Denise Mina: The Long Drop

Bernardine Evaristo: Mr Loverman

Katherine Heiny: Standard Deviation

Donal Ryan: The Spinning Heart

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins, with Elly Griffiths

Graeme Macrae Burnet: His Bloody Project

Ann Cleeves: Hidden Depths

Clare Chambers: Small Pleasures

Nicholas Shakespeare: Six Minutes in May

Lucy Caldwell: These Days