Today is the last day of January and the time has come for another list of books read during the past month. I'm not likely to finish reading an eight book for January.
The first two books for January follow a theme from December - these books are the 3rd and 4th I've read that were written by the Japanese mystery writer, Seishi Yokomizo. It is my understanding that there are five novels by Yokomizo translated into English, although # five isn't scheduled to be published until later this year.
According to an article on wikipedia, Soji Shimada has more work translated into English than the two I read in January, but unfortunately, I haven't been able to locate copies.
In addition to Six Four, Hideo Yokoyama has two other novels translated into English - Seventeen and Prefecture D. Both of these novels have been placed into the queue.
The final two books for this month were not easy reading, to say the least. Both deal with serial killers who are also sexually perverse. To lighten the mood, my first two books for February will be by mystery writers mentioned in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Sue Grafton and Elizabeth George - who should fit in with the more tamer elements of the mystery/detective genre.
NOTE: It is now 10:00 PM January 31. I had not expected to have finished another book for this month, but it seems that I have after all. An 8th book will be added to the list, although the cover of that book will not be added to the jpg. at the beginning of this post.
The Village of Eight Graves by Seishi Yokomizo
The Inugami Curse by Seishi Yokomizo
The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Soji Shimada
Murder in the Crooked House by Soji Shimada
Six Four by Hideo Yokoyama
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid
'A' Is For Alibi by Sue Grafton
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