The 2021 CRIMEFEST Awards were presented in an online video on 1 June, 2021.
– SPECSAVERS DEBUT CRIME NOVEL AWARD
for best 2020 crime novel by a previously unpublished author
– AUDIBLE SOUNDS OF CRIME AWARD
for best 2020 unabridged crime audiobook
– eDUNNIT AWARD
for best 2020 crime ebook
– THE H.R.F. KEATING AWARD
for best 2020 biography or critical book related to crime fiction
– LAST LAUGH AWARD
for best 2020 humorous crime novel
– BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR CHILDREN
for best 2020 crime novel for children, ages 8-12
– BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR YOUNG ADULTS
for best 2020 crime novel for young adults, ages 12-16
– SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
– 2021 AWARD ENTRIES
– PAST WINNERS: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 & 2008
SPECSAVERS DEBUT CRIME NOVEL AWARD
In association with our headline sponsor, CRIMEFEST is honoured to present its award for a crime novel by debut author first published in the United Kingdom in 2020. Previously unpublished authors bring vital fresh blood to the genre, and CRIMEFEST and Specsavers aim to highlight that contribution with this award.
The winning author receives a £1,000 prize (courtesy of headline sponsor Specsavers), a Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award, and a complimentary pass and panel appearance at the next CRIMEFEST.
Eligible titles are submitted by publishers, and a team of British crime fiction reviewers vote to establish the shortlist and the winning title.
Specsavers Crime Fiction Debut Award nominees:
– Eva Björg Aegisdóttir for The Creak on the Stairs (Orenda Books)
– Marion Brunet for Summer of Reckoning (Bitter Lemon Press)
– Robin Morgan-Bentley for The Wreckage (Trapeze)
– Richard Osman for The Thursday Murder Club (Viking)
– Mara Timon for City of Spies (Zaffre)
– Trevor Wood for The Man on the Street (Quercus) – WINNER!
AUDIBLE SOUNDS OF CRIME AWARD
The Audible Sounds of Crime Award is for the best unabridged crime audiobook first published in the United Kingdom in 2020 in both printed and audio formats, and available for download from audible.co.uk, Britain’s largest provider of downloadable audiobooks.
Courtesy of sponsor Audible UK, the winning author and audiobook reader(s) share the £1,000 prize equally. The winners each additionally receive a Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award, with the author also receiving a complimentary pass and panel appearance at the next CRIMEFEST.
Eligible titles are submitted by publishers, and Audible UK listeners establish the shortlist and the winning title.
Audible Sounds of Crime Award nominees:
– Lee & Andrew Child for The Sentinel, reader Jeff Harding (Transworld)
– Lucy Foley for The Guest List, readers Olivia Dowd, Aoife McMahon, Chloe Massey, Sarah Ovens, Rich Keeble & Jot Davies (HarperFiction)
– Robert Galbraith for Troubled Blood, reader Robert Glenister (Little, Brown Book Group)
– Anthony Horowitz for Moonflower Murders, readers Lesley Manville & Allan Corduner (Penguin Random House Audio)
– Peter James for Find Them Dead, reader Daniel Weyman (Pan Macmillan)
– Lisa Jewell for Invisible Girl, reader Donna Banya, Rebekah Staton & Connor Swindells (Penguin Random House Audio)
– Lynda La Plante for Buried, readers Alex Hassell & Annie Aldington (Zaffre)
– T. M. Logan for The Catch, reader Philip Stevens (Zaffre)
– Richard Osman for The Thursday Murder Club, reader Lesley Manville (Viking) – WINNER!
– Ian Rankin for A Song for the Dark Times, reader James Macpherson (Orion)
eDUNNIT AWARD
The eDunnit Award is for the best crime fiction ebook first published in both hardcopy and in electronic format in the United Kingdom in 2020.
The winning author receives a Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award, as well as a complimentary pass and panel appearance at the next CRIMEFEST.
Eligible titles are submitted by publishers, and a team of British crime fiction reviewers vote to establish the shortlist and the winning title.
eDunnit Award nominees:
– Gabriel Bergmoser for The Hunted (Faber)
– Sharon Bolton for The Split (Trapeze)
– J. P. Carter for Little Boy Lost (Avon)
– Steve Cavanagh for Fifty-Fifty (Orion Fiction)
– Michael Connelly for Fair Warning (Orion Fiction)
– James Lee Burke for A Private Cathedral (Orion Fiction)
– Ian Rankin for A Song for the Dark Times (Orion Fiction) – WINNER!
– Holly Watt for The Dead Line (Raven Books)
H.R.F. KEATING AWARD
The H.R.F. Keating Award is for the best biographical or critical book related to crime fiction first published in the United Kingdom in 2020. The award is named after H.R.F. ‘Harry’ Keating, one of Britain’s most esteemed crime novelists, crime reviewers and writer of books about crime fiction.
The winning author receives a commemorative Bristol Blue Glass award.
Eligible titles are submitted by publishers, and a team of British crime fiction reviewers vote to establish the shortlist and the winning title.
H.R.F. Keating Award nominees:
– Mark Aldridge for Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World (HarperCollins)
– Martin Edwards (editor) for Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club (Collins Crime Club) – WINNER!
– Colin Larkin for Cover Me: The Vintage Art of Pan Books: 1950-1965 (Telos Publishing)
– Andrew Lycett for Conan Doyle’s Wide World (Tauris Parke)
– Heather Martin for The Reacher Guy (Constable)
– Sheila Mitchell for H. R. F. Keating: A Life of Crime (Level Best Books)
– Craig Sisterson for Southern Cross Crime: The Pocket Essential Guide to the Crime Fiction, Film & TV of Australia and New Zealand (Oldcastle Books)
– Peter Temple for The Red Hand: Stories, reflections and the last appearance of Jack Irish (riverrun)
LAST LAUGH AWARD
The Last Laugh Award is for the best humorous crime novel first published in the United Kingdom in 2020.
The winning author receives a Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award, as well as a complimentary pass and panel appearance at the next CRIMEFEST.
Eligible titles are submitted by publishers, and a team of British crime fiction reviewers vote to establish the shortlist and the winning title.
Last Laugh Award nominees:
– Ben Aaronovitch for False Value (Gollancz)
– Christopher Fowler for Bryant & May – Oranges and Lemons (Doubleday)
– Elly Griffiths for The Postscript Murders (Quercus)
– Carl Hiaasen for Squeeze Me (Sphere) – WINNER!
– Richard Osman for The Thursday Murder Club (Viking)
– Malcolm Pryce for The Corpse in the Garden of Perfect Brightness (Bloomsbury Publishing)
– Khurrum Rahman for Ride or Die (HQ)
– Olga Wojtas for Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Vampire Menace (Contraband)
BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR CHILDREN
This award is for the best crime novel for children (aged 8-12) first published in the United Kingdom in 2020.
The winner receives a commemorative Bristol Blue Glass award.
Eligible titles are submitted by publishers, and reviewers of fiction for children and young adults vote to establish the shortlist and the winning title.
Nominees for the CRIMEFEST Award for Best Crime Novel for Children (ages 8-12):
– Sophie Deen for Agent Asha: Mission Shark Bytes (Walker Books)
– Elly Griffiths for A Girl Called Justice – The Smugglers’ Secret (Quercus Children’s Group)
– Anthony Horowitz for Nightshade (Walker Books)
– Jack Noel for My Headteacher is an Evil Genius (Walker Books)
– Serena Patel for Anisha, Accidental Detective (Usborne Publishing) – WINNER!
– Serena Patel for School’s Cancelled (Usborne Publishing)
– Onjali Q. Rauf for The Night Bus Hero (Orion Children’s Group)
– Dave Shelton for The Pencil Case (David Fickling Books)
BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR YOUNG ADULTS
This award is for the best crime novel for young adults (aged 12-16) first published in the United Kingdom in 2020.
The winner receives a commemorative Bristol Blue Glass award.
Eligible titles are submitted by publishers, and reviewers of fiction for children and young adults vote to establish the shortlist and the winning title.
Nominees for the CRIMEFEST Award for Best Crime Novel for Young Adults (ages 12-16):
– William Hussey for Hideous Beauty (Usborne Publishing)
– Lauren James for The Reckless Afterlife of Harriet Stoker (Walker Books)
– Matt Killeen for Devil Darling Spy (Usborne Publishing)
– Patrice Lawrence for Eight Pieces of Silva (Hodder Children’s Group) – WINNER!
– Simon Lelic for Deadfall (Hodder Children’s Group)
– Robert Muchamore for Hacking, Heists & Flaming Arrows (Hot Key Books)
– Patrick Ness for Burn (Walker Books)
– Nancy Springer for The Case of the Missing Marquess (Hot Key Books)
2021 AWARD ENTRIES – as of 30 November 2020
– SPECSAVERS DEBUT CRIME NOVEL AWARD
– AUDIBLE SOUNDS OF CRIME AWARD
– eDUNNIT AWARD
– H.R.F. KEATING AWARD
– LAST LAUGH AWARD
– BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR CHILDREN
– BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR YOUNG ADULTS
SPECSAVERS DEBUT CRIME NOVEL AWARD
| First | Last | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| G. | Adams | Allegation | riverrun |
| Eva Bjorg | Aegisdottir | The Creak on the Stairs | Orenda Books |
| Susan | Allott | The Silence | Borough Press |
| Graeme | Armstrong | The Young Team | Picador |
| Gabriel | Bergmoser | The Hunted | Faber |
| Jane | Bettany | In Cold Blood | HQ |
| Kate | Bradley | To Keep You Safe | Zaffre |
| Vicki | Bradley | Before I Say I Do | Simon & Schuster |
| Marion | Brunet | Summer of Reckoning | Bitter Lemon Press |
| Heather | Chavez | No Bad Deed | Headline |
| Emma | Christie | The Silent Daughter | Welbeck Fiction |
| Julie | Clark | The Flight | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Catherine | Cooper | The Chalet | HarperFiction |
| Abby | Davies | Mother Loves Me | HarperFiction |
| Anna | Downes | The Safe Place | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Michelle | Dunne | While Nobody Is Watching | Bad Press Ink |
| Philippa | East | Little White Lies | HQ |
| James | Ellson | The Trail | Unbound Digital |
| Andrew | Ewart | Forget Me | Orion Fiction |
| Abbie | Frost | The Guesthouse | HarperFiction |
| Anne | Glenconner | Murder On Mustique | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Nicole Maye | Goldberg | Nothing Can Hurt You | Raven Books |
| Andrew James | Greig | Whirligig | Fledgling Press |
| Alan | Hescott | Wolf Trap | Unbound Digital |
| Kate | High | The Cat and the Corpse in the Old Barn | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Charlie | Hodges | Vanishing Act | Farrago |
| Egan | Hughes | The One That Got Away | Little, Brown Book Group |
| W. | Kane | The Bone Jar | Thomas & Mercer |
| Elizabeth | Kay | Seven Lies | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Pete | Langman | Killing Beauties | Unbound Digital |
| Ray | Leigh | Clear | Bad Press Ink |
| Sarah | Linley | The Trip | One More Chapter |
| Sam | Lloyd | The Memory Wood | Transworld |
| Adam | Macqueen | Beneath the Streets | Lightning Books |
| Nicola | Martin | Dead Ringer | Contraband |
| Louise | McCreesh | Cracked | Hodder & Stoughton |
| L. | McInnis | Framed | Headline |
| Aidan | McQuade | The Undiscovered Country | Unbound Digital |
| Helen | Monks Takhar | Precious You | HQ |
| Jessica | Moor | Keeper | Viking |
| Robin | Morgan-Bentley | The Wreckage | Trapeze |
| Seraphina | Nova Glass | Someone's Listening | Titan Books |
| Riku | Onda | The Aosawa Murders | Bitter Lemon Press |
| Richard | Osman | The Thursday Murder Club | Viking |
| J. | Parsons | The Good Samaritan | Headline |
| Nell | Pattison | The Silent House | Avon |
| V. | Peacock | Little Bones | Avon |
| Daisy | Pearce | The Silence | Thomas & Mercer |
| Will | Schindler | The Burning Men | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Mi-ae | Seo (translator Yewon Jung) | The Only Child | Point Blank |
| Eve | Smith | The Waiting Rooms | Orenda Books |
| Nikki | Smith | All In Her Head | Orion Fiction |
| Zoe | Somerville | The Night of the Flood | Head of Zeus |
| Stephen | Spotswood | Fortune Favours the Dead | Wildfire |
| Tim | Standish | The Sterling Directive | Unbound Digital |
| Jennifer | Stone | Cherry Slice | Farrago |
| Russ | Thomas | Firewatching | Simon & Schuster |
| Mara | Timon | City of Spies | Zaffre |
| Rosie | Walker | Secrets of a Serial Killer | One More Chapter |
| Paul | Waters | Blackwatertown | Unbound Digital |
| Tom & Imogen | Watson & Robertson | The House | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Robert | Webb | Come Again | Canongate Books |
| R. | White | Hermit | Headline |
| Clare | Whitfield | People of Abandoned Character | Head of Zeus |
| Trevor | Wood | The Man on the Street | Quercus |
AUDIBLE SOUNDS OF CRIME AWARD ENTRIES
| First | Last | Title | Reader | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben | Aaronovitch | False Value | Kobna Holdbrook-Smith | Orion |
| Rachel | Abbott | The Invitation | Olivia Vinall | Bookouture |
| Rachel | Abbott | The Murder Game | Olivia Vinall | Wildfire |
| Kia | Abdullah | Truth Be Told | Tania Rodrigues | HQ |
| J. R. | Adler | Dead Woman Crossing | Patricia Rodriguez | Bookouture |
| Eva Bjorg | Aegisdottir | The Creak on the Stairs | Di Croft | Orenda Books |
| Rumaan | Alam | Leave the World Behind | Marin Ireland | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Claire | Allan | The Liar's Daughter | Zoe Rainey, Annie Farr, Frank Laverty, Morna Regan and Fra Fee | Avon |
| M.J. | Arlidge | All Fall Down | Elizabeth Bower | Orion |
| Claire | Askew | Cover Your Tracks | Sarah Barron | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Lucy | Atkins | Magpie Lane | Susie Riddell | Quercus |
| Heine | Bakkeid | Scatter Her Ashes | Colin Mace | Raven Books |
| Jo | Bannister | Dangerous Pursuits | Simon Mattacks | Soundings |
| John | Banville | Snow | Stanley Townsend | Faber and Faber |
| Deborah | Bee | Every Move You Make | Emma Gregory | Zaffre |
| Louise | Beech | I Am Dust | Gemma Oaten | Orenda Books |
| Kimberly | Belle | Dear Wife | Vivienne Leheny, Chris Andrew Ciulla & Pete Simonelli | HQ |
| Alison | Belsham | The Embalmer | Candida Gubbins,Ben Higgins,Toby Webster | Orion |
| Lina | Bengtsdotter | For the Dead | Emma Powell | Orion |
| S. J. | Bennett | The Windsor Knot | Samantha Bond | Zaffre |
| Gabriel | Bergmoser | The Hunted | Toby Truslove | Faber and Faber |
| Simon | Berthon | A Time to Lie | John Hopkins | HQ |
| Jane | Bettany | In Cold Blood | Helen Keeley | HQ |
| Mark | Billingham | Cry Baby | Mark Billingham, David Morrissey, Robert Glenister, Full Cast | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Shalini | Boland | One of Us Is Lying | Katie Villa | Bookouture |
| Shalini | Boland | The Wife | Katie Villa | Bookouture |
| Sharon | Bolton | The Split | Katie Scarfe | Orion |
| Sam | Bourne | To Kill a Man | Aoife McMahon | Quercus |
| Damien | Boyd | Down Among the Dead | Simon Mattacks | Thomas & Mercer |
| Tom | Bradby | Double Agent | Juliet Aubrey | Transworld |
| Simon | Brett | The Clutter Corpse | Author | Isis Audio |
| Verity | Bright | A Very English Murder | Karen Cass | Bookouture |
| Verity | Bright | A Witness to Murder | Karen Cass | Bookouture |
| Verity | Bright | Death at the Dance | Karen Cass | Bookouture |
| Verity | Bright | Murder in the Snow | Karen Cass | Bookouture |
| Amanda | Brittany | Traces of Her | Rose Robinson | HQ |
| Steph | Broadribb | Deep Dark Night | Jennifer Woodward | Orenda Books |
| Matt | Brolly | The Crossing | Danielle Cohen | Thomas & Mercer |
| Matt | Brolly | The Descent | Danielle Cohen | Thomas & Mercer |
| Sheryl | Browne | The New Girlfriend | Katie Villa | Bookouture |
| Sheryl | Browne | The Perfect Sister | Katie Villa | Bookouture |
| Sheryl | Browne | Trust Me | Katie Villa | Bookouture |
| Tracy | Buchanan | Wall of Silence | Moira Quirk | Lake Union Publishing |
| Paul | Buchanan | City of Fallen Angels | Robert G. Slade | Oakhill |
| Simone | Buchholz | Mexico Street | Gabrielle Baker | Orenda Books |
| Michel | Bussi | Never Forget | Chase Emery Davis,John Telfer | Orion |
| D. S. | Butler | Don't Turn Back | Henrietta Meire | Thomas & Mercer |
| D. S. | Butler | House of Lies | Henrietta Meire | Thomas & Mercer |
| Elisabeth | Carpenter | The Woman Downstairs | Helen Keeley | Orion |
| Sam | Carrington | The Open House | Kristin Atherton & Annette Holland | Avon |
| J. P | Carter | Little Boy Lost | Laura Kirman | Avon |
| Will | Carver | Hinton Hollow Death Trip | Ciaran Saward | Orenda Books |
| C. J. | Carver | Deep Black Lies | Mark Meadows | Isis Audio |
| Kathryn | Casey | Her Final Prayer | Kate Handford | Bookouture |
| Kathryn | Casey | The Fallen Girls | Lisa Rost-Welling | Bookouture |
| A. M. | Castle | The Perfect Widow | Imogen Church and Rebecca Courtney | HQ |
| Steve | Cavanagh | Fifty-Fifty | Adam Sims | Orion |
| Steph | Cha | Beware Beware | Greta Jung | Faber and Faber |
| Steph | Cha | Dead Soon Enough | Greta Jung | Faber and Faber |
| Steph | Cha | Follow Her Home | Greta Jung | Faber and Faber |
| Clare | Chase | Mystery at Apple Tree Cottage | Eilidh Beaton | Bookouture |
| Clare | Chase | Mystery at Seagrave Hall | Eilidh Beaton | Bookouture |
| Clare | Chase | Mystery at the Old Mill | Eilidh Beaton | Bookouture |
| Clare | Chase | Mystery on Hidden Lane | Eilidh Beaton | Bookouture |
| Jennifer | Chase | Flowers on Her Grave | Lisa Rost-Welling | Bookouture |
| Jennifer | Chase | Last Girls Alive | Lisa Rost-Welling | Bookouture |
| Heather | Chavez | No Bad Deed | Megan Tusing | Headline |
| Fliss | Chester | A Dangerous Goodbye | Naomi Frederick | Bookouture |
| Fliss | Chester | Night Train to Paris | Naomi Frederick | Bookouture |
| Lee & Andrew | Child | The Sentinel | Jeff Harding | Transworld |
| Jill | Childs | The Mistress | Tamsin Kennard | Bookouture |
| Ruhi | Choudhary | Our Daughter's Bones | Kate Handford | Bookouture |
| M. M. | Chouinard | Her Daughter's Cry | Patricia Rodriguez | Bookouture |
| Alys | Clare | The Indigo Ghosts | John Telfer | Oakhill |
| Sherryl | Clark | Dead and Gone | Kirsty Gillmore | Aurora |
| Karen | Clarke | Your Life for Mine | Kristin Atherton | HQ |
| Wendy | Clarke | The Bride | Jasmine Blackborow | Bookouture |
| Ann | Cleeves | The Darkest Evening | Janine Birkett | Pan |
| Rory | Clements | Hitler's Secret | Adam Sims | Zaffre |
| Michael | Connelly | Fair Warning | Peter Giles,Zach Villa | Orion |
| Michael | Connelly | The Law of Innocence | Peter Giles | Orion |
| John | Connolly | The Dirty South | Jeff Harding | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Vivian | Conroy | An Exhibition of Murder | Gordon Griffin MBE | Soundings |
| Simon | Conway | The Stranger | Jamie Parker | Hodder & Stoughton |
| C. J. | Cooke | The Nesting | Aysha Kala | HarperFiction |
| Caroline | Corcoran | The Baby Group | Elaine Fellows | Avon |
| Jane | Corry | I Made a Mistake | Emilia Fox | Viking |
| S. A. | Cosby | Blacktop Wasteland | Adam Lazarre-White | Headline |
| Pamela | Crane | One Perfect Morning | Sarah Borges | Avon |
| M. W. | Craven | The Curator | John Banks | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Elle | Croft | Like Mother, Like Daughter | Kathryn Hartman | Orion |
| Georgina | Cross | The Stepdaughter | Barbara Barnes | Bookouture |
| Morgan | Cry | Thirty-One Bones | Cathleen McCarron | Isis Audio |
| Charles | Cummings | Box 88 | Charlie Anson | HarperFiction |
| Gayle | Curtis | I Choose You | Esther Wane | Thomas & Mercer |
| Gayle | Curtis | Safe No Longer | Karen Cass | Thomas & Mercer |
| Emma | Curtis | Keep Her Quiet | Clare Corbett, Tamaryn Payne, Christina Cole | Transworld |
| Kjell Ola | Dahl | Sister | James Lailey | Orenda Books |
| Christina | Dalcher | Q | Lisa Flanagan | HQ |
| Louisa | de Lange | Nowhere to be Found | Helen Keeley | Orion |
| Oscar | de Muriel | The Dance of the Serpents | Andy Secombe | Orion |
| Will | Dean | Black River | Meya Lindh | Point Blank |
| J. P. | Delaney | Playing Nice | Peter Forbes, Amelia Cormack, Ben Elliot | Quercus |
| A. A. | Dhand | One Way Out | Ash Tandon | Transworld |
| Katerina | Diamond | The Heatwave | Charlotte Worthing | Avon |
| Katerina | Diamond | Woman In The Water | Stevie Lacey | Avon |
| Helena | Dixon | Murder at Enderley Hall | Alex Tregear | Bookouture |
| Helena | Dixon | Murder at the Playhouse | Alex Tregear | Bookouture |
| Helena | Dixon | Murder on the Dance Floor | Alex Tregear | Bookouture |
| Leighann | Dobbs | Murder on a Mississippi Steamboat | Sarah Borges | Bookouture |
| Eva | Dolan | Between Two Evils | David Thorpe | Raven Books |
| Gary | Donnelly | Killing in Your Name | Stephen Armstrong | Isis Audio |
| Anna | Downes | The Safe Place | Anna Downes | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Wendy | Dranfield | Won't You Save Me | Peter Noble | Soundings |
| Charlotte | Duckworth | The Perfect Father | Oliver Hembrough, Katherine Press | Quercus |
| Sabine | Durrant | Finders, Keepers | Juliet Stevenson | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Phillippa | East | Little White Lies | Madeleine Hyland & Antonia Whillans | HQ |
| Colin | Edmonds | The Lazarus Curiosity | Karl Jenkinson | Caffeine Nights Publishing |
| Mark | Edwards | The House Guest | Will M. Watt, Stina Nielsen | Thomas & Mercer |
| Jim | Eldridge | Murder at the Manchester Museum | Gordon Griffin | Soundings |
| Jim | Eldridge | Murder at the Natural History Museum | Peter Wickham | Soundings |
| Laura | Elliot | The Tinderbox | Michele Moran | Bookouture |
| J. R. | Ellis | The Nidderdale Murders | Michael Page | Thomas & Mercer |
| Kate | Ellis | The Burial Circle | Gordon Griffin | Soundings |
| Kate | Ellis | The House of the Hanged Woman | Peter Noble | Soundings |
| Nuala | Ellwood | The House on the Lake | Emily Barber, Georgia May-Foote | Viking |
| Thomas & Jorn | Enger & Lier Horst | Death Deserved | James Lailey | Orenda Books |
| Fiona | Erskine | The Chemical Reaction | Gabrielle Glaister | Point Blank |
| Janet | Evanovich | Fortune and Glory | Lorelei King | Headline Review |
| Andrew | Ewart | Forget Me | David Monteath | Orion |
| Alice | Feeney | His and Hers | Stephanie Racine & Richard Armitage | HQ |
| T. P. | Fielden | Stealing the Crown | Joel Froomkin | Thomas & Mercer |
| Helen | Fields | Perfect Kill | Robin Laing | Avon |
| Paul | Finch | One Eye Open | Louise Brealey | Orion |
| Mick | Finlay | Arrowood and the Thames Corpses | Malk Williams | HQ |
| Helen | FitzGerald | Ash Mountain | Fiona Mcleod | Orenda Books |
| Rebecca | Fleet | The Second Wife | Simon Bubb; Kristin Atherton; Willow Nash | Transworld |
| Lynn | Florkiewicz | Lord James Harrington and the Michaelmas Fair Mystery | David Thorpe | Soundings |
| Lucy | Foley | The Guest List | Olivia Dowd, Aoife McMahon, Chloe Massey, Sarah Ovens, Rich Keeble and Jot Davies | HarperFiction |
| M. J | Ford | Watch Over You | Joan Walker | Avon |
| Martyn | Ford | Every Missing Thing | Simon Mattacks | Thomas & Mercer |
| Caz | Frear | Shed No Tears | Jane Collingwood | Zaffre |
| Steve | Frech | Dark Hollows | Jeff Harding | HQ |
| Tana | French | The Searcher | Roger Clark | Viking |
| Robert | Galbraith | Troubled Blood | Robert Glenister | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Roberta | Gately | Dead Girl Walking | Amelia Sciandra | Bookouture |
| Katie | Gayle | The Kensington Kidnap | Alison Campbell | Bookouture |
| Patricia | Gibney | Buried Angels | Michele Moran | Bookouture |
| Paul | Gitsham | A Price to Pay | Malk Williams | HQ |
| Anne | Glenconner | Murder On Mustique | Harriet Walter, Ben Bailey Smith & Jane Collingwood | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Nicola Maye | Goldeberg | Nothing Can Hurt You | Kate Hanford, Lance Fuller, Jennifer Woodward, Laurence Bouvard, Patricia Rodgriguez, Deborah McBride, Lexie McDougall, Madeleine Rose | Raven Books |
| Ann | Granger | A Matter of Murder | Jilly Bond | Headline |
| Lisa | Gray | Dark Highway | Amy Landon | Thomas & Mercer |
| Stacy | Green | The Girls in the Snow | Kate Handford | Bookouture |
| Elly | Griffiths | The Lantern Men | Jane McDowell | Quercus |
| Elly | Griffiths | The Postscript Murders | Nina Wadia | Quercus |
| John | Grisham | A Time For Mercy | Michael Beck | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Araminta | Hall | Imperfect Women | Helen Keeley | Orion |
| Lisa | Hall | The Perfect Couple | Georgia Maguire | HQ |
| Rona | Halsall | One Mistake | Katherine Manners | Bookouture |
| Rona | Halsall | The Ex-Boyfriend | Katherine Manners | Bookouture |
| Karen | Hamilton | The Last Wife | Lucy Paterson | Wildfire |
| Chris | Hammer | Trust | Nicholas Osmond | Wildfire |
| Mari | Hannah | Without a Trace | Colleen Prendergast | Orion |
| Sophie | Hannah | Haven't They Grown | Laura Kirman | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Richard | Hannay | The 39 Steps and Other Richard Hannay Adventures | Clive Merrison, David Robb, Jasmine Hyde, Nigel Anthony, Patrick Malahide, Tom Baker | Penguin Random House Audio |
| Alex | Hart | Take Me Home | Jennifer Woodward | Orion |
| Beverley | Harvey | The Perfect Liar | Zoe Mills | Bookouture |
| Romy | Hausmann | Dear Child | Simon Slater, Jane Collingwood, Nicky Diss | Quercus |
| Samantha | Hayes | The Happy Couple | Ellie Heydon | Bookouture |
| Ruth | Heald | I Know Your Secret | Tamsin Kennard | Bookouture |
| Kate | Helm | The House Share | Imogen Wilde, Jonathan Andrew Hume | Zaffre |
| Sam | Hepburn | Gone Before | Nneka Okoye | Bookouture |
| Mick | Herron | The Catch | Sean Barrett | John MurrayPublishers |
| Rita | Herron | The Silent Dolls | Tanya Eby | Bookouture |
| Rita | Herron | Wildflower Graves | Tanya Eby | Bookouture |
| Peter | Hogenkamp | The Vatican Conspiracy | Nick Landrum | Bookouture |
| Susi | Holliday | The Last Resort | Imogen Church | Thomas & Mercer |
| Anne | Holt | A Necessary Death | Charlotte Strevens | Isis Audio |
| D. K. | Hood | Her Broken Wings | Patricia Rodriguez | Bookouture |
| D. K. | Hood | Her Shallow Grave | Patricia Rodriguez | Bookouture |
| D. K. | Hood | Promises in the Dark | Patricia Rodriguez | Bookouture |
| Anthony | Horowitz | Moonflower Murders | Lesley Manville & Allan Corduner | Penguin Random House Audio |
| Debbie | Howells | The Vow | Sarah Durham, Julia Bird, Julie Maisey and Joseph Balderrama | Avon |
| Fergus | Hume | The Mystery of a Hansom Cab | Toby Webster | Aurora |
| Kim | Hunt | The Beautiful Dead | Josie Taylor | Aurora |
| Joe | Ide | Hi Five | Zeno Robinson | Orion |
| Alison | James | The Man She Married | Jan Cramer | Bookouture |
| Alison | James | Her Sister's Child | Jan Cramer | Bookouture |
| Ed | James | Gone in Seconds | Jared Hendrickson | Bookouture |
| Ed | James | Senseless | David Morley Hale | Headline |
| Ed | James | Tell Me Lies | Jared Hendrickson | Bookouture |
| Peter | James | Find Them Dead | Daniel Weyman | Pan |
| Peter | James | I Follow You | Justin Avoth | Macmillan |
| Quintin | Jardine | The Roots of Evil | James Bryce | Headline |
| Victoria | Jenkins | The Accusation | Alison Campbell | Bookouture |
| Luke | Jennings | Die For Me | Lucy Paterson | John Murray Publishers |
| Louise | Jensen | The Stolen Sisters | Helen Keeley | HQ |
| Lisa | Jewell | The Invisible Girl | Rebekah Staton | Penguin Random House Audio |
| Antony | Johnston | The Tempus Project | Lucy Brownhill | Lightning Books |
| Doug | Johnstone | The Big Chill | Sarah Barron | Isis Audio |
| Carys | Jones | The List | Charlotte Worthing | Orion |
| Jackie | Kabler | The Perfect Couple | Elaine Claxton, Hattie Ladbury | One More Chapter |
| Sheena | Kamal | No Going Back | Bahni Turpin | Zaffre |
| Ellery | Kane | Watch Her Vanish | Kristin James (KJ) | Bookouture |
| P. L. | Kane | Her Last Secret | Ethan Kelly | HQ |
| S. W. | Kane | The Bone Jar | Matthew Lloyd Davies | Thomas & Mercer |
| Erica | Katz | The Boys' Club | Stephanie Cannon | Orion |
| Emma | Kavanagh | The Devil You Know | Kelly Burke | Orion |
| Casey | Kelleher | No Escape | Alison Campbell | Bookouture |
| Casey | Kelleher | No Fear | Alison Campbell | Bookouture |
| Lesley | Kelly | Murder at the Music Factory | Angela Ness | Oakhill |
| Meg | Keneally | The Wreck | Lucy Dixon | Zaffre |
| Simon | Kernick | Kill A Stranger | Paul Thornley | Headline |
| Olivia | Kiernan | If Looks Could Kill | Shelley Atkinson | riverrun |
| Karen | King | The Stranger in My Bed | Lucy Paterson | Bookouture |
| T. E. | Kinsey | The Fatal Flying Affair | Elizabeth Knowelden | Thomas & Mercer |
| Erin | Kinsley | Innocent | Lucy Paterson | Headline |
| Alex | Knight | Hunted | Christopher Ragland | Orion |
| Dorothy | Koomson | All My Lies Are True | Luke Thompson, Adjoa Andoh, Nicky Diss, Julie Maisey, Maria Gbeleyi | Headline Review |
| Jean Hanff | Korelitz | The Undoing | Christina Delaine | Faber and Faber |
| Carla | Kovach | Her Last Mistake | Alison Campbell | Bookouture |
| Carla | Kovach | Their Silent Graves | Alison Campbell | Bookouture |
| Lynda | La Plante | Blunt Force | Rachel Atkins | Zaffre |
| Lynda | La Plante | Buried | Alex Hassell, Annie Aldington | Zaffre |
| Lynda | La Plante | Trial and Retribution | Colin Mace | Zaffre |
| Shari | Lapena | The End of Her | Karissa Vacker | Transworld |
| Liz | Lawler | The Next Wife | Zara Ramm | Bookouture |
| Peter | Laws | Possessed | Ben Higgins | Isis Audio |
| John | Lawton | Hammer to Fall | Lewis Hancock | Oakhill |
| Stephen | Leather | The Runner | Laura Kirman | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Stephen | Leather | Breakout | Paul Thornley | Isis Audio |
| Michael | Ledwidge | Stop at Nothing | Neil Hellegers | Headline |
| Lynne | Lee | Can You See Me? | Karen Cass, Matthew Frow | Thomas & Mercer |
| Simon | Lelic | The Search Party | Ben Arogundade, Jack Rowan, Joe Gaminara, Nicole Davies, Fiona Button, Sacha Dhawan | Viking |
| Chris | Lloyd | The Unwanted Dead | Tim Bentinck | Orion |
| Sam | Lloyd | The Memory Wood | Joe Jameson; Emily Beecham | Transworld |
| G. S. | Locke | Neon | John Banks | Orion |
| TM | Logan | The Catch | Philip Stevens | Zaffre |
| Karen | Long | Cry for Mercy | Lauryn Allman | Bookouture |
| Rosamund | Lupton | Three Hours | Gemma Whelan | Viking |
| H B | Lyle | The Year of the Gun | Michael Fenner | Hodder & Stoughton |
| S. E. | Lynes | Can You See Her? | Tamsin Kennard | Bookouture |
| S. E. | Lynes | The Housewarming | Tamsin Kennard | Bookouture |
| C. J. | Lyons | The Drowned Woman | Barbara Barnes | Bookouture |
| C. J. | Lyons | The Next Widow | Barbara Barnes | Bookouture |
| Dee | MacDonald | A Body in Seaview Grange | Jane McDowell | Bookouture |
| Dee | MacDonald | A Body in the Village Hall | Jane McDowell | Bookouture |
| Tim | MacGabhann | How to be Nowhere | Aidan Kelly | Orion |
| S. G. | MacLean | The House of Lamentations | Jonathan Keeble | Quercus |
| C. D. | Major | The Other Girl | Katherine Littrell | Thomas & Mercer |
| Josh | Malerman | Malorie | Katherine Mangold | Orion |
| Josh | Malerman | Unbury Carol | Christopher Ragland | Orion |
| Michael J. | Malone | A Song of Isolation | David Monteath | Isis Audio |
| David | Mark | The Burying Ground | Clare Kissane and Charlie Norfolk | Canongate |
| John | Marrs | What Lies Between Us | Elizabeth Knowelden | Thomas & Mercer |
| Angela | Marsons | Deadly Cry | Jan Cramer | Bookouture |
| Angela | Marsons | Killing Mind | Jan Cramer | Bookouture |
| Edward | Marston | Rage of the Assassin | Gordon Griffin MBE | Soundings |
| Edward | Marston | Slaughter in the Sapperton Tunnel | Gordon Griffin MBE | Soundings |
| Faith | Martin | A Fatal Truth | Stephanie Racine | HQ |
| Andy | Maslen | Shallow Ground | Steve West | Thomas & Mercer |
| Deborah | Masson | Out For Blood | Christine Hewitt | Transworld |
| Peter | May | A Silence Death | Peter Forbes | riverrun |
| Peter | May | Lockdown | Peter Forbes | riverrun |
| Simon | Mayo | Knife Edge | Zoe Telford | Transworld |
| Gillian | McAllister | How to Disappear | Nicola Walker | Penguin Random House Audio |
| Louise | McCreesh | Cracked | Helen Duff | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Andy | McDermott | Operative 66 | Simon Mattacks | Headline |
| Chris | McGeorge | Inside Out | Helen Keeley | Orion |
| Claire | McGowan | The Push | Justine Eyre | Thomas & Mercer |
| S. L. | McInnis | Framed | Christine Lakin, Karissa Vacker, Ron Butler, Maxwell Hamilton, Kiff Vandenheuval | Headline |
| Chris | Merritt | Knock Knock | George Weightman | Bookouture |
| Chris | Merritt | Who's Next? | George Weightman | Bookouture |
| GJ | Minett | The Syndicate | Jonathan Keeble | Zaffre |
| Liz | Mistry | Broken Silence | Shaheen Khan | HQ |
| Caroline | Mitchell | The Perfect Mother | Alana Kerr Collins, Christina Traister | Thomas & Mercer |
| Helen | Monks Takhar | Precious You | Kristin Atherton, Yolanda Kettle & Helen Monks Takhar | HQ |
| Jessica | Moor | Keeper | Elizabeth Bower | Viking |
| Graham | Moore | The Holdout | Abby Craden | Orion |
| S. E. | Moorhead | Witness X | Madeleine Brolly | Orion |
| Phoebe | Morgan | The Babysitter | Stephanie Racine | HQ |
| Robin | Morgan-Bentley | The Wreckage | Emilia Fox, Jack Hawkins, and Kobna Holbrook-Smith | Trapeze |
| Barbara | Nadel | Blood Business | Sean Barrett | Headline |
| Sarah J. | Naughton | The Mothers | Nicky Diss | Orion |
| Hakan | Nesser | The Secret Life of Mr Roos | Martin Wenner | Mantle |
| Peacock | Nikki | Little Bones | Stephanie Racine, Raj Ghatak, Lisa Armytage, Jessica Ball, Candida Gubbins, John Sackville and Richard Trinder | Avon |
| Dominic | Nolan | After Dark | Karen Cass | Headline |
| Lauren | North | One Step Behind | Alix Dunmore | Transworld |
| Jenny | O'Brien | Silent Cry | Janine Cooper-Marshall | HQ |
| Gerard | O'Donovan | Doom List, The | Gerry O'Brien | Isis Audio |
| Darren | O'Sullivan | Dark Corners | Emma Pallant | HQ |
| Ollie | Ollerton | Scar Tissue | Colin Mace | Blink Publishing |
| Gregg | Olsen | Dark Falls | Karen Peakes | Bookouture |
| Gregg | Olsen | Water's Edge | Karen Peakes | Bookouture |
| Richard | Osman | The Thursday Murder Club | Lesley Manville | Viking |
| James | Oswald | Bury Them Deep | Ian Hanmore | Wildfire |
| Stan | Parish | Love and Theft | Angelo Di Loreto | Faber and Faber |
| Alan | Parks | Bobby March Will Live Forever | Andrew McIntosh | Canongate |
| C. J. | Parsons | The Good Samaritan | Daphne Kouma | Headline |
| Nell | Pattison | Silent Night | Clare-Louise English and Lara Steward | Avon |
| Daisy | Pearce | The Missing | Karen Cass, Rachael Beresford | Thomas & Mercer |
| Daisy | Pearce | The Silence | Karen Cass | Thomas & Mercer |
| Dana | Perry | The Golden Girl | Kate Handford | Bookouture |
| Helen | Phifer | One Left Alive | Alison Campbell | Bookouture |
| Helen | Phifer | The Killer's Girl | Kate Handford | Bookouture |
| Alex | Pine | The Christmas Killer | Neet Mohan | Avon |
| Richard | Preston | The Cobra Event | Jeff Harding | Orion |
| Suzy K. | Quinn | Not My Daughter | Helen Keeley | HQ |
| Carmen | Radtke | Murder at the Races | Taryn Ryan | Aurora |
| Khurrum | Rahman | Ride or Die | Waleed Akhtar | HQ |
| Ian | Rankin | A Song for the Dark Times | James Macpherson | Orion |
| Agnes | Ravatn | The Seven Doors | Charlotte Strevens | Isis Audio |
| Nicola | Rayner | You & Me | Kristin Atherton | Avon |
| Lisa | Regan | Breathe Your Last | Mystery at the Old Mill | Bookouture |
| Lisa | Regan | Find Her Alive | Kate Handford | Bookouture |
| Lisa | Regan | Save Her Soul | Kate Handford | Bookouture |
| Kathy | Reichs | A Conspiracy of Bones | Linda Emond | Simon & Schuster |
| Rod | Reynolds | Blood Red City | Melanie Crawley | Orenda Books |
| Rachel | Rhys | Island of Secrets | Sara Alexander | Transworld |
| Marnie | Riches | Backlash | Imogen Church | Orion |
| Arianne | Richmonde | The Wife's House | Helen Duff | Bookouture |
| Imogen & Tom | Robertson & Watson | The House | Rory Kinnear | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Michael | Robotham | When She Was Good | Joe Jameson | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Amanda | Robson | My Darling | Laura Costello & Matt Addis | Avon |
| Karen | Rose | Say No More | Joel Froomkin | Headline |
| Jacob | Ross | Black Rain Falling | Ben Onwukwe | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Iain | Ryan | The Spiral | Melle Steward, Kit Griffiths | Zaffre |
| Sadie | Ryan | When He Finds You | Karen Cass | Soundings |
| Jess | Ryder | The Girl You Gave Away | Annette Chown, Rosamund Hine | Bookouture |
| Jess | Ryder | The Night Away | Rosamund Hine | Bookouture |
| John | Ryder | Final Second | Nick Landrum | Bookouture |
| John | Ryder | First Shot | Nick Landrum | Bookouture |
| Michael | Scanlon | Her Last Goodnight | Ruairi Conaghan | Bookouture |
| Robert | Scragg | All That is Buried | David Thorpe | Isis Audio |
| Holly | Seddon | The Hit List | Stephanie Racine,Damian Lynch,Chris Reilly,Tuppence Middleton,Perdita Weeks | Orion |
| Tina | Seskis | Hope Close | Karen Cass, Will M. Watt | Lake Union Publishing |
| Zoë | Sharp | Bones in the River | Lewis Hancock | Oakhill |
| Alex | Shaw | Total Blackout | Leighton Pugh | HQ |
| M. B. | Shaw | Murder at the Castle | Penelope Rawlins | Orion |
| William | Shaw | Grave's End | Jasmine Blackborow | riverrun |
| Claire | Sheldon | Perfect Lie | Helen Keeley | Soundings |
| Fiona | Sherlock | Twelve Motives for Murder | Clare Louise Connolly, George Weightmas, Hannah Barrie, Joseph Capp, Nneka Okoye, Ruth Lass, Stephanie Lane, Tom McCall | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Mel | Sherratt | Liar Liar | Colleen Prendergast | Avon |
| Lilja | Sigurdardottir | Betrayal | Karen Cass | Isis Audio |
| Rob | Sinclair | Imposter 13 | David Thorpe | Orion |
| Douglas | Skelton | The Blood is Still | Sarah Barron | Isis Audio |
| C. J. | Skuse | The Alibi Girl | Emmy Rose & Helen Keeley | HQ |
| Karin | Slaughter | The Silent Wife | Laurence Bouvard | HarperFiction |
| Miranda | Smith | Some Days Are Dark | Barbara Barnes | Bookouture |
| Miranda | Smith | The One Before | Amelia Sciandra | Bookouture |
| Miranda | Smith | What I Know | Barbara Barnes | Bookouture |
| Nikki | Smith | All in Her Head | Helen Keeley | Orion |
| Adam | Southward | Mirror | Steve West | Thomas & Mercer |
| Jo | Spain | Six Wicked Reasons | Aoife McMahon | Quercus |
| B.R. | Spangler | Saltwater Graves | Patricia Rodriguez | Bookouture |
| B.R. | Spangler | The Innocent Girls | Patricia Rodriguez | Bookouture |
| B.R. | Spangler | Where Lost Girls Go | Patricia Rodriguez | Bookouture |
| Stephen | Spotswood | Fortune Favours the Dead | Kirsten Potter | Wildfire |
| David | Stafford | Skelton's Guide to Domestic Poisons | David Stafford | Isis Audio |
| Catherine | Steadman | Mr Nobody | Catherine Steadman | Simon & Schuster |
| Roger | Stelljes | Silenced Girls | Kate Handford | Bookouture |
| Sarah | Stovell | The Home | Helen MacFarlane, Jodie Hollie-Anne, Jessica Preddy | Orenda Books |
| Kevin | Sullivan | The Figure in the Photograph | David Thorpe | Isis Audio |
| John | Sutherland | Crossing the Line | John Sutherland | Orion |
| Peter | Swanson | Rules for Perfect Murders | Graham Halstead | Faber and Faber |
| Vanda | Symon | Containment | Genevieve Swallow | Aurora |
| C. L. | Taylor | Strangers | Clare Corbett | Avon |
| Tade | Thompson | Making Wolf | Clifford Samuel | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Mara | Timon | City of Spies | Kristin Atherton | Zaffre |
| Francine | Toon | Pine | Cathleen McCarron | Transworld |
| Rebecca | Tope | A Cotswold Christmas Mystery | Caroline Lennon | Soundings |
| Rebecca | Tope | The Patterdale Plot | Julia Franklin | Soundings |
| C. J. | Tudor | The Other People | Richard Armitage & Ellie Kendrink | Penguin Random House Audio |
| A. K. | Turner | Body Language | Ellie Kendrick | Zaffre |
| J. B. | Turner | Hard Target | Jeffrey Kafer | Thomas & Mercer |
| Scott | Turow | The Last Trial | Robert G. Slade | Mantle |
| Stuart | Turton | The Devil and the Dark Water | Julian Rhind-Tutt | Raven Books |
| Ilaria | Tuti | Painted in Blood | Anna Bentinck | Orion |
| Harriet | Tyce | The Lies You Told | Sarah Durham | Wildfire |
| L. T. & Tim | Vargus & McBain | First Girl Gone | Stephanie Cannon | Bookouture |
| L. T. & Tim | Vargus & McBain | Girl Under Water | Stephanie Cannon | Bookouture |
| Michelle | Vernal | When We Say Goodbye | Brigid Lohrey | Orion |
| Martin | Walker | A Shooting at Chateau Rock | Peter Noble | Quercus |
| Wendy | Walker | Don't Look For Me | Therese Plummer | Orion |
| B. P | Walter | Hold Your Breath | Katy Sobey | Avon |
| Alex | Walters | Small Mercies | Colleen Prendergast | Isis Audio |
| Dave | Warner | Over My Dead Body | Katherine Fenton | Aurora |
| Roz | Watkins | Cut to the Bone | Caro Clarke | HQ |
| S. J. | Watson | Final Cut | Billie Fulford-Brown, Mary Jane Wells, Zehra Jane Naqvi, Matthew Waterson, Will M. Watt | Transworld |
| Sue | Watson | First Date | Tamsin Kennard | Bookouture |
| Sue | Watson | The Sister-in-Law | Diana Croft | Bookouture |
| Holly | Watt | The Dead Line | Jasmine Blackborow | Raven Books |
| Matt | Wesolowski | Beast | Natalie Davies, Oliver Devoti, Toby Hadoke, Steven Hillman,Patricia Jones, Eve Shotton, Melissa Jane Sinden | Orenda Books |
| Chris | Whitaker | We Begin at the End | George Newbern | Zaffre |
| Nicola | White | A Famished Heart | Aoife McMahon | Viper |
| S. R. | White | Hermit | Helen Walsh | Headline |
| Rebecca | Whitney | The Hidden Girls | Kristin Atherton | Mantle |
| Kevin | Wignall | The Names of the Dead | Michael Braun | Thomas & Mercer |
| Susan | Wilkins | Buried Deep | Alex Tregear | Bookouture |
| Susan | Wilkins | Close to the Bone | Alex Tregear | Bookouture |
| Kerry | Wilkinson | After the Accident | Alison Campbell, Alan Medcroft, Martin Reeve, Andrew Kingston, Diana Croft, Tamsin Kennard | Bookouture |
| Kerry | Wilkinson | The Child Across the Street | Alison Campbell | Bookouture |
| Kerry | Wilkinson | What My Husband Did | Alison Campbell | Bookouture |
| Andrew | Wilson | I Saw Him Die | Joan Walker | Oakhill |
| Laura | Wolfe | She Lies Alone | Sarah Borges | Bookouture |
| Laura | Wolfe | Two Widows | Sarah Borges | Bookouture |
| Lawrence | Wright | The End of October | Mark Bramhall | Transworld |
| Carol | Wyer | Somebody's Daughter | Diana Croft | Bookouture |
| Carol | Wyer | The Secret Admirer | Diana Croft | Bookouture |
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| Rachel | Abbott | And So It Begins | Bookouture |
| Rachel | Abbott | The Invitation | Bookouture |
| Rachel | Abbott | The Murder Game | Wildfire |
| Kia | Abdullah | Truth Be Told | HQ |
| Cathy | Ace | The Corpse with the Crystal Skull | Four Tails Publishing Ltd |
| Jane | Adams | Safe | Joffe Books |
| J. R. | Adler | Dead Woman Crossing | Bookouture |
| Tim | Adler | Dead Already | Caffeine Nights Publishing |
| Eva Bjorg | Aegisdottir | The Creak on the Stairs | Orenda Books |
| Rumaan | Alam | Leave the World Behind | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Claire | Allan | The Liar's Daughter | Avon, HarperCollins |
| M .J. | Arlidge | All Fall Down | Orion Fiction |
| Lucy | Atkins | Magpie Lane | Quercus |
| Stephanie | Austin | From Devon With Death | Allison & Busby |
| Heine | Bakkeid | Scatter Her Ashes | Raven Books |
| Jackie | Baldwin | Avenge the Dead | One More Chapter |
| John | Banville | Snow | Faber |
| Alex | Barclay | I Confess | HarperFiction |
| Natalie | Barelli | Unfaithful | Bookouture |
| David | Barry | Before They Die | Caffeine Nights Publishing |
| Paul | Bassett Davies | Please Do Not Ask for Mercy as a Refusal Often Offends | Lightning Books |
| Louise | Beech | I Am Dust | Orenda Books |
| Rachel | Bennett | Little Girls Tell Tales | One More Chapter |
| Lina | Bentsdotter | For the Dead | Orion Fiction |
| Gabriel | Bergmoser | The Hunted | Faber |
| Simon | Berthon | A Time to Lie | HQ |
| Shalini | Boland | One of Us Is Lying | Bookouture |
| Shalini | Boland | The Wife | Bookouture |
| Sharon | Bolton | The Split | Trapeze |
| Roxanne | Bouchard | The Coral Bride | Orenda Books |
| Tom | Bouman | The Bramble and the Rose | Faber |
| Sam | Bourne | To Kill a Man | Quercus |
| William | Boyle | City of Margins | No Exit Press |
| Tom | Bradby | Double Agent | Transworld |
| Verity | Bright | A Very English Murder | Bookouture |
| Verity | Bright | A Witness to Murder | Bookouture |
| Verity | Bright | Death at the Dance | Bookouture |
| Verity | Bright | Murder in the Snow | Bookouture |
| Dougie | Brimson | In The Know | Caffeine Nights Publishing |
| Joanna | Briscoe | The Seduction | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Steph | Broadribb | Deep Dark Night | Orenda Books |
| Sheryl | Browne | The New Girlfriend | Bookouture |
| Sheryl | Browne | The Perfect Sister | Bookouture |
| Sheryl | Browne | Trust Me | Bookouture |
| Simone | Buchholz | Mexico Street | Orenda Books |
| Alex | Callister | Winter Dark | Bookouture |
| Alex | Callister | Winter Rising | Bookouture |
| Elisabeth | Carpenter | The Woman Downstairs | Orion Fiction |
| Sam | Carrington | The Open House | Avon, HarperCollins |
| J. P. | Carter | Little Boy Lost | Avon, HarperCollins |
| Will | Carver | Hinton Hollow Death Trip | Orenda Books |
| Jane | Casey | The Cutting Place | HarperFiction |
| Kathryn | Casey | Her Final Prayer | Bookouture |
| Kathryn | Casey | The Fallen Girls | Bookouture |
| Steve | Cavanagh | Fifty-Fifty | Orion Fiction |
| Jerome | Charyn | Cesare | No Exit Press |
| Clare | Chase | Mystery on Hidden Lane | Bookouture |
| Clare | Chase | Mystery at Apple Tree Cottage | Bookouture |
| Clare | Chase | Mystery at Seagrave Hall | Bookouture |
| Clare | Chase | Mystery at the Old Mill | Bookouture |
| Jennifer | Chase | Flowers on Her Grave | Bookouture |
| Jennifer | Chase | Last Girls Alive | Bookouture |
| Heather | Chavez | No Bad Deed | Headline |
| Fliss | Chester | A Dangerous Goodbye | Bookouture |
| Fliss | Chester | Night Train to Paris | Bookouture |
| Lee & Andrew | Child | The Sentinel | Transworld |
| Jill | Childs | The Mistress | Bookouture |
| Ruhi | Choudhary | Our Daughter's Bones | Bookouture |
| M. M. | Chouinard | Her Daughter's Cry | Bookouture |
| Sherryl | Clark | Dead and Gone | Verve Books |
| Wendy | Clarke | The Bride | Bookouture |
| Ann | Cleeves | The Darkest Evening | Pan |
| Michael | Connelly | Fair Warning | Orion Fiction |
| Michael | Connelly | The Law of Innocence | Orion Fiction |
| Liv | Constantine | The Wife Stalker | HarperFiction |
| Simon | Conway | The Stranger | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Catherine | Cooper | The Chalet | HarperFiction |
| Barbara | Copperthwaite | Flowers for the Dead | Bookouture |
| Caroline | Corcoran | The Baby Group | Avon, HarperCollins |
| Jane | Corry | I Made a Mistake | Viking |
| S. A. | Cosby | Blacktop Wasteland | Headline |
| Pamela | Crane | One Perfect Morning | Avon, HarperCollins |
| Elle | Croft | Like Mother, Like Daughter | Orion Fiction |
| Georgina | Cross | The Stepdaughter | Bookouture |
| Charles | Cumming | BOX 88 | HarperFiction |
| Emma | Curtis | Keep Her Quiet | Transworld |
| Kjell Ola | Dahl | Sister | Orenda Books |
| Abby | Davies | Mother Loves Me | HarperFiction |
| Michelle | Davies | Shadow of a Doubt | Orion Fiction |
| Stevie | Davies | The Party Wall | Honno Welsh Women’s Press |
| Judi | Daykin | Under Violent Sky | Joffe Books |
| Alex | de Campi | The Scottish Boy | Unbound |
| Louisa | de Lange | Nowhere to be Found | Orion Fiction |
| Oscar | de Muriel | The Dance of the Serpents | Orion Fiction |
| Brian & Susan | de Palma & Lehman | Are Snakes Necessary? | Hard Case Crime |
| Will | Dean | Black River | Point Blank |
| Jeffery | Deaver | The Goodbye Man | HarperFiction |
| J. P. | Delaney | Playing Nice | Quercus |
| Katerina | Diamond | The Heatwave | Avon, HarperCollins |
| Katerina | Diamond | Woman In The Water | Avon |
| Garry | Disher | Bitter Wash Road | Viper |
| Helena | Dixon | Murder at Enderley Hall | Bookouture |
| Helena | Dixon | Murder at the Playhouse | Bookouture |
| Helena | Dixon | Murder on the Dance Floor | Bookouture |
| Leighann | Dobbs | Murder on a Mississippi Steamboat | Bookouture |
| Sharon | Doering | She Lies Close | Titan Books |
| Eva | Dolan | Between Two Evils | Raven Books |
| Gary | Donnelly | Killing In Your Name | Allison & Busby |
| Victoria | Dowd | The Smart Woman's Guide to Murder | Joffe Books |
| Anna | Downes | The Safe Place | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Charlotte | Duckworth | The Perfect Father | Quercus |
| Helen H. | Durrant | Dead Wicked | Joffe Books |
| Philippa | East | Little White Lies | HQ |
| Paul | Eccentric | The Giant Step | Caffeine Nights Publishing |
| Jim | Eldridge | Murder at the Manchester Museum | Allison & Busby |
| Jim | Eldridge | Murder at the Natural History Museum | Allison & Busby |
| Laura | Elliot | The Tinderbox | Bookouture |
| Joy | Ellis | The Patient Man | Joffe Books |
| Nuala | Ellwood | The House on the Lake | Viking |
| Thomas & Jorn | Enger & Lier Horst | Death Deserved | Orenda Books |
| Janet | Evanovich | Fortune and Glory | Headline Review |
| Andrew | Ewart | Forget Me | Orion Fiction |
| Michael | Farris Smith | Blackwood | No Exit Press |
| K. | Ferrari | Like Flies from Afar | Canongate Books |
| Helen | Fields | Perfect Kill | Avon, HarperCollins |
| Paul | Finch | One Eye Open | Orion Fiction |
| Caz | Finlay | Back in the Game | One More Chapter |
| Mick | Finlay | Arrowood and the Thames Corpses | HQ |
| Helen | FitzGerald | Ash Mountain | Orenda Books |
| Rebecca | Fleet | The Second Wife | Transworld |
| M. J | Ford | Watch Over You | Avon, HarperCollins |
| Ivo | Fornesa | Death in Saint-Chartier | Allison & Busby |
| Christopher | Fowler | Bryant & May – Oranges and Lemons | Transworld |
| Caz | Frear | Shed No Tears | Zaffre |
| Tana | French | The Searcher | Viking |
| Abbie | Frost | The Guesthouse | HarperFiction |
| Janice | Frost | Murders Among Friends | Joffe Books |
| Charlie | Gallagher | The Deadly Houses | Joffe Books |
| Roberta | Gately | Dead Girl Walking | Bookouture |
| Katie | Gayle | The Kensington Kidnap | Bookouture |
| Sulari | Gentill | A Testament of Character | The Crime & Mystery Club |
| Patricia | Gibney | Buried Angels | Bookouture |
| Anne | Glenconner | Murder On Mustique | November |
| Nicola Maye | Goldeberg | Nothing Can Hurt You | Raven Books |
| Stacy | Green | The Girls in the Snow | Bookouture |
| Elly | Griffiths | The Lantern Men | Quercus |
| Elly | Griffiths | The Postscript Murders | Quercus |
| Araminta | Hall | Imperfect Women | Orion Fiction |
| Rona | Halsall | One Mistake | Bookouture |
| Rona | Halsall | The Ex-Boyfriend | Bookouture |
| Michael | Hambling | Ruthless Crimes | Joffe Books |
| Karen | Hamilton | The Last Wife | Wildfire |
| Chris | Hammer | Trust | Wildfire |
| Mari | Hannah | Without a Trace | Orion Fiction |
| S. M. | Hardy | Evil Never Dies | Allison & Busby |
| S. M. | Hardy | The Evil Within | Allison & Busby |
| Alex | Hart | Take Me Home | Orion Fiction |
| Beverley | Harvey | The Perfect Liar | Bookouture |
| Romy | Hausmann | Dear Child | Quercus |
| Chris | Hauty | Deep State | Simon & Schuster |
| Sarah | Hawkswood | River of Sins | Allison & Busby |
| Samantha | Hayes | The Happy Couple | Bookouture |
| Ruth | Heald | I Know Your Secret | Bookouture |
| Kate | Helm | The House Share | Zaffre |
| Sam | Hepburn | Gone Before | Bookouture |
| Rita | Herron | The Silent Dolls | Bookouture |
| Mary | Higgins Clark | Piece of My Heart | Simon & Schuster |
| William | Hjortsberg | Angel's Inferno | No Exit Press |
| David | Hodges | Witch Fire on the Levels | Joffe Books |
| Peter | Hogenkamp | The Vatican Conspiracy | Bookouture |
| Noelle | Holten | Dead Perfect | One More Chapter |
| D. K. | Hood | Her Broken Wings | Bookouture |
| D. K. | Hood | Her Shallow Grave | Bookouture |
| D. K. | Hood | Promises in the Dark | Bookouture |
| Samantha Lee | Howe | The Stranger in Our Bed | One More Chapter |
| Debbie | Howells | The Vow | Avon, HarperCollins |
| M. A. | Hunter | Ransomed | One More Chapter |
| Sam | Hurcom | Letters from the Dead | Orion Fiction |
| Joe | Ide | Hi Five | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Debra Jo | Immergut | You Again | Titan Books |
| Katja | Ivar | Deep As Death | Bitter Lemon Press |
| David | Jackson | The Resident | Viper |
| Alison | James | The Man She Married | Bookouture |
| Alison | James | Her Sister's Child | Bookouture |
| Ed | James | Tell Me Lies | Bookouture |
| Ed | James | Gone in Seconds | Bookouture |
| Ed | James | Senseless | Headline |
| Peter | James | Find Them Dead | Pan |
| Peter | James | I Follow You | Macmillan |
| Jacqueline | Jaques | Shades of Deception | Honno Welsh Women’s Press |
| Quintin | Jardine | The Roots of Evil | Headline |
| Victoria | Jenkins | The Accusation | Bookouture |
| Louise | Jensen | The Stolen Sisters | HQ |
| Antony | Johnston | The Tempus Project | Lightning Books |
| Doug | Johnstone | The Big Chill | Orenda Books |
| Stuart | Johnstone | Out in the Cold | Allison & Busby |
| Carys | Jones | The List | Orion Fiction |
| Juris | Jurjevics | Play the Red Queen | No Exit Press |
| Jackie | Kabler | The Perfect Couple | One More Chapter |
| Sheena | Kamal | No Going Back | Zaffre |
| Ellery | Kane | Watch Her Vanish | Bookouture |
| Emma | Kavanagh | The Devil You Know | Orion Fiction |
| Casey | Kelleher | No Escape | Bookouture |
| Casey | Kelleher | No Fear | Bookouture |
| Jim | Kelly | The Night Raids | Allison & Busby |
| Lesley | Kelly | Murder at the Music Factory | Sandstone Press Ltd |
| Lars | Kepler | Lazarus | HarperFiction |
| Simon | Kernick | Kill A Stranger | Headline |
| Olivia | Kiernan | If Looks Could Kill | riverrun |
| Karen | King | The Stranger in My Bed | Bookouture |
| Laurie R. | King | Riviera Gold | Allison & Busby |
| Erin | Kinsley | Innocent | Headline |
| Carolyn | Kirby | When We Fall | No Exit Press |
| Alex | Knight | Hunted | Orion Fiction |
| Dorothy | Koomson | All My Lies Are True | Headline Review |
| Dean | Koontz | Devoted | HarperFiction |
| Dean | Koontz | Elsewhere | HarperFiction |
| Carla | Kovach | Her Last Mistake | Bookouture |
| Carla | Kovach | Their Silent Graves | Bookouture |
| Volker | Kutscher | The March Fallen | Sandstone Press Ltd |
| Lynda | La Plante | Buried | Zaffre |
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| Alex | Lake | The Choice | HarperFiction |
| Shari | Lapena | The End of Her | Transworld |
| Liz | Lawler | The Next Wife | Bookouture |
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| Michael | Ledwidge | Stop at Nothing | Headline |
| James | Lee Burke | A Private Cathedral | Orion Fiction |
| Simon | Lelic | The Search Party | Viking |
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| Chris | Lloyd | The Unwanted Dead | Orion Fiction |
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| Sam | Lloyd | The Memory Wood | Transworld |
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| Karen | Long | Cry for Mercy | Bookouture |
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| Mike | Lupica | Robert B. Parker's Grudge Match | No Exit Press |
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| H B | Lyle | The Year of the Gun | Hodder & Stoughton |
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| C. J. | Lyons | The Drowned Woman | Bookouture |
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| Dee | MacDonald | A Body in the Village Hall | Bookouture |
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| S. G. | MacLean | The House of Lamentations | Quercus |
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| Edward | Marston | Rage of the Assassin | Allison & Busby |
| Edward | Marston | Slaughter in the Sapperton Tunnel | Allison & Busby |
| Faith | Martin | A Fatal Truth | HQ |
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| Nicola | Martin | Dead Ringer | Contraband |
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| Louise | McCreesh | Cracked | Hodder & Stoughton |
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| Kate | Medina | The Watcher | HarperFiction |
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| Chris | Merritt | Who's Next? | Bookouture |
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| Peter | Murphy | Verbal | No Exit Press |
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| Barbara | Nadel | Blood Business | Headline |
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| Gregg | Olsen | Water's Edge | Bookouture |
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| James | Oswald | Bury Them Deep | Wildfire |
| R. J. | Parker | While you Slept | One More Chapter |
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| C. J. | Parsons | The Good Samaritan | Headline |
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| Alex | Pine | The Christmas Killer | Avon, HarperCollins |
| Ivy | Pochoda | These Women | Faber |
| Malcolm | Pryce | The Corpse in the Garden of Perfect Brightness | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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| Anthony J. | Quinn | Turncoat | No Exit Press |
| Jenny | Quintana | Our Dark Secret | Mantle |
| Khurrum | Rahman | Ride or Die | HQ |
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| J. G. | Roberts | Why She Died | Bookouture |
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| Karen | Rose | Say No More | Headline |
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| Robert | Scragg | All That Is Buried | Allison & Busby |
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| K. L. | Slater | The Girl She Wanted | Bookouture |
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| Miranda | Smith | Some Days Are Dark | Bookouture |
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| Miranda | Smith | What I Know | Bookouture |
| Nikki | Smith | All in Her Head | Orion Fiction |
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| Nicola | Upson | The Dead of Winter | Faber |
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| B. P | Walter | Hold Your Breath | Avon, HarperCollins |
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| Sue | Watson | The Sister-in-Law | Bookouture |
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| Kerry | Watts | Her Secret Past | Bookouture |
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| Chris | Whitaker | We Begin at the End | Zaffre |
| D. E. | White | Glass Dolls | Joffe Books |
| Nicola | White | A Famished Heart | Viper |
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| Susan | Wilkins | Buried Deep | Bookouture |
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| Kerry | Wilkinson | What My Husband Did | Bookouture |
| C. K. | Williams | Flowers for the Dead | One More Chapter |
| Andrew | Wilson | I Saw Him Die | Simon & Schuster |
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| Dee | MacDonald | A Body in the Village Hall | Bookouture |
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| J. | Skuse | The Alibi Girl | HQ |
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| Lynne | Truss | Murder by Milk Bottle | Raven Books |
| C. | Tyler | Death of a Shipbuilder | Little, Brown Book Group |
| T. & Tim | Vargus & McBain | First Girl Gone | Bookouture |
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| Jennifer | Bell | Agents of the Wild: Operation Honeyhunt | Walker Books |
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| Jess | Butterworth | Where the Wilderness Lives | Hachette Children's Group |
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| Elly | Griffiths | A Girl Called Justice: The Smugglers' Secret | Hachette Children's Group |
| Phil | Hickes | The Haunting of Aveline Jones | Usborne Publishing |
| Anthony | Horowitz | Nightshade | Walker Books |
| A. M. | Howell | The House of One Hundred Clocks | Usborne Publishing |
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| Alex T. | Smith | Mr Penguin and the Catastrophic Cruise | Hachette Children's Group |
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