Financial Times Best Crime Books of 2023
by Barry Forshaw

SMALL MERCIES, Dennis Lehane
MURDER IN THE FAMILY, Cara Hunter
THE WIDOW COUDERC, Georges Simenon
RESURRECTION WALK, Michael Connelly
ALL THE SINNERS BLEED, S. A. Cosby

Comment: How can I complain when this very short list has my favorite two crime novels of 2023 (RESURRECTION WALK and SMALL MERCIES) on it.

In a Crime Time Debate, Barry Forshaw used a longer “best of 2023” list which also included these titles:

THE SQUARE OF SEVENS, Laura Shepherd-Robinson
VIPER’S DREAM, Jake Lamar
THE SECRET HOURS, Mick Herron
SINS OF THE FATHERS, Asa Larsson
THE SECOND MURDERER, Denise Mina