Here’s a critic whom I pay a lot of attention to. She has great taste in crime fiction. However, I’ll agree to disagree with her over THE DEVIL TAKES YOU HOME by Gabino Iglesias. In her commentary on it she is accurate in describing its strengths and pitfalls. She liked it. I thought it was awful. Just goes to show that two people with similar tastes can occasionally come to vastly different opinions about a book.

Ayo Onatade – Shots Magazine Best of 2022

BAD ACTORS, Mick Herron
THE DEVIL TAKES YOU HOME, Gabino Iglesias
THREE ASSASSINS, Kotaro Isaka
THE SKELETON KEY, Erin Kelly (2023 title in U.S.)
CONFIDENCE, Denise Mina
BLUE WATER, Leonora Nattrass
BREAKING POINT, Olivier Norek
SECRET IDENTITY, Alex Segura
THE SPIRIT ENGINEER, A. J. West
CITY ON FIRE, Don Winslow
Honorable Mention
DESERT STAR, Michael Connelly
THE FURIES, John Connolly
LIKE A SISTER, Kellye Garrett
SHIFTY’S BOYS, Chris Offutt
A WORLD OF CURIOSITIES, Louise Penny
A HEART FULL OF HEADSTONES, Ian Rankin
Non-Fiction
A HISTORY OF TREASON, Chris Day et al
THE LIFE OF CRIME, Martin Edwards