THE GATEKEEPER by James Byrne (Algeria/United States),
GIRLS WHO LIE by Eva Björg Egisdóttir (England/Iceland),
LOOK CLOSER by David Ellis (England),
SILENT PARADE by Keigo Higashino (Japan),
PORTRAIT OF A THIEF by Grace Li (United States/China),
THE DYING DAY by Vaseem Khan (India),
GONE BY MORNING by Michele Weinstat Miller (United States),
THE SHADOWS OF MEN by Abir Mukherjee (India),
DO NO HARM by Robert Pobi (United States), DIE AROUND SUNDOWN by Mark Pryor (Germany),
THE LEFT-HANDED TWIN by Thomas Perry (United States),
KILLERS OF A CERTAIN AGE by Deanna Raybourn (England/Europe/Caribbean),
COLD AS HELL by Lilja Sigurdadóttir (Iceland),
NINE LIVES by Peter Swanson (United States).