26 July 2011

Best Crime Fiction Reads 2011 - so far - the full list


This is the final of my posts collating the suggestions that came in as a result of my Mid-Way Report post.
People were able to list titles regardless of when they were published

17 participants have suggested over 140 individual titles.
On Saturday I listed titles that were mentioned more than once.
Yesterday I listed authors mentioned more than once.
Today is the full list with duplicate titles removed.

I have marked Australian authors with *** if you are looking for some.

A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO DIE, Malla Nunn ***
A COLD KISS, John Rector
A LILY OF THE FIELD, John Lawton
A STONE OF THE HEART, John Brady
A THOUSAND CUTS aka RUPTURE, Simon Lelic
AN AUTHOR BITES THE DUST, Arthur W Upfield ***
AN UNCERTAIN PLACE, Fred Vargas
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, Agatha Christie
BAD INTENTIONS, Karin Fossum
BENEATH THE SKIN, Nicci French
BLACKLANDS, Belinda Bauer
BLANCO NOCTURNO, Ricardo Piglia
BLOOD OF THE WICKED, Leighton Gage
BLOOD OVER BADGE, Wayne Farquhar
BOUND, Vanda Symon (New Zealand author)
BOX 21, Anders Roslund & Borge Hellstron
BURY YOUR DEAD, Louise Penny
CAUGHT STEALING, Charlie Huston
CHARLEY'S WEB, Joy Fielding
COLD JUSTICE, Katherine Howell ***
COP HATER, Ed McBain
CORDIALLY INVITED TO MEET DEATH, Rex Stout
CROOKED LETTER, CROOKED LETTER, Tom Franklin
CROSSING, Andrew Xia Fukua
CROSSING PLACES, Elly Griffiths
CUCKOO, Julia Crouch
DANCERS IN MORNING, Margery Allingham
DAWN PATROL, Don Winslow
DEAD TOMORROW, Peter James
DEATH IN THE GARDEN, Elizabeth Ironside
DEATH MASK, Kathryn Fox ***
DEATH ON A GALICIAN SHORE, Domingo Villar
DEVIL RED, Joe Lansdale
DEVIL'S PEAK, Deon Meyer (South African author)
DIAMOND DOVE, Adrian Hyland ***
DRAWING CONCLUSIONS, Donna Leon
ECHOES FROM THE DEAD, Johan Theorin
EXILE, Denise Mina
EXIT LINES, Reginald Hill
FAITHFUL PLACE, Tana French
FALL OF THE GIANTS, Ken Follett
FIELD GREY, Philip Kerr
FROZEN MOMENT, Camilla Ceder.
GENTLY DOES IT, Alan Hunter
GHOST MOUNTAIN BOYS, James Campbell
HARBOUR, John Ajvide Lindqvist
HEARTSICK, Chelsea Cain
I AM NOT A SERIAL KILLER AND MR. MONSTER, Dan Wells
I'LL WALK ALONE, Mary Higgins Clark
INTIMATE KILL, Margaret Yorke
INTUITION, Allegra Goodman
KILLER, Stephen Carpenter
LASTING DAMAGE, Sophie Hannah
LIQUID FEAR, Scott Nicholson
LIVE WIRE, Harlan Coben
MERCY aka KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES, Jussi Adler-Olsen
MISTRESS IN THE ART OF DEATH, Ariana Franklin
NEMESIS, Jo Nesbo
NEVER SAY DIE, Tess Gerritsen
NEVER TELL A LIE, Hallie Ephron
NO-ONE LOVES A POLICEMAN, Guillermo Orsi
OPEN SEASON, C. J. Box
PRIEST, Ken Bruen
QUEEN OF THE FLOWERS, Kerry Greenwood ***
REBUS’S SCOTLAND, Ian Rankin
RED WOLF, Liza Marklund
REDBACK, Lindy Cameron ***
REVELATIONS, Laurel Dewey
ROSEANNA, Sjowall/Wahloo
SECRET DEAD MEN, Diane Swierczynski
SHARK MUSIC, Carol O'Connell
SHROUD OF DARKNESS, E. C. R. Lorac
SILENT VOICES, Ann Cleeves
SO CLOSE THE HAND OF DEATH, J.T. Ellison
SOMEONE ELSE'S SON, Sam Hayes
STARTED EARLY, TOOK MY DOG, Kate Atkinson
STORM SURGE, J D Rhoades
TEN LITTLE HERRINGS, L. C. Tyler
THE ART OF DROWNING, Frances Fyfield
THE BLOOD SPILT, Åsa Larsson
THE BRUSH OFF, Shane Maloney ***
THE BRUTAL TELLING, Louise Penny
THE CASE OF THE LAME CANARY, Erle Stanley Gardner
THE CHEMISTRY OF DEATH, Simon Beckett
THE CHINESE ORANGE MYSTERY, Ellery Queen
THE COLD KISS, John Rector
THE DEPUTY, Victor Gischler
THE DIVINER'S TALE, Bradford Morrow
THE DOORBELL RANG, Rex Stout
THE EMPANADA AFFAIR, Jerrold & Elaine Last
THE FIFTH WITNESS, Michael Connelly
THE GIRL IN THE GREEN RAINCOAT, Laura Lippmann
THE GIRL NEXT DOOR, Patricia MacDonald  
THE GIRL WHO DISAPPEARED TWICE, Andrea Kane
THE HANGING WOOD, Martin Edwards
THE KILLER INSIDE ME, Jim Thompson
THE LAKE EFFECT, Les Roberts
THE LEAVENWORTH CASE, Anna Katharine Green
THE LEOPARD, Jo Nesbo
THE LOCK ARTIST, Steve Hamilton
THE MAIN, Trevanian
THE MAN ON THE BALCONY, Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
THE RAGE, Gene Kerrigan
THE REDEEMER, Jo Nesbo
THE REVERSAL, Michael Connelly
THE RULE BOOK, Rob Kitchin
THE SILENT WORLD OF NICHOLAS QUINN, Colin Dexter
THE SNOWMAN, Jo Nesbo
THE STABBING IN THE STABLES, Simon Brett
THE STONECUTTER, Camilla Lackberg
THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE, Alan Bradley
THE THIRD RAIL, Michael Harvey
THE TROUBLED MAN, Henning Mankell
THE TWO DEATHS OF DANIEL HAYES, Marcus Sakey
THE WINGS OF THE SPHINX, Andrea Camilleri
THE WOODCUTTER, Reginald Hill
THE WRECKAGE, Michael Robotham ***
TURN OF MIND, Alice LaPlante
VICTORIAN TALES OF MYSTERY & DETECTION, Michael Cox, ed.
WATER-BLUE EYES, Domingo Villar
WHAT ALICE KNEW: A MOST CURIOUS TALE OF HENRY JAMES & JACK THE RIPPER, Paula Marantz Cohen
WHAT WAS LOST, Catherine O’Flynn
WHISPERS AND LIES, Joy Fielding
WHISTLEBLOWER, Tess Gerritsen
WHOSE BODY?, Dorothy L Sayers
WINTERLAND, Alan Glynn
WYCLIFFE AND THE LAST RITES, W J Burley
YOURS UNTIL DEATH, Gunnar Staalesen

5 comments:

kathy d. said...

Thank you Kerrie. A very interesting list, some titles and authors I wouldn't have expected, and some I would have expected that are not listed (yet).

Kerrie said...

I think the list at the end of the year will be quite different Kathy

Joe Barone said...

Lists like this are humbling. There's no way I could set out to read this number of books.

So many books, so little time.

Marce said...

I loved Sam Hayes, Tell Tales, look forward to reading the one on this list soon.

I love list that I can work my way through. Thank you so much.

Anonymous said...

There's another Austrailian thriller author who I don't see on your list. John Harman of Perth has several well received published mystery novels. His most recent is "Blood and Butterflies".

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