The British website Crime Fiction Lover has announced their shortlist for their annual awards and it has invited ALL OF US to vote for the eventual winners. If you are so inclined, you may vote here, by clicking on the “vote” link.

Here are the Short Lists

Best Crime Novel

THE ACCOMPLICE, by Steve Cavanagh (Orion)
THE LOCKED ROOM, by Elly Griffiths (Quercus)
THE TWIST OF A KNIFE, by Anthony Horowitz (Penguin)
CITY ON FIRE, by Don Winslow (HarperCollins)
THE SHADOWS OF MEN, by Abir Mukherjee (Vintage) (2021 title)
THE TWYFORD CODE, by Janice Hallett (Viper)

Best Debut Crime Novel

BREAKING, by Amanda Cassidy (Canelo)
A CHRISTMAS MURDER OF CROWS, by D.M. Austin (Whitefox)
THE REDEEMER, by Victoria Goldman (Three Crowns)
BAD FOR GOOD, by Graham Bartlett (Allison & Busby)
DON’T KNOW TOUGH, by Eli Cranor (Soho Press)
MORE THAN YOU’LL EVER KNOW, by Katie Gutierrez (Michael Joseph)

Best Indie Crime Novel

HOW TO MURDER A MARRIAGE, by Gabrielle St. George (Level Best)
UNJUST BIAS, by Liz Mistry (Liz Mistry)
THE CORPSE WITH THE TURQUOISE TOES, by Cathy Ace (Four Tails)
FIVE MOVES OF DOOM, by A.J. Devlin (Newest Press)
THE WOMAN IN THE LIBRARY, by Sulari Gentill (Ultimo Press)
A MOURNING SONG, by Mark Westmoreland (Shotgun Honey)

Best Crime Novel in Translation
FISH SWIMMING IN DAPPLED SUNLIGHT, by Riku Onada,
translated by Alison Watts (Bitter Lemon Press)
TURF WARS, by Olivier Norek,
translated by Nick Caistor (MacLehose Press)
EVEN THE DARKEST NIGHT, by Javier Cercas,
translated by Anne McLean (MacLehose Press)
THE OLD WOMAN WITH THE KNIFE, by Gu Byeong-Mo,
translated by Chi-Young Kim (Canongate)
THE REPTILE MEMOIRS, by Silje Ulstein,
translated by Alison McCullough (Grove Press)
THE DARK FLOOD, by Deon Meyer,
translated by K.L. Seegers (Hodder & Stoughton)

Best Crime Show
Shetland (BBC One)
Dahmer – Monster (Netflix)
Bosch: Legacy (Freevee)
Slow Horses (Apple TV+)
Black Bird (Apple TV+)
Reacher (Amazon Prime)

Best Crime Author
Steve Cavanagh
Elly Griffiths
Ann Cleeves
S.A. Cosby
Michael Connelly
Val McDermid

Being a British site, the emphasis is on British writers, but they do include some Americans such as Michael Connelly, Don Winslow and Eli Cranor. I don’t know how THE SHADOWS OF MEN, by Abir Mukherjee snuck in there because it came out both in the U.K and in the States in 2021. Fine book, but it doesn’t belong on a 2022 list. I’m reading the Horowitz and and Cavanagh right now and they may appear on my best of the year list. The Winslow, Cercas and the Meyer are already on my best of 2022 list.

Overall, a fine list of nominees. The site and its viewers are to be congratulated for coming up with these short-listed titles.