9

Think of a number, any single digit number between 1 and 400. Need a hint? Let’s refine it to the largest decimal digit, the square of 3, the square root of 81. Another clue? Count the number of Greek Muses. It’s the Hebrew Sabbath day of the month (23:32 וַיִּקְרָא), a number signifying truth and completeness. It’s the number of Brahma the Creator and At-Tawbah (ٱلتوبة‎), the n th Surah of the Holy Qur’an . It’s the atomic number of fluorine, the number of circles in Dante’s Inferno , and the number of innings in baseball. You guessed!
It’s also how high FeedSpot , a RSS feed reader, ranked SleuthSayers out of nearly 400 crime and mystery blogs it follows.
№ 9.
Wow. Rumors that SleuthSayers is respected and well regarded in the criminal community have reached this troglodyte’s outpost. That’s thanks to you, loyal reader (you know whom I’m talking about), and the dedication of two dozen of the smartest writers this side of Dorothy and Dashiell.
We have good company. I’ve read and interacted with other blogs I consider top-notch: Criminal Element (#1), Crimespree (#8), Crime Readers’ Association (#19), Murder is Everywhere (#28), Crime Time (#22), Criminal Minds (#32), Crime Space (#49), and Femmes Fatales (#69).
Look who else is featured: Rob Lopresti (#47) and Michael Bracken (#37). The list contains a number of intriguing new-to-me crime sites. Although no trophies or fat prizes are awarded, it’s nice to be recognized and be ranked so high.
FeedSpot’s original list offers considerable detail as well as 300 additional entries, but check the list below to get a quick Who’s Who of the mystery blogging world. Again, thank you. What do you think? Criminal minds want to know. And now, a selection from the list:




1. Criminal Element New York, US 45 Crime Segments Florida, US
2. Crime Fiction Lover UK 46 Indie Crime Scene unspecified
3. Crime Reads unspecified 47 Little Big Crimes Bellingham, Wash, US
4. Sue Coletta US 48 International Noir international
5. Crime By The Book New York, NY, US 49 Crime Space international
6. True Crime Diva unspecified 50 Vintage Crime Australia
7. Venetian Vase UK 51 Writer's Forensics California, US
8. Crime Spree Mag Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US 52 Crime Always Pays Ireland
9. SleuthSayers Ca, Fr, NZ, UK, US, ZA 53 Detectives > Borders international
10 Under Your Name? UK 54 Jane Isaac Northampton, England, UK
11 Crime Book Junkie UK 55 True Crime Reader unspecified
12 Kittling Books Phoenix, Arizona, US 56 Scandinavian Crime unspecified
13 Shots Mag UK 57 Crime Scene N.I. Northern Ireland, UK
14 The Rap Sheet unspecified 58 Unlawful Acts Wilmington, Delaware, US
15 In Reference To Murder US 59 Where Readers Grow New York, US
16 Bolo Books Maryland, US 60 Col's Criminal Library England, UK
17 Aust Crime Fiction Victoria, Australia 61 Rowmark England, UK
18 Raven Crime Reads UK 62 International Crime Belfast, N.I, UK
19 Crime Writers' Assoc UK 63 The Crime House Sweden
20 Chapter In My Life Glasgow, Scotland, UK 64 Steph Broadribb London, England, UK
21 Hooked From Page 1 Essex, Ontario, Canada 65 Historical True Detective US
22 Crime Time UK 66 Past Offences US
23 Euro Crime UK 67 The Crime Warp Bradford, England, UK
24 George Kelley N Tonawanda, NY, US 68 Keeper Of Pages England, UK
25 Do Some Damage unspecified 69 Femmes Fatales unspecified
26 Cross-Examining Crime England, UK 70 Jim Fisher True Crime Pennsylvania, US
27 Crime Reader's Blog UK 71 Chris Longmuir Montrose, Scotland, UK
28 Murder Is Everywhere international 72 MD Paust Hampton, Virginia, US
29 Type M 4 Murder unspecified 73 Chillers Killers Thrillers London, England, UK
30 Promoting Crime UK 74 Crime Ire Dublin, Ireland
31 Murder In Common Toronto, Ontario, Canada 75 Unlawful Acts unspecified
32 7 Criminal Minds unspecified 76 Mystery Pod unspecified
33 The Invisible Event London, England, UK 77 Crime Scraps Review England, UK
34 Joffe Books London, England, UK 78 Permission to Kill unspecified
35 Cath Staincliffe Manchester, England, UK 79 Crime Review England, UK
36 Crime Worm Scotland, UK 80 Fiction Formula US
37 Crime Fiction Writer Hewitt, Texas, US 81 Northern Crime reviews Leeds, England, UK
38 Armed Robbery Albany, New York, US 82 Fair Dinkum Crime Australia
39 JIE Scribano Madrid, Spain 83 Mark McGinn crime blog Christchurch Canterbury NZ
40 Hawley Reviews unspecified 84 True Crime unspecified
41 Kiwi Crime New Zealand 85 Crimezine Los Angeles, California, US
42 Christine Poulson UK 86 Only Detect unspecified
43 Ron Franscell San Antonio, Texas, US 87 Crime Thrilla Fella unspecified
44 Moonlight Detective unspecified 88 The Reader is Warned unspecified