Think of a number, any single digit number between 1 and 400. Need a hint? Let’s refine it to the largest decimal digit, the square of 3, the square root of 81. Another clue? Count the number of Greek Muses. It’s the Hebrew Sabbath day of the month (23:32 וַיִּקְרָא), a number signifying truth and completeness. It’s the number of Brahma the Creator and At-Tawbah (ٱلتوبة), the nth Surah of the Holy Qur’an. It’s the atomic number of fluorine, the number of circles in Dante’s Inferno, and the number of innings in baseball. You guessed!
It’s also how high FeedSpot, a RSS feed reader, ranked SleuthSayers out of nearly 400 crime and mystery blogs it follows.
№ 9.
Wow. Rumors that SleuthSayers is respected and well regarded in the criminal community have reached this troglodyte’s outpost. That’s thanks to you, loyal reader (you know whom I’m talking about), and the dedication of two dozen of the smartest writers this side of Dorothy and Dashiell.
We have good company. I’ve read and interacted with other blogs I consider top-notch: Criminal Element (#1), Crimespree (#8), Crime Readers’ Association (#19), Murder is Everywhere (#28), Crime Time (#22), Criminal Minds (#32), Crime Space (#49), and Femmes Fatales (#69).
Look who else is featured: Rob Lopresti (#47) and Michael Bracken (#37).
The list contains a number of intriguing new-to-me crime sites. Although no trophies or fat prizes are awarded, it’s nice to be recognized and be ranked so high.
FeedSpot’s original list offers considerable detail as well as 300 additional entries, but check the list below to get a quick Who’s Who of the mystery blogging world. Again, thank you.
What do you think? Criminal minds want to know. And now, a selection from the list:
| 1. |  | Criminal Element New York, US | 45 |  | Crime Segments Florida, US |
| 2. |  | Crime Fiction Lover UK | 46 |  | Indie Crime Scene unspecified |
| 3. |  | Crime Reads unspecified | 47 |  | Little Big Crimes Bellingham, Wash, US |
| 4. |  | Sue Coletta US | 48 |  | International Noir international |
| 5. |  | Crime By The Book New York, NY, US | 49 |  | Crime Space international |
| 6. |  | True Crime Diva unspecified | 50 |  | Vintage Crime Australia |
| 7. |  | Venetian Vase UK | 51 |  | Writer's Forensics California, US |
| 8. |  | Crime Spree Mag Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US | 52 |  | Crime Always Pays Ireland |
| 9. |  | SleuthSayers Ca, Fr, NZ, UK, US, ZA | 53 |  | Detectives > Borders international |
| 10 |  | Under Your Name? UK | 54 |  | Jane Isaac Northampton, England, UK |
| 11 |  | Crime Book Junkie UK | 55 |  | True Crime Reader unspecified |
| 12 |  | Kittling Books Phoenix, Arizona, US | 56 |  | Scandinavian Crime unspecified |
| 13 |  | Shots Mag UK | 57 |  | Crime Scene N.I. Northern Ireland, UK |
| 14 |  | The Rap Sheet unspecified | 58 |  | Unlawful Acts Wilmington, Delaware, US |
| 15 |  | In Reference To Murder US | 59 |  | Where Readers Grow New York, US |
| 16 |  | Bolo Books Maryland, US | 60 |  | Col's Criminal Library England, UK |
| 17 |  | Aust Crime Fiction Victoria, Australia | 61 |  | Rowmark England, UK |
| 18 |  | Raven Crime Reads UK | 62 |  | International Crime Belfast, N.I, UK |
| 19 |  | Crime Writers' Assoc UK | 63 |  | The Crime House Sweden |
| 20 |  | Chapter In My Life Glasgow, Scotland, UK | 64 |  | Steph Broadribb London, England, UK |
| 21 |  | Hooked From Page 1 Essex, Ontario, Canada | 65 |  | Historical True Detective US |
| 22 |  | Crime Time UK | 66 |  | Past Offences US |
| 23 |  | Euro Crime UK | 67 |  | The Crime Warp Bradford, England, UK |
| 24 |  | George Kelley N Tonawanda, NY, US | 68 |  | Keeper Of Pages England, UK |
| 25 |  | Do Some Damage unspecified | 69 |  | Femmes Fatales unspecified |
| 26 |  | Cross-Examining Crime England, UK | 70 |  | Jim Fisher True Crime Pennsylvania, US |
| 27 |  | Crime Reader's Blog UK | 71 |  | Chris Longmuir Montrose, Scotland, UK |
| 28 |  | Murder Is Everywhere international | 72 |  | MD Paust Hampton, Virginia, US |
| 29 |  | Type M 4 Murder unspecified | 73 |  | Chillers Killers Thrillers London, England, UK |
| 30 |  | Promoting Crime UK | 74 |  | Crime Ire Dublin, Ireland |
| 31 |  | Murder In Common Toronto, Ontario, Canada | 75 |  | Unlawful Acts unspecified |
| 32 |  | 7 Criminal Minds unspecified | 76 |  | Mystery Pod unspecified |
| 33 |  | The Invisible Event London, England, UK | 77 |  | Crime Scraps Review England, UK |
| 34 |  | Joffe Books London, England, UK | 78 |  | Permission to Kill unspecified |
| 35 |  | Cath Staincliffe Manchester, England, UK | 79 |  | Crime Review England, UK |
| 36 |  | Crime Worm Scotland, UK | 80 |  | Fiction Formula US |
| 37 |  | Crime Fiction Writer Hewitt, Texas, US | 81 |  | Northern Crime reviews Leeds, England, UK |
| 38 |  | Armed Robbery Albany, New York, US | 82 |  | Fair Dinkum Crime Australia |
| 39 |  | JIE Scribano Madrid, Spain | 83 |  | Mark McGinn crime blog Christchurch Canterbury NZ |
| 40 |  | Hawley Reviews unspecified | 84 |  | True Crime unspecified |
| 41 |  | Kiwi Crime New Zealand | 85 |  | Crimezine Los Angeles, California, US |
| 42 |  | Christine Poulson UK | 86 |  | Only Detect unspecified |
| 43 |  | Ron Franscell San Antonio, Texas, US | 87 |  | Crime Thrilla Fella unspecified |
| 44 |  | Moonlight Detective unspecified | 88 |  | The Reader is Warned unspecified |
