British Crime Club

For the reader of British mystery, traditional and contemporary, trade paperbacks or unsigned hardcover books published in the US or the UK. One unsigned paperback or hardcover per month.

2024

January: Blake, Matthew. Anna O.

February: Schillace, Brandy. The Framed Women of Ardemore House

March: Perrin, Kristen. How to Solve Your Own Murder.

April: Anthony Horowitz. Close to Death.

May: Susan Fletcher. The Night in Question.

June: Ellery Lloyd. The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby

July: Clare Pooley. How to Age Dis-Gracefully

August: Sally Smith. A Case of Mice and Murder

September: A.E. Gauntlett. The Stranger at the Wedding

October: Jo Callahan. Leave No Trace

November: Emma Bamford. Eye of the Beholder

December: Deborah Fowler. A St Ives Christmas Mystery

2023

January: Elliott, Lexie. Bright and Dangerous Things

February: Crombie, Deborah. A Killing of Innocents.

March: Kelly, Erin. The Skeleton Key.

April: Robinson, Peter. Standing in the Shadows.

May: Weaver, Ashley. Playing it Safe

June: Mead, Tom. The Murder Wheel

July: Hay, Alex. The House Keepers.

August: Fields, Helen. The Institution

September: Cleeves, Ann. The Raging Storm

October: Kelly, Julia. A Traitor in Whitehall.

November: Macmillan, Gilly. The Manor House

December: Charlotte Vassel. The Other Half.

2022

Jan:  Robotham, Michael. When You Are Mine

Feb: Hallett, Janice. The Appeal

March: Lloyd, Sam. The Rising Tide

April: Lloyd, Ellery. The Club

May: Shemilt, Jane, The Patient & Thorogood, Robert. The Marlow Murder Club

June: Hawtrey, Evie. And by Fire

July  Toyne, Simon. Dark Objects

August  Cannon, Joanna. A Tidy Ending

Sept: Feeney, Alice. Daisy Darker

Oct: Cambridge, Colleen. A Trace of Poison

Nov: Mackintosh, Clare. The Last Party

December: MacBird, Bonnie. What Child is This? A Sherlock Holmes Christmas Story (Harper Collins, $26.99).

2021

Jan:  Gosling, Victoria. Before the Ruins

Feb: Thomas, Russ. Nighthawking

March: Griffiths, Elly. The Postscript Murders

April: Johnstone, Carole. Mirrorland

May: Montclair, Allison. A Rogue’s Company

June:  Michaelides. The Maidens

July: Paris, BA. The Therapist

Aug: Hawkins, Paula. A Slow Fire Burning

Sept. Jewell, Lisa. The Night She Disappeared

Oct.:  Rader-Day, Lori. Death at Greenway

Nov. Glenconner, Lady Anne. A Haunting at Holkham

2020

Jan:  Steadman, Catherine. Mr Nobody

Feb: Airth, Rennie. The Decent Inn of Death

March: Thomas, Russ. Firewatching

April: Bruce, Camilla. You Let Me In

MayForry, Lauren A. They Did Bad Things

June: North, Alex. The Shadows

July. Feeney, AliceHis & Hers

AugPerks, Heidi. Three Perfect Liars

Sept.: Cleeves, Ann. The Darkest Evening

Oct.:  McDermid, Val. Still Life

Nov: Macmillan, Gilly. To Tell You the Truth

Dec. Horowitz, Anthony. The Moonflower Murders