George Easter, among others, is not impressed, though he concedes “there are a few good books” mentioned. The editor of Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine writes in his blog:
I’ve read 6 of the books on the list …, none of which have made my own Best of 2023 list so far. There are also quite a few titles that I’ve never heard of.In response, Easter suggests 17 other crime, mystery, and suspense novels he thinks belong on any “Best Crime Fiction of the Year … So Far” list. Among those are City Under One Roof, by Iris Yamashita; Ozark Dogs, by Eli Cranor; Sons and Brothers, by Kim Hays; and Moscow Exile, by John Lawton.
What struck me is the absence of certain titles that should be on any best list of 2023—Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane, for one—my vote (so far) for the best crime novel of 2023. …
It should be noted that Goodreads is owned by Amazon.com and may suffer from the same problem that the reviews found on Amazon products suffer from—the possibility of an author and an author’s friends submitting glowing reviews and inflating the ratings of such products.
With six more months yet to go in 2023, we’ll see how many of these books are still being touted when “Best of the Year” lists are posted.
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