CrimeReads
Best Debut Crime Novels of 2023

THE SHAMSHINE BLIND, Paz Pardo
SCORCHED GRACE, Margot Douaihy
THE QUIET TENANT, Clémence Michallon
BETTER THE BLOOD, Michael Bennett
THE GOOD ONES, Polly Stewart
THE HOUSE IN THE PINES, Ana Reyes
MOTHER-DAUGHTER MURDER NIGHT, Nina Simon
DEATH OF A BOOKSELLER, Alice Slater
THE GULF, Rachel Cochran
OUR BEST INTENTIONS, Vibhuti Jain

Comment: Lots of titles unknown to me (other than the Douaihy, Michallon, Bennett, Reyes and Simon). But where are some of the better known debut crime novels such as GOLDEN GATE by Amy Chua, CITY UNDER ONE ROOF by Iris Yamashita, A DISAPPEARANCE IN FIJI by Nilima Rao, THE BANDIT QUEENS by Parini Schoff, STONE COLD FOX by Rachel Koller Croft, GOING ZERO by Anthony McCarten, WEST HEART KILL by Dann McDorman, BLOOD SISTERS by Vanessa Lillie, THE BITTER PAST by Bruce Borgos and THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW by I. S. Berry? Perhaps CrimeReads is saving the Berry spy thriller to be on their list of Best Espionage?