Barry Ergang: Books I read in 2025

 

Albom, Mitch--Twice

Alpert, Hollis-The Life and Times of Porgy and Bess

Ayatsuji, Yukito—The Labyrinth House Murders

Beer, Edith Hahn with Susan Dworkin—The Nazi Officer’s Wife: How One Jewish         Woman Survived the Holocaust

Bloch, Robert—Cold Chills

Bloch, Robert—The Will to Kill

Blochman, Lawrence G.—Clues for Dr. Coffee (Second Casebook)

Bourg, BJ—Bullet Drop

Burke, James Lee—Burning Angel

Carr, John Dickson—The Kindling Spark: Early Tales of Mystery, Horror, and Adventure 

Conrad, Hy—Mr. Monk Is Open For Business      

Crider, Bill—Too Late to Die

Crispin, Edmund—The Glimpses of the Moon

Curtis, Christopher Paul—The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963

Deaver, Jeffery—The Never Game

Dixon, Franklin W.—While the Clock Ticked

Friedman, Kinky—Elvis, Jesus & Coca-Cola

Gervais, Simon & Ryan Steck—The Second Son

Goldman, William—Boys and Girls Together

Hale, Bruce—The Mystery of Mr. Nice

Hall, Rachel Howzell—Fog and Fury

Halter, Paul—The Crimson Fog

Hammett, Dashiell—The Maltese Falcon (original version from Black Mask)

Hayter, Sparkle—The Last Manly Man

Healy, Jeremiah—Rescue

Hess, Joan—Maggody in Manhattan

Hiaasen, Carl—Star Island

Hyams, Joe—Bogart & Bacall

Junger, Sebastian—In My Time of Dying

King, C. Daly—The Complete Curious Mr. Tarrant¹

Levine, Paul—Bum Rap

Levine, Paul—The Deep Blue Alibi

MacDonald, John D.—The Executioners (aka Cape Fear)

Margolis, Steve—The Toaster Oven Mocks Me: Living with Synesthesia

Marlowe, Stephen—Manhunt Is My Mission

Maslen, Andy—The Lying Man

Mayne, Andrew—Mr. Whisper

McBain, Ed—The Frumious Bandersnatch

Miller, Kirsten—Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books

Nebel, Frederick—The Crimes of Richmond City

Penzler, Otto, ed.—Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries

Peters, Elizabeth—The Locked Tomb Mystery and Other Stories

Prather, Richard S.—Dance With the Dead (2^nd reading)

Resnick, Mike--Purgatory

Rich, Simon—Ant Farm and Other Desperate Situations

Scheer, Ron—Miles to Lost Dog Creek

Slaughter, Karin—Triptych

Swanson, Peter—Nine Lives

Twain, Mark—A Double-Barreled Detective Story (novella)

Wentworth, Patricia—Grey Mask

Yousafzai, Malala—Finding My Way

 

¹I read the Dover edition, which contains 8 stories, years ago. This edition adds 4 more, which I read this year