As part of CrimeReads’ ongoing effort to subdivide the crime, mystery, and thriller genre as many ways as possible—each with its own “best books of the year” rundown—we’re now presented with its picks of this last year’s top-drawer noir fiction:
• Scorched Grace, by Margot Douaihy (Gillian Flynn)
• Dark Ride, by Lou Berney (Morrow)
• Lowdown Road, by Scott Von Doviak (Hard Case Crime)
• How Can I Help You, by Laura Sims (Putnam)
• Nothing Is Lost, by Chloé Mehdi (Europa Editions)
• The Berry Pickers, by Amanda Peters (Catapult)
• All the Sinners Bleed, by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron)
• Everybody Knows, by Jordan Harper (Mulholland)
• Age of Vice, by Deepti Kapoor (Riverhead)
• Ozark Dogs, by Eli Cranor (Soho Crime)
Several of these titles featured on earlier CrimeReads lists, which makes them no less commendable, but may suggest the site’s editors are drawing from a needlessly limited pool of options.
In the meantime, the Web site Bookreporter has announced its “Reviewers’ Favorite Books of 2023.” Mysteries and thrillers are rolled in with all the rest of the choices on that page, but Deadly Pleasures’ George Easter helpfully culls out—here—the works that might be of greatest interest to Rap Sheet readers.
Finally, author Michael Stradford brings word (self-serving, but nonetheless interesting) that Steve Holland: Paperback Hero, his latest study of the work of once-ubiquitous cover model Holland, has been named as book of the year by British paperback and vintage-collectibles authority Jules Burt. Click here to watch the YouTube video of Burt announcing his favorite releases in 2023.
Monday, December 18, 2023
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