My top 10 2022
- The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
- One Step Too Far by Lisa Gardner
- The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill by C.S. Robertson
- The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
- Swear on This Life by Renée Carlino
- The Devil’s Advocate by Steve Cavanagh
- The Key to My Heart by Lia Louis
- Poisoned at the Priory: The Death of Charles Bravo by Anthony M. Brown
- The IT Girl by Ruth Ware
- The Botanist by M.W. Craven
My top 10 2021
- Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
- A Thousand Perfect Notes by C.G. Drews
- Win by Harlan Coben
- While I Was Sleeping by Dani Atkins
- Missing Pieces by Tim Weaver
- Girls Who Lie by Eva Björg AEgisdottir
- No Exit by Taylor Adams
- His & Hers by Alice Feeney
- Deity by Matt Wesolowski
- He Started It by Samantha Downing
My top 10 2020
- I Know Who You Are by Alice Feeney
- Haven’t They Grown by Sophie Hannah
- The Sight Of You by Holly Miller
- Strangers by C.L. Taylor
- What Lies Between Us by John Marrs
- Here to Stay by Mark Edwards
- Fifty Fifty by Steve Cavanagh
- Dear Emmie Blue by Lia Louis
- A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
- The Cousins by Karen McManus
My top 10 2019
- Changeling by Matt Wesolowski
- The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup
- The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
- Now You See Her by Heidi Perks
- The Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal
- The Passengers by John Marrs
- Degrees of Guilt by HS Chandler
- The Escape Room by Megan Goldin
- Blood Song by Johana Gustawsson
- Call Me Star Girl by Louise Beech
My top 10 2018
- It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
- The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
- Keeper by Johana Gustawsson
- The Fear by C.L. Taylor
- Guess Who by Chris McGeorge
- A Scorned Woman by Jack Jordan
- Never Go There by Rebecca Tinnelly
- The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
- Resin by Ane Riel
- The Corset by Laura Purcell
My top 10 2017
- The One by John Marrs
- Six Stories by Matt Wesolowski
- Final Girls by Riley Sager
- This Love by Dani Atkins
- One Of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
- The Marsh King’s Daughter by Karen Dionne
- The Fourth Monkey by J.D. Barker
- Last Seen Alive by Claire Douglas
- Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
- Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough
Favorite detective novel of the year: Block 46 by Johana Gustawsson
My top 10 2016
- My Girl by Jack Jordan
- Black Widow by Chris Brookmyre
- PS I Like You by Kasie West
- The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter
- Love You to Death by Caroline Mitchell
- Desperately Seeking Epic by BN Toler
- The Killing Game by J.S. Carol
- Portmanteau by Paul T. Beardow
- Six of Hearts by L.H. Cosway
- Frailty by Betsy Reavley