• The God of the Woods, by Liz Moore (Riverhead)
• Cahokia Jazz, by Francis Spufford (Scribner)
• The Hunter, by Tana French (Viking)
• Hall of Mirrors, by John Copenhaver (Pegasus Crime)
• Blessed Water, by Margot Douaihy (Zando/Gillian Flynn)
• Smoke Kings, by Jahmal Mayfield (Melville House)
• Swallow the Ghost, by Eugenie Montague (Mulholland)
• Rough Trade, by Katrina Carrasco (MCD)
• May the Wolf Die, by Elizabeth Heider (Penguin)
• Nothing but the Truth, by Robyn
Gigi (Kensington)
At the same time, that newspaper dropped the following rundown of reviewer Sarah Lyall’s “Best Thrillers of 2024”:
• Havoc, by Christopher Bollen (Harper)
• The Sequel, by Jean Hanff
Korelitz (Celadon)
• Bright Objects, by Ruby Todd (Simon & Schuster)
• The Winner, by Teddy Wayne (Harper)
• The Hunter, by Tana French (Viking)
• Nobody’s Hero, by M.W. Craven (Flatiron)
• The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels, by Janice Hallett (Atria)
• What Happened To Nina? by Dervla McTiernan (Morrow)
• The Night Guest, by Hildur Knútsdóttir (Tor Nightfire)
• The God of the Woods, by Liz Moore (Riverhead)
The fact that these rolls contain two of the same books puts me in mind of something Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine editor George Easter observed not long ago, that the boundaries separating psychological suspense, mystery/detective fiction, and thriller fiction have become blurred in recent years.
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Speaking of exciting, tense, and dangerous tales, CrimeReads’ Molly Odintz has posted her picks of what she says are “The Best Psychological Thrillers of 2024”:• What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan (Morrow)
• The Most Famous Girl in the World, by Iman Hariri-Kira
(Sourcebooks Landmark)
• You Will Never Be Me, by Jesse Q. Sutanto (Berkley)
• While We Were Burning, by Sara Koffi (Putnam)
• The Many Lies of Veronica Hawkins, by Kristina Pérez (Pegasus)
• The Snap, by Elizabeth Staple (Doubleday)
• Madwoman, by Chelsea Bieker (Little, Brown)
• The Last One at the Wedding, by Jason Rekulak (Flatiron)
• Such a Bad Influence, by Olivia Muenter (Quirk)
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Meanwhile, Deadly Pleasures takes a shot at designating the “Best Espionage Fiction of 2024.” Half a dozen titles are featured:• The Seventh Floor, by David McCloskey (Norton)
• First Strike, by Stephen Leather (Independently published)
• A Reluctant Spy, by David Goodman (Headline)
• The Wealth of Shadows, by Graham Moore (Random House)
• The Scarlet Papers, by Matthew Richardson (Penguin)
• The Best Revenge, by Gerald Seymour (Hodder & Stoughton)
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For the last several weeks, the Amazon-owned social cataloging Web site Goodreads has been polling its readers to determine which books they believe deserve its 2024 Choice Awards. Winners in 15 categories were announced today, and in the Mystery & Thriller category, The God of the Woods (Riverhead), by Liz Moore, has come out on top.Click here to see the other 19 contenders in this division. All of this year’s Goodreads Choice Award winners are identified here.
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Last but not least, the Web site/magazine She Reads has announced the winners of its Best of 2024 Awards, as chosen by readers. There were 21 categories of contestants. This year’s Best Mystery, Thriller & Suspense honors go 
to The God of the Woods, by Liz Moore (Riverhead), which beat out 11 other finalists: Black River, by Nilanjana Roy (Pushkin Vertigo); Darling Girls, by Sally Hepworth (St. Martin’s Press); First Lie Wins, by Ashley Elston (Pamela Dorman); Kill for Me, Kill for You, by Steve Cavanagh (Atria); Listen for the Lie, by Amy Tintera (Celadon); Nightwatching, by Tracy Sierra (Pamela Dorman); The Midnight Feast, by Lucy Foley (Morrow); The Return of Ellie Black, by Emiko Jean (Simon & Schuster); Watch Where They Hide, by Tamron Hall (Morrow); What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan (Morrow); and What You Leave Behind, by Wanda M. Morris (Morrow).Note, too, that another incontestable crime novel—All the Colors of the Dark, by Chris Whitaker (Crown)—was chosen in this contest as the “Best Book Club Pick of 2024.”
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