Bookreporter.com has compiled 15 reviewers’ list of their favorites of 2023. This includes all books, not just mysteries and thrillers. I’ve culled the lists to come up with the following crime, suspense and thriller fiction titles:
Kate Ayers
KALA, Colin Walsh
THE MYSTERY GUEST, Nita Prose
THE LAST DEVIL TO DIE, Richard Osman
THE COLLECTOR, Daniel Silva
BLOOD LINES, Nelson DeMille & Alex DeMille
THE EDGE, David Baldacci
ALL THAT IS MINE I CARRY WITH ME, William Landay
THE LAST DROP OF HEMLOCK, Katherine Schellman
BETRAYAL, Phillip Margolin
Megan Elliott
THE LAST SONGBIRD, Daniel Weizmann
I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU, Rebecca Makkai
THE GUEST, Emma Cline
Pamela Kramer
A TRAITOR IN WHITEHALL, Julia Kelly
THE SPY COAST, Tess Gerritsen
THE SQUARE OF SEVENS, Laura Shepherd-Robinson
THE WHITE LADY, Jacqueline Winspear
MRS. PLANSKY’S REVENGE, Spencer Quinn
GOING ZERO, Anthony McCarten
CODE SIX, James Grippando
Bronwyn Miller
YELLOWFACE, R. F. Kuang
BRIGHT YOUNG WOMEN, Jessica Knoll
THE ONLY ONE LEFT, Riley Sager
L. Dean Murphy
RUMOR OF EVIL, Gary Braver
ODYSSEY’S END, Matt Coyle
DEATH WRITES, Andrea Carter
GUMSHOE ON THE RUN, Rob Leininger
NIGHT CANDY, Max Tomlinson
FACE OF GREED, James L’Etiole
INCENTIVE FOR DEATH, James Spoonhour
BONES UNDER THE ICE, Mary Ann Miller
BURNING DISTANCE, Joanne Leedom-Ackerman
SAVING MILES, Carl Vonderau
CULTURED, D. P. Lyle
A LONESOME BLOOD-RED SUN, David Putnam
THE BLOOD OF PATRIOTS AND TRAITORS, James A. Scott
Ray Paylen
ALL THE SINNERS BLEED, S. A. Cosby
SMALL MERCIES, Dennis Lehane
THE EDGE, David Baldacci
HOLLY, Stephen King
HERCULE POIROT’S SILENT NIGHT, Sophie Hannah
PAST LYING, Val McDermid
THE LIE MAKER, Linwood Barclay
MY DARLING GIRL, Jennifer McMahon
DEAD MOUNTAIN, Preston & Child
THE LAST DANCE, Mark Billingham
THE KIND WORTH SAVING, Peter Swanson
SLEEPLESS CITY, Reed Farrel Coleman
THE TAKEN ONES, Jess Lourey
MY MURDER, Katie Williams
ROBERT LUDLUM’S THE BOURNE DEFIANCE, Brian Freeman
THE CABINET OF DR. LENG, Preston & Child
NIGHT WILL FIND YOU, Julia Heaberlin
RELENTLESS MELT, Jeremy P. Bushnell
Nora Piehl
BRIGHT YOUNG WOMEN, Jessica Knoll
BIRNAM WOOD, Eleanor Catton
CITY UNDER ONE ROOF, Iris Yamashita
Stuart Shiffman
THE STOLEN COAST, Dwyer Murphy
THE PUZZLE MASTER, Danielle Trussoni