Dark & Stormy's Top 5 Books of 2023

Dark and Stormy Book Club

Top Five Rundown
Show notes
On today's episode we review our top 5 books we read over the past year.\
5
Ann – The Last Orphan by Greg Hurwitz
Tracey – The Devil's Chew Toy by Rob Osler
4
Ann - Last Known Port by Sue Anger
Tracey - Bone Rattler by Elliot Pattison
3
Ann – The Hunter by Jennifer Herera
Tracey – The Camp by Nancy Bush
2
Ann – Malibu Burning by Lee Goldberg
Tracey – Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey
1
Ann – The Bones of Birka by Cynthia Surrisi
Tracey – Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby
We had a few honorable mentions of books that we did not cover on the program but were so good they
deserve a mention
Ann's list
The Girl in the Eagle's Talons by Karen Schmirnoff
The Road To Station X by Sarah Baring
Holly by Stephen King
Tracey's list
The Only One Left by Riley Sager
Verity by Coleen Hoover
Carrie by Stephen King
TRIVIA
Last week's question
Which mystery author has a span of 29 years between the publishing of one of her mysteries?
a. Mary Roberts Reinhart
b. Ruth Rendell
c. Mildred Davis
d. Amanda Cross
The answer is c. Mildred Davis. She wrote 18 mystery novels between the years 1948 and 1977. She
didn't publish another until 2006 when she began the Murder in Maine mystery series with her daughter
Katherine Roome.
This week's question is:
Author Robert Barnard wrote over 40 mysteries. He wrote 4 mysteries under the name Bernard Bastable.
Who was his famous protagonist?
a. Wolfgang Mozart
b. Thomas Wolfe
c. Agatha Christie
d. Robert Barnard