CrimeReads Best Crime Novels of 2022
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Best Novels
NOTES ON AN EXECUTION, Danya Kukafka
KILLERS OF A CERTAIN AGE, Deanna Raybourn
ANYWHERE YOU RUN, Wanda M. Morris
BLACKWATER FALLS, Ausma Zehanat Khan
THE VIOLIN CONSPIRACY, Brendan Slocumb
SECRET IDENTITY, Alex Segura
LIKE A SISTER, Kellye Garrett
THE FAMILY CHAO, Lan Samantha Chang
DON’T KNOW TOUGH, Eli Cranor
MORE THAN YOU’LL EVER KNOW, Katie Gutierrez
SHRINES OF GAIETY, Kate Atkinson
AFTER THE LIGHTS GO OUT, John Vercher
PARADAIS, Fernanda Melchor
THE MIDCOAST, Adam White
THE DAUGHTER OF DOCTOR MOREAU, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (horror)
THE DEVIL TAKES YOU HOME, Gabino Iglesias (horror)
ON JAVA ROAD, Lawrence Osborne
AN HONEST LIVING, Dwyer Murphy
LADY JOKER, Vol. 2, Kaoru Takamura
COMPLICIT, Winnie M. Li

The list is followed by a long list of Notable Selections, some of which I would use to replace a few of the “best” selections. I have no problems with the first 8 titles on the list. But I do with books such as THE DEVIL TAKES YOU HOME by Gabino Iglesias (Larry and I really disliked this book which was over-the-top with graphic violence and horror). It should be replaced by Danya Kukafka’s NOTES ON AN EXECUTION, Don Winslow’s CITY ON FIRE or Javier Cercas’ EVEN THE DARKEST NIGHT. Other better choices among the Notable Selections are WINTER WORK by Dan Fesperman, SHIFTY’S BOYS by Chris Offutt, THE IT GIRL by Ruth Ware, GOERING’S GOLD by Richard O’Rawe, 1989 by Val McDermid, A WORLD OF CURIOSITIES by Louise Penny, or THINGS WE DO IN THE DARK by Jennifer Hillier