Crime Time has once again asked luminaries from the world of crime fiction reviewing for their picks of 2018. The result is a striking and varied list of what has proved to be another vintage year for crime fiction publishing. Choices by Marcel Berlins, Barry Forshaw, Jake Kerridge, Laura Wilson, Maxim Jakubowski, Karen Robinson, Jon Coates and Sarah Ward…
Marcel Berlins, The Times
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
by Stuart Turton
All the Hidden Truths
by Claire Askew
Th1rt3en
by Steve Cavanagh
Barry Forshaw, Financial Times
Breathe
by Dominick Donald
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
by Stuart Turton
Th1rt3en
by Steve Cavanagh
Laura Wilson, The Guardian
Jon Coates, The Express
(It pains me to leave out Anna Mazzola’s Storykeeper and Michael Connelly’s Dark Sacred Night, but I guess that shows how good a year it’s been!)
Smoke and Ashes
Abir Mukherjee
Only Killers and Thieves
by Paul Howarth
Good Samaritans
by Will Carver
Jake Kerridge, The Daily Telegraph
City Without Stars
by Tim Baker
The Infinite Blacktop
by Sara Gran
A Treachery of Spies
by Manda Scott
Karen Robinson, The Times / Sunday Times Crime Club
When Trouble Sleeps
by Leye Adenle
Cold Breath
by Quentin Bates
All The Hidden Truths
by Claire Askew
Gangster Nation
by Tod Goldberg
Vernon Subutex Two
by Virginie Despentes
Trans. Frank Wynne
Brothers in Blood
by Amer Anwar
Maxim Jakubowski, Crime Time
Unholy Land
by Lavie Tidhar
Nightfall Berlin
by Jack Grimwood
A Million Drops
by Victor Del Arbol
Trans. Lisa Dillman
Sarah Ward, Crime Pieces
American By Day
by Derek B Miller
Star of the North
by DB John
The Liar's Girl
by Catherine Ryan Howard
The Stranger Diaries
by Elly Griffiths
The House on Half Moon Street
by Alex Reeve
An Unwanted Guest
by Shari Lapena
