Earlier in February I decided to start doing monthly roundups for #MurderEveryMonday, a book cover sharing meme over on Twitter (a.k.a. X) and Instagram. As the hashtag suggests it takes place on a Monday and each week has a different theme. For more info here is my launch post and here is a link to the updated themes list.
Here is a link to January’s roundup.
February’s themes focused a little more on titles and certainly got us all looking at our book collections in different ways!
Week 1: Crime fiction with a type of fabric in the title.
A Voice Like Velvet (1944) by Donald Henderson is my favourite read from this selection and it is a shame that he did not write many books, as the two I have read have been great. I included one of these mysteries as it is their author’s name which features a fabric.
Week 2: Title made up of two words.
I was spoilt for choice for the second week’s theme, so to help me reduce my selection I decided to create a couple of “stories” with my chosen titles.
Week 3: Cover with playing cards on.
Cards on the Table (1936) was a book that I enjoyed more upon my second reading. Finding the books for this week’s theme has reminded me that it has been a while since I have read a novel by Boucher. Perhaps this year I will come across another one that I have not read yet.
Week 4: Crime fiction title with a unit of measurement in.
This was a particularly fun week. Imperial measurements were definitely the most prominent. “Murder by Centimetres” just doesn’t quite have the right ring to it, does it? My selection was a mixture of well known names and some obscure ones, including David Whitelaw, who wrote Mystery at Furze Acres (1929) (the orange hardback in the photos). This was not a strong read by this author, but I did enjoy Stanley Hopkins Jr’s Murder by Inches (1943), a wartime novel which features an unusual role for cats. Lenore Glen Offord is definitely worth a try if you have not done so already. Again she is another author whose work I have not returned to for a while.