THE CRIME TIME CHRISTMAS DEBATE - 2022 BEST CRIME NOVELS

THE CRIME TIME CHRISTMAS DEBATE - BEST CRIME NOVELS OF 2022.BARRY FORSHAW chairs a panel of top critics and writers Laura Wilson (Guardian critic, novelist) , Maxim Jakubowski (editor, publisher, writer, bookseller), Jake Kerridge (crime fiction critic for the Telegraph), Ayo Onatade (critic ShotsBlog) Victoria Selman (novelist and Crime Time presenter) and Paul Burke.Book Choices:Barry ForshawA Heart Full of Headstones – Ian RankinBlue Water – Leonora Nattras* The Dark Flood – Deon Meyer (trans. K L Seegers)The Lost Man of Bombay – Vaseem KhanThe Twyford Code – Janice Hallett2023: The Shadows of London – Andrew Taylor* Laura WilsonThe Book of the Most Precious Substance – Sara GranQueen High – C J Carey*On Java Road – Lawrence OsborneWrong Place, Wrong Time – Gillian McAllisterThe Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill – C S Robertson2023: Stay Buried – Kate Webb, The Skeleton Key - Erin Kelly, Charlotte Vassell - The Other Half, Strange Sally Diamond - Liz Nugent, The Only Suspect - Louise Candlish.Maxim JakubowskiThe Maid – Nita ProseHow to Find Your Way in the Dark – Derek B MillerHeat 2 – Michael Mann & Meg GardinerShoot the Moonlight Out – William BoyleMaror – Lavie Tidhar 2023: Death and the Conjuror – Tom MeadAyo OnatadeCity on Fire – Don WinslowThe Life of Crime – Martin EdwardsConfidence – Denise MinaBreaking Point – Olivier NorekBlue Water – Leonora Nattras*The Devil Takes You Home - Gabino Iglesias2023: The Shadows of London – Andrew Taylor*Jake KerridgeA Season in Exile – Oliver HarrisThe Trees – Percival EverettThe Trenches – Parker BilalThe Girls Are Good – Ilaria BernadiniMurder Memoir Murder – Anthony J Quinn2023: Tomas Nevinson – Javier MariasVictoria SelmanThe IT Girl – Ruth WareThe Reunion – Polly Philips The Empty Room – Brian McGilloway Queen High – C J Carey* (also Laura)Hunting Time – Jeffery Deaver2023: The Things We Do To Our Friends – Heather Darwent, The Quiet Tenant - Clémence Michallon.Paul BurkeRacing the Light – Robert CraisThe Invisible – Peter Papathanasiou River Clyde – Simone Buchholz (trans. Rachel Ward)House of Ashes – Stuart NevilleSmall Deaths – Rijula Das2023: White Riot – Joe Thomas, All the Sinners Bleed - SA Cosby* Books on more than 1 listProduced by Junkyard DogMusic courtesy of Southgate and LeighCrime TimePaul Burke writes for Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network. He is also a CWA Historical Dagger Judge 2022 .Produced by Junkyard DogCrime TimeCrime Time FM is the official podcast ofGwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023 & 2025CrimeFest 2023CWA Daggers 2023 & 2024 & National Crime Reading Month& Newcastle Noir 2023 and 20242024 Slaughterfest,

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