Publishers Weekly Best Mystery/Thrillers of 2022

ALL THAT’S LEFT UNSAID, Tracey Lien (Morrow)
ANYWHERE YOU RUN, Wanda M. Morris (Morrow)
BLACKWATER FALLS, Ausma Zehanat Khan (Minotaur)
BLOOD SUGAR, Sascha Rothchild (Putnam)

DEAR LITTLE CORPSES, Nicola Upson (Crooked Lane)
DEATH AND THE CONJUROR, Tom Mead (Mysterious Press)
DOUBLE EXPOSURE, Ava Barry (Pegasus Crime)
HER PERFECT TWIN, Sarah Bonner (Grand Central)
JACKAL, Erin E. Adams (Bantam)
THE KINGDOMS OF SAVANNAH, George Dawes Green (Celadon)
TARGETED, Stephen Hunter (Atria/Bestler)
THE WHEEL OF DOLL, Jonathan Ames (Mulholland)

It’s interesting to me that four first novels made the list. I’ve read four of the list (and intend to read at least two more – they are on my nightstand) and my favorite of what I’ve read is BLOOD SUGAR by Sascha Rothchild, which will be on my “best” list.

Stay tuned for postings of more “best” lists starting about November 15th if they come out the way they did last year. Then there will be a flood of them for about 4-5 weeks after that. The “best” lists of all of the DP contributors will be out sometime around December 1.