Our Favorite Crime Fiction Debuts of 2023
If you haven’t had a chance, check out some of our favorite crime fiction debuts that came out this year. These stunning stories follow characters who are willing to go through great depths to find the truth. These tales explore the genre at new angles, by including themes of mental health and race, to broaden the boundaries of the genre. These crime fiction debut novels showcase some of the best in the genre. We recommend putting these on your TBR and keeping these authors on your radar.
Then, a year later, the unthinkable happens. Iris’s ex-girlfriend, Heather, goes missing, too—just after dropping the polarizing last episode of her true crime podcast all about Iris’s sister. This time, nothing will stop Iris and her amateur sleuthing agency from solving these disappearances.
But with a suspicious detective watching her every move, an enemy-turned-friend-turned-maybe-more to contend with, and only thirty days until she turns eighteen, it’s a race against the clock for Iris to solve the most dangerous case of her life.
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