We mystery fans are always curious about authors’ reading habits and which books impress them. The British newspaper Express has a recent article that contained British writers’ picks for 2024. I list below those that apply to crime fiction. For all the choices, go to the original article here.
Ian Rankin
WHITE CITY by Dominic Nolan
MISSING PERSON: ALICE, Simon Mason
Mick Herron
DAY ONE, Abigail Dean
Tony Kent
THE DEVIL YOU KNOW, Neil Lancaster
PROFILE K, Helen Fields (in the U.S. in 2025 as THE PROFILER)
M. W. Craven
THE CRACKED MIRROR, Chris Brookmyre
THINK TWICE, Harlan Coben
Vaseem Khan
KARLA’S CHOICE, Nick Harkaway
THE RUSH, Beth Lewis
Janice Hallett
THE KING’S WITCHES, Kate Foster
HUNTED, Abir Mukherjee
Charlotte Philby
THE FINAL ACT OF JULIETTE WILLOUGHBY, Ellery Lloyd
THE WAITING, Michael Connelly
Mark Billingham
THE INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS, John Connolly
THE CRACKED MIRROR, Chris Brookmyre
Stuart MacBride
THE CHRISTMAS STOCKING MURDERS, Denzil Meyrick
THE WILDS, Sarah Pearse
Alan Johnson
GABRIEL’S MOON, William Boyd
Saima Mir
ALL THE COLOURS OF THE DARK, Chris Whitaker
John Sutherland
HUNTED, Abir Mukherjee
THE DEVIL YOU KNOW, Neil Lancaster
More from a subsequent article:
Michael Connelly
MIDNIGHT AND BLUE, Ian Rankin
WHERE THEY LAST SAW HER, Marcie R. Rendon
Alice Feeney
THINGS DON’T BREAK ON THEIR OWN, Sarah Easter Collins
THE DREAM HOME, T. M. Logan
Anna Mazzola
ROUGH JUSTICE, Wendy Joseph
FINDING SOPHIE, Imran Mahmood
Araminta Hall
KNIFE RIVER, Justine Champine
HOMECOMING, Kate Morton
Fiona Cummins
BLOOD LIKE MINE, Stuart Neville
PROFILE K, Helen Fields
Helen Fields
LIGHTS OUT, Louise Swanson
Jo Callaghan
ALL THE COLOURS OF THE DARK, Chris Whitaker
DEADLY ANIMALS, Marie Tierney
Louise Candlish
THE FINAL ACT OF JULIETTE WILLOUGHBY, Ellery Lloyd
Neil Lancaster
MIDNIGHT AND BLUE, Ian Rankin
THE SHADOW NETWORK, Tony Kent
Peter James
BROKEN TRUST, Robert B. Parker & Mike Lupica