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Vicki Weisfeld: Top five books of 2022

Since I read several dozen crime thrillers each year, friends always ask for recommendations. Tempting though it is to reach for the latest shiny object, I keep going back to a few books that really made an impression, like the five below. And, while assembling…
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Erin Britton: Top five books of 2022

For all its peculiarities and problems, 2022 has been another excellent year for crime fiction, particularly for fans of puzzle mysteries, both new works and republished classics. The five books – four novels and one short story collection – I’ve selected as my top five…
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Rough Justice: Top five books of 2022

Picking my favourite crime novels of the year is always a double-edged sword. There’s great satisfaction in recognising some brilliant work, but also a little doubt, and guilt, about the books I leave out. I have to stick to five though, and after some consideration,…
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Paul Burke: Top five books of 2022

Crime novels trump all else for me and we have had another great year of reading about the darker side of human nature. Looking back over the books I have reviewed in 2022 these are the ones that stick with me. They provided the purest…
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