British Bookstore Chain Waterstones comes out each year with a list best crime fiction and thrillers. This year’s list is a bit top heavy with overly long lists. But there are still some very good books on the list so I think there is value in posting it.

Detectives
DEATH AT THE SIGN OF THE ROOK, Kate Atkinson
MIDNIGHT AND BLUE, Ian Rankin
IN TOO DEEP, Lee Child and Andrew Child
AN EYE FOR AN EYE, Jeffrey Archer
WITNESS 8, Steve Cavanagh
THE SUSPECT, Rob Rinder
THE DARK WIVES, Ann Cleeves
THE INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS, John Connolly
THE WAITING, Michael Connelly
TO DIE FOR, David Baldacci
ONE OF US IS DEAD, Peter James
CAMINO GHOSTS, John Grisham

Cosy Crime
WE SOLVE MURDERS, Richard Osman
THE HOTEL AVOCADO, Bob Mortimer
MURDER AT THE MONASTERY, Reverend Richard Coles
THE EXAMINER, Janice Hallett
THE KELLERBY CODE, Jonny Sweet
THE FELLOWSHIP OF PUZZLEMAKERS, Samuel Burr
THE MAN IN BLACK AND OTHER STORIES, Elly Griffiths

Thrillers
ALL THE COLOURS OF THE DARK, Chris Whitaker
FURY, Alex Michaelides
PRECIPICE, Robert Harris
THE BLUE HOUR, Paula Hawkins
WHAT A WAY TO GO, Bella Mackie
HUNTED, Abir Mukherjee
BUTTER, Asako Yuzuki
HERE ONE MOMENT, Liane Moriarty
THE BURIAL PLOT, Elizabeth Macneal
IMPOSTER SYNDROME, Joseph Knox
GRAVE YARD SHIFT, M. L. Rio
BLOOD TIES, Jo Nesbo
THE MIDNIGHT FEAST, Lucy Foley
SAFE ENOUGH and Other Stories, Lee Child
THE LAST MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD, Stuart Turton
THE PUZZLE WOOD, Rosie Andrews
REDEMPTION, Jack Jordan
ONE PERFECT COUPLE, Ruth Ware
THE HUNTER, Tana French
THEN THINGS WENT DARK, Bea Fitzgerald
THE HOUSE OF MIRRORS, Erin Kelly
PRIMA FACIE, Suzie Miller
ERUPTION, James Patterson & Michael Crichton
A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO BREAKING AND ENTERING, Andrew Hunter Murray
FIRST WIFE’S SHADOW, Adele Parks
THE ALASKA SANDERS AFFAIR, Joel Dicker
INK RIBBON RED, Alex Pavesi
END OF STORY, A. J. Finn

Espionage

KARLA’S CHOICE, Nick Hardaway
DOWN CEMETERY ROAD, Mick Herron (reprint – not espionage)