- The Red Road by
- Dead Man’s Land by Robert Ryan
- Pilgrim Soul by Gordon Ferris
- The Hanging Shed by Douglas Brodie
- Bitter Water by Douglas Brodie
- Snow White Must Die by Nele Neuhaus
- A Man Without Breath by Philip Kerr
- The Good Suicides by Antonio Hill
- The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter by Malcolm Mackay
- I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
- The Tilted World by Tom Franklin and Beth Ann Fennelly
- Rustication by Charles Palliser
Critic Barry Forshaw with his favorit crime books of 2013. His fine list at The Independent.
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