Fifty great thrillers by women

Recently the Sunday Times (London) picked its one hundred favorite crime and spy novels published since 1945. Only titles were by women. In response, the Guardian "asked some of the UK’s best female crime writers for further suggestions, just to get us up to 50 and even the scales." One title from the list:

The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths

Forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway investigates the discovery of a child’s bones near the site of a prehistoric henge on the north Norfolk salt marshes.

Read about another entry on the list.

The Page 69 Test: The Crossing Places.

--Marshal Zeringue