Observations from the Balcony

Using a patented and scientific method I took all of the best of lists that Janet Rudolph has collected so far and wanted to see which ones appeared the most.

Appeared on 6 lists

The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly

Appeared on 5 lists

The Ghosts of Belfast by Stuart Melville
The Shanghai Moon by S.J. Rozan

Appeared on 4 lists

Ravens by George Dawes Green

Appeared on 3 lists

Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
Bury Me Deep by Megan Abbott
Hardball by Sara Paretsky
The Gates by John Connolly
The Girl Who Played With Fire by Steig Larsson

Appeared on 2 lists

A Quiet Flame by Philip Kerr
Black Water Rising by Attica Locke
Bryant and May on the Loose by Christopher Fowler
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
Dial H for Hitchcock by Susan Kandel
Dog On It by Spencer Quinn
G.I. Bones by Martin Limon.
Life Sentences by Laura Lippman
Londongrad by Reggie Nadelson
Nemesis by Jo Nesbø
Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly
Skeleton Hill by Peter Lovesey
Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley
The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
The Cloud Pavilion by Laura Joh Rowland
The Dark Horse by Craig Johnson
The Last Child by John Hart
The Long Fall by Walter Mosely
The Lord of Death by Eliot Pattison
The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death by Charlie Huston
The Silent Hour by Michael Koryta
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Tower by Ken Bruen & Reed Farrel Coleman

Appeared on 1 list

13 1/2 by Nevada Barr
9 Dragons by Michael Connelly
A Bad Day for Sorry by Sophie Littlefield
A Darker Domain Val McDermid.
A Duty to the Dead and The Red Door by Charles Todd
A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny (McKenna)
Arctic Chill by Aranldur Indridason
Bad Things Happen by Harry Dolan
Boca Nights by Steven M. Forman
Bone by Bone by Carol O’Connell
Box 21 by Anders Roslund and Borge Hellstrom
Breathing Water by Timothy Hallinan
Britten and Brulightly by Hannah Berry
Dark Mirror by Barry Maitland
Darling Jim by Christian Moerk
Desert Lost by Betty Webb
Devil’s Garden by Ace Atkins
DIE FOR YOU
Drood by Dan Simmons
Faces of the Gone by Brad Parks
Filthy Rich by Brian Azzarello
Get Real by Donald E. Westlake
Heaven’s Keep by William Kent Krueger
House Secrets by Mike Lawson
I-5 by Summer Brenner
LOOK AGAIN
Neccesary as Blood by Deborah Crombie
New Tricks by David Rosenfelt
Pix by Bill James
Revenge of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz
Roadside Crosses by Jeffrey Deaver
Server Down: A Mad Dog & Englishman Mystery by J.M. Hayes
Shadow of Betrayal by Brett Battles
Shatter by Michael Robotham (David)
Skin by Mo Hayder
Stardust by Joseph Kanon
Stone’s Fall by Iain Pears
The 13th Hour by Richard Doetsch
The Birthday Present by Barbara Vine (aka Ruth Rendell)
The Black Ice Score by Donald Westlake writing as Richard Stark
The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly
The Broken Teaglass by Emily Arsenault
The Calling by Inger Wolfe
The Case of the Missing Servant by Tarquin Hall
The Chalk Circle Man by Fred Vargas
The City and The City by China Mielville
The Cleaner by Brett Battles
The Doomsday Key by James Rollins
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton (Brenda)
THE GIRL SHE USED TO BE
The Hidden Man by David Ellis
The Lord God Bird by Russell Hill
The Neighbor by Lisa Gardner
The Odds by Kathleen George
The Paris Vendetta by Steve Berry
THE RELIABLE WIFE
The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer
The Way Home by George Pelecanos
The Wrong Mother by Sophie Hannah
TRIAL
Trust No One by Gregg Hurwitz
U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton
VANISHED
Walking Dead by Greg Rucka