Books by Chris Whitaker
We Begin at the End
by Chris Whitaker
🏆 Winner 2021 CWA Gold Dagger
We Begin at the End won the UK's most prominent mystery-writing award in 2021, the CWA Gold Dagger, so definitely deserves a mention. It's perhaps more the story of a man (a cop called Walk) and the people he cares about than a whodunnit. The style is quite particular, a bit repetitive and won't appeal to all. To take a typical paragraph: "Together they watched a trawler, The Sun Drift, Walk knew it, blue paint and rust, curved lines of steel and wire. It moved silent from where they were, no waves just the carve of its hull."
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Best Mystery Books of 2021
2021 was fantastic for fans of the mystery genre, with lots of different types of books to choose from. There were also a wide variety of different evocative settings, including Tasmania, Ghana, a ski resort, a retirement village, and the Nevada desert. The year also saw new books in popular mystery series, including the second instalment of The Thursday Murder Club.
