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Lauding Irish and Historical FictionTwo small book-prize updates to begin this Thanksgiving Day. First off, In Reference to Murder reports that organizers of the annual Irish...
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Revue of Reviewers: 11-22-23Critiquing some of the most interesting recent crime, mystery, and thriller releases. Click on the individual covers to read more....
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Turkey and a Side of HomicideWith just one day left before Thanksgiving, take a gander at Mystery Fanfare’s extensive list of mystery and crime novels associated with this...
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Whose “Bests” Advice Will You Take?The UK-based books Web site Dead Good, established in 2012 and owned by publisher Penguin Random House, has announced its favorite works of 2023...
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NPR Shares Its Affections WidelyJust this week, National Public Radio in the United States debuted its extensive list of “Books We Love” for 2023. Like previous picks from the...
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The Book You Have to Read: “Confess, Fletch,” by Gregory Mcdonald(Editor’s note: This is the 181st installment in The Rap Sheet’s continuing series about great but forgotten books. It comes from Tim Maleeny...
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The Female Point of ViewAccording to its Web site , She Reads is “a multimedia company with editorial, video, social and digital content recommending books to women based...
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Spade Can’t Escape His PastThank you to Steve Lewis, of Mystery*File, for pointing me toward a new, almost two-minute-long trailer for the forthcoming six-part television...
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Critical Opinions GaloreAnother day, another batch of “best books of the year” lists, courtesy of Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine . First up are the following 10...
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Heading to the PollsVoting has commenced in the opening round of the Goodreads Choice Awards for 2023 . This is the 15th year that social cataloguing Web site (now an...
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Amazon’s Blessings of the SeasonDeadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine editor George Easter and I go back and forth during each year’s holiday gifting season, trying to be the first...
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PaperBack: “I, Mobster”Part of a series honoring the late author and blogger Bill Crider . I, Mobster , by “Anonymous,” aka Joseph Hilton Smyth (Gold...
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Stand-Out Puzzle PlotsAs I suspected yesterday, when I linked to The Washington Post ’s choices of the “best thrillers of 2023,” that newspaper would soon deliver its...
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Kirkus Follows a Separate CourseNot to be outdone, Kirkus Reviews has now released its own nominations for the “ Best Mysteries and Thrillers of 2023 .” It’s a rather...
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Forshaw’s FavoritesBritish crime-fiction critic Barry Forshaw, writing in The Financial Times , reveals his own five preferred crime novels published in 2023:...
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Bouquets All AroundAs evidenced by the previous list from Waterstones, this appears to be the year when British book critics abandon all pretense of selectivity,...
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The Post Has Its SayNow, this is more like it: a “best thrillers of 2023” selection that comprises only a dozen books. These selections in The Washington Post were...
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A Profusion of PicksThere are so many titles included in British bookseller Waterstones’ new lists of the “best” crime and thriller novels of 2023, that one is left...
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Revue of Reviewers: 11-10-23Critiquing some of the most interesting recent crime, mystery, and thriller releases. Click on the individual covers to read more....
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Smiley to Rise Again Next FallFor spy-fiction lovers, this is nothing short of huge news: Fans of thriller writer David Cornwell—better known by his pen name John le Carré—may...
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Jack Is Back!Having very much enjoyed the eight-episode Season 1 of Amazon Prime’s Reacher , based on Lee Child’s best-selling Jack Reacher stories, I was...
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Your Votes Are RequestedBased on nominations from its readers, the British Web site Crime Fiction Lover today announced its lists of nominees for the 2023 Crime Fiction...
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Bringing the Battlefield to Your LapNovember 11 is officially designated as Veterans Day here in the United States. But because that date happens to be a Saturday this year, federal...
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Writing Rules for Space Slayings(Editor’s note: This morning we enter the realm of crime fiction/science fiction crossovers with Mur Lafferty , a longtime North Carolina...
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London Crime Revels to ReturnThe British mystery and thriller festival Capital Crime has announced its lineup of distinguished guests for 2024. Among the authors already...
