This year’s shortlist takes readers from newly independent India to the tension of a remote Fenlands cottage, from a nail-biting missing persons investigation in Manchester to the wilds of North Norfolk, and from the hedonism of Georgian London to the murky world of international espionage.
 
Watch our shortlist panel interviews and longlist author interviews to discover more about each book shortlisted for the most wanted award in crime fiction, before voting for your winner on our voting page here.