July 2022
Author
of the Month - Nadine Matheson
Fresh
Blood - Jack Lutz
Classic
Crime - Christianna Brand
Reviews
Laurie Petrou - Stargazer
Brian McGilloway - The Empty Room
Neil Lancaster - The Blood Tide
Mark Edwards - No Place To Run
Hannah King - She and I
Sarah Pinborough - Insomnia
Amy McCulloch - Breathless
Rosemary Shrager - The Last Supper
Sharon Bolton - The Dark
Horst Enger - Unhinged
Cynthia Harrod Eagles - Headlong
Ragnar Jónasson - Outside
Martin Edwards - The Crooked Shore
M.C. Beaton with R.W. Green - Down The Hatch
Georges Simenon - The People Opposite
Nadine Matheson - The Jigsaw Man
Colin Dexter - Riddle of the Third Mile
Patricia Highsmith - Ripley Under Water
James Patterson and James O. Born - The Russian
February 2022
Author
of the Month - Stuart Neville
Fresh
Blood - Amen Alonge
Classic
Crime - Agatha Christie
Sarah Bonner - Her Perfect Twin
Faith Martin - A Fatal Night
Olivier Norek - The Lost and the Damned
Louise Welsh - The Second Cut
Sarah Goodwin - Stranded
Elly Griffiths - The Locked Room
Thomas Morris - The Dublin Railway Murder
C.M. Ewan - The Interview
Robert Bryndza - Darkness Falls
C.S. Robertson - The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill
John Simpson - Our Friends in Beijing
December 2021
Author
of the Month - Craig Russell
Fresh
Blood - Robbie Morrison
Classic
Crime - William McIlvanney
Reviews
Martin Walker - Bruno’s Challenge and other Dordogne Tales
Christopher Fowler - Bryant and May: London Bridge Is Falling Down
Simon Kernick - Good Cop, Bad Cop
Charles Cumming - Judas 62
Simon Scarrow - The Honour of Rome
John le Carré - Silverview
Nicola Upson - The Dead of Winter
Marion Todd - Next In Line
E.R.C. Lorac - Checkmate To Murder
Nick Louth - The Body on the Moor
Katerina Diamond - Trick or Treat
Agatha Christie - The Tuesday Murder Club
Leigh Russell - Deep Cover
Bernard Cornwell - Sharpe's Assassin
October 2021
Reviews
Rhiannon Ward - The Shadowing
William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin - The Dark Remains
Claire Douglas - The Couple at No.9
Georges Simenon - Death Threats and Other Stories
Ann Cleeves - The Heron's Cry
Elly Griffiths - The Midnight Hour
Linwood Barclay - Find You First
A.J. Cross - Dark Truths
S.D. Sykes - The Good Death
Anthony Horowitz - A Line To Kill
James Patterson and Adam Hamdy - Private Rogue
Colin Dexter - The Dead of Jericho
P.D. James - The Skull Beneath the Skin
Robert Goddard - The Fine Art of Invisible Detection
August 2021
Author
of the Month - Megan Abbott
Fresh
Blood - Ann Bloxwich
Classic
Crime - Frederick Forsyth
Reviews
Will Carver - The Beresford
Vaseem Khan - The Dying Day
Laura Lippman - Dream Girl
Ragnar Jónasson - The Girl Who Died
Lindsey Davis - A Comedy of Terrors
Laura Dave - The Last Thing He Told Me
Tom Bradby - Triple Cross
John Bude - Death on the Riviera
Alice Hunter - The Serial Killer's Wife
M.C. Beaton - Hot To Trot
Steve Cavanagh - The Devil's Advocate
Karen Hamilton - The Last Wife
Colin Dexter - Service of All The Dead
James Patterson and James O. Born - Blindside
Patricia Highsmith - Ripley's Game
Patricia Highsmith - The Boy Who Followed Ripley
June 2021
Author
of the Month - Joseph Knox
Fresh
Blood - Sarah Pearse
Classic
Crime - E.C.R. Lorac
Reviews
M.W. Craven - Dead Ground
Marion Todd - What They Knew
Martin Walker - The Coldest Case
E.C.R. Lorac - Murder at the Mill-Race
S.V. Leonard - The Islanders
E.C.R. Lorac - Murder By Matchlight
Will Shindler - The Burning Men
Mari Hannah - Without A Trace
Sarah Hilary - Fragile
May 2021
Author
of the Month - David Fennell
Classic
Crime - Ngaio Marsh
Reviews
Danuta Kot - Someone Who Isn't Me
M.J. Lee - When The Evil Waits
Stephen Clarke - The Spy Who Inspired Me
Alex Gray - Before The Storm
Paul Herron - Breakout
Neil Broadfoot - The Point of No Return
Frances Brody - Death and the Brewery Queen
Lynda La Plante - Judas Horse
Kate Morgan - Murder: The Biography
Jørn Lier Horst and Thomas Enger - Smoke Screen
James Patterson and Maxine Paetro - 21st Birthday
April 2021
Author
of the Month - Simon Scarrow
Fresh
Blood - Tina Jackson
Classic
Crime - Patricia Highsmith
Reviews
Femi Kayode - The Lightseekers
Elly Griffiths - The Night Hawks
Sharon Bolton - The Pact
Romy Hausmann - Dear Child
Gytha Lodge - Lie Beside Me
James Oswald - What Will Burn
Jane Harper - The Survivors
Ann Cleeves - The Darkest Evening
February 2021
Author
of the Month - Will Dean
Margaret Murphy - Don't Scream
M.J. Lee - Where The Truth Lies
Rory Clements - A Prince and A Spy
Oscar De Muriel - The Dance of the Serpents
Nick Louth - The Body Under The Bridge
Jørn Lier Horst - The Inner Darkness
Parker Bilal - The Heights
Tom Bradby - Double Agent
Lisa Hartley - Home Fires Burn
Radha Vatsal - A Front Page Affair
M.J. Lee - When The Past Kills
Patricia Highsmith - Ripley Under Ground
December 2020
Author
of the Month - Jeffrey Archer
Fresh
Blood - Sharon Bairden
Classic
Crime - Minette Walters
Robert Bryndza - Shadow Sands
Barbara Nadel - A Time To Die
Neil Spring - The Haunted Shore
Simon Kernick - Kill A Stranger
Ragnar Jónasson - Winterkill
Sheila Bugler - When the Dead Speak
Lee Child and Andrew Grant - The Sentinel
Micheal Connelly - The Law of Innocence
Simon Scarrow - Emperor of Exile
Ian Rankin - A Song for the Dark Times
Laura Thompson - Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life
P.D. James - Devices and Desires
Brian Masters - Killing For Company
Ann Cleeves - A Lesson In Dying
November 2020
Reviews
Margaret Murphy - Before He Kills Again
Nicola White - A Famished Heart
Jeff Abbott - Blame
Ann Granger - A Matter of Murder
Elly Griffiths - The Postscript Murders
David Mark - The Burying Ground
Alex Dahl - Playdate
Antonia Hodgson - The Silver Collar
Charles Cumming - Box 88
S.J. Watson - Final Cut
October 2020
Author
of the Month - Rhiannon Ward
Fresh
Blood - Naomi Booth
Classic
Crime - Agatha Christie
Reviews
Christopher Fowler - Oranges and Lemons
Will Carver - Hinton Hollow Death Trip
Steve Cavanagh - 50/50
K Ferrari - Like Flies from Afar
Simon Lelic - The Search Party
Simon Conway - The Stranger
Vaseem Khan - Midnight at Malabar House
James Patterson and Adam Hamdy - Private Moscow
John Grisham - Camino Winds
David Hewson - A Season for the Dead
P.D. James - A Taste for Death
September 2020
Classic
Crime - P.D. James
August 2020
Author
of the Month - S. G. MacLean
Reviews
S. K. Barnett - Safe
Yrsa Sigurdardottir - Gallows Rock
Chris Carter - Written In Blood
Cathy Ace - The Corpse with the Crystal Skull
Gillian McAllister - How To Disappear
Caz Frear - Shed No Tears
Gytha Lodge - Watching in the Dark
Will Adams - The Sacred Spoils
Helen Monks Takhar - Precious You
Lindsey Davis - The Grove of the Caesars
Nicholas Shakespeare - The Sandpit
Kathy Reichs - A Conspiracy of Bones
T. M. Logan - The Catch
Ann Cleeves - A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy
July 2020
Author
of the Month - T.W. Ellis
Fresh
Blood - Sam Lloyd
Classic
Crime - Gladys Mitchell
Reviews
Charlotte Levin - If I Can't Have You
Barbara Nadel - Blood Business
Sharon Bolton - The Split
Alex Gray - When Shadows Fall
Martin Walker - A Shooting at Chateau Rock
Cora Harrison - A Shameful Murder
Helen Fitzgerald - Worst Case Scenario
Sarah Flint - Mummy's Favourite
M.J. Arlidge - All Fall Down
Elizabeth Mundy - A Messy Affair
Ann Cleeves - Murder in My Back Yard
Shari Lapena - An Unwanted Guest
P.D. James - The Part-Time Job
June 2020
Author
of the Month - Iain Maitland
Reviews
Craig Robertson - Watch Him Die
Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen - An Anonymous Girl
Helen Fitzgerald - Ash Mountain
John Marrs - What Lies Between Us
Mark Edwards - The House Guest
Kevin Sullivan - The Figure in the Photograph
M.W. Craven - The Curator
Michael Jecks - Rebellion's Message
Jane Corry - I Made A Mistake
Georgette Heyer - Duplicate Death
May 2020
Fresh
Blood - Russ Thomas
Reviews
Ani Katz - A Good Man
Joe Thomas - Bent
Julie Wassmer - Disappearance at Oare
Alice Feeney - His and Hers
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles - Shadow Play
Reginald Hill - Dialogues of the Dead
Georgette Heyer - The Unfinished Clue
Raymond Chandler - The Big Sleep
Colin Dexter - The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn
James Herbert - Haunted
April 2020
Author
of the Month - Peter Swanson
Reviews
TP Fielden - Died and Gone to Devon
Martin Walker - The Body in the Castle Well
Graham Moore - The Holdout
Andrew Taylor - The Last Protector
Frances Brody - The Body on the Train
Harlan Coben - The Boy From The Woods
Elizabeth Kay - Seven Lies
Josephine Tey - The Franchise Affair
Louise Jensen - The Family
Celia Fremlin - The Jealous One
March 2020
Author
of the Month - Sheila Bugler
Fresh
Blood - Stephanie Wrobel
Classic
Crime - Ruth Rendell
Reviews
Marjorie Celona - How a Woman Becomes a Lake
Ralph Vincent - Are You Watching?
James Oswald - Bury Them Deep
S.G. MacLean - The Bear Pit
Sally Spencer - A Shivering Turn
C.M. Ewan - A Window Breaks
Ed. by Martin Edwards - The Measure of Malice
Vanessa Savage - The Woods
Georges Simenon - Maigret and Monsieur Charles
James Patterson - Criss Cross
Agatha Christie - The Last Séance
February 2020
Fresh
Blood - Deborah Masson
Reviews
Robert Bryndza - Nine Elms
SJI Holliday - Violet
Adam Hamdy - Black 13
CC MacDonald - Happy Ever After
Elly Griffiths - The Lantern Men
Alex Lake - Seven Days
Hilary Bonner - Deadly Dance
C.J. Tudor - The Other People
Daniel Cole - Endgame
Alec Marsh - Rule Britannia
H.C. Warner - She
January 2020
Author
of the Month - Luca Veste
Fresh
Blood -
Classic
Crime - Caroline Graham
Reviews
Peter May - A Silent Death
Humphrey Hawksley - Man On Ice
Rachel Sargeant - The Room Mates
L.K. Chapman - Anything For Him
Paul Grzegorzek - Closer Than Blood
Ambrose Parry - The Art of Dying
Abir Mukherjee - Death in the East
Mike Ripley - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Michael Robotham - Good Girl, Bad Girl
Leona Deakin - Gone
Lisa Jewell - The Family Upstairs
Mike Ripley - Mr Campion's Farewell
December 2019
Author
of the Month -
Fresh
Blood -
Classic
Crime -
Reviews
Christopher Fowler - Bryant and May: England's Finest
Syd Moore - The Twelve Strange Days of Christmas
Barry Forshaw - Crime Fiction: A Reader's Guide
Simon Kernick - Die Alone
Angela Marsons - First Blood
Ed. by Cecily Gayford - Murder at Christmas
Simon Scarrow - Traitors of Rome
Bernard Cornwell - Sword of Kings
Gladys Mitchell - Death Comes At Christmas
Mary Kelly - The Christmas Egg
Celia Fremlin - Ghostly Stories
Ed. by Cecily Gayford - A Very Murderous Christmas
Agatha Christie - Murder, She Said: The Quotable Miss Marple
Ed. by Cecily Gayford - Murder Under the Christmas Tree
Kate Jackson - The Pocket Detective 2
Michael J. Malone - In the Absence of Miracles
Bonnie MacBird - The Devil's Due
Elly Griffiths - Now You See Them
Mikita Brottman - An Unexplained Death
Daniel Cole - Hangman
Ruth Ware - The Turn of the Key
Peter Robinson - Many Rivers To Cross
Susan Hill - The Benefit of Hindsight
M.C. Beaton - Beating About the Bush
Louise Penny - A Better Man
Jeffrey Archer - Nothing Ventured
Lee Child - Blue Moon
Simon Scarrow and T.J. Andrews - Pirata
Felix Francis - Guilty Not Guilty
Martina Cole - No Mercy
John Grisham - The Guardians
September 2019
Author
of the Month - Ann Cleeves
Fresh
Blood - Noelle Holten
Ashley Dyer - The Cutting Room
Vaseem Khan - Bad Day at the Vulture Club
Julia Chapman - Date With Poison
Mark Edwards - Here To Stay
Claire Douglas - Then She Vanishes
Stephen Booth - Drowned Lives
Joseph Knox - The Sleepwalker
Daniel Cole - Ragdoll
Alex Dahl - The Heart Keeper
Jonathan Aycliffe - The Vanishment
August 2019
Author
of the Month - Laura Lippman
Fresh
Blood - Adam Southward
Reviews
Danuta Kot - Life Ruins
Christopher Fowler - The Lonely Hour
Stephen Wade and Stuart Gibbon - Being a Detective
Alex Marwood - The Poison Garden
Lorraine Mace - Retriever of Souls
Gytha Lodge - She Lies In Wait
Frances Brody - A Snapshot of Murder
James Oswald - Nothing To Hide
Dr Richard Shepherd - Unnatural Causes
Georges Simenon - Maigret and the Tramp
July 2019
Author
of the Month - Denise Mina
Fresh
Blood - Trevor Mark Thomas
Classic
Crime - Agatha Christie
Reviews
Melissa Scrivner Love - American Heroin
Gillian McAllister - The Evidence Against You
Anthony J. Quinn - The Listeners
Lisa Gray - Thin Air
Alex North - The Whisper Man
Jay Stringer - Marah Chase and the Conqueror’s Tomb
M.W. Craven - Black Summer
Jane Casey - Cruel Acts
Alice Feeney - I Know Who You Are
Melanie Golding - Little Darlings
June 2019
Author
of the Month - C.L. Taylor
Reviews
John Marrs - The Passengers
Syd Moore - Strange Tombs
Alafair Burke - The Better Sister
Anne Randall - Deceived
Simon Beckett - The Scent of Death
Tana French - The Wych Elm
Rafael Bernal - The Mongolian Conspiracy
Alex Michaelides - The Silent Patient
Jacqueline Winspear - The American Agent
Thomas Harris - Cari Mora
James Ellroy - This Storm
May 2019
Fresh
Blood - James Delargy
Neil Spring - The Burning House
Ambrose Parry - The Way of All Flesh
Sarah Hilary - Never Be Broken
Chris Carter - Hunting Evil
Yrsa Sigurdardottir - The Absolution
Georges Simenon - Maigret's Patience
April 2019
Author
of the Month - Erin Kelly
Classic
Crime - Philip Kerr
Amy Lloyd - One More Lie
Louise Beech - Call Me Star Girl
Nuala Ellwood - Day of the Accident
Steph Broadribb - Deep Dirty Truth
Elizabeth Mundy - A Clean Canvas
Kate Rhodes - Ruin Beach
Jason Starr - Too Far
Ragnar Jónasson - The Island
Lindsey Davis - A Capitol Death
Tim Weaver - You Were Gone
Christian White - The Nowhere Child
Annie Ward - Beautiful Bad
Georges Simenon - Maigret and the Nahour Case
M.C. Beaton - Agatha Raisin and the Dead Ringer
March 2019
Author
of the Month - Craig Russell
Fresh
Blood - Dominic Nolan
J.D. Barker - The Fifth To Die
Susan Wilkins - It Should Have Been Me
Janet Evanovich - Look Alive 25
C.J. Tudor - The Taking of Annie Thorne
Robert Thorogood - Murder in the Caribbean
Søren Sveistrup - The Chestnut Man
Georges Simenon - Maigret's Anger
P.D. James - The Victim
February 2019
Author
of the Month - M.W. Craven
Fresh
Blood - Chris Hammer
Classic
Crime - Margaret Millar
Reviews
Elly Griffiths - The Stone Circle
Hanna Jameson - The Last
Lizzy Barber - My Name Is Anna
Victoria Selman - Blood For Blood
James Oswald - Cold As The Grave
Candice Fox - Gone By Midnight
Lisa Jewell - Then She Was Gone
Lucy Clarke - You Let Me In
Emma Rowley - Where The Missing Go
Lisa Gardner - Never Tell
Georges Simenon - Maigret and the Ghost
Fiona Barton - The Suspect
January 2019
Author
of the Month - Graham Smith
Fresh
Blood - Lesley Kara
Robert Scragg - What Falls Between the Cracks
Vanessa Savage - The Woman in the Dark
Lee Child - Past Tense
Josephine Tey - The Daughter of Time
Arthur Conan Doyle - Selected Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
December 2018
Author
of the Month - Will Carver
Fresh
Blood - Rachael Blok
Reviews
Celia Fremlin - The Long Shadow
Ed. by Martin Edwards - Crimson Snow
W.C. Ryan - A House of Ghosts
Chris Mooney - The Snow Girls
Sara Paretsky - Shell Game
Tom Bale - One Dark Night
Mark Edwards - In Her Shadow
Simon Kernick - We Can See You
John Guzlowski - Suitcase Charlie
Georges Simenon - Maigret in Court
C.J. Sansom - Tombland
Georges Simenon - Maigret and the Old People
Louise Penny - Kingdom of the Blind
Georges Simenon - Maigret and the Lazy Burglar
Simon Scarrow - The Blood of Rome
Bernard Cornwell - War of the Wolf
November 2018
Author
of the Month - Lynda La Plante
Fresh
Blood - Alison Belsham
Classic
Crime - Julian Symons
Reviews
Elly Griffiths - The Stranger Diaries
Michael Wood - The Hangman's Hold
Michael J. Malone - After He Died
Peter Robinson - Careless Love
Zoë Sharp - Dancing on the Grave
Sarah Ward - The Shrouded Path
Alan Glynn - Under the Night
Ann Cleeves - Wild Fire
Sarah J. Naughton - The Other Couple
Hannah Dennison - Murderous Mayhem at Honeychurch Hall
Georges Simenon - Maigret's Secret
Ann Granger - An Unfinished Murder
Susan Hill - The Comforts of Home
James Oswald - No Time To Cry
John Grisham - The Reckoning
Georges Simenon - Maigret and the Good People of Montparnasse
September 2018
Author
of the Month - Martin Edwards
Fresh
Blood - Jennifer Lane
Flynn Berry - A Double Life
Neil Broadfoot - No Man's Land
M.J. Tjia - A Necessary Murder
Georges Simenon - Maigret Three Volume Set
Simon Lelic - The Liar's Room
Martin Walker - A Taste for Vengeance
Matt Hilton - Darke
Riley Sager - Last Time I Lied
Stephen Booth - Fall Down Dead
Luke Delaney - A Killing Mind
Shelley Smith - An Afternoon To Kill
M.C. Beaton - Agatha Raisin and the Witches' Tree
August 2018
Author
of the Month - Martyn Waites
Aidan Truhen - The Price You Pay
L.J. Morris - Desperate Ground
Kate Rhodes - Hell Bay
Catherine Steadman - Something in the Water
Jackie Baldwin - Perfect Dead
Claire Askew - All the Hidden Truths
Linwood Barclay - A Noise Downstairs
Sabine Durrant - Take Me In
John Harvey - Body and Soul
Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke - Girl's Night Out
Georges Simenon - Maigret and the Reluctant Witness
J.P. Delaney - Believe Me
Megan Abbott - Give Me Your Hand
July 2018
Fresh
Blood - Jo Jakeman
Classic
Crime - Robert Bloch
Reviews
Laura Wilson - The Other Woman
Leonard Gribble - The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
James Patterson - The People vs. Alex Cross
Steve Cavanagh - Th1rt3en
Chris Simms - Loose Tongues
Elisabeth Carpenter - 99 Red Balloons
M.J. Ford - Hold My Hand
Wendy Walker - Emma in the Night
Alex Grecian - The Wolf
Sarah Pinborough - Cross Her Heart
Patricia Highsmith - Strangers on a Train
Georges Simenon - Maigret Travels
Stephen King - The Outsider
June 2018
Author
of the Month - Louise Voss
Fresh
Blood - G.D. Abson
Syd Moore - Strange Fascination
Oscar de Muriel - Loch of the Dead
Louise Candlish - Our House
Vaseem Khan - Murder at the Grand Raj Palace
Belinda Bauer - Snap
Ali Carter - A Brush with Death
David Jackson - Don't Make a Sound
Araminta Hall - Our Kind of Cruelty
Jeffery Deaver - The Cutting Edge
Georges Simenon - Maigret's Doubts
May 2018
Author
of the Month - Ed James
Fresh
Blood - Roz Watkins
Classic
Crime - Ursula Curtiss
Reviews
Mark Edwards - The Retreat
Barry Forshaw - Historical Noir
Vicky Newham - Turn a Blind Eye
Peter Høeg - The Susan Effect
Julia Chapman - Date With Death
Derek B. Miller - American By Day
Georges Simenon - Maigret Sets a Trap
Lucy English - Girl Ghosted
Georges Simenon - Maigret Enjoys Himself
April 2018
Author
of the Month - Ashley Dyer
Fresh
Blood - Olivia Kiernan
Reviews
Cathi Unsworth - That Old Black Magic
Sarah Hilary - Come and Find Me
Luca Veste - The Bone Keeper
Ragnar Jónasson - The Darkness
Karen Hamilton - The Perfect Girlfriend
Alex Gray - Only the Dead Can Tell
Martin Daley - The Casebook of Inspector Armstrong: Volume 3
Joseph Knox - The Smiling Man
Lindsey Davis - Pandora's Boy
Georges Simenon - Maigret's Failure
Gary Dolman - A Satyr's Dance
March 2018
Author
of the Month - Craig Robertson
Classic
Crime - Georges Simenon
Reviews
S.S. Mausoof - The Warehouse
Stevyn Colgan - A Murder To Die For
Elly Griffiths - The Dark Angel
Gillian McAllister - Anything You Do Say
Felix Francis - Pulse
Jenny Blackhurst - The Foster Child
Lesley Grant-Adamson - Patterns in the Dust
P.D. James - Shroud for a Nightingale
Agatha Christie - Sad Cypress
February 2018
Author
of the Month - Jane Harper
Fresh
Blood - A.J. Finn
Reviews
Laura Marshall - Friend Request
James Oswald - The Gathering Dark
Sherri Smith - Follow Me Down
Phoebe Morgan - The Doll House
Lisa Gardner - Look For Me
Allan Watson - Heart Swarm
Eva Dolan - This Is How It Ends
Karen Cleveland - Need To Know
January 2018
Author
of the Month - Rene Denfeld
Fresh
Blood - C.J. Tudor
Reviews
Sarah Vaughan - Anatomy of a Scandal
Kaira Rouda - Best Day Ever
Ann Granger - Rooted in Evil
Matt Hilton - Worst Fear
Sara Paretsky - Fallout
Stuart MacBride - Now We Are Dead
December 2017
Author
of the Month - Nicola Upson
Fresh
Blood - Laura Purcell
Classic
Crime - Anne Meredith
Reviews
Frances Brody - Death in the Stars
Georges Simenon - A Maigret Christmas and other stories
Christopher Fowler - The Book of Forgotten Authors
Martin Edwards - The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books
Ed. by Martin Edwards - Locked Room Mysteries
Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark - The Christmas Thief and other stories
Michael J. Malone - The House of Spines
Helen Cadbury - Race to the Kill
Ragnar Jónasson - White Out
Julia Chapman - Date With Malice
Elly Griffiths - The Vanishing Box
Arne Dahl - Watching You
P.D. James - Sleep No More
Cyril Hare - An English Murder
Gladys Mitchell - Murder in the Snow
M.B. Shaw - Murder at the Mill
Francis Duncan - Murder for Christmas
November 2017
Author
of the Month - Attica Locke
Fresh
Blood - Finn Bell
Reviews
Syd Moore - Strange Sight
Ruth Rendell - A Spot of Folly
Zoe Sharp - Fox Hunter
Chris Curran - Her Deadly Secret
Felicia Yap - Yesterday
Lindsey Davis - The Third Nero
Simon Kernick - The Hanged Man
Harlan Coben - Don't Let Go
Lee Child - The Midnight Line
October 2017
Fresh
Blood - Jonothan Cullinane
Classic
Crime - Ngaio Marsh
Reviews
Agatha Christie - And Then There Were None
Neil White - From the Shadows
Lilja Sigurðardóttir - Snare
Mike Craven - Body Breaker
A.A. Dhand - Girl Zero
Martin Walker - The Templar's Last Secret
Joseph Finder - The Switch
September 2017
Author
of the Month - George Mann
Fresh
Blood - Emma Viskic
Reviews
Martina Cole - Damaged
Ed. by Gordon Brown - Bloody Scotland
David Lagercrantz - The Girl Who Takes An Eye For An Eye
Sarah Ward - A Patient Fury
Bonnie MacBird - Unquiet Spirits
Mary Kubica - Every Last Lie
M.J. Tjia - She Be Damned
Robin Jarossi - The Hunt for the 60's Ripper
Chevy Stevens - Never Let You Go
Peter Robinson - Sleeping in the Ground
Sarah J Naughton - Tattletale
Lee Child - No Middle Name
Christopher Bollen - The Destroyers
Ann Cleeves - The Seagull
Louise Penny - The Murder Stone
August 2017
Author
of the Month - Lin Anderson
Fresh
Blood - Matthew Richardson
Reviews
J. D. Barker - The Fourth Monkey
Stephen Booth - Dead in the Dark
Lucy Atkins - The Night Visitor
Michael Robotham - The Secrets She Keeps
S.G. Maclean - The Black Friar
Matt Hilton - Marked for Death
Haylen Beck - Here and Gone
Barbara Nadel - The House of Four
Tess Gerritsen - I Know A Secret
Stuart MacBride - A Dark So Deadly
Simon Scarrow and Lee Francis - Playing with Death
Georgette Heyer - They Found Him Dead
July 2017
Author
of the Month - Kathy Reichs
Fresh
Blood - Wendy Walker
Classic
Crime - Janet Neel
Reviews
Louise Welsh - No Dominion
Michael J. Malone - Dog Fight
H.D. Lyle - The Irregular
Cora Harrison - The Cardinal's Court
John Marrs - The One
David Barbaree - Deposed
Oscar De Muriel - A Mask of Shadows
John Lenahan - Ice Lake
Jo Nesbo - The Thirst
Joe Thomas - Paradise City
Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich - The Fact of a Body
Celia Fremlin - The Hours Before Dawn
Fred Vargas - A Climate of Fear
Georgette Heyer - Behold, Here's Poison
June 2017
Author
of the Month - Michael Ridpath
Fresh
Blood - James Hazel
Reviews
Barry Forshaw - American Noir
Howard Linskey - The Search
M C Beaton - Pushing Up Daisies
Janet Neel - Death on Site
Malin Persson Giolito - Quicksand
William Shaw - Sympathy for the Devil
Graham Smith - Watching the Bodies
Mark Edwards - The Lucky Ones
Alex Gray - Still Dark
Anne Randall - Torn
Steve Cavanagh - The Liar
Paul Hardisty - Reconciliation For the Dead
Vaseem Khan - The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star
James Carol - The Quiet Man
May 2017
Author
of the Month - Syd Moore
Fresh
Blood - Melissa Scrivner Love
Classic
Crime - Colin Dexter
Reviews
Sandrone Dazieri - Kill the Father
Philip Kerr - Prussian Blue
Emma Kavanagh - The Killer on the Wall
Dennis Lehane - Since We Fell
Barbara Nadel - Bright Shiny Things
Simon Beckett - The Restless Dead
Patricia Gibney - The Missing Ones
Benet Brandreth - The Spy of Venice
Susan Wilkins - The Killer
Donna Leon - The Waters of Eternal Youth
April 2017
Author
of the Month - Isabelle Grey
Fresh
Blood - Ali Land
Reviews
Dorothy L. Sayers - Lord Peter Views the Body
Georgette Heyer - Death in the Stocks
Margery Allingham - The Crime at Black Dudley
Sarah Hilary - Quieter Than Killing
Jane Casey - Let the Dead Speak
Mick Finlay - Arrowood
T P Fielden - The Riviera Express
James Oswald - Written in Bones
JJ Marsh - Human Rites
J S Monroe - Find Me
Lisa Gardner - Right Behind You
Margery Allingham - Police at the Funeral
March 2017
Author
of the Month - Mick Herron
Fresh
Blood - Nuala Ellwood
Classic
Crime - George Bellairs
Reviews
Jake Arnott - The Fatal Tree
Elly Griffiths - The Chalk Pit
Brad Parks - Say Nothing
Ragnar Jónasson - Rupture
Sam Blake - Little Bones
Alan Judd - Deep Blue
John Dufresne - I Don't Like Where This Is Going
A.D. Garrett - Truth Will Out
Chris Carter - The Caller
Matthew Hall - A Life to Kill
February 2017
Author
of the Month - Sarah Pinborough
Fresh
Blood - K J Howe
Reviews
Koethi Zan - The Follower
Fiona Cummins - Rattle
Chris Simms - Death Games
Jane Harper - The Dry
Les Wood - Dark Side of the Moon
Ann Granger - The Dead Woman of Deptford
Louise Phillips - Red Ribbons
Eva Dolan - Watch Her Disappear
Simon Kernick - The Bone Field
Tana French - The Trespasser
Tony Black - Summoning the Dead
Amy Stewart - Girl Waits With Gun
January 2017
Author
of the Month - Ian Sansom
Fresh
Blood - Joseph Knox
Reviews
Martin Edwards (Ed.) - Serpents in Eden
Frederic Dard - Bird in a Cage
Colin Dexter - The Way Through the Woods
Priscilla Masters - A Wreath for My Sister
Jonathan Aycliffe - The Lost
Jack Jordan - My Girl
Liz Nugent - Lying in Wait
Kate Saunders - The Secrets of Wishtide
Del Quentin Wilber - A Good Month for Murder
Robyn Young - Sons of the Blood
December 2016
Author
of the Month - Doug Johnstone
Fresh
Blood - Jackie Baldwin
Reviews
Craig Russell - The Quiet Death of Thomas Quaid
Elly Griffiths - The Blood Card
Adam Hamdy - Pendulum
Craig Robertson - Murderabilia
Cathy Ace - The Corpse With The Ruby Lips
Ben Cheetham - The Lost Ones
Luca Veste - Then She Was Gone
Antonia Hodgson - A Death at Fountains Abbey
Christopher Fowler - London's Glory
M J Arlidge - Hide and Seek
Ian Rankin - Rather Be The Devil
John Grisham - The Whistler
Belinda Bauer - The Beautiful Dead
Jonathan Aycliffe - Shadow on the Wall
November 2016
Fresh
Blood - Anna Mazzola
Classic
Crime - Gil North
Reviews
Janet Neel - Death's Bright Angel
Martina Cole - Betrayal
Sarah Ward - A Deadly Thaw
Matt Hilton - Painted Skins
Camilla Way - Watching Edie
Mark Edwards - The Devil's Work
Ann Cleeves - Cold Earth
Laura Lippman - Wilde Lake
Joseph Finder - Guilty Minds
Andy Martin with Lee Child - Reacher Said Nothing
Simon Booker - Without Trace
James Henry - Blackwater
October 2016
Author
of the Month - Michael J. Malone
Reviews
James Naughtie - Paris Spring
Alex Clare - He's Gone
Lucy Ribchester - The Amber Shadows
Claire Douglas - Local Girl Missing
Matthew Frank - Between the Crosses
Stuart Neville - So Say The Fallen
August 2016
Author
of the Month - Sabine Durrant
Fresh
Blood - A.A. Dhand
Reviews
Elizabeth Wilson - She Died Young
Ian Ayris - April Skies
Ragnar Jónasson - Blackout
Jean Harrod - Deadly Deceit
Stephen Booth - Secrets of Death
Chris Curran - Her Turn To Cry
Peter Robinson - When the Music's Over
Matt Hilton - No Safe Place
Mason Cross - The Time to Kill
James Carol - Broken Dolls
July 2016
Author
of the Month - Sharon Bolton
Fresh
Blood - Ralph Spurrier
Classic
Crime - Miles Burton
Reviews
Ahmet Altan - Endgame
Hollie Overton - Baby Doll
Gunnar Staalesen - Where Roses Never Die
C.J. Box - Off the Grid
Steve Burrows - A Pitying of Doves
Shannon Kirk - The Method
Paula Daly - The Mistake I Made
Ruth Ware - The Woman in Cabin 10
Stephen King - End of Watch
Charles Cumming - A Divided Spy
June 2016
Author
of the Month - Eve Seymour
Fresh
Blood - Robin Wasserman
Reviews
Howard Linskey - Behind Dead Eyes
William Shaw - The Birdwatcher
Guy Cullingford - My Unfair Lady
Robert Brynzda - The Girl in the Ice
Steve Cavanagh - The Plea
Camilla Lackberg - The Ice Child
Robert Crais - The Promise
Lisa Lutz - The Passenger
Lindsey Davis - The Graveyard of the Hesperides
Melanie Raabe - The Trap
S.D. Sykes - The Butcher Bird
Lauren A. Forry - Abigale Hall
May 2016
Author
of the Month - Jack Grimwood
Fresh
Blood - Rebecca Griffiths
Reviews
Amanda Jennings - In Her Wake
Annemarie Neary - Siren
Quentin Bates - Thin Ice
Douglas Skelton - Open Wounds
Emma Kavanagh - The Missing Hours
John Connolly - A Torment of Time
Leigh Russell - Journey to Death
I J Parker - The Island of the Gods
Vaseem Khan - The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown
John Hart - Redemption Road
April 2016
Author
of the Month - Sarah Hilary
Fresh
Blood - Olly Jarvis
Classic
Crime - John le Carré
Reviews
Andrew Taylor - The Ashes of London
Barry Forshaw - Brit Noir
Wilbur Smith and Tom Cain - Predator
Claire McGowan - A Savage Hunger
Harlan Coben - Fool Me Once
Steve Burrows - A Siege of Bitterns
Tom Harper - Black River
Alex Gray - The Darkest Goodbye
M.J. Arlidge - Little Boy Blue
Samuel Bjork - I'm Travelling Alone
Clare Donoghue - Trust No One
Barbara Nadel - On The Bone
Jeffery Deaver - The Steel Kiss
March 2016
Author
of the Month - Helen Fitzgerald
Reviews
James Oswald - The Damage Done
David Videcette - The Theseus Paradox
Freeman Wills Crofts - Antidote to Venom
Michael J. Malone - Bad Samaritan
Elly Griffiths - The Woman in Blue
Steven Dunne - A Killing Moon
Tom Wood - The Darkest Day
Hakan Nesser - The Summer of Kim Novak
Alex Barclay - Killing Ways
Eva Dolan - After You Die
Carla Norton - Hunted
Michael Robotham - Close Your Eyes
John Grisham - Rogue Lawyer
Graphic Novels
Marv Wolfman - Deathstroke the Terminator: Vol.1 - Assassins
Jon Morris - The League of Regrettable Heroes
John Ostrander - Suicide Squad: Vol.2 - The Nightshade Odyssey
Marguerite Bennett and Andy Smith - Earth 2: Collision - Volume 6
Eddy Barrows and Marguerite Bennet - Earth 2: World's End - Volume 1
Marguerite Bennett and Eddy Barrows - Earth 2: World's End - Volume 2
Paul Levitz - The Bronze Age of DC Comics
Paul Pelletier and Sean Parsons - Aquaman: Maelstron - Vol.6
Sven Hassel and Jordy Diago - Wheels of Terror
George Perez - Wonder Woman Omnibus
February 2016
Author
of the Month - Lisa Gardner
Fresh
Blood - David Young
Reviews
Simon Kernick - The Witness
B.A. Paris - Behind Closed Doors
Sam Baker - The Woman Who Ran
Phil Redmond - Highbridge
Tony Black - Taste of Ashes
Matthew Pritchard - Broken Arrow
Ann Granger - Dead in the Water
Douglas Watt - Pilgrim of Slaughter
Andrew Martin - The Yellow Diamond
Roberto Saviano - ZeroZeroZero
June Wright - Duck Season Death
Jason Starr - Nothing Personal
Karin Fossum - Broken
January 2016
Author
of the Month - Alex Marwood
Fresh
Blood - David McCallum
Reviews
Eva Dolan - After You Die
Stuart MacBride - In the Cold Dark Ground
Fiona Barton - The Widow
Ragnar Jónasson - Nightblind
Jason Dean - The Outsider
Debbie Howells - The Bones of You
Graham Hurley - The Order of Things
Phil Rickman - Friends of the Dusk
Barry Forshaw - Detective
Jackson Sharp - Twelve Deaths of Christmas
Graphic Novels
Various Artists - Convergence
Pop Mahn and Den Abnett - He-Man: The Eternity War - Vol.1
Nicola Scott and Trevor Scott - Earth 2: The Kyptonian Vol.5
December 2015
Author
of the Month - Elly Griffiths
Fresh
Blood - Michael Wood
Classic
Crime - Cyril Hare
Reviews
Michael Connelly - The Crossing
Ian Rankin - Even Dogs in the Wild
Georgette Heyer - A Christmas Party
C.H.B. Kitchin - Crime at Christmas
Martin Edwards - The Golden Age of Murder
Jennifer Morag Henderson - Josephine Tey: A Life
Kathryn Harkup - A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie
Noel ‘Razor’ Smith - The Criminals Alphabet
Patricia Highsmith - The Talented Mr Ripley - 60th Anniversary
Matt Hilton - Blood Tracks
Aline Templeton - The Third Sin
John Nicholl - White is the Coldest Colour
Alan Moss and Keith Skinner - Scotland Yard's History of Crime in 100 Objects
Graeme Macrae Burnet - His Bloody Project
Ben Cheetham - Spider's Web
Robert Galbraith - Career of Evil
Peter Lovesey - Down Among the Dead Men
David Lagercrantz - The Girl in the Spider's Web
Graphic Novels
Len Wein - Tales of the Batman
Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips - Fatale: Curse the Demon Vol.5
November 2015
Author
of the Month - Craig Robertson
Fresh
Blood - Mark Douglas-Home
Classic
Crime - Domini Taylor
Reviews
Russ Litten - Kingdom
John Martin - Crime Scene: Britain and Ireland
Iain King - Secrets of the Last Nazi
Karen Rose - Alone in the Dark
Linwood Barclay - Broken Promise
Andrea Carter - Death at Whitewater Church
Patrick Redmond - The Replacement
Barry Forshaw and David Stuart Davies - The Sherlock Holmes Book
Anne Randall - Silenced
Jill McGown - The Murder at the Old Vicarage
Neil White - The Domino Killer
Bonnie MacBird - Art in the Blood
M.C. Beaton - Agatha Raisin: Dishing the Dirt
Theresa Talbot - Penance
Agatha Christie - The Lost Plays
Mark Roberts - Blood Mist
Craig Russell - The Ghosts of Altona
Stephen Childs - On Track for Murder
Tom Adams and John Curran - Tom Adams Uncovered
Michael Wood - For Reasons Unknown
Tania Carver - Heartbreaker
Agatha Christie - Little Grey Cells
Graphic Novels
Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips - Fatale: West of Hell
Nicola Scott and Tom Taylor - Earth 2: The Dark Age Vol.4
Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips - Fatale: Pray for Rain Vol.4
James Robinson and Nicola Scott - Earth 2: Battle Cry (Vol.3)
John Ostrander - Suicide Squad: Trial by Fire Vol.1
October 2015
Author
of the Month - Jason Starr
Reviews
Ruth Rendell - Dark Corners
Martina Cole - Get Even
Barbara Nadel - Enough Rope
Joseph Finder - The Fixer
Don Winslow - The Cartel
Murder Squad - ed. by Ann Cleeves - The Starlings and other stories
Robert Karjel - My Name is N
Karin Fossum - The Drowned Boy
Nik Frobenius - Dark Branches
Martin Walker - The Dying Season
Denise Mina - Blood Salt Water
Steve Mosby - I Know Who Did It
September 2015
Author
of the Month - Ann Cleeves
Fresh
Blood - Rod Reynolds
Reviews
Lee Child - Make Me
Sinéad Crowley - Are You Watching Me?
Priscilla Masters - Recalled to Death
Dreda Say Mitchell - Snatched
Peter Robinson - No Cure For Love
M.J. Arlidge - Liar Liar
Helen Cadbury - Bones in the Nest
Douglas Skelton - Devil's Knock
Samantha Priestley - Reliability of Rope
Hakan Nesser - The Living and The Dead in Winford
Vaseem Khan - The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra
Sasha Arango - The Truth and Other Lies
Jason Starr - Fake ID
Priscilla Royal - Satan's Lullaby
Julia Heaberlin - Black-Eyed Susans
Margaret Moore - Broken Chord
Sabine Durrant - Remember Me This Way
August 2015
Author
of the Month - Stephen Booth
Fresh
Blood - J.S. Law
Classic
Crime - Helen MacInnes
Reviews
Ed. by Martin Edwards - Resorting to Murder
Mark Campbell - The Pocket Essential Agatha Christie
Tim Weaver - What Remains
Jason Starr - Hard Feelings
Karen Perry - Only We Know
Howard Linskey - No Name Lane
Jason Starr - Cold Caller
Sara Paretsky - Brush Back
Graeme Cameron - Normal
William Shaw - The Book of Scars
Arnaldur Indridason - Oblivion
S.G. MacLean - The Seeker
Robert Thorogood - A Meditation on Murder
Chris Carter - I Am Death
Clare Carson - Orkney Twilight
Rosamund Lupton - The Quality of Silence
Charlaine Harris - Day Shift
Graphic Novels
James Robinson and Nicola Scott - Earth 2 - Vol 2: The Tower of Fate
Paul Levitz - World's Finest: Hunt and Be Hunted
Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips - Fatale: The Devil's Business
July 2015
Author
of the Month - Cathi Unsworth
Fresh
Blood - Sarah Ward
Classic
Crime - Arthur La Bern
Reviews
Stuart Neville - Those We Left Behind
M.J. Carter - The Infidel Stain
Margery Allingham - The Crime at Black Dudley
David Mark - Taking Pity
Ben Cheetham - Justice for the Damned
Matt Hilton - The Devil's Anvil
Sharon Bolton - Little Black Lies
Duane Swierczynski - Canary
Caro Ramsay - The Tears of Angels
Tod Goldberg - Gangsterland
Gunnar Staalesen - We Shall Inherit the Wind
Neil White - The Death Collector
Mari Jungstedt - The Dangerous Game
Louise Welsh - Death is a Welcome Guest
Mason Cross - The Samaritan
Graphic Novels
James Robinson - Earth 2
Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips - Fatale: Death Chases Me (Book One)
Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting - Velvet: Before the Living End
Paul Levitz - World's Finest: The Lost Daughters of Earth 2
Various - Batman: A Celebration of 75 Years
Paul Levitz - DC Showcase Presents: All-Star Comics
Matt Brubaker, Michael Lark and Sean Phillips - Scene of the Crime
Various - The Joker: A Celebration of 75 Years
June 2015
Author
of the Month - Laura Wilson
Fresh
Blood - Col Bury
Reviews
Alan Judd - Inside Enemy
Peter James - You Are Dead
Elizabeth Edmundson - A Man of Some Repute
Susan Wilkins - The Mourner
Priscilla Masters - The Devil's Chair
Ragnar Jónasson - Snow Blind
Mike Craven - Born in a Burial Gown
Sarah Hilary - No Other Darkness
Denzil Meyrick - Whisky From Small Glasses
T.R. Richmond - What She Left
Greg Iles - The Bone Tree
Stephen King - Finders Keepers
Andreas Norman - Into a Raging Blaze
Richard Godwin - Meaningful Conversations
Tess Gerritsen - Die Again
Richard Magraff Turley - The Cunning House
May 2015
Author
of the Month - Minette Walters
Fresh
Blood - Renee Knight
Classic
Crime - Ted Lewis
Reviews
Steve Cavanagh - The Defence
Mike Ripley - Mr Campion's Fox
Emma Kavanagh - Hidden
Jill Leovy - Ghettoside: Investigating a Homicide Epidemic
Ted Lewis - GBH
Saul Black - The Killing Lessons
Michael O'Byrne - Crime Writers Guide to Police Practice/Procedure
Elizabeth Haynes - Behind Closed Doors
Rory Clements - Holy Spy
Mark Sennen - Tell Tale
April 2015
Author
of the Month - Jake Woodhouse
Fresh
Blood - Graham Smith
Classic
Crime - Joseph Hansen
Reviews
Ruth Downie - Tabula Rasa
Nadia Dalbuono - The Few
Andrew Williams - The Suicide Club
Lee Weeks - Frozen Grave
Lindsay Davis - Deadly Election
Luke Delaney - The Jackdaw
Alex Gray - Keep the Midnight Out
Lisa Gardner - Crash and Burn
John Connolly - A Song of Shadows
Oscar de Muriel - The Strings Murders
Elly Griffiths - The Ghost Fields
Darren E. Laws - Dark Country
Paul E. Hardisty - The Abrupt Physics of Dying
Clare Donoghue - No Place To Die
Donna Leon - Falling in Love
Karin Fossum - The Murder of Harriet Krohn
Celia Dale - A Helping Hand
March 2015
Author
of the Month - Peter Swanson
Fresh
Blood - Helen Cadbury
Classic
Crime - Kyril Bonfiglioli
Reviews
Andrew Taylor - The Silent Boy
Dai Henley - Blazing Obsession
Belinda Bauer - The Shut Eye
D.A. Mishani - A Possibility of Violence
Will Jordan - Betrayal
James Oswald - Prayer for the Dead
Sara Bain - The Sleeping Warrior
Simon Kernick - The Final Minute
Peter May - Runaway
James Carol - Prey
Graham Hurley - Sins of the Father
M.J. Arlidge - The Doll's House
Keith Nixon - Russian Roulette
Martin Walker - Children of War
Tony Lee Moral - Playing Mrs Kingston
February 2015
Author
of the Month - S.K. Tremayne
Fresh
Blood - Rebecca Whitney
Reviews
Priscilla Masters - Guilty Waters
Denzil Meyrick - The Last Witness
Josephine Tey - The Singing Sands
Gladys Mitchell - Groaning Spinney
Patricia Highsmith - Little Tales of Misogyny
Michael J. Malone - Beyond the Rage
Chris Simms - Sleeping Dogs
Eva Dolan - Tell No Tales
Chris Mooney - Fear the Dark
Paul D. Brazill - Guns of Brixton
Ovidia Yu - Aunty Lee's Deadly Specials
Alastair Gunn - My Bloody Valentine
Steffen Jacobsen - Trophy
A.J. McCreanor - Riven
Luana Lewis - Don't Stand So Close
January 2015
Author
of the Month - Christobel Kent
Fresh
Blood - Paula Hawkins
Classic
Crime - Jill McGown
Reviews
Stuart MacBride - The Missing and the Dead
Casey Kelleher - Bad Blood
Sam Millar - Black Creek
Mari Hannah - Deadly Deceit
Sheila Bugler - The Waiting Game
Mark Pearson - The Killing Season
C.J. Box - Shots Fired
Gordon Ferris - Money Tree
Ben Solomon - The Hard-Boiled Detective
Kathy Reichs - Bones Never Lie
Patricia Highsmith - A Suspension of Mercy
Jane Huxley - A Woman Named Coral
Joakim Zander - The Swimmer
Susan Hill - Printer’s Devil Court
December 2014
Author
of the Month - Dreda Say Mitchell
Fresh
Blood - BK Duncan
Classic
Crime - J. Jefferson Farjeon
Reviews
Jim Gallows - The Christmas Killer
Ed. by Otto Penzler - The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries
Jill McGown - Redemption
Tammy Cohen - Dying for Christmas
David Mitchell - The Bone Clocks
Jonathan Aycliffe - Naomi's Room
Jill McGown - Scene of Crime
Matthew Pritchard - Werewolf
Barbara Nadel - Poisoned Ground
Sarah Pinborough - Murder
L.C. Tyler - Crooked Herring
Chevy Stevens - That Night
Douglas Lindsay - The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson
Caroline Kepnes - You
Stella Rimington - Close Call
John Grisham - Gray Mountain
Ann Cleeves - Thin Air
Ben Aaronovitch - Foxglove Summer
November 2014
Classic
Crime - John G. Brandon
Reviews
Priscilla Masters - Winding Up The Serpent
Sheila Radley - Who Saw Him Die?
M.C. Beaton - Agatha Raisin and the Blood of an Englishman
Susan Wilkins - The Informant
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Sherlock Holmes Omnibus
Jane Casey - The Kill
C.J. Sansom - Lamentation
Elly Griffiths - The Zig-Zag Girl
Douglas Skelton - Crow Bait
Andrew Marr - Head of State
C.C. Humphreys - Plague
Val McDermid - Forensics: The Anatomy of Crime
Jean Harrod - Deadly Diplomacy
Walter Mosley - Rose Gold
Lars Kepler - The Sandman
Richard Godwin - Noir City
Richard Montanari - The Doll Maker
Patricia Highsmith - The Talented Mr. Ripley
Michael Robotham - Watching You
Anthony Horowitz - Moriarty
October 2014
Author
of the Month - Caro Ramsay
Fresh
Blood - Anthony Quinn
Classic
Crime - John Bude
Reviews
Martina Cole - The Good Life
Lindsay Davis - Enemies at Home
Tina Seskis - One Step Too Far
Ariana Franklin and Samantha Norman - Winter Siege
Danielle Ramsay - Blind Alley
Emlyn Rees - Wanted
Linda Palund - The Little Black Dress
Ace Atkins/Robert B. Parker - Wonderland
Cathy Ace - The Corpse with the Platinum Hair
Arnaldur Indridason - Reykjavik Nights
Tony Black - Artefacts of the Dead
Alafair Burke - All Day and a Night
Bill Kitson - Buried in the Past
Imogen Robertson - Theft of Life
R.J. Ellory - Carnival of Shadows
Shuichi Yoshida - Parade
Henning Mankell - An Event in Autumn
Susan Hill - The Soul of Discretion
Chelsea Cain - One Kick
Linwood Barclay - No Safe House
September 2014
Author
of the Month - James Carol
Fresh
Blood - K.T. Medina
Reviews
M.J. Arlidge - Pop Goes The Weasel
Sophie Hannah - The Monogram Murders
Shane Kuhn - Kill Your Boss
S.J. Parris - Treachery
Stephen Booth - The Corpse Bridge
P.D. Viner - Summer of Ghosts
Simon Sylvester - The Visitors
Alex Gray - The Bird That Did Not Sing
R.C. Bridgestock - Reprobates
Deon Meyer - Cobra
William Shaw - A House of Knives
Peter Robinson - Abattoir Blues
Kevin Sampson - The House on the Hill
Lloyd Shepherd - Savage Magic
Robert Galbraith - The Silkworm
Mary Kubica - The Good Girl
Joel Dicker - The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
Laura McHugh - The Weight of Blood
Julia Crouch - The Long Fall
August 2014
Author
of the Month - Joseph Finder
Fresh
Blood - Elizbeth Little
Reviews
Ruth Rendell - The Girl Next Door
Barry Forshaw - Euro Noir
A.D. Garrett - Believe No One
Lee Child - Personal
Donna Leon - By Its Cover
Andrea Maria Schenkel - The Dark Meadow
Tim Weaver - Fall From Grace
David Baldacci - Face Off
Graeme Macrae Burnet - The Disappearance of Adele Bedeau
Paul Carson - Inquest
Robert Lance - The Shadow Spy
Michael A. Kahn - Face Value
Christopher Galt - Biblical
Sheila Quigley - Lady In Red
Judith Flanders - Writer's Block
David Mark - Sorrow Bound
John Harvey - Darkness, Darkness
Alex Marwood - The Killer Next Door
Jo Nesbo - The Son
Charlaine Harris - Midnight Crossroad
Janet Evanovich - Top Secret Twenty-One
Celia Fremlin - Uncle Paul
July 2014
Author
of the Month - Steve Mosby
Fresh
Blood - M.P. Wright
Classic
Crime - Janet Neel
Reviews
A.D. Garrett - Everyone Lies
William Lobban - The Glasgow Curse
Barry Lyga - Game
Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot Novels
James Oswald - Dead Men's Bones
Elizabeth Flynn - Game, Set and Murder
Christopher Simmons - Seven
Danuta Reah - The Last Room
Ben Cheetham - Angel of Death
Camilla Lackberg - Buried Angels
Matthew Quirk - The Directive
Barbara Nadel - Body Count
Mo Hayder - Wolf
Emily Winslow - The Start of Everything
Sophie Loubiere - The Stone Boy
Rachel Howzell Hall - Land of Shadows
Patricia Highsmith - The Two Faces of January
Mark Billingham - The Bones Beneath
Jeffery Deaver - The Skin Collector
June 2014
Author
of the Month - Peter James
Fresh
Blood - Ray Celestin
Reviews
Ruth Rendell - From Doon With Death
Jake Woodhouse - After The Silence
Patrick Lee - Runner
Matthew Frank - If I Should Die
Craig Robertson - The Last Refuge
Jorn Lier Horst - The Hunting Dogs
Neil Broadfoot - Falling Fast
Ursula P. Archer - Five
Priscilla Masters - The Final Curtain
Oliver Harris - Deep Shelter
Gay Hendricks and Tinker Lindsay - First Rule of Ten
Tom Grieves - A Cry In The Night
Michelle Spring and Laurie R. King - Crime and Thriller Writing
Bruce Holsinger - A Burnable Book
Cathy Ace - The Corpse with the Emerald Thumb
C.L. Taylor - The Accident
Steve Berry - The King's Deception
Jeanine Pirro - Clever Fox
Robert Crais - Suspect
May 2014
Author
of the Month - Tony Parsons
Fresh
Blood - Emma Kavanagh
Classic
Crime - Margery Allingham
Reviews
Michael Fowler - Black and Blue
Matt Hilton - Preternatural
Keith Nixon - Dream Land
Mike Ripley and Margery Allingham - Mr Campion's Farewell
M.J. Arlidge - Eeny Meany
Karen Perry - The Boy That Never Was
Charles Cumming - A Colder War
Doug Johnstone - The Dead Beat
Mason Cross - The Killing Season
Greg Iles - Natchez Burning
Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg - The Chase
Martin Walker - The Resistance Man
Claire Kendal - The Book of You
Nicholas Blake - Thou Shell of Death
Mari Hannah - Monument to Murder
Mark Sennen - Cut Dead
Celia Fremlin - The Echoing Stones
April 2014
Author
of the Month - Christopher Fowler
Fresh
Blood - Paul Mendelson
Classic
Crime - John Greenwood
Reviews
Matthew Reilly - The Tournament
Michael J. Malone with Bashir Saoudi - The Guillotine Choice
Tom Harper - The Orpheus Descent
Celia Fremlin - By Horror Haunted
John Connolly - The Wolf in Winter
Belinda Bauer - The Facts of Life and Death
T J O'Connor - Dying To Know
Harlan Coben - Missing You
William McIlvanney - Strange Loyalties
James Oswald - The Hangman's Song
Elly Griffiths - The Outcast Dead
Zoe Sharp - Absence of Light
Josephine Bell - The Summer School Mystery
R.N. Morris - The Dark Palace
Linda Castillo - Her Last Breath
Celia Fremlin - Prisoner's Base
March 2014
Author
of the Month - Robert Wilson
Fresh
Blood - Clare Donoghue
Reviews
John Dufresne - No Regrets, Coyote
Mel Sheratt - Watching Over You
Stuart MacBride - Completely Wholesome Adventures of Skeleton Bob
Elisabeth Elo - North of Boston
Matt Hilton - The Lawless Kind
Luke Delaney - The Toy Taker
James Green - A Union Not Blessed
Margie Orford - Water Music
Lisa Unger - In The Blood
Jochem Vandersteen - The Shamus Sampler
Neil Gaiman - The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Karen Heard - It's Dark Inside
Ann Cleeves - Harbour Street
Jeff Abbott - Downfall
Kevin Ramsey - The Andersen Plan
Simon Lelic - The Child Who
February 2014
Author
of the Month - Simon Beckett
Fresh
Blood - Sarah Hilary
Classic
Crime - Dorothy Simpson
Reviews
Peter Swanson - The Girl With A Clock For A Heart
Simon Kernick - Stay Alive
M.R. Hall - The Burning
Nick Stone - The Verdict
Hans Koppel - You're Mine Now
Peter May - Entry Island
Celia Fremlin - Don't Go To Sleep In The Dark
Hans Koppel - She's Never Coming Back
M.C. Beaton - Something Borrowed, Someone Dead
James Patterson - Gone
January 2014
Author
of the Month - R C Bridgestock
Fresh
Blood - Eva Dolan
Reviews
Luca Veste - Dead Gone
Celia Fremlin - The Trouble-Makers
Stuart MacBride - A Song For The Dying
Hannah Kent - Burial Rites
Chris Simms - A Price To Pay
John Verdon - Let The Devil Sleep
Jo Nesbo - Cockroaches
David Thorne - East of Innocence
Aline Templeton - Bad Blood
Marcus Sakey - Good People
Thomas Perry - The Boyfriend
Jonathan Aycliffe - The Silence of Ghosts
Michael Fowler - Secrets of the Dead
Sebastian Fitzek - Therapy
Marc Pastor - Barcelona Shadows
Elizabeth Romero - Means To An End
Wilbur Smith - Vicious Circle
December 2013
Author
of the Month - M G Gardiner
Fresh
Blood - Alastair Gunn
Classic
Crime - Dennis Wheatley
Reviews
Matthew Pritchard - Scarecrow
Martyn Waites - The Woman in Black: Angel of Death
James Lee Burke - Light of the World
James Patterson - Merry Christmas, Alex Cross
George Pelecanos - The Cut
Ace Atkins - The Lost Ones
Janet Evanovich - Takedown Twenty
Carla Norton - The Edge of Normal
Michael Connelly - Gods of Guilt
Hakan Nesser - The Strangler's Honeymoon
Eric James Fullilove - Narcolepsy
Leigh Russell - Cold Sacrifice
Martin Cruz Smith - Tatiana
Anders de la Motte - Game: The Game Trilogy - Book 1
Anders de la Motte - Buzz
Anders de la Motte - Bubble
November 2013
Author
of the Month - Brian McGilloway
Fresh
Blood - Douglas Skelton
Classic
Crime - Sheila Radley
Reviews
Graham Hurley - Touching Distance
William McIlvanney - The Papers of Tony Veitch
Ian Rankin - Saints Of The Shadow Bible
Colette McBeth - Precious Thing
Nicci French, Tim Weaver and Alastair Gunn - #Youdunnit
Arnaldur Indridason - Strange Shores
Julia Heaberlin - Lie Still
Val McDermid - Cross and Burn
John Matthews - Letters From A Murderer
Adam Chase - Wicked Game
Anne Holt - Death of a Demon
Ruth Rendell - No Man's Nightingale
Will Jordan - Sacrifice
Jorn Hier Horst - Closed For Winter
David Ellis - The Last Alibi
October 2013
Author
of the Month - Neil White
Fresh
Blood - Sheila Bugler
Reviews
Kathy Reichs - Bones In Her Pocket
Zoe Sharp - The Blood Whisperer
Linwood Barclay - A Tap On The Window
Diane Bretherick - City of Demons
Ian Graham - Veil of Civility
Jo Nesbo - Police
Sara Blaedel - Blue Blood
Roger A Price - By Their Rules
Jan Costin Wagner - Light in a Dark House
William McIlvanney - Laidlaw
Sheila Radley - Blood on the Happy Highway
Ella Durham - Ebony Blood
R.T. Raichev - The Riddle of Sphinx Island
Chris Kuzneski - The Einstein Pursuit
September 2013
Author
of the Month - Martin Edwards
Fresh
Blood - Stephen Lloyd Jones
Reviews
Anya Lipska - Where The Devil Can't Go
Tim Weaver - Never Coming Back
Kevin Sampson - The Killing Pool
Dick Wolf - The Intercept
Peter Robinson - Children of the Revolution
Chris Carter - One By One
Simon Toyne - The Tower
Jane Casey - The Stranger You Know
S.T. Haymon - Death and the Pregnant Virgin
William Shaw - A Song From Dead Lips
Catriona McPherson - Dandy Gilver and a Deadly Measure of Brimstone
Kathy Reichs - Bones of the Lost
Dan Brown - Inferno
August 2013
Author
of the Month - Chris Ewan
Fresh
Blood - Tom Vowler
Classic
Crime - J.S. Fletcher
Reviews
Thomas H. Cook - Sandrine
Luke Delaney - The Keeper
Lee Child - Never Go Back
Michael J Malone - A Taste For Malice
James Oswald - The Book of Souls
Nick Rennison - Carver's Quest
Gary Dolman - Red Dragon, White Dragon
Damien Seaman - The Killing of Emma Gross
Gregg Hurwitz - Tell No Lies
Tony Black - Hard Truths
Jeffery Deaver - The Kill Room
July 2013
Author
of the Month - Richard Godwin
Fresh
Blood - Pete Sortwell
Reviews
David Thomas - Ostland
Jason Matthews - Red Sparrow
Paula Daly - Just What Kind Of Mother Are You?
Matt Hilton - One Twisted Voice
Denise Mina - The Red Road
Arne Dahl - Bad Blood
Tom Wood - The Game
Koethi Zan - The Never List
Peter James - Dead Man's Time
Barbara Vine - The Child's Child
Michael Sears - Black Fridays
June 2013
Author
of the Month - Walter Mosley
Fresh
Blood - James Oswald
Reviews
Agatha Christie - Miss Marple Short Stories
Matt Bendoris - Killing With Confidence
Stav Sherez - Eleven Days
Sam Hayes - Until You're Mine
Alex Gray - The Swedish Girl
Robert Wilton - Traitor's Field
Mark Billingham - The Dying Hours
May 2013
Author
of the Month - Jonathan Holt
Reviews
Howard Linskey - The Dead
Nora Roberts - Whiskey Beach
Rory Clements - The Heretics
Julia Crouch - Tarnished
Col Bury - Cops of Manchester
Anna Smith - Screams In The Dark
S.G. MacLean - The Devil's Recruit
R.C. Bridgestock - White Lilies
Donna Leon - The Golden Egg
Harlan Coben - Six Years
Ed. by Craig Douglas and Darren Sant - Gloves Off
Steve Christie - Good Deed
April 2013
Author
of the Month - Tom Bale
Fresh
Blood - Wiley Cash
Classic
Crime - Andrew Garve
Reviews
Tony Black - Killing Time In Vegas
D.E. Meredith - The Devil's Ribbon
Imogen Robertson - The Paris Winter
Mo Hayder - Poppet
Luke Delaney - Cold Killing
Christopher Brookmyre - Bedlam
D.L. Johnstone - Furies
Sabine Durrant - Under Your Skin
Matthew Klein - No Way Back
Louise Millar - Accidents Happen
Liz Coley - Pretty Girl Thirteen
R.N. Morris - Summon Up The Blood
March 2013
Author
of the Month - Roger Smith
Fresh
Blood - Becky Masterman
Reviews
Matt Hilton - Rules of Honour
James Green - Another Small Kingdom
Kerry Wilkinson - Think Of The Children
Chris Ewan - The Good Thief's Guide To Berlin
Doug Johnstone - Gone Again
Michael Kardos - The Three Day Affair
Ian Ayris - One Day In The Life Of Jason Dean
Nick Quantrill - Bang Bang, You're Dead
C.J. Lyons - Blind Faith
Linda Castillo - Gone Missing
Chris Mooney - The Killing House
Roger Hobbs - Ghostman
February 2013
Author
of the Month - Belinda Bauer
Fresh
Blood - Stephan Talty
Reviews
Nigel Bird - Mr Suit
Leigh Russell - Stop Dead
Matt Hilton - Red Stripes
Simon Kernick - Ultimatum
Erin Kelly - The Burning Air
Ann Cleeves - Dead Water
Graham Hurley - Western Approaches
Chris Kuzneski - The Hunters
Janet Evanovich - Notorious Nineteen
Barbara Nadel - Deadline
Peter May - The Chess Men
Aline Templeton - Evil For Evil
Lisa Gardner - Touch and Go
A. M. Dean - The Lost Library
Linwood Barclay - Never Saw It Coming
January 2013
Author
of the Month - Stuart MacBride
Fresh
Blood - Gary Dolman
Reviews
Libby Fischer Hellmann - A Bitter Veil
Alex Barclay - Blood Loss
Rosemary and Larry Mild - Death Goes Postal
Sheila Quigley - The Final Countdown
Chris Simms - Scratch Deeper
Boyd Morrison - The Roswell Conspiracy
David Barber - From a Crowded Mind
Val McDermid - Christmas Is Murder
Patricia Cornwell - The Bone Bed
Stephen Leather - False Friends
Susan Hill - Dolly
David Ellis - The Wrong Man
December 2012
Author
of the Month - Lee Weeks
Fresh
Blood - Michael Russell
Reviews
Karen Rose - Did You Miss Me?
C.J. Sansom - Dominion
Various - Off The Record 2 (An Anthology)
Sam Hawken - Tequila Sunset
Graham Smith - Gunshots: Ten Blows to the Abdomen
Chris Nickson - Come the Fear
Patricia Moyes - Who Saw Her Die?
Sheila Radley - A Talent for Destruction
Andy McNabb - Red Notice
R. J. Ellory - A Dark and Broken Heart
Steve Berry - The Columbus Affair
John Grisham - The Racketeer
November 2012
Author
of the Month - Zoe Sharp
Fresh
Blood - Barry Gornell
Classic
Crime - Francis Durbridge
Reviews
Ian Rankin - Standing In Another Man's Grave
Russell D. McLean - Father Confessor
Matt Hilton - Dead Fall
Michael Robotham - Say You're Sorry
Stella Rimington - The Geneva Trap
Guy Adams - Sherlock Holmes: The Army of Dr. Moreau
Tanya Byrne - Heart-Shaped Bruise
Catriona McPherson - Dandy Gilver and a Bothersome Number of Corpses
John J. Niven - Cold Hands
Kathy Reichs - Bones Are Forever
Barbara Erskine - River of Destiny
David Baldacci - The Innocent
Donna Leon - The Jewels of Paradise
John Connolly and Declan Burke - Books To Die For
Mark Allen Smith - The Inquisitor
October 2012
Author
of the Month - Tom Cain
Fresh
Blood - John Gordon Sinclair
Reviews
D. E. Meredith - Devoured
John Connolly - The Wrath of Angels
Sheila Radley - Death and the Maiden
Linwood Barclay - Trust Your Eyes
Neil White - Beyond Evil
Denise Mina - Gods and Beasts
Niall Leonard - Crusher
Ferdinand Von Schirach - The Collini Case
Peter James - Not Dead Yet
Zoe Sharp - Across The Broken Line
Alex Marwood - The Wicked Girls
Tania Carver - Choked
Jessie Keane - Nameless
Andrew Williams - The Poison Tide
Tess Gerritsen - Last To Die
Mark Gimenez - The Governor's Wife
September 2012
Author
of the Month - Val McDermid
Fresh
Blood - Lisa Ballantyne
Reviews
Attica Locke - The Cutting Season
Will Jordan - Redemption
Chris Carter - The Death Sculptor
Peter Robinson - Watching the Dark
Lee Child - A Wanted Man
Amanda Kyle Williams - Stranger in the Room
Alex Gray - A Pound of Flesh
Craig Russell - Dead Men and Broken Hearts
T. Jefferson Parker - The Jaguar
Sophie Hannah - Kind of Cruel
Ken Bruen - Headstone
Gene Colan - Tales of the Batman
August 2012
Author
of the Month - Harry Bingham
Fresh
Blood - Chris Culver
Classic
Crime - Nicholas Blake
Reviews
Cathi Unsworth - Weirdo
Chris Ewan - Safe House
Mark Billingham - Rush of Blood
Steve Mosby - Dark Room
Barbara Nadel - A Private Business
Jane Casey - The Last Girl
Tim Weaver - Vanished
Karin Slaughter - Criminal
Asa Larsson - The Black Path
David Mark - The Dark Winter
Sandra Brown - Lethal
R. D. Ronald - The Zombie Room
David Jackson - The Helper
July 2012
Author
of the Month - Steven Dunne
Fresh
Blood - Julia Heaberlin
Classic
Crime - M.R. James
Reviews
Ruth Rendell - The Saint Zita Society
Harlan Coben - Stay Close
Anne Zouroudi - The Bull of Mithros
Stephen Booth - Dead and Buried
Howard Linskey - The Damage
Kevin Brooks - Until the Darkness Comes
Greg Rucka - Alpha
G. W. Kent - One Blood
Linda Stratmann - The Daughters of Gentlemen
Raymond Benson - Stiletto: Black and White
Giorgio Faletti - Killer In My Eyes
Sara Paretsky - Breakdown
Mari Jungstedt - Dark Angel
S. J. Parris - Sacrilege
Matt McGuire - Dark Dawn
Andrea Maria Schenkel - Bunker
June 2012
Author
of the Month - Andrew Martin
Fresh
Blood - Michael J. Malone
Classic
Crime - Mary Stewart
Reviews
Penny Hancock - Tideline
Tom Wood - The Enemy
Zoe Ferraris - Kingdom of Strangers
Matt Hilton (ed) - Action - Vol.1
Martin O'Brien - The Dying Minutes
Shamini Flint - A Curious Indian Cadaver
Charlotte Link - The Other Child
Lawrence O'Bryan - The Istanbul Puzzle
Leigh Russell - Death Bed
Cath Staincliffe - Dead To Me
Paul Brazill - 13 Shots of Noir
Beverly Barton - Don't Cry
Robert Crais - Taken
Elly Griffiths - A Room Full of Bones
May 2012
Author
of the Month - Imogen Robertson
Fresh
Blood - Ian Ayris
Reviews
Gillian Flynn - Gone Girl
Matthew Quirk - The 500
Tony Black - Murder Mile
Jason Dean - The Wrong Man
Rory Clements - Traitor
Robert Lyndon - Hawk Quest
Nick Santora - 15 Digits
Doug Johnstone - Hit and Run
Maxine Chattam - Carnage
Lisa Gardner - Catch Me
Various - Radgepacket Vol. 6
April 2012
Author
of the Month - Nicola Upson
Fresh
Blood - Lyndsay Faye
Classic
Crime - Josephine Tey
Reviews
Richard Godwin - Mr. Glamour
Camilla Lackberg - The Drowning
Jo Nesbo - Phantom
Donna Leon - Beastly Things
Mark Terry - The Valley of Shadows
Damien Seaman - The Killing of Emma Gross
Julia Crouch - Every Vow You Break
Erica Spindler - Watch Me Die
Nick Quantrill - The Late Greats
Gregg Hurwitz - The Survivor
Jeff Lindsay - Double Dexter
Maureen Jennings - Except the Dying
Charles Cumming - A Foreign Country
Alex Connor - A Legacy of Blood
Col Bury - Manchester 6
Conor Fitzgerald - The Fatal Touch
Jo Nesbo - Headhunters
March 2012
Author
of the Month - William Landay
Fresh
Blood - Chris Pavone
Classic
Crime - Celia Dale
Reviews
Elizabeth Haynes - Revenge of the Tide
Matt Hilton - Six of the Best
Zoe Sharp - Fox Five
Brian Freeman - Spilled Blood
Anna Smith - To Tell The Truth
James Thompson - Lucifer's Tears
Ann Cleeves - The Glass Room
Alan Bradley - I Am Half Sick of Shadows
Tami Hoag - Down The Darkest Road
Susan Hill - Betrayal of Trust
John Verdon - Shut Your Eyes Tight
John Rector - Already Gone
Helen Dunmore - The Greatcoat
February 2012
Author
of the Month - Stav Sherez
Fresh
Blood - Ewart Hutton
Reviews
Adrian McKinty - The Cold, Cold Ground
Graham Hurley - Happy Days
Simon Kernick - Siege
Matt Hilton - No Going Back
Graham Smith - The Harry Charters Chronicles
Sue Grafton - V is for Vengeance
Joe Stein - That Twisted Thing Called Truth
Robert Ward - Total Immunity
Alison Littlewood - A Cold Season
Stuart MacBride - Birthdays for the Dead
Sara Gran - City of the Dead
Chris Womersley - Bereft
January 2012
Author
of the Month - John Harvey
Fresh
Blood - Tom Benn
Classic
Crime - Patricia Wentworth
Reviews
Peter May - The Lewis Man
Steve Hamilton - Misery Bay
David Thomas - Blood Relative
Ethan Cross - The Shepherd
Ward Larsen - Fly By Night
Janet Evanovich - Explosive Eighteen
Julia Crouch - Cuckoo
John F. Dobbyn - Black Diamond
Tom McDonald - The Charlestown Connection
Peter James - Perfect People
Chris Kuzneski - The Death Relic
Boyd Morrison - The Midas Code
Gregg Olsen - Victim 6
James Lee Burke - Feast Day of Fools
James Patterson and Marshall Karp - Kill Me If You Can
December 2011
Author
of the Month - Priscilla Masters
Fresh
Blood - Mons Kallentoft
Reviews
Sheila Quigley - Nowhere Man
R. J. Ellory - Bad Signs
Graham Smith - 11 The Hard Way
Tom Bale - Blood Falls
Kate Ellis - Kissing the Demons
H. Terrell Griffin - Collateral Damage
Hakan Nesser - The Unlucky Lottery
Chevy Stevens - Never Knowing
J. B. Hughes - The Glass Tower
Lindsay Ashford - The Mysterious Death of Miss Austen
Kjell Eriksson - The Hand That Trembles
Alex Waters - Trust No One
Robert Baty - Vintage Connor (The Blonde in the Lotus Elise)
November 2011
Author
of the Month - Ian Rankin
Fresh
Blood - James Craig
Classic
Crime - Arthur Upfield
Reviews
P.D. James - Death Comes To Pemberley
F. G. Cottam - Brodmaw Bay
Martina Cole - The Faithless
Lawrence Block - A Drop of the Hard Stuff
John Grisham - The Litigators
Alan Glynn - Bloodland
Daniel Silva - Portrait of a Spy
Tom Harper - Secrets of the Dead
Megan Abbott - The End of Everything
Danny Miller - Kiss Me Quick
Conor Fitzgerald - The Dogs of Rome
Michael Connelly - The Drop
Nick Stone - Voodoo Eyes
Raymond Benson - The Black Stiletto
Martin Walker - The Crowded Grave
October 2011
Fresh
Blood - Matthew Dunn
Reviews
Lee Child - The Affair
Mark Ellis - Princes Gate
Shona MacLean - Crucible of Secrets
Sean Black - Grid Lock
Isabelle Grey - Out of Sight
Craig Russell - The Deep Dark Sleep
Asa Larsson - Until Thy Wrath Be Past
Oliver Stark - 88 Killer
Jane Casey - The Reckoning
Alafair Burke - Long Gone
Linda Castillo - Breaking Silence
September 2011
Author
of the Month - Matt Hilton
Reviews
Emlyn Rees - Hunted
Johan Theorin - The Quarry
Tom Cain - Carver
Marshall Karp - Cut, Paste, Kill
Peter Robinson - Before the Poison
Linwood Barclay - The Accident
Chris Carter - The Night Stalker
Stephen Leather - Fair Game
Val McDermid - The Retribution
Stella Rimington - Rip Tide
Ruth Rendell - The Vault
Ann Granger - Rack, Ruin and Murder
Chris Ewan - The Good Thief's Guide to Venice
Yrsa Sigurdadottir - The Day is Dark
Ed Lynskey - Lake Charles
Brent Ghelfi - The Burning Lake
August 2011
Author
of the Month - Adrian Magson
Fresh
Blood - Amanda Kyle Williams
Classic
Crime - Michael Dibdin
Reviews
Karen Campbell - Proof of Life
Joseph Finder - Buried Secrets
Mark Billingham - Good As Dead
David Baldacci - The Sixth Man
Janet Evanovich - Smokin' Seventeen
Declan Burke - Down These Green Streets
C.J. Box - Back of Beyond
Elizabeth Haynes - Into the Darkest Corner
Lisa Gardner - Love You More
Gene Kerrigan - Rage
Howard Linsky - The Drop
R. S. Downie - Ruso and the River of Darkness
P. J. Tracy - Play To Kill
James Becker - The Messiah Secret
Luis Miguel Rocha - The Holy Assassin
July 2011
Author
of the Month - Nicci French
Fresh
Blood - Thomas Enger
Reviews
S.J. Bolton - Now You See Me
Karin Slaughter - Fallen
Craig Russell - A Fear of Dark Water
Jeff Abbott - The Last Minute
Eoin Colfer - Plugged
Mark Mills - House of the Hanged
Michael Marshall - Killer Move
Tess Gerritsen - The Silent Girl
Denise Mina - The End of the Wasp Season
Tom Franklin - Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
Felix Riley - The Set-Up
Camilla Lackberg - The Hidden Child
Adam Kolczynski - The Oxford Virus
Charles Brokaw - The Lucifer Code
June 2011
Author
of the Month - Steve Berry
Fresh
Blood - Lars Kepler
Reviews
Roger Smith - Mixed Blood
Peter James - Dead Man's Grip
Jussi Alder-Olsen - Mercy
Tony Black - Truth Lies Bleeding
John Hart - Iron House
Philip Carter - Altar of Bones
Harlan Coben - Live Wire
Tom Bale - Terror's Reach
Imogen Robertson - Island of Bones
Fred Vargas - An Uncertain Place
Tom Winship - The Opposite of Mercy
Michael Jecks - King's Gold
Alex Barclay - Time of Death
May 2011
Author
of the Month - Don Winslow
Fresh
Blood - Tom Wood
Reviews
Gordon Ferris - The Hanging Shed
Stephen Booth - The Devil's Edge
Adrian McKinty - Falling Glass
Oliver Harris - The Hollow Man
Leigh Russell - Dead End
Dreda Say Mitchell - Hit Girls
Wilbur Smith - Those In Peril
Barbara Nadel - A Noble Killing
David Ellis - Breach of Trust
Will Carver - Girl 4
Claire Seeber - Fragile Minds
Sean Slater - The Survivor
Stephen Hunter - I, Sniper
Will Adams - The Eden Legacy
Alex Berenson - The Silent Man
April 2011
Author
of the Month - Sara Paretsky
Fresh
Blood - S. J. Watson
Reviews
Zoe Sharp - Fifth Victim
Ann Cleeves - Silent Voices
Michael Connelly - The Fifth Witness
Mo Hayder - Hanging Hill
Richard Montanari - The Echo Man
S. J. Parris - Prophecy
Simon Kernick - Payback
Alex Gray - Five Ways to Kill a Man
David Hewson - The Fallen Angel
Steve Mosby - Black Flowers
Laura Lippman - Don't Look Back
Catriona McPherson - Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for a Murder
March 2011
Author
of the Month - Colin Cotterill
Fresh
Blood - David Jackson
Reviews
Simon Beckett - Calling to the Grave
Carl Hiaasen - Star Island
Robert Crais - The Sentry
Priscilla Masters - Frozen Charlotte
Andrew Rosenheim - Fear Itself
Kevin Brooks - A Dance of Ghosts
Dennis Lehane - Moonlight Mile
Jon Osborne - Kill Me Once
Alex Gray - Sleep Like the Dead
Adrian Dawson - Codex
Doug Johnstone - Smokeheads
Scott Mariani - The Lost Relic
Rebecca Jenkins - Death of a Radical
Richard Montanari - The Devil's Garden
Alex Connor - The Rembrandt Secret
Chris Ewan - The Good Thief's Guide to Vegas
Stella Rimington - Present Danger
February 2011
Author
of the Month - Charles Cumming
Fresh
Blood - Jason Webster
Reviews
Matt Hilton - Blood and Ashes
Peter May - The Blackhouse
David Baldacci - Hell's Corner
Deborah Harkness - The Discovery of Witches
Jim Kelly - Death Toll
Vince Flynn - American Assassin
Harlan Coben - Caught
Sam Christer - The Stonehenge Legacy
Dan Bruns - Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
Jon Trace - The Rome Prophecy
Craig Robertson - Random
H. Terrell Griffin - Bitter Legacy
January 2011
Author
of the Month - Jo Nesbo
Fresh
Blood - Sam Hawken
Reviews
Stuart MacBride - Shatter the Bones
Gregg Hurwitz - You're Next
J A Kerley - Buried Alive
Boyd Morrison - The Noah's Ark Quest
C J West - The End of Marking Time
Bill Vidal - The Aztec
Tony Park - Silent Predator
Dave Zeltzerman - Outsourced
David Hewson - The Blue Demon
Kevin Lewis - Scent of a Killer
Craig Russell - The Valkyrie Song
Michael Gregorio - Unholy Awakening
Adrian Magson - Death on the Marais
Sheila Quigley - Thorn In My Side
Mark Timlin - Stay Another Day
Jill Paton Walsh - The Attenbury Emeralds
December 2010
Author
of the Month - Chris Mooney
Fresh
Blood - Chevy Stevens
Classic
Crime - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Reviews
MC Beaton - Agatha Raisin and the Busy Body
Susan Hill - The Small Hand
Various - Sounds of Crime
Graham Hurley - Borrowed Light
Jeffery Deaver - Edge
Nelson Demille - The Lion
Tom Cain - Dictator
Aline Templeton - Cradle to Grave
Dick Francis and Felix Francis - Crossfire
Daniel Silva - The Rembrandt Affair
Charlie Charters - Bolt Action
Linda Castillo - Pray for Silence
Tom Harper - The Lazarus Vault
Martin O'Brien - Confession
Caro Ramsay - Dark Water
Gerard O'Donovan - The Priest
Lee Weeks - Kiss and Die
Karen Campbell - Shadowplay
Marcus Sakey - No Turning Back
November 2010
Author
of the Month - Roslund and Hellstrom
Fresh
Blood - Danielle Ramsay
Reviews
Martina Cole - The Family
John le Carre - Our Kind of Traitor
John Grisham - The Confession
James Lee Burke - The Glass Rainbow
Ward Larsen - Fly By Wire
Barbara Erskine - Time's Legacy
Henry Porter - The Dying Light
Jeff Abbott - Adrenaline
Michael Dobbs - The Reluctant Hero
Peter James - Dead Like You
Tom Cain - Assassin
Don Winslow - Savages
Brian Freeman - The Bone House
Chris Kuzneski - The Secret Crown
October 2010
Author
of the Month - Andrew Taylor
Fresh
Blood - Michael Koryta
Reviews
R.J. Ellory - Saints of New York
Michael Connelly - The Reversal
Peter Robinson - Bad Boy
David Hosp - Among Thieves
Shona McLean - A Game of Sorrows
Richard Jay Parker - Stop Me
Jeffery Deaver - The Burning Wire
Sean O'Brien - Afterlife
Roger Smith - Wake Up Dead
Lee Child - Worth Dying For
Kate Atkinson - Started Early, Took My Dog
Stephen Leather - Rough Justice
Zoe Sharp - Fourth Day
James Green - Stealing God
Ruth Rendell - Tigerlily's Orchids
September 2010
Author
of the Month - C J Sansom
Fresh
Blood - James Forrester
Reviews
Matt Hilton - Cut and Run
Tana French - Faithful Place
Chris Carter - The Executioner
Karin Slaughter - Broken
Mark Billingham - From The Dead
Linwood Barclay - Never Look Away
Tony Black - Long Time Dead
Simon Lelic - Rupture
Maureen Duffy - The Orpheus Trail
Tania Carver - The Creeper
Andrew Grant - Die Twice
Scott G. Mariani - Uprising
Alex Kava - Black Friday
Juan Gomez-Jurado - Contract with God
Kathryn Fox - Blood Born
Patrick Woodhead - The Forbidden Temple
August 2010
Author
of the Month - Lisa Gardner
Fresh
Blood - John Verdon
Reviews
Stephen King - Under the Dome
Janet Evanovich - Sizzling Sixteen
Jeff Lindsay - Dexter is Delicious
Quentin Jardine - A Rush of Blood
Meg Gardiner - The Liar's Lullaby
Stuart Neville - The Twelve
John Harvey - A Darker Shade of Blue
Daniel Blake - Soul Murder
R.S. Downie - Ruso and the Root of All Evils
Brad Meltzer - Book of Lies
Jack Henderson - 7 Seconds
Lindsey Davis - Nemesis
Susanna Gregory - The Killer of Pilgrims
Gladys Mitchell - Hangman's Curfew
Peter Grimsdale - Just Watch Me
Jon Trace - The Venice Conspiracy
Barbara Levenson - Justice in June
July 2010
Author
of the Month - Craig Russell
Fresh
Blood - Erin Kelly
Reviews
Imogen Robertson - Anatomy of Murder
Linwood Barclay - Fear The Worst
Meg Gardiner - The Memory Collector
Michael R. Stevens - Fortuna
Walter Mosely - Known To Evil
Steve Hamilton - The Lock Artist
John Kilgallon - The Prophecy
Steve Berry - The Paris Vendetta
June 2010
Author
of the Month - Philip Wilding
Reviews
Oliver Stark - American Devil
Rory Clements - Revenger
Diane Janes - The Pull of the Moon
Thomas Perry - Strip
Alex Berenson - The Midnight House
John Connolly - The Whisperers
Donna Moore - Old Dogs
Lin Anderson - Final Cut
Mari Jungstedt - The Killer's Art
Ed by Elizabeth George - Two of the Deadliest
Joseph Finder - Vanished
Jonathan Hayes - Hard Death
Michael Byrnes - The Sacred Blood
May 2010
Author
of the Month - Chris Simms
Fresh
Blood - Bryan Boswell
Classic
Crime - Celia Fremlin
Reviews
Jo Nesbo - The Snowman
Stephen Booth - Lost River
William Ryan - The Holy Thief
Matt Hilton - Slash and Burn
Martina Cole - Hard Girls
S. J. Rozan - Trail of Blood
Stuart MacBride - Dark Blood
Craig Russell - Lennox
Jakob Arjouni - Chez Max
Clem Chambers - The Twain Maxim
Kimberley Chambers - The Feud
Grant McKenzie - Switch
Cathi Unsworth - Bad Penny Blues
April 2010
Author
of the Month - Deon Meyer
Fresh
Blood - Suzanne Bugler
Reviews
Brian McGilloway - The Rising
Sara Paretsky - Hardball
Alan Glynn - Winterland
Mark Billingham - Bloodline
Alafair Burke - City of Lies
Sam Hayes - Tell Tale
Glenn Cooper - The Tenth Chamber
John Macken - Control
Marek Krajewski - The End of the World in Breslau
Matthew Reilly - The Five Greatest Warriors
March 2010
Author
of the Month - Sarah Pinborough
Fresh
Blood - Ruth Newman
Reviews
Lee Child - 61 Hours
Reviews
Joseph Wambaugh - Hollywood Moon
Richard North Pattterson - The Spire
Robert Crais - The First Rule
Jillianne Hoffman - Pretty Little Things
Jon Stock - Dead Spy Running
Camilla Lackberg - The Preacher
Will Adams - The Lost Labyrinth
Clive Cussler - Plague Ship
James Patterson - 8th Confession
February 2010
Author
of the Month - Ann Cleeves
Fresh
Blood - Sam Eastland
Reviews
Mo Hayder - Gone
Simon Kernick - The Last 10 Seconds
M.R. Hall - The Disappeared
Glenn Cooper - Book Of Lost Souls
David Ellis - The Hidden Man
Edward Wilson - The Envoy
Paul Sussman - The Hidden Oasis
January 2010
Author
of the Month - Graham Hurley
Fresh
Blood - Attica Locke
Reviews
David Baldacci - True Blue
Arnaldur Indridason - Hypothermia
Bateman - Day of the Jack Russell
Russel D. McLean - The Lost Sister
Mo Hayder - Skin
Tony Pollard - The Secrets of the Lazarus Club
Frances Brody - Dying in the Wool
James Twining - The Geneva Deception
Keith Souter - The Fools Folly
Thomas Greanias - The Atlantic Revelation
David Baldacci - First Family
Jeffrey Deaver - The Bodies Left Behind
December 2009
Author
of the Month - Sheila Quigley
Fresh
Blood - Camilla Noli
Reviews
John Curran - Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks
Reviews
Jonathan Kellerman - True Detectives
Hilary Macaskill - Agatha Christie at Home
C.J. Box - Three Weeks to Say Goodbye
Ngaio Marsh - Ngaio Marsh Omnibus 1
Catriona McPherson - Proper Treatment of Bloodstains
James Lee Burke - Rain Gods
Thomas Perry - Runner
November 2009
Author
of the Month - F G Cottam
Fresh
Blood - Ryan David Jahn
Reviews
Michael Connelly - Nine Dragons
Cody MacFadyen - Abandoned
Christopher Brookmyre - Pandaemonium
Cassandra Clark - The Red Velvet Turnshoe
Jonathan Kellerman - Evidence
Yaba Badoe - True Murder
N.J. Cooper - No Escape
David Hewson - Dante's Numbers
Luis Miguel Rocha - The Last Pope
James Sheehan - Law of Second Chances
October 2009
Author
of the Month - Sam Millar
Fresh
Blood - Chris Longmuir
Reviews
Steig Larsson - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Ariana Franklin - Relics of the Dead
Chelsea Cain - Evil at Heart
Philip Kerr - If The Dead Rise Not
Dan Brown - The Lost Symbol
Kathy Reichs - 206 Bones
Stuart B. MacBride - Halfhead
Matt Hilton - Judgement and Wrath
Daniel Silva - The Defector
Mario Reading - The Nostradamus Prophecies
C.M. Palov - Stones of Fire
September 2009
Author
of the Month - R. J. Ellory
Fresh
Blood - Chris Carter
Classic
Crime - James Curtis/Robert Westerby
Reviews
Val McDermid - Fever of the Bone
Nicola Upson - Angel With Two Faces
Ian Rankin - The Complaints
David Levien - Where The Dead Lay
Martin Walker - The Dark Vineyard
George Dawes Green - Ravens
Barbara Nadel - Sure and Certain Death
Deon Meyer - Blood Safari
Gunnar Staalsen - Writing on the Wall
Lee Child - Gone Tomorrow
Susanna Gregory - A Vein of Deceit
Charles Brokaw - The Atlantis Code
Michael Stanley - A Deadly Trade
August 2009
Author
of the Month - Laura Wilson
Fresh
Blood - Liam McIlvanney
Reviews
Johan Theorin - The Darkest Room
Denise Mina - Still Midnight
Aline Templeton - Dead in the Water
Lisa Gardner - The Neighbour
Peter Robinson - The Price of Love
Don Winslow - The Gentleman's Hour
Anne Zouroudi - The Doctor of Thessaly
Douglas Watt - Death of a Chief
Martin Suter - A Deal With The Devil
Jeffery Deaver - Roadside Crosses
Shona McLean - The Redemption of Alexander Seaton
Paul Johnston - Crying Blue Murder/Last Red Death/Golden Silence
July 2009
Author
of the Month - George Pelecanos
Fresh
Blood - Andrew Grant
Reviews
Thomas H. Cook - The Fate of Katherine Carr
John Connolly - The Lovers
Reginald Hill - Midnight Fugue
Marshall Karp - Flipping Out
James Patterson - Swimsuit
Anne Zouroudi - The Taint of Midas
Matt Hilton - Dead Man's Dust
John Hart - The Last Child
Ann Cleeves - Red Bones
Andrew Nugent - Soul Murder
Yrsa Sigurdardottir - My Soul To Take
Helen Black - A Place of Safety
Glenn Cooper - Library of the Dead
Brian Freeman - The Watcher
June 2009
Author
of the Month - Tony Black
Fresh
Blood - Linda Castillo
Reviews
Carlos Ruiz Zafon - The Angel's Game
Arturo Pérez-Reverte - The Man in the Yellow Doublet
Harlan Coben - Long Lost
Mari Jungstedt - Unknown
Bateman - Mystery Man
John Baker - Winged With Death
Rory Clements - Martyr
Michael Morley - Viper
Michael Marshall - Bad Things
Shamini Flint - Inspector Singh Investigates
Malla Nunn - A Beautiful Place To Die
Jason Pinter - The Stolen
Arnaldur Indridason - Arctic Chill
David Ellis - Line of Vision
J A Kerley - Blood Brother
Julian Evans - A Good and Happy Child
May 2009
Author
of the Month - Rennie Airth
Fresh
Blood - Adam Creed
Classic
Crime - Michael Gilbert
Reviews
Michael Connelly - The Scarecrow
Donna Leon - About Face
Caro Ramsay - Singing to the Dead
Alafair Burke - City of Fear
Pater Temple - Shooting Star
April 2009
Author
of the Month - Brian McGilloway
Fresh
Blood - Simone van der Vlugt
Reviews
Stav Sherez - The Black Monastery
Erica Spindler - Breakneck
Lisa Unger - Black Out
Qui Xiaolong - The Mao Case
G J Moffat - Daisy Chain
Fred Vargas - The Chalk Circle Man
Janet Evanovich - Plum Spooky
Mark Giminez - The Common Lawyer
Lesley Horton - Twisted Tracks
March 2009
Author
of the Month - Tom Bradby
Fresh
Blood - Elly Griffiths
Reviews
Karen Campbell - After The Fire
Alex Gray - Glasgow Kiss
Jo Nesbo - The Redeemer
Robert Wilson - The Ignorance of Blood
Stieg Larsson - The Girl Who Played With Fire
February 2009
Author
of the Month - Sophie Hannah
Fresh
Blood - Josh Bazell
Reviews
Lindsay Davis - Alexandria
Graham Hurley - No Lovelier Death
Barbara Nadel - River of the Dead
Barry Forshaw (Ed.) - British Crime Writing Encyclopedia
Richard Price - Lush Life
John Grisham - The Associate
James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge - Run For Your Life
Michael Jecks - King of Thieves
Steven Hague - Justice For All
Chris Mooney - The Secret Friend
Kirino Natsuo - Real World
January 2009
Author
of the Month - Jim Kelly
Fresh
Blood - Alan Bradley
Reviews
Linwood Barclay - Too Close to Home
Tess Gerritson - Keeping the Dead
Camilla Läckberg - The Ice Princess
Andrew Klavan - Empire of Lies
Neil Cross - Burial
Michael Pearce - A Dead Man in Barcelona
Ruth Brandon - Caravaggio’s Angel
Carol O’Connell - Bone by Bone
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles - Game Over
December 2008
Author
of the Month - Lynda la Plante
Fresh
Blood - Inger Ash Wolfe
Reviews
Andy McNab - Brute Force
Ruth Rendell - Portobello
Alex Kava - Exposed
Ed by Paul Gravett - The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics
Matthew Klein - Conned
November 2008
Author
of the Month - M.C. Beaton
Fresh
Blood - James Green
Reviews
Martina Cole - The Business
FG Cottam - Dark Echo
Jeri Westerson - Veil of Lies
David Simon - Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
Andrew Pepper - Kill Devil and Water
Stella Rimington - Dead Lne
Benjamin Black - The Lemur
Jonathan Kellerman - Bones
Adrian Magson - No Kiss for the Devil
Mandasue Heller - Shafted
October 2008
Author
of the Month - James Lee Burke
Fresh
Blood - Dan Waddell
Reviews
R J Ellory - A Simple Act of Violence
Brett Battles - The Deceived
Ian Rankin - Doors Open
Michael Connolly - The Brass Verdict
Peter Leonard - Quiver
Gillian Philip - Bad Faith
Andy McNab - Crossfire
Kate Atkinson - When Will There Be Good News?
James McGee - Rapscallion
Tana French - The Likeness
Kathy Reichs - Devil Bones
September 2008
Author
of the Month - Barbara Vine
Fresh
Blood - Sebastian Fitzek
Reviews
P.D. James - The Private Patient
Rebecca Jenkins - The Dukes Agent
Barbara Nadel - Ashes to Ashes
Janet Evanovich - Fearless Fourteen
Patrick Quinlan - The Drop-Off
Dick Francis and Felix Francis - Silks
Meg Gardiner - The Dirty Secrets Club
Jeffery Deaver - The Broken Window
Andrew Pyper - The Killing Circle
Robert Crais - Chasing Darkness
Val McDermid - A Darker Domain
Christopher Reichs - Rules of Deception
Penny Rudolph - Listen to the Mockingbird
Lance Elliot - Murder Plot
August 2008
Author
of the Month - Gregg Hurwitz
Fresh
Blood - Johan Theorin
Reviews
Peter Robinson - All the Colours of Darkness
Lisa Gardner - Say Goodbye
Tom Cain - The Survivor
Frances Fyfield - Blood from Stone
Mark Billingham - In The Dark
E.V. Seymour - The Last Exile
Chelsea Cain - Sweet Heart
Ken Bruen - Sanctuary
Susan Hill - The Vows of Silence
Karin Slaughter - Fractured
George Pelecanos - The Turnaround
Barbara Erskine - The Warrior's Princess
Jesse Kellerman - The Brutal Art
Terri Persons - Blind Rage
July 2008
Author
of the Month - Simon Kernick
Fresh
Blood - Will Lavender
Reviews
Cody McFayden - The Darker Side
Charlie Newton - Calumnet City
Marshall Karp - Bloodthirsty
Aline Templeton - Lamb to the Slaughter
Thomas Perry - Fidelity
Peter Lovesey - The Headhunters
Jeff Abbott - Run
Michael Dobbs - The Lords’ Day
James Lee Burke - The Tin Roof Blowdown
Martyn Waites - White Riot
Lis Howell - The Chorister at the Abbey
James Patterson - Step on a Crack
June 2008
Author
of the Month - Peter James
Fresh
Blood - David Levien
Reviews
Sebastian Faulks (Writing as Ian Fleming) - Devil May Care
Andrea Maria Schenkel - The Murder Farm
Michael Morley - Spider
Jean-Francois Parot - The Man with the Lead Stomach
Steve Mosby - Cry For Help
Elizabeth George - Careless in Red
Peter Temple - Dead Point
Greg Iles - Third Degree
James Patterson - Sail
Philip Kerr - A Quiet Flame
Andrew Martin - Death on a Branch Line
Gladys Mitchell - Printers Error
Claire Seeber - Lullaby
May 2008
Author
of the Month - John Connolly
Fresh
Blood - Jason Pinter
Reviews
Ariana Franklin - The Death Maze
R N Morris - A Vengeful Longing
Lawrence Goldstone - The Anatomy of Deception
Martin Walker - Bruno, Chief of Police
Alex Gray - Pitch Black
Andrew Taylor - Bleeding Heart Square
Andy Oakes - Citizen One
Nick Rennison - The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
April 2008
Author
of the Month - Robert Barnard
Fresh
Blood - Nicola Upson
Reviews
C.J. Sansom - Revelation
Barry Eisler - Requiem for an Assassin
Harlan Coben - Hold Tight
Jo Nesbo - Nemesis
Ann Cleeves - White Nights
Lindsay Ashford - The Killer Inside
R.S. Downie - Ruso and the Demented Doctor
David Wishart - Illegally Dead
Jefferson Bass - Carved in Bone
Martin O'Brien - Jacquot and the Fifteen
Catherine Sampson - The Pool of Unease
Lee Child - Bad Luck and Trouble
March 2008
Author
of the Month - Mark Gimenez
Fresh
Blood - Tom Rob Smith
Reviews
Lee Child - Nothing to Lose
Laura Wilson - Stratton's War
Reginald Hill - A Cure for All Diseases
Marek Krajewski - Death in Breslau
Jack Ross - Requiem
Roberta Kray - The Lost
Mari Jungstedt - Unspoken
John Rickards - Burial Ground
M.C. Beaton - Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death/Vicious Vet
Kathryn Fox - Skin and Bone
Ingrid Black - The Judas Heart
February 2008
Author
of the Month - Michael Robotham
Fresh
Blood - S.J. Bolton
Reviews
David Ellis - Eye of the Beholder
M.J. Rose - The Reincarnationist
Peter Temple - Black Tide
Simon Lewis - Bad Traffic
Qiu Xiaolong - A Case of Two Cities
Fred Vargas - This Night’s Foul Work
John Grisham - The Appeal
Andrea Camilleri - The Patience of the Spider
Graham Hurley - The Price of Darkness
James Sallis - Cripple Creek
Linda Fairstein - Killer Heat
James Patterson - 7th Heaven
Constance Briscoe - Beyond Ugly
Helen Black - Damaged Goods
John Matthews - Ascension Day
Jane Hill - The Murder Ballad
January 2008
Author
of the Month - David Hewson
Fresh
Blood - Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Reviews
Tess Gerritsen - The Bone Garden
Qiu Xiaolong - Red Mandarin Dress
Edward Wright - Damnation Falls
Linwood Barclay - No Time for Goodbye
Barbara Nadel - Pretty Dead Things
Susan Arnout Smith - The Timer Game
Armand Cabasson - The Officer’s Prey
Leif Davidsen - The Serbian Dane
ed. Maxim Jakubowski - Paris Noir
Peter Temple - Bad Debts
Karen Rose - Die For Me
December 2007
Author
of the Month - Donald Westlake
Fresh
Blood - P.D. Martin
Reviews
M. C. Beaton - Agatha Raisin and Kissing Christmas Goodbye
Susan Hill - The Man in the Picture
Thomas Perry - Silence
Jane Huxley - Summer Night, Winter Moon
Michael Pearce - A Dead Man in Tangier
Patricia Cornwell - Book of the Dead
Francis Durbridge - Send for Paul Temple
November 2007
Author
of the Month - James Twining
Fresh
Blood - Neil White
Reviews
John Hart - Down River
Joan Smith - What Will Survive
Priscilla Masters - Slipknot
Joseph Finder - Power Play
Miyuki Miyabe - The Devil’s Whisper
Faye Kellerman - The Burnt House
Michael Didbin - End Games
Qiu Xiaolong - When Red is Black
Robert Ellis - City of Fire
Ake Edwardson - Frozen Tracks
Rosemary Rowe - A Coin for the Ferryman
Ann Granger - Rattling the Bones
October 2007
Author
of the Month - Ian Rankin
Fresh
Blood - Adrian Hyland
Reviews
Robert Goddard - Name To A Face
Karin Slaughter - Skin Privilege
Kathy Reichs - Bones to Ashes
Val McDermid - Beneath The Bleeding
Daniel Silva - The Secret Servant
Arnaldur Indridason - The Draining Lake
Adrian Magson - No Tears for the Lost
Margaret Frazer - A Play of Isaac
Agatha Christie - Dead Man’s Folly (AUDIO BOOK)
John Hart - King of Lies
September 2007
Author
of the Month - Dreda Say Mitchell
Fresh
Blood - Chelsea Cain
Reviews
Aline Templeton - Lying Dead
Mark Billingham - Death Message
Jeffery Deaver - The Sleeping Doll
Michael Marshall - The Intruders
Martin Cruz Smith - Stalin's Ghost
Lee Martin - Gangster's Wives
Peter Robinson - Friend of the Devil
Tom Cain - The Accident Man
August 2007
Author
of the Month - Denise Mina
Fresh
Blood - Caro Ramsay
Classic
Crime - Derek Raymond
Reviews
Scott Frost - Run The Risk
David Baldacci - Simple Genius
Karin Fossum - Black Seconds
Pip Vaughan-Hughes - The Vault of Bones
Pauline Rowson - In For The Kill
Simon Kernick - Severed
July 2007
Author
of the Month - Sam Bourne
Fresh
Blood - Marshall Karp
Reviews
Cody McFayden - The Face of Death
Candace Robb - The Guilt of Innocents
Claude Izner - Murder on the Eiffel Tower
Louise Penny - Dead Cold
Andrew Gross - The Blue Zone
Laura Lippman - What The Dead Know
Martha Powers - Death Angel
Pat McIntosh - St Mungo’s Robin
Gordon Ferris - Truth Dare Kill
June 2007
Author
of the Month - Cathi Unsworth
Reviews
Michael Connelly - The Overlook
Robert Gregory Browne - Kiss Her Goodbye
Alafair Burke - Dead Connection
Michael Robotham - The Night Ferry
Paul Johnston - The Death List
Dean Koontz - The Good Guy
Jean-Francois Parot - The Châtelet Apprentice
Ken Bruen - Cross
May 2007
Author
of the Month - Ariana Franklin
Classic
Crime - Georgette Heyer
Reviews
Alex Gray - The Riverman
Martin O'Brien - Jacquot and the Master
Marcus Sakey - The Blade Itself
Harlan Coben - The Woods
Thomas Perry - Nightlife
Sam North - The Velvet Rooms
Andrew Nugent - Second Burial
Chris Mooney - The Missing
Jeff Abbott - Fear
April 2007
Author
of the Month - Natasha Mostert
Reviews
Chris Kuzneski - Sign of the Cross
Asa Larsson - The Savage Altar
Graeme Roe - Dangerous Outsider
Qiu Xiaolong - When Red is Black
Richard Montanari - Broken Angels
David Wishart - In At The Death
John Rickards - The Darkness Inside
Steve Mosby - The 50/50 Killer
David Lawrence - Down Into Darkness
Jesse Kellerman - Trouble
Stephen White - Kill Me
March 2007
Author
of the Month - Reginald Hill
Fresh
Blood - John Macken
Reviews
Martin Langfield - The Malice Box
Reviews
Deborah Crombie - Water Like A Stone
Brad Meltzer - The Book of Fate
Graham Hurley - One Under
Carmen Posadas - The Last Resort
Robert Crais - The Watchman
Robert Barnard - A Fall From Grace
Terri Persons - Blind Spot
Peter Temple - In the Evil Day
Aline Templeton - The Darkness and the Deep
ed. Scott Turow - The Best American Mystery Stories
February 2007
Author
of the Month - Natasha Cooper
Fresh
Blood - Cody McFadyen
Reviews
Lisa Gardner - Hide
Christopher Goffard - Snitch Jacket
Mark Gimenez - The Abduction
Lindsey Davis - Saturnalia
Faye and Jonathan Kellerman - Capital Crimes
Lesley Horton - The Hollow Core
Judith Cutler - Cold Pursuit
Daniel Silva - Prince of Fire
Tony Hillerman - The Shape Shifter
John Le Carre - The Mission Song
January 2007
Author
of the Month - Elizabeth George
Fresh
Blood - Gillian Flynn
Reviews
Fred Vargas - Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand
Dean Koontz - Brother Odd
Linda Fairstein - Bad Blood
Thomas Harris - Hannibal Rising
Tess Gerritsen - The Mephisto Club
Alexander McGregor - Lawless
Mari Jungstedt - Unseen
Lynda La Plante - The Red Dahlia
Carol Anne Davis - Shrouded
Jonathan Santlofer - The Death Artist
Jason Goodwin - The Janissary Tree
December 2006
Author
of the Month - Gilbert Adair
Fresh
Blood - Linda Regan
Classic
Crime - Dorothy L. Sayers
Reviews
Ruth Rendell - The Water’s Lovely
Mary and Carol Higgins Clark - Santa Cruise
M. C. Beaton - Agatha Raisin and Love, Lies and Liquor
Jean-Patrick Manchette - The Prone Gunman
Anne Perry - A Christmas Secret
Derek Wilson - Unquiet Spirit
Faye Kellerman - The Garden of Evil and other criminal delights.
November 2006
Author
of the Month - Martina Cole
Fresh
Blood - Matthew Klein
Reviews
Ian Rankin - The Naming of the Dead
James Herbert - The Secret of Crickley Hall
Michael Cox - The Meaning of Night
Stella Rimington - Secret Asset
Brian Freeman - Stripped
Laura Lippman - No Good Deeds
Henning Mankell - Depths
Janet Evanovich - Motor Mouth
Jonathon King - Eye of Vengeance
Otto Penzler (Ed) - Pulp Fiction: The Crimefighters
October 2006
Author
of the Month - Thomas H. Cook
Fresh
Blood - Stef Penney
Reviews
C.J. Sansom - Sovereign
James Sheehan - The Mayor of Lexington Avenue
Michael Connelly - Echo Park
P. J. Tracy - Snow Blind
Ruth Downie - Medicus and the Disappearing Dancing Girls
Jonathan Kellerman - Gone
James Patterson - Cross
Judith Cutler - The Chinese Takeout
Katy Gardner - Hidden
Karin Alvtegen - Shame
Christian Jungerson - The Exception
September 2006
Author
of the Month - Dick Francis
Fresh
Blood - David Harrison
Classic
Crime - Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo
Reviews
Jo Nesbo - The Redbreast
Barbara Erskine - Daughters of Fire
Qui Xialong - A Loyal Character Dancer
James Patterson - Judge and Jury
Louis Bayard - The Pale Blue Eye
Scott Frost - Never Fear
Sarah Rayne - Spider Light
Pierre Magnan - Death in the Truffle Wood
Otto Penzler (ed) - Dangerous Women
August 2006
Author
of the Month - Arnaldur Indridason
Fresh
Blood - Andrew Nugent
Reviews
Jim Kelly - The Coldest Blood
Reviews
Kathleen McGowan - The Expected One
Barbara Nadel - After The Mourning
Jeffery Deaver - The Cold Moon
Susan Hill - Risk of Darkness
Pierre Magnan - The Messengers of Death
Peter James - Looking Good Dead
Chris Jordan - Taken
Matti Joensuu - The Priest of Evil
Ann Granger - A Rare Interest In Corpses
Edward Wright - Red Sky Lament
July 2006
Author
of the Month - Sally Spedding
Fresh
Blood - Andrew Pepper
Classic
Crime - Edgar Allan Poe
Reviews
Peter Temple - The Broken Shore
Dean Koontz - The Husband
Kathy Reichs - Break No Bones
Janet Evanovich - Twelve Sharp
Lindsay Ashford - Death Studies
Susanna Gregory - The Tarnished Chalice
Michael Robotham - The Drowning Man
Sue Grafton - S is for Silence
Jeff Abbott - Panic
Michael Jecks - A Friar’s Bloodfeud
June 2006
Author
of the Month - Peter Robinson
Fresh
Blood - Jesse Kellerman
Classic
Crime - David Goodis
Reviews
Patricia Cornwell - At Risk
Joseph Finder - Killer Instinct
Mark Billingham - Buried
Elizabeth Peters - Tomb of the Golden Bird
Val McDermid - Cleanskin
Robert Crais - The Two Minute Rule
Katherine John - The Corpse’s Tale
May 2006
Author
of the Month - James Patterson
Fresh
Blood - Patrick Quinlan
Reviews
Thomas H. Cook - Red Leaves
Elizabeth Rigby - The Hunting Season
Stephen Miller - A Game of Soldiers
Bernard Knight - The Elixir of Death
Lindsay Ashford - Strange Blood
Katherine John - By Any Name
Anne Perry - Dark Assassin
Ake Edwardson - Never End
Richard Kunzmann - Salamander Cotton
Michael Symmons Roberts - Patrick's Alphabet
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Graphic Novels
Greg Rucka - Wonder Woman: The Lies - Vol.1
George Perez - Wonder Woman Omnibus: Vol.2
Jon Morris - The Legion of Regrettable Super Villains
James Tynion IV - Detective Comics: Vol.1 - Rise of the Batmen
Grant Morrison - Wonder Woman: Earth One
Jeff Lemire - Descender: Vol.1 - Tin Stars
Dan Abnett - Aquaman: Vol.1 - The Drowning
Jill Thompson - Wonder Woman: The True Amazon
Dan Abnett - Titans: Vol.1 - The Return of Wally West
Hope Nicholson - The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen
April 2006
Author of the
Month - William Brodrick
Fresh Blood -
Simon Beckett
Classic
Crime - Raymond Chandler
Reviews
Chris Petit - The Passenger
Qiu Xiaolong - Death of a Red
Heroine
Francesca Weisman - The Shape
of a Stranger
Denise Hamilton - Savage Garden
Sara Paretsky - Fire Sale
Ann Cleeves - Raven Black
Ken Bruen - Priest
Patrick Redmond - All She Ever
Wanted
Stav Sherez - The Devil's Playground
March 2006
Author of the
Month - Joanna Hines
Fresh Blood -
Simon Beckett
Classic
Crime - Raymond Chandler
Reviews
Mark Gimenez – The Colour
of Law
Raymond Khoury – The Last
Templar
Laura Wilson – A Thousand
Lies
Richard Montanari - The Rosary
Girls
James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
– The 5th Horseman
Dean Koontz - Forever Odd
Margaret Murphy – Now You
See Me
Martin O'Brien – Jacquot
and the Angel
February 2006
Author of the
Month - Tess Gerritsen
Fresh Blood -
Simon Beckett
Classic
Crime - Raymond Chandler
Reviews
C. J. Sansom - Winter In Madrid
Jan Costin Wagner - Ice Moon
Lisa Gardner - Gone
Barbara Nadel - Dance With Death
Linda Fairstein - Death Dance
Tony Hillerman - Skeleton Man
David Hosp - Dark Harbour
Peter James - Dead Simple
Paul Doherty - The Cup of Ghosts
Dean Koontz - Velocity
January 2006
Author of the
Month - Martyn Waites
Fresh Blood -
Nick Stone
Reviews
Graham Hurley - Blood and Honey
Fred Vargas – The Three Evangelists
Christopher Reich – The Patriots’
Club
December 2005
Authors of the
Month - Frances Fyfield & David Roberts
Fresh Blood -
Jo Nesbo
Reviews
Best British Mysteries 2006 –
Ed by Maxim Jakubowski
Anne Perry – A Christmas Guest
Jonathan Kellerman – Rage
Henning Mankell – The Man Who
Smiled
The Detection Collection –
Edited by Simon Brett
Michael Jecks - The Butcher of St
Peter’s
Lev Grossman – Codex
November 2005
Authors of the
Month - Michael Connelly & ‘Nicci French’
(Nicci Gerrard and Sean French)
Fresh Blood -
Louise Penny
Reviews
Judith Cutler - Life Sentence
Catherine Sampson – Out of
Mind
P. D. James – The Lighthouse
Peter Tremayne - Master of Souls
Laura Lipman – The Power of
Three
October 2005
Classic Crime
- Gladys Mitchell
Author of the
Month - Meg Gardiner
Fresh Blood
- Cathi Unsworth
Reviews
P. D. James – The Lighthouse
Peter Tremayne - Master of Souls
Laura Lipman – The Power of
Three
Agatha Christie – The Thirteen
Problems
Chris Haslam – Alligator Strip
Denise Hamilton – Last Lullaby
Ake Edwardson – Sun and Shadow
Daniel Silva - A Death in Vienna
Agatha Christie – The Moving
Finger
September 2005
Classic Crime
- Agatha Christie
Author of the
Month - Minette Walters
Reviews
Faye Kellerman – Straight into
Darkness
G. M. Ford – A Blind Eye
Kate Mosse - Labyrinth
Andy Oakes – Dragons Eye
Jack Kerley – The Death
Collectors
Stacy Horn - The Restless Sleep
Chris Simms - Killing the Beasts
Karin Slaughter – Faithless
August 2005
Classic Crime
- James M. Cain
Author of the
Month - Stella Duffy
Fresh Blood -
Alex Barclay
Reviews
Jeffrey Deaver – The Twelfth
Card
Boris Akunin - The Death of Achilles
Simon Kernick - A Good Day to Die
Adrian Mathews - The Apothecary’s
House
Elizabeth George - With No One as
Witness
Reginald Hill - Stranger House
Caleb Carr - Italian Secretary
Susan Hill - The Pure In Heart
Michael Finkel - True Story: Murder,
Memoir, Mea Culpa
Minette Walters - The Tinder Box
July 2005
Author of the
Month - John Sandford
Fresh Blood -
Catriona McPherson
Reviews
Lindsey Davis - See Delphi and Die
P J Tracy – Dead Run
Barbara Nadel - Last Rights
C.J.Sansom - Dark Fire
Michael Connolly – The Closers
Ann Granger - Mixing with Murder
Gene Kerrigan - Little Criminals
James Patterson - 4th of July
Martyn Waites - The White Room
Lawrence Block - All the Flowers
are Dying
June 2005
Author of the
Month - Mark Billingham
Classic Crime
- Margaret Millar
Fresh Blood -
Stuart MacBride
Reviews
Arnaldur Indridason – Silence
of the Grave
Sue Walker – The Reunion
John Connelly - Black Angel
David Lawrence - Cold Kill
James Siegel - Detour
Greg Iles - Blood Memory
Jon Fasman - The Geographers
Library
May 2005
Author of the
Month - Val McDermid
Reviews
Barbara Vine - The Minotaur
Harlan Coben - The Innocent
Ken Follett - Whiteout
Francesca Weisman - Nowhere’s
Child.
Michael Ridpath - On the Edge
Catherine Sampson - Falling
Off Air
March 2005
Author of the
Month - Victoria Blake
Fresh Blood
- Craig Russell
Classic Crime
- Celia Fremlin
Reviews
Last Witness - Jilianne Hoffman
Alone - Lisa Gardiner
The Broker - John Grisham
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