Chicago Public Library
Best Mystery & Thriller Fiction of 2024

ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK, Chris Whitaker
BROILER, Eli Cranor
CITY IN RUINS, Don Winslow
THE WAITING, Michael Connelly
CLOSE TO DEATH, Anthony Horowitz
FIRST LIE WINS, Ashley Elston
DEATH AT THE SIGN OF THE ROOK, Kate Atkinson
EVERYONE ON THIS TRAIN IS A SUSPECT, Benjamin Stevenson
FAREWELL, AMETHYSTINE, Walter Mosley
SHANGHAI, Joseph Kanon
GUIDE ME HOME, Attica Locke
HUNTED, Abir Mukherjee
THE SEQUEL, Jean Hanff Korelitz
THE SICILIAN INHERITANCE, Jo Piazza
WHERE THEY LAST SAW HER, Marcie R. Rendon
SMOKE KINGS, Jahmal Mayfield
WE SOLVE MURDERS, Richard Osman
BRIGHT OBJECTS, Ruby Todd
CAHOKIA JAZZ, Francis Spufford
THE COMFORT OF GHOSTS, Jacqueline Winspear
DISTURBING THE BONES, Andrew Davis
EXTINCTION, Douglas Preston
LOST MAN’S LANE, Scott Carson
HOUSE OF BONE AND RAIN, Gabino Iglesias
LISTEN FOR THE LIE, Amy Tintera
MADWOMAN, Chelsea Bieker
THE MIGHTY RED, Louise Erdrich
NOSY NEIGHBORS, Freya Sampson
ROUGH TRADE, Katrina Carrasco
THE RICH PEOPLE HAVE GONE AWAY, Regina Porter
THE SILVER BONE, Andrei Kurkov

2 short story collections were deleted from this list.

In Fiction:

CREATION LAKE, Rachel Kushner
THE GOD OF THE WOODS, Liz Moore
THE HEART IN WINTER, Kevin Barry
WILD HOUSES, Colin Barrett