The Times 16 Best Crime Books of 2021

Mark Sanderson and Joan Smith

RABBIT HOLE, Mark Billingham
THE APPEAL, Janice Hallett
THE STONING, Peter Papathanasiou
THE WAITER, Ajay Chowdhury
VINE STREET, Dominic Nolan
FATAL ISLES, Maria Adolfsson
HOUSE WITH NO DOORS, Jeff Noon
THE GIRL WHO DIED, Ragnar Jonasson
THE LAST SNOW, Stina Jackson
THE DARK, Emma Haughton
BLOOD GROVE, Walter Mosley
THE APRIL DEAD, Alan Parks
THE KHAN, Saima Mir
CONSOLATION, Garry Disher
A NARROW DOOR, Joanne Harris
THE DARK REMAINS, Ian Rankin & William McIlvanney

Editor’s Note: I have only read two on this list (BLOOD GROVE and CONSOLATION and am reading a third — THE STONING). but there are others that I hope to get to like VINE STREET and THE WAITER. A good list.