In the absence of a full TOPCWF this year, I thought I’d have a go at reading the full long list of the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year as my challenge. Unfortunately I haven’t managed to complete it ahead of the announcement of the shortlist tomorrow but it’s my challenge and my rules therefore my aim is to read them all before the announcement of the winner later in the year.
The 18 authors listed are:
- My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Read – see review here)
- Fallen Angel by Chris Brookmyre
- Nothing Important Happened Today by Will Carver (Read)
- Cruel Acts by Jane Casey (Read)
- Blue Moon by Lee Child
- The Long Call by Ann Cleeves
- Red Snow by Will Dean
- Platform Seven by Louise Doughty (Read – it’s set in Peterborough so I had to read a book from my home town)
- Worst Case Scenario by Helen Fitzgerald (Read)
- The Lost Man by Jane Harper (Read)
- Joe Country by Mick Herron
- How the Dead Speak by Val McDermid
- The Chain by Adrian McKinty (Read – see review here)
- Conviction by Denise Mina
- Smoke and Ashes by Abir Mukherjee (Read)
- The Whisper Man by Alex North (Read)
- Blood & Sugar by Laura Shepherd-Robinson
- Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce (Read)
Ok, well firstly that list confirms that I am very behind with writing reviews. Secondly assuming the winner is announced on the dates that the festival should have been held, voting for the winner will probably close a bit before then. That gives me around 6 weeks to read 9 books. I suppose there are some bonuses about the lock down, with the pubs closed the evenings can be given over to book reading!
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