In 2022, he completed his third Hazard and Somerset series and published the final two books of The First Quarto series, and as always, it’s hard to pick just one from that lot to include on this list. It wouldn’t be a Caz “Best of “without at least one mention of Gregory Ashe, who continues to put out several excellent books each year. It’s all very tense and exciting and sexy and romantic – and I can’t wait for the next book in the series to arrive in Spring 2023! Buy it at: Amazon, Audible or your local bookshop It’s not long before Eli finds himself enmeshed in something far more complicated than the hunt for a murderer, something which could reveal the truth about werewolves and threaten their very existence – while also trying to fight off his attraction to Julian Doren, who has come to the retreat to investigate the death of his younger brother. The story picks up not long after the end of Cry Wolf, with the enigmatic Eli Smith moving to Maudit Falls to run the retreat for pack runaways set up by Cooper and Park. Pack of Lies is the first book in the Monster Hunt series, and it’s every bit as good as her previous books, a compelling combination of clever, intricate mystery and expertly crafted slow-burn romance featuring two very different but compelling characters.

At least that has narrowed the field a bit and meant I haven’t had to struggle to whittle the list down, so I suppose… clouds, silver linings and all that!Ĭharlie Adhara’s Big Bad Wolf series is one of my favourites, so I was really excited when she announced a spin-off was in the works. Looking back through my reviews I can see I’ve been lucky enough to read a lot of good books, but when I came to put this list together, I realised that while I’ve given a lot of B/B+ grades, I haven’t given all that many DIKs, which are the books I usually base my lists on. I had a more than decent reading year in 2022.

Subway Slayings by C.S. Poe