Murder, Mystery and Mayhem's picks of 2010's best mystery/crime titles. Wrap up some murder this holiday season because everyone deserves a little crime.
For aunt Sally and uncle Cecil - They can be a bit squeamish - cozies
The Crocodile's Last Embrace by Suzanne Arruda
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley (our review)
The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths (our review)
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
Thereby Hangs a Tail by Spencer Quinn (our review)
The Bad Book Affair by Ian Sansom (our review)
For cousin Jordan - The arm chair traveller - foreign crime
The Godfather of Kathmandu by John Burdett
The Past is a Foreign Country by Gianrico Carofigli
Love Songs from a Shallow Grave by Colin Cotterill
The Queen of Patpong by Timothy Hallinan
Gunshot Road by Adrian Hyland
Hypothermia by Arnaldur Indridason
A Question of Belief by Donna Leon
Random Violence by Jassy Mackenzie (our review)
Thirteen Hours by Deon Meyer
The Devil's Star by Jo Nesbo
Collusion by Stuart Neville
Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End by Leif G.W. Persson
The Black Minutes by Martin Solares
For the elders - It's all about the dates - historical crime
Paganini's Ghost by Paul Adam
Spies of the Balkans by Alan Furst
The Sleepwalkers by Paul Grossman
Eye of the Law by Cora Harrison
The Divine Sacrifice by Tony Hays
Requiem in Vienna by J. Syndey Jones
A Lily in the Field by John Lawton
Occupied City by David Peace
The Rhetoric of Death by Judith Rock
City of Dragons by Kelli Stanley
For the office Secret Santa - Everything by the book - police procedurals & the law
The Ninth Step by Gabriel Cohen
Byrant & May Off the Rails by Christopher Fowler (our review)
Red Herring by Archer Mayor
Bad Boy by Peter Robinson (our review)
Innocent by Scott Turow
The Taken by Inger Ash Wolfe
For the siblings - They like it twisted - psychological / suspense
Blacklands by Belinda Bauer
Gutshot Straight by Lou Berney
Elegy for April by Benjamin Black (now reading)
The Glass Rainbow by James Lee Burke
The Whisperers by John Connolly (our review)
The Poacher's Son by Paul Doiron
The Anniversary Man by R.J. Ellory (our review)
Faithful Place by Tana French
The Dead Lie Down by Sophie Hannah
False Mermaid by Erin Hart
Vermillion Drift by William Kent Krueger
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson (our review)
Dexter is Delicious by Jeff Lindsey
I'd Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman (our review)
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey by Walter Mosley (our review)
A Scent of Rain of Lightning by Nancy Pickard
Portobello by Ruth Rendell
Mr. Peanut by Adam Ross
Broken by Karin Slaughter (our review)
Still Missing by Chevy Stevens
Buy Back by Brian M Wiprud
For the unmarried aunt - She's a bit lovestruck - romantic mystery
Through the Heart by Kate Morgenroth
The Crimson Rooms by Katherine McMahon
For the nieces and nephews - Nothing shocks them - thrillers
Never Look Away by Linwood Barclay
Nowhere to Run by C. J. Box
The Bricklayer by Noah Boyd
61 Hours by Lee Child
The 13th Hour by Richard Doetsh
The Eye of the Red Tsar by Sam Eastland
The Serialist by David Gordon
The Good Son by Michael Gruber
Silencer by James W Hall
The Four Stages of Cruelty by Keith Hollihan
I, Sniper by Stephen Hunter
Velocity by Alan Jacobson
Fever Dream by Douglas J.Preston
Wake Up Dead by Roger Smith (our review)
Dead Spy Running by Jon Stock
Truth by Peter Temple
I am an avid mystery reader and always looking for something new to read. Thank you for your suggestions. Currently, I am reading The Bricklayer which is written by a former F.B.I. agent. It seems so authentic. Several of your selections have given me a new list of authors and so far they've all hooked me in.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Would love to hear about authors who should be added to the list.
ReplyDeleteSpies of the Balkans is just a stunning book.
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