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Best Crime Novels of 2022
From the Crime Time Christmas Debate (a podcast) in which eminent critic Barry Forshaw chaired a panel of top critics and writers: Laura Wilson (Guardian critic, novelist) , Maxim Jakubowski (editor, publisher, writer, bookseller), Jake Kerridge (crime fiction critic for the Telegraph), Ayo Onatade (critic ShotsBlog) Victoria Selman (novelist and Crime Time presenter) and Paul Burke.(who writes for Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Fiction Network). Not only did they talk about their favorites from 2022, but also about 2023 titles that they are looking forward to. I already posted “best” lists from Barry Forshaw (Financial Times), Jake Kerridge, Maxim Jakubowski and Laura Wilson, but interestingly enough some of them brought up some books other than those posted previously. If you are interested in listening this podcast, click here.
Book Choices:
Barry Forshaw
A Heart Full of Headstones – Ian Rankin
Blue Water – Leonora Nattras*
The Dark Flood – Deon Meyer (trans. K L Seegers)
The Lost Man of Bombay – Vaseem Khan
The Twyford Code – Janice Hallett
2023: The Shadows of London – Andrew Taylor*
Laura Wilson
The Book of the Most Precious Substance – Sara Gran
Queen High – C J Carey*
On Java Road – Lawrence Osborne
Wrong Place, Wrong Time – Gillian McAllister
The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill – C S Robertson
2023: Stay Buried – Kate Webb, The Skeleton Key – Erin Kelly, Charlotte Vassell – The Other Half, Strange Sally Diamond – Liz Nugent, The Only Suspect – Louise Candlish.
Maxim Jakubowski
The Maid – Nita Prose
How to Find Your Way in the Dark – Derek B Miller
Heat 2 – Michael Mann & Meg Gardiner
Shoot the Moonlight Out – William Boyle
Maror – Lavie Tidhar
2023: Death and the Conjuror – Tom Mead (2022 title in U.S.)
Ayo Onatade
City on Fire – Don Winslow
The Life of Crime – Martin Edwards (non-fiction)
Confidence – Denise Mina
Breaking Point – Olivier Norek
Blue Water – Leonora Nattras*
The Devil Takes You Home – Gabino Iglesias
2023: The Shadows of London – Andrew Taylor*
Jake Kerridge
A Season in Exile – Oliver Harris
The Trees – Percival Everett
The Trenches – Parker Bilal
The Girls Are Good – Ilaria Bernadini
Murder Memoir Murder – Anthony J Quinn
2023: Tomas Nevinson – Javier Marias
Victoria Selman
The IT Girl – Ruth Ware
The Reunion – Polly Philips
The Empty Room – Brian McGilloway
Queen High – C J Carey* (also Laura)
Hunting Time – Jeffery Deaver
2023: The Things We Do To Our Friends – Heather Darwent, The Quiet Tenant – Clémence Michallon.
Paul Burke
Racing the Light – Robert Crais
The Invisible – Peter Papathanasiou
River Clyde – Simone Buchholz (trans. Rachel Ward)
House of Ashes – Stuart Neville
Small Deaths – Rijula Das
2023: White Riot – Joe Thomas, All the Sinners Bleed – SA Cosby
- Books on more than 1 list