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Is There No End to This Guidance?In the mood for yet another “favorite crime fiction of 2023” list? Take a gander at Gordon McGhie’s 10 choices in Grab This Book: • Paris...
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Predilections on ParadeThe Edinburgh-based Scotsman newspaper is out with a list of what it says are “ five of the best Scottish crime books of 2023 ”: • Past...
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Still More for Your Reading PileAdding further to this season’s barrage of “best crime fiction of 2023” lists, English author Natasha Cooper ’s own seven preferences have been...
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Revue of Reviewers: 12-10-23Critiquing some of the most interesting recent crime, mystery, and thriller releases. Click on the individual covers to read more....
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It’s Not Easy Staying Up-to-DateI have not been nearly so diligent as George Easter, the editor of Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine , in keeping up with the publication of lists...
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The Book You Have to Read: “The Looters,” by John Reese(Editor’s note: This is the 182nd installment in The Rap Sheet’s continuing series about great but forgotten books.) By Steven Nester...
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Subjective but Also SignificantBOLO Books blogger Kristopher Zgorski offers his list of 13 crime and mystery novels lucky enough to be his “Top Reads of 2023”: •...
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McFadden’s Extraordinary TriumphAfter three weeks of public polling, and two separate rounds of voting, we finally have the winners of the 2023 Goodreads Choice Awards. To...
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You’ve Gotta Love CFL’s EnthusiasmFollowing on from CrimeReads’ picks of this year’s foremost crime, mystery, and thriller novels, we come to this morning’s big announcement of...
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Earning Nolan’s Seal of ApprovalHere’s yet another “best books of the year” list, this one from Tom Nolan, The Wall Street Journal ’s longtime crime-fiction critic: •...
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CrimeReads Appraises the FieldIn the way of “best books of the year” lists, today delivers two major installments. Let’s begin with CrimeReads’ choices of 2023’s top-quality...
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And Now From the Mystery Heap …In a follow-up to his previous selection of the year’s finest thriller novels, critic Steve Donoghue today announces his top-10 years of the...
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Tops in the Crime LineI knew, when Sarah Lyall’s “ Best Thrillers of 2023 ” list appeared in The New York Times , that her fellow critic Sarah Weinman was soon to...
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Weisel, Cudmore Share Wolfe GloryTwo morsels of news from Jiro Kimura’s The Gumshoe Site : On December 2 at the Black Orchid Banquet held in New York City, the Wolfe Pack, the...
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PaperBack: “Some Die Hard”Part of a series honoring the late author and blogger Bill Crider . Some Die Hard , by “Nick Quarry,” aka Marvin H. Albert...
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Flood’s Fabulous FiveCritic for The Guardian Alison Flood is out today with her own list of the “ Best Crime Novels and Thrillers of 2023 .” • The Mysterious...
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“Suspense, Dread and Wonder”New York Times writer at large Sarah Lyall is out today with her nominations of “ The Best Thrillers of 2023 .” Unlike some critics this year,...
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How Much Prompting Do You Need?Consider this a genial nudge to vote in this year’s Crime Fiction Lover Awards competition. The nominees, in four categories, were announced...
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Is This Really the End for Nate Heller?According to a small notation I inked on its inside title page, I purchased and read the Tor paperback edition of Max Allan Collins ’ first Nathan...
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Where the Spies AreFrustrated that spy fiction seemed to be getting “short shrift” in recent “best books of the year” rosters, George Easter, the editor of Deadly...
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Tim Dorsey Bids Us All AdiosThis isn’t the sort of news I wanted to receive on a crisp, clear Wednesday morning. From The Tampa Bay Times : Tim Dorsey , author of 26...
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Of Chintz, China, and ChicaneryThis last weekend I noted the blog Aunt Agatha’s Mysteries had released two of its reviewers’ “10 favorites of 2023” lists. Today we receive...
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Second Time, Second ThoughtsWell, this is confusing. Less than two weeks ago, the London Times published protracted lists of the “Best Crime Books of 2023,” by reviewer...
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What Librarians KnowSince we previously revealed the top 2023 mystery and thriller picks from librarians at the New York Public Library, let us do the same with...
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Rejoicing in ChristchurchAlthough slightly delayed this year, news of the 2023 Ngaio Marsh Award winners is still welcome. As Mystery Fanfare reports , the recipients...
