NPR – Best Mysteries of 2021

Here are the choices from National Public Radio

WHO IS MAUDE DIXON?, Alexandra Andrews
THE LOST VILLAGE, Camilla Sten
THIS THING BETWEEN US, Gus Moreno
DREAM GIRL, Laura Lippman
SUMMER SON, Lee Mandelo
DESTROY ALL MONSTERS, Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips
THE TURNOUT, Megan Abbott
THE WOMAN IN THE PURPLE SKIRT, Natsuko Imamura
THE DEATH OF JANE LAWRENCE, Caitlin Starling
WE ARE WATCHING ELIZA BRIGHT, A. E. Osworth
HUMMINGBIRD SALAMANDER, Jeff Vandermeer
WE WERE NEVER THERE, Andrea Bartz
OUR WOMAN IN MOSCOW, Beatriz Williams
DIAL A FOR AUNTIES, Jesse Q. Sutanto
BUILD YOUR HOUSE AROUND MY BODY, Violet Kupersmith
VELVET WAS THE NIGHT, Silvia Moreno-Garcia
THE OTHER BLACK GIRL, Zakiya Dalila Harris
WE RUN THE TIDES, Vendela Vida
MY SWEET GIRL, Amanda Jayatissa
HARLEM SHUFFLE, Colson Whitehead
THESE TOXIC THINGS, Rachel Howzell Hall
QUIET IN HER BONES, Nalini, Singh
MY HEART IS A CHAINSAW, Stephen Graham Jones
THE VIXEN, Francine Prose
THE TREES, Percival Everett
A SLOW FIRE BURNING, Paula Hawkins
THE COMMITTED, Viet Thanh Nguyen
RAZORBLADE TEARS, S. A. Cosby
A TOWN CALLED SOLACE, Mary Lawson
HOW THE ONE-ARMED SISTER SWEEPS HER HOUSE, Cherie Jones
WIDESPREAD PANIC, James Ellroy
THE POSTSCRIPT MURDERS, Elly Griffiths

*Children’s,Young Adult, one horror novel and one non-fiction book were deleted from the original list.