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All the books on the list "The 100 Best Crime Novels and Thrillers since 1945" from The Times. The Times team pick their favourite crime and spy novels, from Agatha Christie and Georges Simenon to today’s edgy Scandi and Japanese masters.
Apr 25, 2024 · Discover the most exciting crime fiction novels of 2023, 2024 and the classics of all time. From Ann Cleeves to David Baldacci, explore gripping detective stories, cosy crime series and true-to-life cases.
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Dec 7, 2021 · Those I rate highest are RHODE ISLAND RED, COQ AU VIN and DRUMSTICKS (all Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, paper, $16 each), Charlotte Carter’s jazz-inflected series featuring the street...
- Garnethill by Denise Mina. The award-winning debut crime novel by Denise Mina sees psychiatric patient Maureen O’Donnell thrown into a difficult situation when she finds her boyfriend dead in her living room.
- Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith. Two desperate men with their minds on murder meet on a train and make a dreadful pact – they will swap victims.
- The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena. When Anne is invited to dinner next door, she’s told not to bring her baby, Cora.
- The Dry by Jane Harper. Three members of the same family are brutally murdered. Everyone thinks the husband is guilty and committed suicide after killing his wife and six-year-old son.
Dec 6, 2022 · Nonsense. The genre does not need saving. Smart, sharp and endlessly inventive, it’s salvation for readers in need of entertainment and escape. Reading widely, always my goal, introduced me to a...
Nov 20, 2019 · Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn. (2012) More than any other book in the decade, Gillian Flynn’s mega-hit Gone Girl captured the essence of female rage, as millions of well-dressed, seemingly content women used Flynn’s fearsome takedown of the patriarchy to unleash their inner discontent.
