SteveReads Best Mysteries of 2023
by Steve Donoghue on Open Letters Review

THE LAST SONGBIRD, Daniel Weizmann
NOT THE ONES DEAD, Dana Stabenow
THE LADY FROM BURMA, Allison Montclair
THE MISTRESS OF BHATIA HOUSE, Sujata Massey
PLAYING IT SAFE, Ashley Weaver
CODE OF THE HILLS, Chris Offutt
CITY UNDER ONE ROOF by Iris Yamashita
MURDER UNDER A RED MOON, Harini Nagendra
SO SHALL YOU REAP, Donna Leon
THE MITFORD SECRET, Jessica Fellowes

In Steve’s list of Best Fiction of the year:

SMALL MERCIES, Dennis Lehane

Comment: Five of the ten mysteries are historical mysteries. I posted Steve’s Best Thrillers of 2023 a couple of days ago.