Carole E. Barrowman is a professor of English at Alverno College and she calls this list her “Best Books of 2021,” but they are all mysteries so I’ve re-named them. This is a very good list.

RAZORBLADE TEARS, S. A. Cosby
VELVET WAS THE NIGHT, Silvia Moreno-Garcia
CLARK AND DIVISION, Naomi Hirahara
MRS. MARCH, Virginia Feito
WHEN GHOSTS COME HOME, Wiley Cash
THE JIGSAW MAN, Nadine Matheson
THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET, Catriona Ward
THE HOLLYWOOD SPY, Susan Elia MacNeal
LIGHTNING STRIKE, William Kent Krueger
THE BURNING GIRLS, C. J. Tudor