Recipes for Love and Murder by Sally Andrew (reread)

Looking for Me: …in This Great Big Family by Betsy R. Rosenthal (cute and local)

Sweet Days of Discipline by Fleur Jaeggy with Tim Parks (Translator) (eh)

The Scammer by Tiffany D. Jackson (unraveled at the end)

Julie Chan Is Dead by Liann Zhang (forgettable)

Blood in the Water by Tiffany D. Jackson (cute)

Flashlight by Susan Choi (ok)

Food Person by Adam Roberts (bad!)

The Satisfaction Café by Kathy Wang (overly long)

The Satanic Mechanic by Sally Andrew (reread)

Finding Grace by Loretta Rothschild (ok)

Grief is for People by Sloane Crosby (good)

Visible Empire by Hannah Pittard (eh)

Everybody Thought We Were Crazy: Dennis Hopper, Brooke Hayward, and 1960s Los Angeles by Mark Rozzo (detailed)

Don’t Ask, Don’t Follow by Mary Keliikoa (long winded)

The Fates Will Find Their Way by Hannah Pittard (at least it was short)

The Other Passenger by Louise Candlish (not bad)

Everyone Is Lying To You by Jo Piazza (bad)

The Island Hideaway (AKA Prickly Heat) by Louise Candlish (fine)

You Deserve to Know by Aggie Blum Thompson (ok)

The Payback by Kashana Cauley (eh)

Hunger Like a Thirst: From Food Stamps to Fine Dining, a Restaurant Critic Finds Her Place at the Table by Besha Rodell (frustrating)

Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson (sad)

Fair Play by Louise Hegarty (well done)

Those People by Louise Candlish (not bad)

The French Honeymoon by Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau (bad)

I Don’t Forgive You by Aggie Blum Thompson (ok)

A Bird In The Hand by Ann Cleeves (cute)

The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett (felt long)

Nobody Walks by Mick Herron (filed in some blanks)

The Darkest Corners by Kara Thomas (not bad)

Happy Wife by Meredith Lavender and Kendall Shores (sudden ending)