And it’s time for the books of March! Spent more time (far more time!) out of the house this month, what with not being sick and the weather cooperating.

The best books of the month were the final two books in the Julian Kestrel series, Whom the Gods Love and The Devil in Music. As always, it made me sad to complete the series, knowing that the author’s life ended far too soon. And also Who Buries the Dead, the latest Sebastian St. Cry book.

Historical Romance

These Old Shades (1926) Georgette Heyer

Historical Mystery

Julian Kestrel
Whom the Gods Love (1995) Kate Ross (9/10)
The Devil in Music (1997) Kate Ross (/10)
Sebastian St Cyr
Who Buries the Dead (2015) C.S. Harris (8.5/10)

Mystery

Inspector Montalbano
The Fourth Secret (2002/2014) Andrea Camilleri translated by Gianluca Rizzo and Dominic Siracusa (7/10)

Supernatural Mystery

Felix Castor
The Devil You Know (2008) Mike Carey (8/10)
Vicious Circle (2006) Mike Carey (8/10)
London Falling audible version (2013/2014) by Paul Cornell, narrated by Damian Lynch  (8/10)

Supernatural Fantasy

Alpha & Omega
Dead Heat (2015) Patricia Briggs (7.5/10)

And now, the numbers!

Aside from one audio book (I really liked the audio version of London Falling) everything was an ebook, and I had seven re-reads, and seven books in multiple formats (either ebook and paper or ebook and audio).

The breakdown of genres was mostly mysteries, mysteries of all flavors.

Fantasy: 4
Mystery: 7
Romance: 1

And for author gender this month, an almost even split between male and female authors.

Male: 4
Female: 4
Initials: 1

Almost because the initials are (of course) a female author.