Meredith Anthony is a Reviewer for Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine

BEST MYSTERIES 2023
THE MIMICKING OF KNOWN SUCCESSES, Malka Older (Tor, $19.99, March)
THE MOTION PICTURE TELLER, Colin Cotterill (Soho Crime, $27.95, January)
OUT OF THE ASHES, Kara Thomas (Thomas & Mercer, $16.99, April)
THE CLIFF EDGE, Charles Todd (Morrow, $30.00, February)
SMALL MERCIES, Dennis Lehane (Harper, $30.00, April)
ALL THE SINNERS BLEED, S. A. Cosby (Flatiron Books, $27.99, June)
MALIBU BURNING, Lee Goldberg (Thomas & Mercer, $28.99, June)
THE RUNNING GRAVE, Robert Galbraith (Mulholland, $32.50, September)
THE LAST DEVIL TO DIE, Richard Osman (Viking, $29.00, September)

BEST THRILLERS 2023
THE SECRET HOURS, Mick Herron (Soho Crime, $27.95, September)
BURNER, Mark Greaney (Berkley, $29.00, February)
MY FATHER’S HOUSE, Joseph O’Connor (Europa Editions, $27.00, February)
THE TRAITOR, Ava Glass (Bantam, $28.00, September)
DROWNING, T. J. Newman (Avid Reader Press, $28.00, May)
DEADLOCK, James Byrne (Minotaur, $28.00, August)
THE SPY COAST, Tess Gerritsen (Thomas & Mercer, $28.99, October)
THE HELSINKI AFFAIR, Anna Pitoniak (Simon & Schuster; $27.99, November)
THE SECRET, Lee Child and Andrew Child (Delacorte Press; $28.99, October)

BEST DEBUT 2023
CITY UNDER ONE ROOF, Iris Yamashita (Berkley, $27.00, January)
THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW, I. S. Berry (Atria, $28.00, May)
THE CLEMENTINE COMPLEX, Bob Mortimer (Scout Press, $17.99, September)