April Reading Summary

It has been a busy time and I haven't had time at hand to write about my April reading yet. So here is just an interim post to list down my April reading without any comments on individual stories/novels etc.

I will prepare the detailed posts about the stories and novels as and when I get time and post them in coming month along with May Reading posts.

 

1        Novel: Tantra by Adi

2        PKD Shorts: The Cookie Lady by Philip K Dick

3        PKD Shorts: Beyond the Door by Philip K Dick

4        PKD Shorts: The Cosmic Poachers by Philip K Dick

5        Novel: The Rozabal Line by Ashwin Sanghi

6        O Henry Shorts: How Willie Saved his Father by O Henry

7        O Henry Shorts: Simmon's Saturday Night by O Henry

8        O Henry Shorts: A Strange Case by O Henry

9        3I Series by MZ - Short: Christmas in Rocky Beach by Mark Zahn

10    Short Novel: Trouble Up Finny's Nose by Dana Mentink

11    ACD Shorts: An Iconoclast by Arthur Conan Doyle

12    ACD Shorts: The Coming of the Huns by Arthur Conan Doyle

13    ACD Shorts: Giant Maximin by Arthur Conan Doyle

14    Prof. Shonku Short: The Mysterious Island by Satyajit Ray

15    Novel: Salvation of a Saint by Keigo Higashino

16    WGS Shorts: A Dead Woman's Secret by Guy De Maupassant

17    WGS Shorts: An Unreasonable Woman by Guy De Maupassant

18    WGS Shorts: Lost by Guy De Maupassant

19    WGS Shorts: A Little Dinner in Bittlestone Street by William Makepeace Thakeray

20    WGS Shorts: The Quest by Hector Hugh Munro (Saki)

21    Hitchcock – Home Sweet Homicide: Deadly Fantasies by Marcia Muller

22    Hitchcock – Home Sweet Homicide: The Unlikely Demise of Cousin Claude by Charlotte MacLeod

23    Hitchcock – Home Sweet Homicide: The Moonstone Earrings by Herbert Resnicow

24    3I Crimebusters Novella: Rough Stuff by G H Stone

 

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