Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year 2014

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Has anyone read anything on this longlist?:

The 2014 Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year long-list in full:

Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
The Dying Hours by Mark Billingham
Like This, For Ever by Sharon Bolton
A Wanted Man by Lee Child
The Honey Guide by Richard Crompton
The Cry by Helen Fitzgerald
Dying Fall by Elly Griffiths
Until You’re Mine by Samantha Hayes
The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter by Malcolm Mackay
The Chessmen by Peter May
I Hear The Sirens In The Street by Adrian McKinty
The Red Road by Denise Mina
Ratlines by Stuart Neville
Standing in Another Man’s Grave by Ian Rankin
Children of the Revolution by Peter Robinson
Eleven Days by Stav Sherez
Weirdo by Cathi Unsworth

I realised I own at least half of the books but have only read one so far
That was The Cry which I thought was OK. I do want to read The Shining Girls and Rubbernecker. I think I'll predict The Shining Girls as the overall winner.

I've read The Shining Girls, Dying Fall, The Chessmen and Standing in Another Man's Grave. I enjoyed them all but would recommend The Shining Girls, particularly as the others are all part of a series. You would definitely need to read the preceding novels to The Chessmen IMO.

I've got Rubbernecker and The Shining Girls to be read. I like Belinda Bauer's novels, and have read her previous three.

I read The Black House and really liked it but read a couple of pages of The Lewis Man and then got distracted by something newer. I fully intend to go back and finish it - sometime. The same thing happened with Blacklands.

I've recently heard very good things about Elly Griffiths so I'm intrigued by her series. I read The End of the Wasp Season due to the Theakstons but was very disappointed by it. Then I bought the Stav Sherez due to raves on twitter but found him pretentious on there so have avoided reading the book. (Yes, I'm that easily swayed.)

I HATE reading series out of order so both the Billingham & Rankin books feel like such tall orders - sometime I hope to start both series but I doubt it'll happen this year.

Just finished Mark Billingham -the dying hours - didn't like it as much as some of his others, it was a bit too 'gangster' for me.

Started Rubbernecker immediately after this, and am enjoying it so far.

Have got the children of the revolution, Peter Robinson, not read it yet, but enjoy most of his stuff.

Have read all of Elly Griffiths, but not this new one - like the atmospheric nature of the Norfolk environment, reminds me of some P D James books

I think Peter Robinson has gone downhill lately. I don't know if I can be bothered to read the latest.

I also really like the Elly Griffiths books. I wouldn't say they are real page turners but I enjoy the characterisation and sense of place.