The 2022 CRIMEFEST Awards were presented at the convention Gala Awards Dinner on 14 May, 2022.
– SPECSAVERS DEBUT CRIME NOVEL AWARD
for best 2021 crime novel by a previously unpublished author
– AUDIBLE SOUNDS OF CRIME AWARD
for best 2021 unabridged crime audiobook
– eDUNNIT AWARD
for best 2021 crime ebook
– THE H.R.F. KEATING AWARD
for best 2021 biography or critical book related to crime fiction
– LAST LAUGH AWARD
for best 2021 humorous crime novel
– THALIA PROCTOR MEMORIAL AWARD FOR BEST ADAPTED TV CRIME DRAMA
for best television crime drama based on a book, first screened in the UK in 2021
– BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR CHILDREN
for best 2021 crime novel for children, ages 8-12
– BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR YOUNG ADULTS
for best 2021 crime novel for young adults, ages 12-16
– SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
– 2022 AWARD ENTRIES
– PAST WINNERS: 2021, 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 2021. Previously unpublished authors bring vital fresh blood to the genre, and CRIMEFEST and Specsavers aim to highlight that contribution with this award.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:
– Abigail Dean for Girl A (HarperCollins)
– Janice Hallett for The Appeal (Viper)
– Saima Mir for The Khan (Point Blank)
– Rahul Raina for How to Kidnap the Rich (Abacus)
– Lara Thompson for One Night, New York (Virago)
– David Heska Wanbli Weiden for Winter Counts (Simon & Schuster) – 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 2021 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 and Andrew Child for Better Off Dead, reader Jeff Harding (Penguin Random House Audio)
– Abigail Dean for Girl A, reader Holliday Grainger (HarperFiction)
– Paula Hawkins for Slow Fire Burning, reader Rosamund Pike (Penguin Random House Audio)
– Lisa Jewell for The Night She Disappeared, reader Joanna Froggatt (Penguin Random House Audio)
– Liane Moriarty for Apples Never Fall, reader Caroline Lee (Penguin Random House Audio)
– Richard Osman for The Man Who Died Twice, reader Lesley Manville (Penguin Random House Audio) – WINNER!
– K.L. Slater for The Marriage, reader Lucy Price-Lewis (Audible Studios / Bookouture)
– Karin Slaughter for False Witness, reader Kathleen Early (HarperCollins)
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 2021.
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:
– Megan Abbott for The Turnout (Virago)
– Gianrico Carofiglio for The Measure of Time (Bitter Lemon Press)
– Michael Connelly for The Dark Hours (Orion Fiction)
– Abigail Dean for Girl A (HarperCollins) – WINNER!
– Cath Staincliffe for Running Out of Road (Constable)
– Andrew Taylor for The Royal Secret (HarperCollins)
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 2021. 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:
– Lucy Andrews & Samuel Saunders (editors) for The Detective’s Companion in Crime Fiction: A Study in Sidekicks (Palgrave Macmillan)
– Richard Bradford for Devils, Lusts and Strange Desires: The Life of Patricia Highsmith (Bloomsbury Caravel)
– James Fleming (editor) for Bond Behind the Iron Curtain (The Book Collector)
– Patricia Highsmith (edited by Anna von Planta) for Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) – WINNER!
– Carla Valentine for Murder Isn’t Easy: The Forensics of Agatha Christie (Little, Brown Book Group)
– Stephen James Walker for Hank Janson Under Cover (Telos Publishing Ltd)
LAST LAUGH AWARD
The Last Laugh Award is for the best humorous crime novel first published in the United Kingdom in 2021.
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:
– Simon Brett for An Untidy Death (Severn House)
– Andrea Camilleri for Riccardino (Mantle)
– Christopher Fowler for Bryant & May: London Bridge is Falling Down (Doubleday)
– Janice Hallett for The Appeal (Viper)
– Mick Herron for Slough House (Baskerville) – WINNER!
– Antti Tuomainen for The Rabbit Factor (Orenda Books)
THALIA PROCTOR MEMORIAL AWARD FOR BEST ADAPTED TV CRIME DRAMA
This award is for the best television crime drama based on a book, and first screened in the UK in 2021. The winning author and production company each receive a Bristol Blue Glass commemorative award.
Best Adapted TV Crime Drama Award nominees:
– Agatha Raisin (season 4), based on the books by M.C. Beaton. Produced by Free@Last TV. Shown on Sky.
– Alex Rider (season 2), based on the book by Anthony Horowitz. Produced by Eleventh Hour Films in association with Sony Pictures Television. Shown on Amazon Prime.
– Dalgliesh, based on the books by P.D. James. Produced by New Pictures. Shown on Channel 5.
– Grantchester (season 6), based on the books by James Runcie. Produced by Kudos. Shown on ITV.
– Shetland (season 6), based on the books by Ann Cleeves. Produced by Silverprint Pictures, part of ITV Studios. Shown on BBC1. – WINNER!
– Stieg Larsson’s Millennium, based on the books by Stieg Larsson. Produced by Yellow Bird. Shown on BBC4.
– The Flight Attendant, based on the book by Chris Bohjalian. Produced by Berlanti Productions and Yes, Norman Productions. Shown on Sky.
– Vera (season 11 – episodes 1&2/3&4), based on the books by Ann Cleeves. Produced by ITV Studios. Shown on ITV.
Eligible titles were collated from the Radio Times, and CrimeFest newsletter readers established the shortlist and the winning title.
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 2021.
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):
– Frank Cottrell-Boyce for Noah’s Gold (Macmillan Children’s Books)
– Maz Evans for VI Spy: Licence to Chill (Chicken House)
– Anthony Horowitz for Nightshade (Walker Books)
– Anthony Kessel for The Five Clues (Crown House Publishing)
– Jennifer Killick for Crater Lake Evolution (Firefly Press)
– M.G. Leonard for Twitch (Walker Books) – WINNER!
– Alexandra Page (illustrator: Penny Neville-Lee) for Wishyouwas (Bloomsbury Publishing Plc)
– Ella Risbridger for The Secret Detectives (Nosy Crow)
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 2021.
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):
– Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé for Ace of Spades (Usborne Publishing)
– Angeline Boulley for Firekeeper’s Daughter (Rock the Boat) – WINNER!
– Andreina Cordani for The Girl Who… (Atom)
– William Hussey for The Outrage (Usborne Publishing)
– Holly Jackson for As Good As Dead (Electric Monkey)
– Patrice Lawrence for Splinters of Sunshine (Hodder Children’s Books)
– Jonathan Stroud for The Outlaws of Scarlett & Browne (Walker Books)
– C.L. Taylor for The Island (HQ)
2022 AWARD ENTRIES
As of Monday, 14 February
– 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
– THE PETRONA AWARD
CRIMEFEST is honoured to host the presentation of The Petrona Award which was created in the memory of Maxine Clarke by her friends and colleagues. The award celebrates the best of Scandinavian crime fiction. The winner will be announced at the CRIMEFEST Gala Dinner, and receives a commemorative award and a complimentary pass to and panel at the following CRIMEFEST.
SPECSAVERS DEBUT CRIME NOVEL AWARD
| First | Last | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ed | Adams | Eternal Victim | Pegasus Books |
| Maria | Adolfsson | Fatal Isles | Zaffre |
| Ashley | Audrain | The Push | Michael Joseph |
| Anna | Bailey | Tall Bones | Doubleday |
| Tina | Baker | Call Me Mummy | Viper |
| Heather | Barnett | Acts of Kindness | Serpentine Books |
| Natasha | Boydell | The Missing Husband | Bloodhound Books |
| Jacqueline | Bublitz | Before You Knew My Name | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Greg | Buchanan | Sixteen Horses | Mantle |
| Kerry | Buchanan | Knife Edge | Joffe Books |
| Luke | Cassidy | Iron Annie | Bloomsbury Circus |
| Elizabeth | Chakrabarty | Lessons in Love and Other Crimes | The Indigo Press |
| Chris | Chan | Sherlock's Secretary | MX Publishing |
| Maxine Mei-Fung | Chung | The Eighth Girl | Pushkin Vertigo |
| Anne Wyn | Clark | Whisper Cottage | Avon |
| Amy Suiter | Clarke | Girl, 11 | Pushkin Vertigo |
| Helen | Cooper | The Downstairs Neighbour | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Abigail | Dean | Girl A | HarperCollins |
| Eloisa | Diaz | Repentance | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Antony | Dunford | Hunted | Hobeck Books |
| Jackie | Elliott | Coffin Cove | Joffe Books |
| Kate | Evans | A Wake of Crows | Little, Brown Book Group |
| C. J. | Farrington | Death on the Trans-Siberian Express | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Katherine | Faulkner | Greenwich Park | Raven Books |
| David | Fennell | The Art of Death | Zaffre |
| Harry | Fisher | Way Beyond A Lie | Hobeck Books |
| Tim | Glister | Red Corona | Point Blank |
| Sarah | Goodwin | Stranded | Avon |
| Janice | Hallett | The Appeal | Viper |
| Emma | Haughton | The Dark | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Hannah | Hendy | The Dinner Lady Detectives | Canelo |
| Paul | Herron | Breakout | Headline |
| Evie | Hunter | The Fall | Boldwood Books |
| Jane | Jesmond | On The Edge | Verve Books |
| Carole | Johnstone | Mirrorland | The Borough Press |
| Femi | Kayode | Lightseekers | Raven Books |
| Sarah | Lawton | All the Little Things | Canelo |
| Lin | Le Versha | Blood Notes | Hobeck Books |
| Georgina | Lees | The Girl Upstairs | One More Chapter |
| S.V. | Leonard | The Islanders | Canelo |
| Carey | Louise | Inscape | Gollancz |
| Nicole | Mabry | The Family Tree | Avon |
| Patricia | Marques | The Colours of Death | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Dan | Marshall | Anthrax Island | Canelo |
| Lucy | Martin | Stop At Nothing | Welbeck |
| Bryan | Mason | Shaking Hands with the Devil | Pegasus Books |
| Nadine | Matheson | The Jigsaw Man | HQ |
| Lynne | McEwan | In Dark Water | Canelo |
| Ruth | McIver | I Shot the Devil | Tinder Press |
| Lia | Middleton | When They Find Her | Michael Joseph |
| Henry | Milner | Murder at the Bailey | Biteback |
| Saima | Mir | The Khan | Point Blank |
| Johanna | Mo | The Night Singer | Headline |
| Guy | Morpuss | Five Minds | Viper |
| Steph | Mullins | The Family Tree | Avon |
| Leonora | Nattrass | Black Drop | Viper |
| T.J. | Newman | Falling | Simon & Schuster |
| Charlotte | Northedge | The House Guest | HarperCollins |
| Sarah | Pearse | The Sanatorium | Bantam Press |
| Robert | Peston | The Whistleblower | Zaffre |
| Polly | Phillips | My best friend’s murder | Simon & Schuster |
| Brian | Price | Fatal Trade | Hobeck Books |
| Rahul | Raina | How to Kidnap the Rich | Little, Brown Book Group |
| John | Reid | The Disciples | Pegasus Books |
| Allie | Reynolds | Shiver | Headline |
| Amanda | Rigby | Remember Me? | Boldwood Books |
| Geoff | Rodkey | Lights out in Lincolnwood | Simon & Schuster |
| Rachel | Ryan | Hidden Lies | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Louise | Sharland | The Lake | Avon |
| Sarah | Sheridan | The Convent | Bloodhound Books |
| Meeti | Shroff-Shah | A Mumbai Murder Mystery | Joffe Books |
| Adam | Simcox | The Dying Squad | Gollancz |
| Gustaf | Skördeman | Geiger | Zaffre |
| Michelle S. | Smith | Her Sister's Killer | Joffe Books |
| Laura | Stewart | The Murderous Affair at Stone Manor | Bloodhound Books |
| Alex | Stone | The Perfect Daughter | Boldwood Books |
| Sarah | Sultoon | The Source | Orenda Books |
| Lara | Thompson | One Night, New York | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Wendy | Turbin | Sleeping Dogs | Hobeck Books |
| V.L. | Valentine | The Plague Letters | Viper |
| Inga | Vesper | The Long, Long Afternoon | Manilla Press |
| Caitlin | Wahrer | Damage | Michael Joseph |
| Celia | Walden | Payday | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Brandon | Webb | Steel Fear | Canelo |
| David Heska Wanbli | Weiden | Winter Counts | Simon & Schuster |
| Anna | Wharton | The Imposter | Mantle |
| Mark | Wightman | Waking the Tiger | Hobeck Books |
| First | Last | Title | Reader | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben | Aaronovitch | What Abigail Did That Summer | Shvorne Marks,Kobna Holdbrook-Smith | Orion |
| Kia | Abdullah | Next of Kin | Tania Rodrigues & Avita Jay | HQ |
| Stacey | Abrams | While Justice Sleeps | Adenrele Ojo | HarperCollins |
| E.V. | Adamson | Five Strangers | Sarah Paul and Chloe Massey | HarperFiction |
| Eva Björg | Ægisdóttir | Girls Who Lie | Diana Croft | Orenda Books/Isis Audio |
| Joanne Harris | Aiken | The Silence of Herondale | Lizza Aiken | Orion |
| Sarah | Alderson | The Stalker | Stephanie Racine, James Macnaughton and Kristin Atherton | Avon |
| Claire | Allan | Ask No Questions | Jill Crawford and Paul Mallon | Avon |
| Katie | Allen | Everything Happens for a Reason | Nicky Diss | Orenda Books/Isis Audio |
| Jeffrey | Archer | Over My Dead Body | George Blagden | HarperFiction |
| MJ | Arlidge | Truth or Dare | Elizabeth Bower | Orion |
| Tariq | Ashkanani | Welcome to Cooper | Ryan Jordan McCarthy, Frankie Corzo | Thomas & Mercer |
| John | Banville | April in Spain | Stanley Townsend | Faber |
| Linwood | Barclay | Find You First | George Newbern | HQ |
| John | Barlow | Right To Kill | Nathaniel Priestley | HQ |
| M.C. | Beaton | Agatha Raisin in Down the Hatch | Penelope Keith | Hachette Audio |
| Simon | Beckett | The Lost | Paul Thornley | Orion |
| Louise | Beech | This is How We Are Human | Colleen Prendergast & James Dryden | Orenda Books/Isis Audio |
| Gary | Bell | Post Mortem | Hugh Kermode | Raven Books |
| SJ | Bennett | A Three Dog Problem | Samantha Bond | Zaffre |
| Gabriel | Bergmoser | The Inheritance | Tamblyn Lord | Faber |
| David | Berridge | Inside Parkhurst | David John | Orion |
| Flynn | Berry | Northern Spy | Catherine Rees | Orion |
| Mark | Billingham | Rabbit Hole | Maxine Peake | Hachette Audio |
| R.P. | Bolton | The Perfect House | Emmy Rose | HQ |
| Sharon | Bolton | The Pact | Hanako Footman | Orion |
| Damien | Boyd | Dying Inside | Simon Mattacks | Thomas & Mercer |
| Natasha | Boydell | The Missing Husband | Rupert Degas, Penelope Rawlins | Bloodhound Books |
| Simon | Brett | An Untidy Death | Simon Brett | Isis Audio |
| Helen | Bridgett | One by One | Karen Cass | Soundings |
| Helen | Bridgett | Wrong Sort of Girl | Karen Cass | Soundings |
| Amanda | Brittany | The Island House | Rose Robinson | HQ |
| Matt | Brolly | The Gorge | Danielle Cohen | Thomas & Mercer |
| Matt | Brolly | The Mark | Danielle Cohen | Thomas & Mercer |
| Amanda | Brooke | A Good Liar | Jilly Bond | HarperFiction |
| Tracy | Buchanan | Circle of Doubt | Karen Cass, Matthew Lloyd Davies | Lake Union Publishing |
| Tracy | Buchanan | Trail of Destruction | Lucy Rayner | Lake Union Publishing |
| Simone | Buchholz | Hotel Cartagena | Seán Barrett & Imogen Church | Orenda Books/Isis Audio |
| Sheila | Bugler | Before You Were Gone | Helen Barford | Oakhill |
| Micel | Bussi | The Other Mother | Eva Feiler | Orion |
| D.S. | Butler | On Cold Ground | Henrietta Meire | Thomas & Mercer |
| Linda | Calvey | The Locksmith | Jennifer Kirby | Welbeck |
| Hunter | Cara | The Whole Truth | Lee Ingleby, Emma Cunniffe, Roy McMillan | Penguin General |
| Elisabeth | Carpenter | The Vacancy | Katy Sobey,Penelope Freeman | Orion |
| Sam | Carrington | The Couple on Maple Drive | Elliot Fitzpatrick, Beth Chalmers and Russell Bentley | Avon |
| B.M. | Carroll | You Had It Coming | Helen Walsh | Aurora Audiobooks |
| CJ | Carver | Scare Me To Death | Chris Harris-Beechey | Bloodhound Books |
| Will | Carver | The Beresford | Theo Solomon | Orenda Books/Bolinda Publishing Pty |
| Jane | Casey | The Killing Kind | Emily Barber | HarperFiction |
| Wiley | Cash | When Ghosts Come Home | J.D. Jackson | Faber |
| Luke | Cassidy | Iron Annie | Eleanor McLoughlin | Bloomsbury Circus |
| A.M. | Castle | The Invitation | Kristin Atherton | HQ |
| Steve | Cavanagh | The Devil's Advocate | Adam Sims | Orion |
| Kimberley | Chambers | The Family Man | Rupert Farley | HarperFiction |
| Anne Wyn | Clark | Whisper Cottage | Lauren Moakes | Avon |
| Karen | Clarke | And Then She Ran | Rachael Beresford | HQ |
| Lucy | Clarke | The Castaways | Jess Nesling and Helen Phillips | HarperFiction |
| Sarah | Clarke | A Mother Never Lies | Rachel Essex | HQ |
| Karen/Amanda | Clarke/Brittany | The Perfect Nanny | Gemma Lawrence | HQ |
| Paul | Cleave | The Quiet People | Kris Dyer | Jentas |
| Ann | Cleeves | The Heron's Cry | Jack Holden | Pan Macmillan |
| May | Cobb | The Hunting Wives | Katherine Fenton | Orion |
| Daniel | Cole | Mimic | Jude Owusu | Orion |
| Flora | Collins | Nanny Dearest | Brittany Pressley, Reba Buhr | Quercus |
| Elle | Connel | Down by the Water | Natalie Pela | Wildfire |
| Michael | Connelly | The Dark Hours | Titus Welliver,Christine Lakin | Orion |
| Liv | Constantine | The Stranger in the Mirror | Suzanne Elise Freeman, Maggi-Meg Reed and Jeremy Arthur | HarperCollins |
| Simon | Conway | The Saboteur | Jamie Parker | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Lesley | Cookman | Murder After Midnight | Patience Tomlinson | Headline Accent |
| Catherine | Cooper | The Chateau | Sid Sagar, Genevieve Swallow and Leighton Pugh | HarperFiction |
| Patricia | Cornwell | Autopsy | Jessica Whittaker | HarperCollins |
| Jane | Corry | I Made a Mistake | Emilia Fox | Penguin General |
| S.A. | Cosby | Razorblade Tears | Adam Lazarre-White | Headline |
| Elle | Cosimano | Finlay Donovan is Killing It | Angela Dawe | Headline Accent |
| Fergus | Craig | Once Upon a Crime | Fergus Craig | Hachette Audio |
| Pamela | Crane | The Sister-in-Law | Sarah Borges, Jason Keller and Daniela Acitelli | Avon |
| M.W. | Craven | Dead Ground | John Banks | Hachette Audio |
| Elle | Croft | Buried | Regina Reagan,Stephanie Cannon | Orion |
| Charles | Cumming | Judas 62 | Elliot Fitzpatrick | HarperFiction |
| Fiona | Cummins | When I Was Ten | Olivia Dowd | Pan Macmillan |
| Judith | Cutler | Death's Long Shadow | David Thorpe | Orenda Books/Isis Audio |
| Alex | Dahl | Cabin Fever | Jan Cramer | Head of Zeus |
| Kjell Ola | Dahl | The Assistant | Mark Meadows | Orenda Books/Isis Audio |
| Abby | Davies | The Cult | Jessica Whittaker | HarperFiction |
| Michelle | Davies | The Death of Me | Susanna Wolff | Orion |
| N.R. | Daws | A Quiet Place to Kill | Sarah Zimmerman | Thomas & Mercer |
| Abigail | Dean | Girl A | Holliday Grainger | HarperFiction |
| Will | Dean | Last Thing to Burn | Sarah Lam | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Will | Dean | Bad Apples | Maya Lindh | Point Blank |
| Jeffery | Deaver | The Final Twist | Kaleo Griffith | HarperCollins |
| Jeffery | Deaver | The Midnight Lock | Edoardo Ballerini | HarperCollins |
| Stephanie | DeCarolis | The Guilty Husband | Jason Keller & Grace Andrews | HQ |
| Zoe | Deleuil | The Night Village | Nicolette Chin | Aurora Audiobooks |
| Sharon | Dempsey | Who Took Eden Mulligan | Melaine MacHugh | Avon |
| Katerina | Diamond | Trick or Treat | Stevie Lacey | Avon |
| Eloisa | Diaz | Repentance | Richard Burnip | Orion |
| Paul | Doherty | Mother Midnight | Richard Burnip | Headline |
| Eva | Dolan | One Half Truth | David Thorpe | Raven Books |
| Gary | Donnelly | Never Ask the Dead | Stephen Armstrong | Isis Audio |
| LR | Dorn | The Anatomy of Desire | Santino Fontana,Shelby Young,Marin Ireland,JD Jackson,Dan Bittner,Vikas Adam,Gabra Zackman,Fred Berman,Darrell Dennis,Oliver Wyman,Jonathan Davis,Hillary Huber,Lisa Flanagan,Sharahn LaRue | Orion |
| Claire | Douglas | The Couple at No.9 | Nathalie Buscombe & Kenton Thomas | Penguin Random House Audio |
| Teresa | Driscoll | Her Perfect Family | Elizabeth Knowelden, Steve West | Thomas & Mercer |
| John Scott | Dryden | Passenger List | Elizabeth Pan | Orion |
| Charlotte | Duckworth | The Sanctuary | Esther Wane, Sarah Borges, Naomi Frederick, Roisin Rankin, Ben Deery | Quercus |
| Caroline | Dunford | Hope to Survive | Karen Cass | Headline Accent |
| Philippa | East | Safe and Sound | Josephine Arden | HQ |
| Mark | Edwards | The Hollows | Guy Mott | Thomas & Mercer |
| Martin | Edwards | Many Deadly Returns | Janine Birkett & David Thorpe | Isis Audio |
| Jim | Eldridge | Murder at Madame Tussauds | Peter Wickham | Soundings |
| Jim | Eldridge | Murder at the Ritz | David Thorpe | Soundings |
| Jim | Eldridge | Murder at the Savoy | David Thorpe | Soundings |
| J.R. | Ellis | Murder at St Anne's | Michael Page | Thomas & Mercer |
| J.R. | Ellis | The Whitby Murders | Michael Page | Thomas & Mercer |
| Kate | Ellis | The Stone Chamber | Gordon Griffin | Soundings |
| RJ | Ellory | Proof of Life | Steve Newman | Orion |
| Nuala | Ellwood | The Perfect Life | Charlotte Worthing | Penguin General |
| Thomas, Jørn Lier | Enger, Horst | Smoke Screen | James Lailey | Orenda Books/Isis Audio |
| Janet & Steve | Evanovich & Hamilton | The Bounty | Scott Brick | Headline Review |
| Andrew | Ewart | Replace You | Rachel Petladwala | Orion |
| Katherine | Faulkner | Greenwich Park | Laura Kirman | Raven Books |
| Alice | Feeney | Rock Paper Scissors | Richard Armitage & Stephanie Racine | HQ |
| Jessica | Fellowes | The Mitford Vanishing | Rachel Atkins | Hachette Audio |
| TP | Fielden | Burying the Crown | Joel Froomkin | Thomas & Mercer |
| Helen | Fields | The Shadow Man | Robin Laing and Cathleen McCarron | Avon |
| Caz | Finlay | Traitor in the House | Katy Sobey | OneMoreChapter |
| Mick | Finlay | Arrowood and the Meeting House Murders | Malk Williams | HQ |
| Rudolph | Fisher | The Conjure-Man Dies | JD Jackson and John Chancer | HarperFiction |
| Sara | Flannery Murphy | Girl One | Jesse Vilinsky | Raven Books |
| Helga | Flatland | One Last Time | Sally Armstrong & Sarah Barron | Orenda Books/Isis Audio |
| Lynn | Florkiewicz | Lord James Harrington and the New Year's Eve Mystery | David Thorpe | Soundings |
| Laurie Elizabeth | Flynn | The Girls Are All So Nice Here | Erin Mallon and Alex Allwine | HQ |
| Martyn | Ford | All Our Darkest Secrets | Kevin T. Collins | Thomas & Mercer |
| Steve | Frech | Deadly Games | Jason Keller | HQ |
| Steve | Frech | Secrets to the Grave | Sarah Borges | HQ |
| Charlie | Gallagher | Lethal Game | Jake Fairbrother | Avon |
| Charlie | Gallagher | The Friend | Alexis Rodney | Avon |
| Alison | Gaylin | The Collective | Laurel Lefkow | Orion |
| Paul | Gitsham | Out of Sight | Malk Willams | HQ |
| Melanie | Golding | The Replacement | Stephanie Racine | HQ |
| Sarah | Goodwin | Stranded | Esme Sears | Avon |
| Andrew J. | Graff | Raft of Stars | Lincoln Hoppe | HQ |
| Ann | Granger | Mystery in the Making | Gareth Armstrong, Julia Barrie | Headline |
| Ann | Granger | The Truth-Seeker's Wife | Gareth Armstrong, Julia Barrie | Headline |
| Lisa | Gray | Lonely Hearts | Amy Landon | Thomas & Mercer |
| C S | Green | Sleep Tight | Lisa Coleman | HarperFiction |
| Susanna | Gregory | The Chancellor's Secret | David Thorpe | Hachette Audio |
| Mark | Griffin | When Silence Kills | Tamsin Kennard | Hachette Audio |
| Elly | Griffiths | The Night Hawks | Jane McDowell | Quercus |
| Chris | Hadfield | The Apollo Murders | Ray Porter | Quercus |
| Lisa | Hall | The Woman in the Woods | Harrie Dobby | HQ |
| Mari | Hannah | Her Last Request | Colleen Prendergast | Orion |
| CM | Harris | She Never Left | Daniela Acitelli | OneMoreChapter |
| Joanne | Harris | A Narrow Door | Alex Kingston,Steven Pacey | Orion |
| Romy | Hausmann | Sleepless | Michael Fenner, Lucy Paterson, Heather Long | Quercus |
| Paula | Hawkins | Slow Fire Burning | Rosamund Pike | Penguin Random House Audio |
| Rachel | Hawkins | The Wife Upstairs | Emily Shaffer, Kirby Heyborne and Lauren Fortgang | HarperCollins |
| Sarah | Hawkswood | Blood Runs Thicker | Matt Addis | Allison & Busby |
| Sarah | Hawkswood | Wolf at the Door | Matt Addis | Allison & Busby |
| Peter | Heller | The Guide | John Chancer | Orion |
| Paul | Herron | Breakout | Jason Culp | Headline |
| Susi | Holliday | Substitute | Esther Wane, James Langton, Simon Mattacks | Thomas & Mercer |
| Mike | Hollow | The Dockland Murder | Simon Mattacks | Soundings |
| Michael | Holzman | Kim and Jim | John Chancer | Orion |
| Anthony | Horowitz | A Line to Kill | Rory Kinnear | Penguin Random House Audio |
| Alice | Hunter | The Serial Killer's Wife | Sarah Paul, James Macnaughton, Kristin Atherton | Avon |
| Cara | Hunter | The Whole Truth | Lee Ingleby, Emma Cunniffe, Roy McMillan | Penguin General |
| M.A. | Hunter | Mummy's Little Secret | Rose Robinson and Charlie Mudie | OneMoreChapter |
| Sam | Hurcom | Letters from the Dead | John Telfer | Orion |
| Joe | Ide | Smoke | Zeno Robinson | Orion |
| Holly | Jackson | As Good As Dead | Kristin Atherton, Clare Corbett, Jot Davies, Maryam Grace & Luke Poli | Electric Monkey |
| Holly | Jackson | Kill Joy | Kristin Atherton & Richard Hughes | Electric Monkey |
| Peter | James | Left You Dead | Daniel Weyman | Pan Macmillan |
| Laura | Jarratt | Mother | Helen Keeley | Orion |
| Diane | Jeffrey | The Silent Friend | Michele Moran | HQ |
| Lisa | Jewell | The Night She Disappeared | Joanna Froggatt | Penguin Random House Audio |
| Alan | Johnson | The Late Train to Gipsy Hill | Alan Johnson, Oliver Chris, Melvyn Bragg | Wildfire |
| Carole | Johnstone | Mirrorland | Katie Leung | BoroughPress |
| Doug | Johnstone | The Great Silence | Sarah Barron | Orenda Books/Isis Audio |
| Stuart | Johnstone | Into the Dark | David Monteath | Isis Audio |
| Carys | Jones | We Are All Liars | Geri Allen | Orion |
| Jackie | Kabler | The Happy Family | Helen Keeley | HarperCollins |
| Jackie | Kabler | The Happy Family | Helen Keeley | OneMoreChapter |
| Femi | Kayode | Lightseekers | Cary Hite | Raven Books |
| Faye | Kellerman | The Lost Boys | Mitchell Greenberg | HarperCollins |
| Erin | Kelly | Watch Her Fall | Imogen Church | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Anna | Kent | The House of Whispers | Rose Robinson and Raj Ghatak | HQ |
| Simon | Kernick | Good Cop Bad Cop | Paul Thornley, Angus King | Headline |
| Awais | Khan | No Honour | Nikki Patel | Orenda Books/Isis Audio |
| Vaseem | Khan | The Dying Day | Maya Saroya | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Olivia | Kiernan | The Murder Box | Shelley Atkinson | riverrun |
| Stephen | King | Billy Summers | Paul Sparks | Hodder & Stoughton |
| TE | Kinsey | A Baffling Murder at the Midsummer Ball | Simon Mattacks | Thomas & Mercer |
| TE | Kinsey | The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds | Simon Mattacks, Elizabeth Knowelden | Thomas & Mercer |
| Erin | Kinsley | Missing | Lucy Paterson | Headline |
| Margaret | Kirk | In the Blood | Jimmy Chisholm | Orion |
| Alex | Knight | Darkness Falls | Jennifer Woodward | Orion |
| Dorothy | Koomson | I Know What You've Done | Mira Dovreni, Madeline Appiah, Anna Acton, Ginny Holder | Headline Review |
| Mary | Kubica | Local Woman Missing | Brittany Pressley, Jennifer Jill Araya, Gary Tiedemann, Jesse Vilinsky | HQ |
| Lynda | La Plante | Judas Horse | Alex Hassell | Zaffre |
| Lynda | La Plante | Unholy Murder | Rachel Atkins | Zaffre |
| Neil | Lacaster | Dead Man's Grave | Angus King | HQ |
| Camilla | Läckberg | Silver Tears | Eleanor Winters and Josie Dunn | HarperFiction |
| Alex | Lake | Ready or Not | Fiona Boylan | HarperFiction |
| Neil | Lancaster | Dead Man’s Grave | Angus King | HQ |
| L.A. | Larkin | The Safe Place | Regina Reagan | Aurora Audiobooks |
| Stephen | Leather | Desperate Measures | Megan Soh | Isis Audio |
| Stephen | Leather | New Orleans Night | Paul Thornley | Isis Audio |
| Stephen | Leather | Russian Roulette | Paul Thornley | Isis Audio |
| Lynne | Lee | False Hope | Esther Wane | Thomas & Mercer |
| Georgina | Lees | The Girl Upstairs | Meg Travers | OneMoreChapter |
| Laura | Lippman | Dream Girl | Jason Culp | Faber |
| Ellery | Lloyd | People Like Her | Anna Bentinck, Finlay Robertson, Nathalie Buscombe | Pan Macmillan |
| GS | Locke | Six | Simon Mattacks | Orion |
| TM | Logan | Trust Me | Emma Gregory | Zaffre |
| Carey | Louise | Inscape | Helen Keeley | Gollancz |
| Katie | Lowe | The Murder of Graham Catton | Amy Scanlon | HarperCollins |
| Bonnie | MacBird | The Three Locks | Simon Darwen | HarperFiction |
| Stuart | MacBride | Sawbones | Steve Worsley | HarperFiction |
| Stuart | MacBride | The Coffinmaker's Garden | Ian Hanmore | HarperFiction |
| Niki | Mackay | Loaded | Nicky Diss | Orion |
| Bella | Mackie | How To Kill Your Family | Charly Clive and Paul Panting | BoroughPress |
| K.J. | Maitland | The Drowned City | Nathan Turner | Headline Review |
| CD | Major | The Thin Place | Elle Newlands | Thomas & Mercer |
| Scott | Mariani | The Crusader's Cross | Colin Mace | Avon |
| Scott | Mariani | The Pandemic Plot | Colin Mace | Avon |
| Beezy | Marsh | Queen of Thieves | Rachel Atkins | Orion |
| Edward | Marston | Tragedy on the Branch Line | Sam Dastor | Soundings |
| Faith | Martin | A Fatal Affair | Stephanie Racine | HQ |
| Faith | Martin | A Fatal Night | Stephanie Racine | HQ |
| Andy | Maslen | Land Rites | Steve West | Thomas & Mercer |
| Andy | Maslen | Plain Dead | Steve West | Thomas & Mercer |
| Nadine | Matheson | The Jigsaw Man | Diveen Henry | HQ |
| James Han | Mattson | Reprieve | JD Jackson | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Peter | May | The Night Gate | Peter Forbes | riverrun |
| Kimberly | McCreight | Friends Like These | Lauren Fortgang, Carlotta Brentan, Ewan Chung, Susan Dalian, Stacey Glemboski, Joe Knezevich, Alex McKenna | Headline Review |
| R.W.R. | McDonald | Nancy Business | Sara Lynam | Aurora Audiobooks |
| Claire | McGowan | I Know You | Esther Wane | Thomas & Mercer |
| Mel | McGrath | Two Wrongs | Jasmine Blackborow | HQ |
| NJ | McKay | The Girls Inside | Emma-Jane Goodwin | Orion |
| Denzil | Meyrick | A Toast to the Old Stones | David Monteath | Polygon |
| Denzil | Meyrick | For Any Other Truth | David Monteath | Polygon |
| Denzil | Meyrick | Terms of Restitution | Angus King | Polygon |
| Alex | Michaelides | The Maidens | Louise Brealey,Kobna Holdbrook-Smith | Orion |
| Sera | Milano | This Can Never Not Be Real | Daisy Prosper, Billy Ashcroft, Jasmine Linsdell, Cain Folwer, Olivia Forrest & Tommy Oldroyd | Electric Monkey |
| Kate | Mildenhall | The Mother Fault | Claudia Karvan | HarperCollins |
| Denise | Mina | Rizzio | Katie Leung | Polygon |
| Liz | Mistry | Dark Memories | Shaheen Khan | HQ |
| Caroline | Mitchell | Flesh and Blood | Elizabeth Knowelden | Thomas & Mercer |
| Caroline | Mitchell | The Midnight Man | Elliot Fitzpatrick and Emma Gregory | Embla |
| Johanna | Mo | The Night Singer | Jasmine Blackborow | Headline |
| Goldy | Moldavsky | The Last Girl | Carlo Corvo | Electric Monkey |
| Syd | Moore | Strange Tricks | Julia Barrie | Isis Audio |
| Syd | Moore | The Twelve Even Stranger Days of Christmas | Julia Barrie | Isis Audio |
| Phoebe | Morgan | The Wild Girls | Stephanie Racine, Polly Baron, Silvia Presente & Olivia Dowd | HQ |
| Liane | Moriarty | Apples Never Fall | Caroline Lee | Penguin Random House Audio |
| T.F. | Muir | The Murder List | David Monteath | Hachette Audio |
| Steph | Mullin | The Family Tree | Stephanie Pezolano | Avon |
| Barbara | Nadel | Forfeit (Ikmen Mystery 23) | Sean Barrett | Headline |
| Sarah J. | Naughton | The Festival | Karen Cass | Orion |
| Janice | Nix | Breaking Out | Gabrielle Brooks | HQ |
| Dominic | Nolan | Vine Street | Owen Findlay | Headline |
| Karin | Nordin | Last One Alive | Matt Addis | HQ |
| Karin | Nordin | Where Ravens Roost | Matt Addis | HQ |
| Charlotte | Northedge | The House Guest | Kristin Atherton | HarperFiction |
| Deborah | O'Connor | The Captive | Rose Robinson and Ed Hughes | Zaffre |
| Jenny | O'Brien | Fallen Angel | Janine Cooper-Marshall | HQ |
| Danny | O'Leary | A Violent Gentleman | Damian Lynch | Orion |
| Darren | O'Sullivan | The Players | Emma Pallant and David Thorpe | HQ |
| Richard | Osman | The Man Who Died Twice | Lesley Manville | Penguin Random House Audio |
| James | Oswald | Nowhere to Run | Rose Akroyd | Wildfire |
| James | Oswald | What Will Burn | Ian Hanmore | Wildfire |
| Marina | Palmer | The Russian Doll | Heather Long | Hodder & Stoughton |
| B.A. | Paris | The Therapist | Olivia Dowd & Thomas Judd | HQ |
| AJ | Park | Don't Speak | Robert Portal,Olivia Mace | Orion |
| Adele | Parks | Both of You | Laura Aikman | HQ |
| Alan | Parks | The April Dead | Andrew McIntosh | Canongate Books |
| Ambrose | Parry | A Corruption of Blood | Bryan Dick and Cathleen McCarron | Canongate Books |
| Nell | Pattison | Hide | Clare-Louise English, Billy Ashcroft and Beth Eyre | Avon |
| Nell | Pattison | The Silent Suspect | Lara Steward and Clare-Louise English | Avon |
| Bryony | Pearce | The Girl on the Platform | Nneka Okoye | Avon |
| Louise | Penny | The Madness of Crowds | Adam Sims | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Anne | Perry | A Darker Reality | Polly Edsell | Headline |
| Robert | Peston | The Whistleblower | Matt Addis | Zaffre |
| Charlotte | Philby | The Second Woman | Kristin Atherton | BoroughPress |
| Alex | Pine | The Killer in the Snow | Sid Sagar | Avon |
| Henry | Porter | The Old Enemy | Matt Addis | Quercus |
| Laura | Purcell | The Shape of Darkness | Sophie Aldred | Raven Books |
| Cate | Quinn | Black Widows | Katherine Fenton,Stephanie Cannon,Jennifer Woodward | Orion |
| Khurrum | Rahan | The Motive | Waleed Akhtar | HQ |
| Matthew | Reilly | The Two Lost Mountains | Sean Mangan | Orion |
| Allie | Reynolds | Shiver | Olivia Vinall | Headline |
| Michael | Ridpath | The Diplomat's Wife | Lucy Scott & David Thorpe | Isis Audio |
| Michael | Robotham | When You Are Mine | Katy Sobey | Hachette Audio |
| Amanda | Robson | The Unwelcome Guest | Olivia Mace, Claire Vousden and John Hopkins | Avon |
| Karen | Rose | Say Goodbye | Joel Froomkin | Headline |
| Ginny Myers | Sain | Dark and Shallow Lies | Emma Ashton | Electric Monkey |
| Simon | Scarrow | Blackout | Simon Mattacks | Headline |
| Robert | Scragg | End of the Line | David Thorpe | Isis Audio |
| Helen | Sedgwick | Where the Missing Gather | Julie Maisey | Point Blank |
| Louise | Sharland | The Lake | Hattie Ladbury and Vinny Moli | Avon |
| Alex | Shaw | Total Fallout | Leighton Pugh | HQ |
| Alex | Shaw | Traitors | Sarah Lambie | HQ |
| William | Shaw | The Trawlerman | Jasmine Blackborow | riverrun |
| Alex | Shaw | Total Fallout | Leighton Pugh | HQ |
| Alex | Shaw | Traitors | Sarah Lambie | HQ |
| Claire | Sheldon | A Silent Child | Helen Keeley | Soundings |
| Laura | Shepherd-Robinson | Daughters of Night | Lucy Scott | Pan Macmillan |
| Mel | Sherratt | Good Girl | Colleen Prendergast | Avon |
| Lilja | Sigurdardottir | Cold as Hell | Colleen Prendergast | Orenda Books/Isis Audio |
| Daniel | Silva | The Cellist | Eduardo Ballerini | HarperCollins |
| Adam | Simcox | The Dying Squad | Sophie Aldred | Orion |
| Nalini | Singh | Quiet in Her Bones | Raj Varma | Orion |
| Douglas | Skelton | A Rattle of Bones | Sarah Barron | Polygon |
| Douglas | Skelton | A Rattle of Bones | Sarah Barron | Isis Audio |
| C.J. | Skuse | Dead Head | Georgia Maguire | HQ |
| K.L. | Slater | The Marriage | Lucy Price-Lewis | Audible Studios / Bookouture |
| Karin | Slaughter | False Witness | Kathleen Early | HarperCollins |
| Nikki | Smith | Look What You Made Me Do | Emma Powell,Laura Kirman | Orion |
| Adam | Southward | The Stranger Next Door | Natalie Pela | Headline Accent |
| Jo | Spain | The Perfect Lie | Sophie Jo Wasson | Quercus |
| Stephen | Spotswood | Murder Under Her Skin | Kirsten Potter | Wildfire |
| David | Stafford | Skelton's Guide to Suitcase Murders | David Stafford | Isis Audio |
| Michael | Stanley | Facets of Death | Ben Onwukwe | Orenda Books/Isis Audio |
| Tess | Stimson | Stolen | Indra Ove, Josie Dunne and Beth Eyre | Avon |
| Julia | Stone | Her Little Secret | Emma Powell | Orion |
| Lisa | Stone | The Cottage | Jessica Whittaker | HarperFiction |
| Rosalind | Stopps | A Beginner's Guide to Murder | Charlotte Strevens & Cornelia Colman | HQ |
| Kevin | Sullivan | The Art of the Assassin | David Thorpe | Isis Audio |
| Sarah | Sultoon | The Source | Mofetoluwa Akande | Orenda Books/Isis Audio |
| Jesse | Sutanto | Dial A For Aunties | Risa Mei | HQ |
| Peter | Swanson | Every Vow You Break | Karissa Vacker | Faber |
| S.D. | Sykes | The Good Death | Ewan Goddard | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Vanda | Symon | Bound | Genevieve Swallow | Orenda Books/Isis Audio |
| Quentin | Tarantino | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Orion |
| Andrew | Taylor | The Royal Secret | Leighton Pugh | HarperCollins |
| C.L. | Taylor | The Island | Olivia Dowd, Sam Newton & Sarah Ovens | HQ |
| C.L. | Taylor | Her Last Holiday | Clare Corbett | Avon |
| Terry Lynn | Thomas | The Betrayal | Daniela Acitelli | HQ |
| Terry Lynn | Thomas | The Witness | Daniela Acitelli | HQ |
| Lesley | Thomson | The Distant Dead | Richard Attlee | Head of Zeus |
| Robert | Thorogood | The Marlow Murder Club | Nicolette McKenzie | HQ |
| Rebecca | Tope | Echoes in the Cotswolds | Caroline Lennon | Soundings |
| Rebecca | Tope | The Ullswater Undertaking | Julia Franklin | Soundings |
| Peter | Tremayne | The House of Death | Caroline Lennon | Headline |
| Lynne | Truss | Psycho by the Sea | Matt Green | Raven Books |
| Jem | Tugwell | Dishonoured | Jem Tugwell | Serpentine Books |
| Antti | Tuomainen | The Rabbit Factor | David Thorpe | Orenda Books/Isis Audio |
| J.B. | Turner | Hard Vengeance | Jeffrey Kafer | Thomas & Mercer |
| Lisa | Unger | Last Girl Ghosted | Vivienne Leheny | HQ |
| Inga | Vesper | The Long, Long Afternoon | Adam Barr, Janina Edwards and Mikhaila Aaseng | Manilla Press |
| Martin | Walker | The Coldest Case | Peter Noble | Quercus |
| B P | Walter | The Dinner Guest | Katy Sobey and Marston York | OneMoreChapter |
| B P | Walter | The Woman on the Pier | Stephanie Racine and Luke Francis | OneMoreChapter |
| Holly | Watt | The Hunt and The Kill | Jasmine Blackborow | Raven Books |
| Matt | Wesolowski | Deity | Simon Mattacks with Sarah Barron, Karen Cass, Ben Higgins, Cathleen McCarron, David Monteath & Matt Wesolowski | Orenda Books/Isis Audio |
| Daisy | White | Murder on the Island | Charlotte Strevens | Soundings |
| Kevin | Wignall | Those Who Disappeared | Mikael Naramore | Thomas & Mercer |
| Steve; Jonathan | Wilkins; Hill | The Pembrokeshire Murders | Peter Kenny | Orion |
| TA | Willberg | Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder | Colleen Prendergast | Orion |
| McIlvanney & Rankin | William & Ian | The Dark Remains | Brian Cox | Canongate Books |
| Jen | Williams | Dog Rose Dirt | Susan Ericksen | HarperCollins |
| Michael | Wood | Survivor's Guilt | Stephanie Beattie | OneMoreChapter |
| Michael | Wood | The Hangman's Hold | Stephanie Beattie | OneMoreChapter |
| Michael | Wood | The Murder Hosue | Stephanie Beattie | OneMoreChapter |
| Michael | Wood | Time is Running Out | Stephanie Beattie | OneMoreChapter |
| Trevor | Wood | One Way Street | David Nellist | Quercus |
| Carol | Wyer | A Cut for a Cut | Henrietta Meire | Thomas & Mercer |
| Carol | Wyer | An Eye for an Eye | Henrietta Meire | Thomas & Mercer |
| Felicia | Yap | Future Perfect | John Sackville, Marie Lawrence | Wildfire |
| David | Yoon | Version Zero | Kevin R Free and Vyvy Nguyen | HQ |
| Glenda | Young | Murder at the Seaview Hotel | Colleen Prendergast | Headline |
| First | Last | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Megan | Abbott | The Turnout | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Kia | Abdullah | Next of Kin | HQ |
| Stacey | Abrams | While Justice Sleeps | HarperCollins |
| Cathy | Ace | The Corpse with the Granite Heart | Four Tails Publishing Ltd |
| Cathy | Ace | The Corpse with the Iron Will | Four Tails Publishing Ltd |
| Simcox | Adam | The Dying Squad | Gollancz |
| Hope | Adams | Dangerous Women | Michael Joseph |
| Jane A. | Adams | Bright Young Things | Severn House |
| Taylor | Adams | Hairpin Bridge | Joffe Books |
| E.V. | Adamson | Five Strangers | HarperCollins |
| J.R. | Adler | Last Day Alive | Bookouture |
| Eva Björg | Ægisdóttir | Girls Who Lie | Orenda Books |
| Sarah | Alderson | The Stalker | Avon |
| Barbara | Allan | Antiques Carry On | Severn House |
| Claire | Allan | Ask No Questions | Avon |
| Hania | Allen | The Ice Hotel | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Merryn | Allingham | Murder on the Pier | Bookouture |
| Merryn | Allingham | The Bookshop Murder | Bookouture |
| Julie | Anderson | Oracle | Claret Press |
| Laurence | Anholt | Solstice of Death | Little, Brown Book Group |
| M. J. | Arlidge | Truth or Dare | Orion Fiction |
| Sarah | Armstrong | The Starlings of Bucharest | Sandstone Press Ltd |
| Carolyn | Arnold | Stolen Daughters | Bookouture |
| Carolyn | Arnold | The Little Grave | Bookouture |
| Carolyn | Arnold | The Silent Witness | Bookouture |
| Ace | Atkins | Robert B. Parker's Someone to Watch Over Me | No Exit Press |
| Heather | Atkinson | Bad Blood | Boldwood Books |
| Anna | Bailey | Tall Bones | Doubleday |
| Martine | Bailey | The Prophet | Severn House |
| Tina | Baker | Call Me Mummy | Viper |
| David | Baldacci | A Gambling Man | Macmillan |
| Carey | Baldwin | Her First Mistake | Bookouture |
| Sandra | Balzo | Flat White | Severn House |
| Sandra | Balzo | The Big Steep | Severn House |
| Jo | Bannister | China Roses | Severn House |
| John | Banville | April in Spain | Faber |
| Linwood | Barclay | Find You First | HQ |
| John | Barlow | Right to Kill | HQ |
| Charlotte | Barnes | All I See Is You | Bloodhound Books |
| Andrea | Bartz | We Were Never Here | Michael Joseph |
| Belinda | Bauer | Exit | Bantam Press |
| Tania | Bayard | Murder in the Cloister | Severn House |
| Susanna | Beard | The Perfect Neighbour | Joffe Books |
| Maegan | Beaumont | The Darkwater Girls | Bookouture |
| Simon | Beckett | The Lost | Trapeze |
| Gary | Bell | Post Mortem | Raven Books |
| Aaronovitch | Ben | What Abigail Did That Summer | Gollancz |
| Kate | Bendelow | Definitely Dead | Bloodhound Books |
| Alexandra | Benedict | The Christmas Murder Game | Zaffre |
| Tom | Benjamin | Requiem at La Rossa | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Gabriel | Bergmoser | The Inheritance | Faber |
| Flynn | Berry | Northern Spy | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Parker | Bilal | Whitehavens | Severn House |
| Mark | Billingham | Rabbit Hole | Little, Brown Book Group |
| D. V. | Bishop | City of Vengeance | Macmillan |
| P. R. | Black | The Runner | Aries |
| Robin | Blake | Secret Mischief | Severn House |
| Rachael | Blok | Into The Fire | Aries |
| Shalini | Boland | My Little Girl | Bookouture |
| Shalini | Boland | The Couple Upstairs | Bookouture |
| Sharon | Bolton | The Pact | Trapeze |
| Hilary | Bonner | The Danger Within | Severn House |
| Hilary | Boyd | The Affair | Michael Joseph |
| Tom | Bradby | Triple Cross | Bantam Press |
| Rebecca | Bradley | Blood Stained | Joffe Books |
| Vicki | Bradley | Your life or mine | Simon & Schuster |
| T.J. | Brearton | Her Perfect Secret | Joffe Books |
| Simon | Brett | An Untidy Death | Severn House |
| Verity | Bright | A Lesson in Murder | Bookouture |
| Verity | Bright | Death on a Winter's Day | Bookouture |
| Verity | Bright | Murder at the Fair | Bookouture |
| Verity | Bright | Mystery by the Sea | Bookouture |
| Neil | Broadfoot | No Quarter Given | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Frances | Brody | A Murder Inside | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Chris | Brookmyre | The Cut | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Eric | Brown | Murder at Standing Stone Manor | Severn House |
| Janelle | Brown | Pretty Things | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Sheryl | Browne | My Husband's Girlfriend | Bookouture |
| Sheryl | Browne | The Liar's Child | Bookouture |
| Robert | Bryndza | Darkness Falls | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Greg | Buchanan | Sixteen Horses | Mantle |
| Simone | Buchholz | Hotel Cartagena | Orenda Books |
| Fiona | Buckley | Forest of Secrets | Severn House |
| Fiona | Buckley | Shadow of Spain | Severn House |
| Sheila | Bugler | The Lucky Eight | Canelo |
| Davis | Bunn | Prime Directive | Severn House |
| Lucy | Burdette | Unsafe Haven | Severn House |
| S. J | Butler | Deadly Lesson | Headline Accent |
| Susanna | Calkins | The Cry of the Hangman | Severn House |
| Stella | Cameron | The Playing Fields | Severn House |
| Andrea | Camilleri | Riccardino | Mantle |
| Andrea | Camilleri | The Cook of the Halcyon | Mantle |
| Louise | Candlish | The Heights | Simon & Schuster |
| Hunter | Cara | The Whole Truth | Penguin Random House |
| Ros | Carne | The Stepmother | Canelo |
| Gianrico | Carofiglio | The Measure of Time | Bitter Lemon Press |
| Elisabeth | Carpenter | The Vacancy | Orion Fiction |
| Jack | Carr | The Devil’s Hand | Simon & Schuster |
| Sam | Carrington | The Couple on Maple Drive | Avon |
| B.M. | Carroll | You Had It Coming | Viper |
| Ali | Carter | A Trick of the Light | Point Blank |
| Will | Carver | Psychopaths Anonymous | Orenda Books |
| Will | Carver | The Beresford | Orenda Books |
| Jane | Casey | The Killing Kind | HarperCollins |
| Kathryn | Casey | The Blessed Bones | Bookouture |
| Wiley | Cash | When Ghosts Come Home | Faber |
| Luke | Cassidy | Iron Annie | Bloomsbury Circus |
| Steve | Cavanagh | The Devil's Advocate | Orion Fiction |
| Ray | Celestin | Sunset Swing | Mantle |
| Jerome | Charyn | Sergeant Salinger | No Exit Press |
| Clare | Chase | Mystery at the Abbey Hotel | Bookouture |
| Clare | Chase | Mystery at the Church | Bookouture |
| Jennifer | Chase | Pretty Broken Dolls | Bookouture |
| Jennifer | Chase | The Fragile Ones | Bookouture |
| Fliss | Chester | The Moonlit Murders | Bookouture |
| Lee & Andrew | Child | Better Off Dead | Bantam Press |
| Ruhi | Choudhary | Little Boy Lost | Bookouture |
| Ruhi | Choudhary | Their Frozen Graves | Bookouture |
| M.M. | Chouinard | The Other Mothers | Bookouture |
| M.M. | Chouinard | The Vacation | Bookouture |
| Alys | Clare | The Lammas Wild | Severn House |
| Cassandra | Clark | Murder at Beaulieu Abbey | Severn House |
| Cassandra | Clark | The Day of the Serpent | Severn House |
| Wendy | Clarke | Blind Date | Bookouture |
| Wendy | Clarke | His Hidden Wife | Bookouture |
| Paul | Cleave | The Quiet People | Orenda Books |
| Ann | Cleeves | The Heron's Cry | Macmillan |
| Karen | Cleveland | You Can Run | Canelo |
| May | Cobb | The Hunting Wives | Orion Fiction |
| Ben | Coes | The Island | Canelo |
| Tammy | Cohen | The Wedding Party | Black Swan |
| Daniel | Cole | Mimic | Orion Fiction |
| Flora | Collins | Nanny Dearest | Quercus |
| Elle | Connel | Down by the Water | Wildfire |
| Michael | Connelly | The Dark Hours | Orion Fiction |
| Liv | Constantine | The Stranger in the Mirror | HarperCollins |
| Simon | Conway | The Saboteur | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Alex | Coombs | Buried For Good | Boldwood Books |
| C. J. | Cooper | Lie to Me | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Catherine | Cooper | The Chateau | HarperCollins |
| E. J. | Copperman | Judgment at Santa Monica | Severn House |
| Barbara | Copperthwaite | The Girl in the Missing Poster | Bookouture |
| Patricia | Cornwell | Autopsy | HarperCollins |
| J.A. | Corrigan | The Nurse | Canelo |
| S. A. | Cosby | Razorblade Tears | Headline |
| Elle | Cosimano | Finlay Donovan is Killing It | Headline Review |
| M. W. | Craven | Dead Ground | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Elle | Croft | Buried | Orion Fiction |
| Kathryn | Croft | The Other Husband | Canelo |
| Ellen | Crosby | The French Paradox | Severn House |
| A.J. | Cross | Devil in the Detail | Severn House |
| Georgina | Cross | The Missing Woman | Bookouture |
| Julia | Crouch | The New Mother | Bookouture |
| Charles | Cumming | JUDAS 62 | HarperCollins |
| Emma | Curtis | Invite Me In | Black Swan |
| Judith | Cutler | Death's Long Shadow | Severn House |
| Lisa | Cutts | Murder at the Castle | Bookouture |
| Lisa | Cutts | Murder in the Village | Bookouture |
| Julia | Dahl | The Missing Hours | Faber |
| Kjell Ola | Dahl | The Assistant | Orenda Books |
| Jeanne M. | Dams | The Bath Conspiracy | Severn House |
| Laura | Dave | The Last Thing He Told Me | Viper |
| Abby | Davies | The Cult | HarperCollins |
| Martin | Davies | Mrs Hudson and the blue Daisy Affair | Canelo |
| Michelle | Davies | The Death of Me | Orion Fiction |
| Lucy | Dawson | The Secret Within | Bookouture |
| Alex | Day | The Best of Friends | HarperCollins |
| Judi | Daykin | A Brutal Season | Joffe Books |
| Leona | Deakin | Hunt | Black Swan |
| Abigail | Dean | Girl A | HarperCollins |
| Will | Dean | The Last Thing to Burn | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Will | Dean | Bad Apples | Point Blank |
| Jeffery | Deaver | The Final Twist | HarperCollins |
| Jeffery | Deaver | The Midnight Lock | HarperCollins |
| James | Delargy | Vanished | Simon & Schuster |
| Sharon | Dempsey | Who Took Eden Mulligan? | Avon |
| Phillip | DePoy | Sammy Two Shoes | Severn House |
| A. A. | Dhand | The Blood Divide | Bantam Press |
| Katerina | Diamond | Trick or Treat | Avon |
| Gary | Disher | Consolation | Viper |
| Helena | Dixon | Murder at Elm House | Bookouture |
| Helena | Dixon | Murder at the Wedding | Bookouture |
| Helena | Dixon | Murder in the Belltower | Bookouture |
| Patricia | Dixon | Blame | Bloodhound Books |
| Paul | Doherty | Dark Queen Watching | Severn House |
| Paul | Doherty | Mother Midnight | Headline |
| Eva | Dolan | One Half Truth | Raven Books |
| Gary | Donnelly | Never Ask the Dead | Allison & Busby |
| Claire | Douglas | The Couple at No. 9 | Michael Joseph |
| Holly | Down | The Courier | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Samantha | Downing | For Your Own Good | Michael Joseph |
| Wendy | Dranfield | Cry for Help | Bookouture |
| Wendy | Dranfield | Little Girl Taken | Bookouture |
| Wendy | Dranfield | Shadow Falls | Bookouture |
| Charlotte | Duckworth | The Sanctuary | Quercus |
| Margaret | Duffy | The Not Quite Perfect Murderer | Severn House |
| Caroline | Dunford | A Death on Stage | Headline Accent |
| Caroline | Dunford | Hope to Survive | Headline Accent |
| S.A. | Dunphy | Bring Her Home | Bookouture |
| Philippa | East | Safe and Sound | HQ |
| Marjorie | Eccles | Darkness Beyond | Severn House |
| Martin | Edwards | Many Deadly Returns | Severn House |
| Martin | Edwards | The Crooked Shore | Allison & Busby |
| Jim | Eldridge | Murder at the Ritz | Allison & Busby |
| Jim | Eldridge | Murder at the Savoy | Allison & Busby |
| C. M. | Elliott | Sibanda and the Black Sparrow Hawk | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Joy | Ellis | The Night Thief | Joffe Books |
| Kate | Ellis | The Stone Chamber | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Mary | Ellis | 100 Proof Murder | Severn House |
| RJ | Ellory | Proof of Life | Orion Fiction |
| Nuala | Ellwood | The Perfect Life | Penguin Random House |
| Thomas & Jorn Lier | Enger & Horst | Smoke Screen | Orenda Books |
| Jennie | Ensor | Silenced | Hobeck Books |
| Fiona | Erskine | Phosphate Rocks: A Death in Ten Objects | Sandstone Press Ltd |
| Janet & Steve | Evanovich & Hamilton | The Bounty | Headline Review |
| Frances | Evesham | A Racing Murder | Boldwood Books |
| Andrew | Ewart | Replace You | Orion Fiction |
| Colin | Falconer | Cry Justice | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Katherine | Faulkner | Greenwich Park | Raven Books |
| Jessica | Fellowes | The Mitford Vanishing | Little, Brown Book Group |
| David | Fennell | The Art of Death | Zaffre |
| Helen | Fields | The Shadow Man | Avon |
| Tricia | Fields | The Drummers | Severn House |
| Mick | Finlay | Arrowood and the Meeting House Murders | HQ |
| Harry | Fisher | Be Sure Your Sins | Hobeck Books |
| Harry | Fisher | Way Beyond A Lie | Hobeck Books |
| Gwen | Florio | Best Kept Secrets | Severn House |
| Felix | Francis | Iced | Simon & Schuster |
| Anthea | Fraser | The Ties That Bind | Severn House |
| Nicci | French | The Unheard | Simon & Schuster |
| Frank | Gardner | Outbreak | Bantam Press |
| Roberta | Gately | Her Mother's Cry | Bookouture |
| Roberta | Gately | The Frozen Girl | Bookouture |
| Katie | Gayle | Death at the Gates | Bookouture |
| Katie | Gayle | The Museum Murder | Bookouture |
| Alison | Gaylin | The Collective | Orion Fiction |
| Alex | Gerlis | Agent in Berlin | Canelo |
| Patricia | Gibney | Little Bones | Bookouture |
| Patricia | Gibney | Silent Voices | Bookouture |
| Melissa | Ginsburg | The House Uptown | Faber |
| Tim | Glister | Red Corona | Point Blank |
| Robert | Goddard | The Fine Art of Invisible Detection | Bantam Press |
| Gillian | Godden | Fool's Gold | Boldwood Books |
| Melanie | Golding | The Replacement | HQ |
| Sarah | Goodwin | Stranded | Avon |
| Howard Michael | Gould | Pay or Play | Severn House |
| Andrew J. | Graff | Raft of Stars | HQ |
| Mary | Grand | The Island | Boldwood Books |
| Ann | Granger | The Truth-Seeker's Wife | Headline |
| C. S. | Green | Sleep Tight | HarperCollins |
| Simon R. | Green | Buried Memories | Severn House |
| Simon R. | Green | The Best Thing You Can Steal | Severn House |
| Stacy | Green | Lost Angels | Bookouture |
| Stacy | Green | One Perfect Grave | Bookouture |
| Stacy | Green | The Girl in the Ground | Bookouture |
| Ross | Greenwood | The Cold Killer | Boldwood Books |
| Elly | Griffiths | The Night Hawks | Quercus |
| Jack | Grimwood | Island Reich | Michael Joseph |
| Peter | Guttridge | Butcher's Wood | Severn House |
| Philip | Gwynne Jones | The Venetian Legacy | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Chris | Hadfield | The Apollo Murders | Quercus |
| Janice | Hallett | The Appeal | Viper |
| Rona | Halsall | The Liar's Daughter | Bookouture |
| Michael | Hambling | Brutal Crimes | Joffe Books |
| Barbara | Hambly | Scandal in Babylon | Severn House |
| Karen | Hamilton | The Ex-Husband | Wildfire |
| David | Handler | The Man Who Wasn't All There | Severn House |
| Jean | Hanff Korelitz | The Plot | Faber |
| Joanne | Harris | A Narrow Door | Orion Fiction |
| Cora | Harrison | Murder in an Orchard Cemetery | Severn House |
| Carolyn | Hart | Ghost Blows a Kiss | Severn House |
| Beverley | Harvey | Close My Eyes | Bookouture |
| Romy | Hausmann | Sleepless | Quercus |
| Chris | Hauty | Savage Road | Simon & Schuster |
| Paula | Hawkins | A Slow Fire Burning | Doubleday |
| Rachel | Hawkins | The Wife Upstairs | HarperCollins |
| Humphrey | Hawksley | Man on Fire | Severn House |
| Sarah | Hawkswood | Blood Runs Thicker | Allison & Busby |
| Sarah | Hawkswood | Wolf at the Door | Allison & Busby |
| Samantha | Hayes | Single Mother | Bookouture |
| Samantha | Hayes | The Trapped Wife | Bookouture |
| Ruth | Heald | The Wedding | Bookouture |
| Kelly | Heard | The Silent Girl | Bookouture |
| Kelly | Heard | The Woman in the Water | Bookouture |
| Betty | Hechtman | Writing a Wrong | Severn House |
| Veronica | Heley | False Face | Severn House |
| Veronica | Heley | Murder-In-Law | Severn House |
| Peter | Heller | The Guide | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| James | Henry | Whitethroat | riverrun |
| Sam | Hepburn | A Good Mother | Bookouture |
| Sally | Hepworth | The Good Sister | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Paul | Herron | Breakout | Headline |
| Rita | Herron | Frozen Souls | Bookouture |
| Rita | Herron | The Burning Girls | Bookouture |
| J.M. | Hewitt | The Life She Wants | Canelo |
| David | Hewson | The Garden of Angels | Severn House |
| Keigo | Higashino | Silent Parade | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Kate | High | The Man Who Vanished and the Dog Who Waited | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Sarah | Hilary | Fragile | Macmillan |
| M. K. | Hill | The Woman In The Wood | Aries |
| Matt | Hilton | Blood Kin | Severn House |
| Peter | Hogenkamp | The Vatican Secret | Bookouture |
| Mike | Hollow | The Dockland Murder | Allison & Busby |
| Mike | Hollow | The Pimlico Murder | Allison & Busby |
| D.K. | Hood | Be Mine Forever | Bookouture |
| D.K. | Hood | Cross My Heart | Bookouture |
| D.K. | Hood | Fallen Angel | Bookouture |
| D.K. | Hood | Lose Your Breath | Bookouture |
| Jørn | Horst | A Question of Guilt | Michael Joseph |
| Linda | Huber | Pact of Silence | Hobeck Books |
| Egan | Hughes | Leave the Lights On | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Caroline | Hulse | All the Fun of the Fair | Orion Fiction |
| Alice | Hunter | The Serial Killer's Wife | Avon |
| Graham | Hurley | Intermission | Severn House |
| Katherine Bolger | Hyde | Fatality with Forster | Severn House |
| Jane | Isaac | One Good Lie | Canelo |
| Graham | Ison | Hardcastle's Secret Agent | Severn House |
| David | Jackson | The Rule | Viper |
| Alison | James | The Guilty Wife | Bookouture |
| Ed | James | Before She Wakes | Bookouture |
| Peter | James | Left You Dead | Macmillan |
| Emma | Jameson | A Death at Candlewick Castle | Bookouture |
| Emma | Jameson | A Death at Seascape House | Bookouture |
| Corry | Jane | I Made a Mistake | Penguin Random House |
| Diane | Janes | The Skeleton Tree | Severn House |
| Olly | Jarvis | The Genesis Inquiry | Hobeck Books |
| Michael | Jecks | The Moorland Murderers | Severn House |
| Victoria | Jenkins | The New Family | Bookouture |
| Victoria | Jenkins | The Playdate | Bookouture |
| Jane | Jesmond | On The Edge | VERVE Books |
| Alan | Johnson | The Late Train to Gipsy Hill | Wildfire |
| Doug | Johnstone | The Great Silence | Orenda Books |
| Stuart | Johnstone | Into the Dark | Allison & Busby |
| Ragnar | Jónasson | The Girl Who Died | Michael Joseph |
| Carys | Jones | We Are All Liars | Orion Fiction |
| Jackie | Kabler | The Happy Family | HarperCollins |
| Ellery | Kane | Her Perfect Bones | Bookouture |
| Ellery | Kane | One Child Alive | Bookouture |
| Lesley | Kara | The Dare | Bantam Press |
| Kerry | Kaya | The Score | Boldwood Books |
| Femi | Kayode | Lightseekers | Raven Books |
| Casey | Kelleher | I'll Never Tell | Bookouture |
| Casey | Kelleher | No Going Back | Bookouture |
| Faye | Kellerman | The Lost Boys | HarperCollins |
| Anna | Kent | The House of Whispers | HQ |
| Christobel | Kent | The Widower | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Caroline | Kepnes | You Love Me | Simon & Schuster |
| Jenna | Kernan | A Killer's Daughter | Bookouture |
| Jenna | Kernan | The Hunted Girls | Bookouture |
| Simon | Kernick | Good Cop Bad Cop | Headline |
| John | Keyse-Walker | Palms, Paradise, Poison | Severn House |
| Awais | Khan | No Honour | Orenda Books |
| Olivia | Kiernan | The Murder Box | riverrun |
| Karen | King | The Perfect Stepmother | Bookouture |
| Laurie R. | King | Castle Shade | Allison & Busby |
| Erin | Kinsley | Missing | Headline |
| Margaret | Kirk | In the Blood | Orion Fiction |
| Joy | Kluver | Broken Girls | Bookouture |
| Joy | Kluver | Last Seen | Bookouture |
| Rosalie | Knecht | Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery | VERVE Books |
| Rosalie | Knecht | Who Is Vera Kelly? | VERVE Books |
| Alex | Knight | Darkness Falls | Orion Fiction |
| Joseph | Knox | True Crime Story | Doubleday |
| Dorothy | Koomson | I Know What You've Done | Headline Review |
| Danuta | Kot | Someone Who Isn't Me | Simon & Schuster |
| Carla | Kovach | Her Dying Wish | Bookouture |
| Carla | Kovach | One Left Behind | Bookouture |
| Carla | Kovach | The Broken Ones | Bookouture |
| Carla | Kovach | What She Did | Bookouture |
| Roberta | Kray | Double Crossed | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Eleanor | Kuhns | Murder on Principle | Severn House |
| Michael | Kurland | Whatever the Cost | Severn House |
| Camilla | Läckberg, | Silver Tears | HarperCollins |
| Alex | Lake | Ready or Not | HarperCollins |
| Neil | Lancaster | Dead Man's Grave | HQ |
| Shari | Lapena | Not a Happy Family | Bantam Press |
| L.A. | Larkin | The Safe Place | Bookouture |
| L.A. | Larkin | Widow's Island | Bookouture |
| Liz | Lawler | The Silent Mother | Bookouture |
| Sarah | Lawton | All the Little Things | Canelo |
| Lin | Le Versha | Blood Notes | Hobeck Books |
| Adam | LeBor | Dohany Street | Aries |
| M.J. | Lee | When the Guilty Cry | Canelo |
| James | Lee Burke | Another Kind of Eden | Orion Fiction |
| Anna | Legat | Death Comes to Bishops Well | Headline Accent |
| S.V. | Leonard | The Islanders | Canelo |
| Laura | Lippman | Dream Girl | Faber |
| Ellery | Lloyd | People Like Her | Mantle |
| Sam | Lloyd | The Rising Tide | Bantam Press |
| G.S. | Locke | Six | Orion Fiction |
| TM | Logan | Trust Me | Zaffre |
| Carey | Louise | Inscape | Gollancz |
| Nick | Louth | The Body on the Moor | Canelo |
| Peter | Lovesey | Diamond and the Eye | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Katie | Lowe | The Murder of Graham Catton | HarperCollins |
| Mike | Lupica | Robert B. Parker's Payback | No Exit Press |
| Rachel | Lynch | Lying Ways | Canelo |
| S.E. | Lynes | Her Sister's Secret | Bookouture |
| CJ | Lyons | Save Her Child | Bookouture |
| Nicole | Mabry | The Family Tree | Avon |
| Stuart | MacBride | The Coffinmaker’s Garden | HarperCollins |
| Dee | MacDonald | A Body at the Altar | Bookouture |
| Dee | MacDonald | A Body at the Tea Rooms | Bookouture |
| Siobhan | Macdonald | The Bride Collector | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Lorraine | Mace | Love Me Tender | Headline Accent |
| Niki | Mackay | Loaded | Orion Fiction |
| Clare | Mackintosh | Hostage | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Adrian | Magson | A Hostile State | Severn House |
| Adrian | Magson | Death at the Old Asylum | Canelo |
| Imran | Mahmood | I Know What I Saw | Raven Books |
| K. J. | Maitland | The Drowned City | Headline Review |
| G.M. | Malliet | Death in Cornwall | Severn House |
| Nina | Manning | The Bridesmaid | Boldwood Books |
| Andrea | Mara | All Her Fault | Bantam Press |
| David | Mark | Cages | Severn House |
| David | Mark | Past Life | Severn House |
| Alec | Marsh | Ghosts of the West | Headline Accent |
| Nicola | Marsh | The Liar Next Door | Bookouture |
| Dan | Marshall | Black Run | Canelo |
| Laura | Marshall | The Anniversary | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Angela | Marsons | Stolen Ones | Bookouture |
| Angela | Marsons | Twisted Lies | Bookouture |
| Edward | Marston | Orders to Kill | Allison & Busby |
| Edward | Marston | Tragedy on the Branch Line | Allison & Busby |
| Faith | Martin | A Fatal Night | HQ |
| Faith | Martin | Murder Now and Then | Joffe Books |
| Priscilla | Masters | The Subsequent Wife | Severn House |
| Nadine | Matheson | The Jigsaw Man | HQ |
| Owen | Matthews | Red Traitor | Bantam Press |
| James Han | Mattson | Reprieve | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Peter | May | The Night Gate | riverrun |
| Gillian | McAllister | That Night | Michael Joseph |
| Luke | McCallin | Where God Does Not Walk | No Exit Press |
| Kimberly | McCreight | Friends Like These | Headline Review |
| Val | McDermid | 1979 | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Lesley | McEvoy | The Killing Song | Zaffre |
| Chris | McGeorge | Half-Past Tomorrow | Orion Fiction |
| Catriona | McPherson | A Gingerbread House | Severn House |
| Amy Patricia | Meade | From Ladle to Grave | Severn House |
| Amy Patricia | Meade | The Curse of the Cherry Pie | Severn House |
| Chris | Merritt | Lost Souls | Bookouture |
| Chris | Merritt | The New Home | Bookouture |
| Denzil | Meyrick | A Toast to the Old Stones | Polygon |
| Denzil | Meyrick | For Any Other Truth | Polygon |
| Denzil | Meyrick | Terms of Restitution | Polygon |
| Ant | Middleton | Cold Justice | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Lia | Middleton | When They Find Her | Michael Joseph |
| Kate | Mildenhall | The Mother Fault | HarperCollins |
| Mary | Miley | Spirits and Smoke | Severn House |
| Mary | Miley | The Mystic's Accomplice | Severn House |
| Denise | Mina | Rizzio | Polygon |
| Saima | Mir | The Khan | Point Blank |
| Johanna | Mo | The Night Singer | Headline |
| Kiersten | Modglin | Just Married | Bookouture |
| Kiersten | Modglin | Missing Daughter | Bookouture |
| Catherine | Moloney | Crime in the Spa | Joffe Books |
| J. S. | Monroe | The Man On Hackpen Hill | Aries |
| Syd | Moore | Strange Tricks | Point Blank |
| Syd | Moore | The Twelve Even Stranger Days of Christmas | Point Blank |
| Nicola | Moriarty | You Need To Know | Michael Joseph |
| Vera | Morris | The Great Shroud | Headline Accent |
| Tessa | Morris-Suzuki | The Lantern Boats | Joffe Books |
| Ewan | Morrison | How to Survive Everything | Contraband |
| Robbie | Morrison | Edge of the Grave | Macmillan |
| T. F. | Muir | The Murder List | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Owen | Mullen | The Accused | Boldwood Books |
| Steph | Mullins | The Family Tree | Avon |
| Gretta | Mulrooney | Murder in Mallow Cottage | Joffe Books |
| Martina | Murphy | The Night Caller | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Peter | Murphy | A Statue for Jacob | Oldcastle Books |
| Sara Flannery | Murphy | Girl One | Raven Books |
| Tamar | Myers | Mean and Shellfish | Severn House |
| Barbara | Nadel | Forfeit (Ikmen Mystery 23) | Headline |
| Singh | Nalini | Quiet in Her Bones | Gollancz |
| Leonora | Nattrass | Black Drop | Viper |
| Håkan | Nesser | The Lonely Ones | Mantle |
| Rebecca | Netley | The Whistling | Michael Joseph |
| TJ | Newman | Falling | Simon & Schuster |
| Chris | Nickson | Brass Lives | Severn House |
| Dominic | Nolan | Vine Street | Headline |
| Lauren | North | Safe at Home | Corgi |
| Charlotte | Northedge | The House Guest | HarperCollins |
| Deborah | O' Connor | The Captive | Zaffre |
| Carlene | O'Connor | Murder in an Irish Bookshop | Canelo |
| Danny | O'Leary | A Violent Gentleman | Orion Fiction |
| Peggy | O'Neal Peden | Gone Missin' | Severn House |
| Darren | O'Sullivan | The Players | HQ |
| Chris | Offutt | The Killing Hills | No Exit Press |
| Nick | Oldham | Scarred | Severn House |
| Sergio | Olguin | The Foreign Girls | Bitter Lemon Press |
| Gregg | Olsen | Stillwater Island | Bookouture |
| Abigail | Osborne | Save Her | Bloodhound Books |
| Richard | Osman | The Man Who Died Twice | Viking |
| James | Oswald | Nowhere to Run | Wildfire |
| James | Oswald | What Will Burn | Wildfire |
| Leonardo | Padura | The Transparency of Time | Bitter Lemon Press |
| A.J. | Park | Don't Speak | Orion Fiction |
| Alan | Parks | The April Dead | Canongate Books |
| Ambrose | Parry | A Corruption of Blood | Canongate Books |
| Nell | Pattison | Hide | Avon |
| Nell | Pattison | The Silent Suspect | Avon |
| Mary | Paulson-Ellis | Emily Noble's Disgrace | Mantle |
| David | Peace | Tokyo Redux | Faber |
| Biba | Pearce | The Box Hill Killer | Joffe Books |
| Bryony | Pearce | The Girl on the Platform | Avon |
| Lesley | Pearse | Suspects | Michael Joseph |
| Sarah | Pearse | The Sanatorium | Bantam Press |
| Anne | Perry | A Darker Reality | Headline |
| Dana | Perry | Her Ocean Grave | Bookouture |
| Dana | Perry | Silent Island | Bookouture |
| Helen | Phifer | First Girl to Die | Bookouture |
| Helen | Phifer | The Hiding Place | Bookouture |
| Alex | Pine | The Killer in the Snow | Avon |
| Dea | Poirier | Find Me in the Dark | Bookouture |
| Henry | Porter | The Old Enemy | Quercus |
| Laura | Purcell | The Shape of Darkness | Raven Books |
| Xiaolong | Qiu | Inspector Chen and the Private Kitchen Murder | Severn House |
| Kwei | Quartey | Sleep Well My Lady | Allison & Busby |
| Cate | Quinn | Black Widows | Orion Fiction |
| Jenny | Quintana | The Hiding Place | Mantle |
| Caro | Ramsay | On an Outgoing Tide | Severn House |
| Caro | Ramsay | The Silent Conversation | Severn House |
| Sarah | Rayne | The Murder Dance | Severn House |
| Lissa Marie | Redmond | The Parting Glass | Severn House |
| Lisa | Regan | Her Deadly Touch | Bookouture |
| Lisa | Regan | Hush Little Girl | Bookouture |
| Lisa | Regan | The Drowning Girls | Bookouture |
| Kathy | Reichs | The Bone Code | Simon & Schuster |
| Matthew | Reilly | The Two Lost Mountains | Orion Fiction |
| Allie | Reynolds | Shiver | Headline |
| Rod | Reynolds | Black Reed Bay | Orenda Books |
| Kate | Rhodes | Devil’s Table | Simon & Schuster |
| Matthew" | Richardson | The Insider | Michael Joseph |
| Arianne | Richmonde | The Guilty Sister | Bookouture |
| Arianne | Richmonde | The Newlyweds | Bookouture |
| Mike | Ripley | Mr Campion's Coven | Severn House |
| Mike | Ripley | Mr Campion's Wings | Severn House |
| Candace | Robb | The Riverwoman's Dragon | Severn House |
| Michael | Robotham | When You Are Mine | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Amanda | Robson | The Unwelcome Guest | Avon |
| Gemma | Rogers | Bad Girls | Boldwood Books |
| Karen | Rose | Say Goodbye | Headline |
| Mercedes | Rosende | Crocodile Tears | Bitter Lemon Press |
| Rosemary | Rowe | A Dreadful Destiny | Severn House |
| Craig | Russell | Hyde | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Leigh | Russell | Deep Cover | No Exit Press |
| Leigh | Russell | Evil Impulse | No Exit Press |
| Jess | Ryder | The Second Marriage | Bookouture |
| John | Ryder | The Hostage | Bookouture |
| John | Ryder | The Witness | Bookouture |
| John | Ryder | Third Kill | Bookouture |
| Michelle | Salter | The Suffragette's Daughter | Bloodhound Books |
| Ben | Sanders | Sometimes at Night | Severn House |
| Lesley | Sanderson | Every Little Lie | Bookouture |
| Diane | Saxon | The Ex | Boldwood Books |
| Louisa | Scarr | Under a Dark Cloud | Canelo |
| Simon | Scarrow | Blackout | Headline |
| Hansjorg | Schneider | The Basel Killings | Bitter Lemon Press |
| Dan | Scottow | Girl A | Bloodhound Books |
| Robert | Scragg | End of the Line | Allison & Busby |
| Holly | Seddon | The Hit List | Trapeze |
| Helen | Sedgwick | Where the Missing Gather | Point Blank |
| Claire | Seeber | The Parents | Bookouture |
| Claire | Seeber | The Street Party | Bookouture |
| R.D. | Shah | Project Icarus | Canelo |
| Louise | Sharland | The Lake | Avon |
| Zoë | Sharp | Trial Under Fire | ZACE Ltd |
| Zoë | Sharp | The Last Time She Died | Bookouture |
| Alex | Shaw | Total Fallout | HQ |
| Alex | Shaw | Traitors | HQ |
| William | Shaw | The Trawlerman | riverrun |
| Laura | Shepherd-Robinson | Daughters of Night | Mantle |
| Steve | Sheppard | Bored to Death in the Baltics | Claret Press |
| Sara | Sheridan | Celtic Cross | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Mel | Sherratt | Ten Days | Bookouture |
| Mel | Sherratt | The Life She Wants | Bookouture |
| Lilja | Sigurdardóttir | Cold as Hell | Orenda Books |
| Daniel | Silva | The Cellist | HarperCollins |
| Rob | Sinclair | Renegade | Bloodhound Books |
| Anita | Sivakumaran | Cold Sun | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Douglas | Skelton | A Rattle of Bones | Polygon |
| K.L. | Slater | The Marriage | Bookouture |
| K.L. | Slater | The Widow | Bookouture |
| Karin | Slaughter | False Witness | HarperCollins |
| Miranda | Smith | His Loving Wife | Bookouture |
| Miranda | Smith | Not My Mother | Bookouture |
| Nikki | Smith | Look What You Made Me Do | Orion Fiction |
| Adam | Southward | The Stranger Next Door | Headline Accent |
| Wole | Soyinka | Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth | Bloomsbury Circus |
| Jo | Spain | The Perfect Lie | Quercus |
| B.R. | Spangler | The Crying House | Bookouture |
| B.R. | Spangler | The Memory Bones | Bookouture |
| Sally | Spencer | Poison | Severn House |
| Sally | Spencer | The Company | Severn House |
| Stephen | Spotswood | Murder Under Her Skin | Wildfire |
| Lynda | Stacey | No Place Like Home | Boldwood Books |
| David | Stafford | Skelton's Guide to Domestic Poisons | Allison & Busby |
| Cath | Staincliffe | Running Out of Road | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Michael | Stanley | Facets of Death | Orenda Books |
| Wendy Corsi | Staub | Prose and Cons | Severn House |
| Catherine | Steadman | The Disappearing Act | Simon & Schuster |
| Peter | Steiner | The Constant Man | Severn House |
| Roger | Stelljes | The Hidden Girl | Bookouture |
| Roger | Stelljes | The Winter Girls | Bookouture |
| Amy | Stewart | Still Mine | Canelo |
| Tess | Stimson | Stolen | Avon |
| Lisa | Stone | The Cottage | HarperCollins |
| Rosalind | Stopps | A Beginner's Guide to Murder | HQ |
| Sarah | Sultoon | The Source | Orenda Books |
| Peter | Swanson | Every Vow You Break | Faber |
| S.D. | Sykes | The Good Death | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Vanda | Symon | Bound | Orenda Books |
| Marcia | Talley | Done Gone | Severn House |
| Emma | Tallon | Her Revenge | Bookouture |
| Emma | Tallon | Her Rival | Bookouture |
| Andrew | Taylor | The Royal Secret | HarperCollins |
| C L | Taylor | Her Last Holiday | Avon |
| Aline | Templeton | Old Sins | Allison & Busby |
| Russ | Thomas | Nighthawking | Simon & Schuster |
| E. S. | Thomson | Nightshade | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Robert | Thorogood | The Marlow Murder Club | HQ |
| Marion | Todd | Next in Line | Canelo |
| Peter | Tremayne | The House of Death | Headline |
| Nicole | Trope | The Family Across the Street | Bookouture |
| Nicole | Trope | The Mother's Fault | Bookouture |
| M.J. | Trow | The Knight's Tale | Severn House |
| CJ | Tudor | The Burning Girls | Michael Joseph |
| Jem | Tugwell | Dishonoured | Serpentine Books |
| Antti | Tuomainen | The Rabbit Factor | Orenda Books |
| LC | Tyler | Farewell My Herring | Allison & Busby |
| V.L. | Valentine | The Plague Letters | Viper |
| L.T. | Vargus | Watch Her Sleep | Bookouture |
| Paul | Vidich | The Mercenary | No Exit Press |
| Elaine | Viets | Life Without Parole | Severn House |
| Will | Vlautin | The Night Always Comes | Faber |
| Martin | Walker | The Coldest Case | Quercus |
| Catriona | Ward | The Last House On Needless Street | Viper |
| Julie | Wassmer | Strictly Murder | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Sue | Watson | The Forever Home | Bookouture |
| Sue | Watson | The New Wife | Bookouture |
| Holly | Watt | The Hunt and the Kill | Raven Books |
| Anna-Lou | Weatherley | The Woman Inside | Bookouture |
| Tim | Weaver | Missing Pieces | Michael Joseph |
| Tim | Weaver | The Shadow at the Door | Michael Joseph |
| Matt | Wesolowski | Deity | Orenda Books |
| Jeri | Westerson | The Deadliest Sin | Severn House |
| Anna | Wharton | The Imposter | Mantle |
| D.E. | White | The Abberley Beach Murders | Joffe Books |
| Nicola | White | The Rosary Garden | Viper |
| S. R. | White | Prisoner | Headline |
| Michael | Wiley | Head Case | Severn House |
| Kerry | Wilkinson | The Blame | Bookouture |
| Kerry | Wilkinson | The Child in the Photo | Bookouture |
| Kerry | Wilkinson | The Perfect Daughter | Bookouture |
| T.A. | Willberg | Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder | Trapeze |
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