The Rap Sheet Best of 2022
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The go-to site for news about the world of crime fiction, The Rap Sheet has just posted best lists from their contributors (two of whom, Ali Karim and Kevin Burton Smith, also contribute to Deadly Pleasures). Great job!

J. Kingston Pierce – Editor

THE GOLDENACRE, Philip Miller
HOT TIME, W. H. Flint
BLACKWATER FALLS, Ausma Zehnant Khan
DEATH IN BLITZ CITY, David Young
WAKE, Shelley Burr
A TRAITOR’S HEART, Ben Creed
UNDER A VEILED MOON, Karen Odden
YESTERDAY’S SPY, Tom Bradby
QUEEN HIGH, C. J. Carey
THE LIFE OF CRIME, Martin Edwards – non-fiction

Kevin Burton Smith
RACING THE LIGHT, Robert Crais
THE OLD WOMAN WITH THE KNIFE, Gu Byeong-mo
RANDOM, Penn Jillette
FOLLOW ME DOWN, Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips
BYE BYE BABY, Ace Atkins
ONE-SHOT HARRY, Gary Phillips
BAD ACTORS, Mick Herron
HELL AND GONE, Sam Wiebe
SECRETS TYPED IN BLOOD, Stephen Spotswood
KNOCK OFF THE HAT, Richard Stevenson
SECRET IDENTITY, Alex Segura

Ali Karim
THE ACCOMPLICE by Steve Cavanagh
LYING BESIDE YOU by Michael Robotham
NO PLAN B – Lee and Andrew Child
DESERT STAR, Michael Connelly
THE FURIES, John Connolly
CITY ON FIRE by Don Winslow

Stephen Miller
HEAT 2, Michael Mann & Meg Gardiner
AN HONEST LIVING, Dwyer Murphy
THE LIFE OF CRIME, Martin Edwards – non-fiction

Jim Napier
A HEART FULL OF HEADSTONES, Ian Rankin
NOT YOUR CHILD, Lis Angus
GOING TO BEAUTIFUL, Anthony Bidulka
BLIND DATE, Brenda Chapman
L.A. BURNING, D. C. Taylor
FENIAN STREET, Anne Emery
LIKE A SISTER, Kellye Garrett

Fraser Massey
MAROR, Lavie Tidhar
CITY ON FIRE, Don Winslow
ASHES IN THE SNOW, Oriana Ramunno
EVEN THE DARKEST NIGHT, Javier Cercas
TRESPASS, Clare Clark
NOTES ON AN EXECUTION, Danya Kukafka
A KILLING IN NOVEMBER, Simon Mason
PORTRAIT OF A THIEF, Grace D. Li
COUNTERFEIT, Kirstin Chen
THE BERLIN EXCHANGE, Joseph Kanon

Jim Thomsen
OTHER PEOPLE’S SECRETS, Meredith Hambrock
BLACKOUT, Erin Flanagan
GANGLAND, Chuck Hogan
A THOUSAND STEPS, T. Jefferson Parker
BENEATH CRUEL WATERS, Jon Bassoff
CITY ON FIRE, Don Winslow
THE DEVIL HIMSELF, Peter Farris
DAMNATION SPRING, Ash Davidson
TWENTYMILE, C. Matthew Smith
IT DIES WITH YOU, Scott Blackburn