As I said last year, the New Zealand Listener has long been considered one of our premier magazines. It is a weekly current affairs and entertainment magazine, renowned for having one of the best books sections around. Near the end of each year the Listener has a “100 Best Books of the Year” issue, where its reviewers compile their list of best novels, short stories, poetry, biography, memoir, and other non-fiction (eg history, science, journalism and essays, art, and food and drink) books of the year.
Well, this week the 2010 100 Best Books List has been published (in the issue pictured), and I am very pleased to say that there are several crime fiction titles amongst the 'best books' of the year, according to the reviewing team of the Listener. The crime fiction titles on the list are:
- BLACKLANDS by Belinda Bauer
- BLOOD MEN by Paul Cleave
- THE FALLEN by Ben Sanders
- HUNTING BLIND by Paddy Richardson
- THE REVERSAL by Michael Connelly
- SURRENDER by Donna Malane
Have you read any of the crime novels mentioned? If so, what did you think? If not, which ones catch your eye? Thoughts and comments welcome.
Fantastic to see the NZ crime fiction featuring on the list!
ReplyDeleteI must track down the Belinda Bauer novel - it's had great reviews, some summer reading. Is Andrew Porteous' new novel available in NZ?
I read "The Reversal," by M. Connelly--good, a legal thriller plus police investigation. Connelly is a brilliant guy, no doubt, knows the law inside and out, and Harry Bosch is still keeping on.
ReplyDeleteHadn't heard of most of the other books, except Bauer's, but will research them.