Molly Odintz

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The Best Speculative Crime Fiction of 2023
December 22, 2023
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Molly Odintz
This year’s offering of scifi and fantasy crime fiction leans heavily towards alternative history and near-future imaginings, but with plenty of bizarre and magical detours into the just plain…
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The Best Horror Fiction of 2023
December 21, 2023
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Molly Odintz
This year’s top horror novels distinguished themselves not only through quality but with their use of metaphor to approach societal ills obliquely. Through the lens of horror, and the…
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The Best Crime and Suspense Anthologies of 2023
December 21, 2023
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CrimeReads
The CrimeReads editors make their selections for the best crime anthologies released in 2023. * Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (eds), Never Whistle at Night (Vintage) “Spine-tingling…
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Spiritualists and Tarot Readers Are Having A Moment
December 19, 2023
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Molly Odintz
If you like fiction featuring spiritualists and their brethren, then you’re in for a treat, as 2023 has brought a host of new crime novels exploring ghostly visitations and…
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The Best International Crime Novels of 2023
December 15, 2023
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Molly Odintz
Well, it’s a horrible year in world history, but it’s a great year in international fiction! Specifically, international thrillers and noir. France and the Scandinavians are, as usual, well-represented…
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Fall’s Best International Fiction
November 23, 2023
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Molly Odintz
Sorry, folks—we got a little behind with the column, but there’s been so many wonderful new novels in translation coming out this fall, I had to do at least…
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October’s Best Psychological Thrillers
October 17, 2023
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Molly Odintz
October brings a host of wonderful new psychological thrillers, distinguished by their commitment to using the form to explore pressing social issues as the genre continues to evolve and…
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Jesse Q. Sutanto on Toxic Friendships, Shrinking Attention Spans, and Finding the Muse
October 7, 2023
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Molly Odintz
As one of the terminally online, I really enjoyed the recent “how often men think about the Roman Empire” discourse on Twitter. One response that went viral claimed that…
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Anjili Babbar On The Rise of Irish Crime Fiction
September 21, 2023
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Molly Odintz
I met Anjili Babbar smoking cigarettes at Bouchercon last year (she has since quit), and thought, this chick is really cool. And also, she knows a lot about Irish…