhead of Auschwitz - Nechama Birnbaum
Lynda - The Berlin Exchange - Joseph Kanon

1-Greece
Eadie - The Fury - Alex Michaelides

1-Guernsey
Andrew - The Tudor Deception - Scott Mariani

1-Hong Kong
Lynda - The Expatriates - Janice Y.K. Lee

Hungry

1-Iceland
Lynda - Burial Rites - Hannah Kent

3-India
Tessa - The Case of the Missing Servant - Tarquin Hall
Tessa - The Sandalwood Tree - Elle Newmark
Tessa - Bombay Time - Thrity Umrigar

3-Ireland
Tessa - Foster– Claire Keegan
Andrew - The Tudor Deception - Scott Mariani
Carol - The Searcher - Tana French

1-Italy
Tessa - The Stolen Lady - Laura Morelli

2-Japan
Lynda - The Devotion of Suspect X - Keigo Higashino
Sergei - The Woman in the White Kimono - Ana Johns

1-Liechtenstein
Andrew - The Tudor Deception - Scott Mariani

Mumbai

1-Nepal
Lynda - Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer

1-Netherlands
Lynda - The Coffee Trader - David Liss

1-New Zealand
Lynda - Island the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World - Joan Druett

1-Norway
Lynda - The Human Flies - Hans Olav Lahlum

1-Saudi Arabia
Andrew- His Heart of Darkness - Melinda Woodhall

2-Scotland
Cindy - Fayne - Ann-Marie MacDonald
Andrew - Death of a Spy - R W Green

2-Spain
Cindy - Death Cruise - Lawrence Block
Married by Arrangement - Lynne Graham

1-Switzerland
Carol - The Hike - Susi Holiday

2-Turkey
Lynda - Intrigue in Istanbul - Erica Ruth Neubauer
Mary - The Phantom Child - A J Wills

1-Vietnam
Eadie - The Women - Kristin Hannah

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THOSE STRANGE AND UNUSUAL PLACES
daxxh - Wonderlands - Una McCormack
Sergei - The Q Continuum: Q-Strike - Greg Cox
Dusty - Podkayne of Mars - Robert A. Heinlein
daxxh - A Memory of Light - Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson
Lynda -Scorpio - Marko Kloos - distant Earth colony in Space
Andrew - Iron Flame - Rebecca Yarros
Dusty - Podkayne of Mars - Robert A. Heinlein
Heather - The Eye of the Bedlam Bride - Matt Dinniman
Lynda -Scorpio - Marko Kloos - distant Earth colony in Space
Andrew - Iron Flame - Rebecca Yarros
Dusty - Dead and Gone - Annie Anderson
Dusty - Dead to Me - Annie Anderson
Dusty - Dead and Gone Annie Anderson
Dusty - Dead Calm - Annie Anderson
Dusty- Destiny of the Witch -Heather G Harris -
Dusty - Dead Shift - Annie Anderson
Dusty - Dead Ahead- Annie Anderson
Dusty - Dead and Buried - Annie Anderson
Dusty - Soldier, Ask Not -Gordon Dickson
Dusty - Book of Dreams - Jack Vance
Dusty - Brothers of Earth - C J Cherryh
Dusty - Games of Enemies and Allies - K M Shea
Dusty - They Walked Like Men - Clifford D Simak
Dusty - Five Against Venus - Philip Latham
Dusty - Attack from Atlantis -Lester Del Rey
Dusty - The Man Who Painted the Dragon- Griaule Lucius Shepard
Caroline - The God of Endings - Jacqueline Holland

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