Hello mystery fans! If you’re needing some ridiculousness in your life, the second season of NBC’s Trial & Error just started. It’s a spoof of procedurals and this season stars the always amazing Kristin Chenoweth–who may or may not have put her murdered husband into the trunk of her car in a suitcase.
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From Book Riot And Around The Internet
Rincey and Katie review recent Presidential mysteries and more on the latest Read or Dead.
7 Crime Titles Recommended on My Favorite Murder
5 Lessons I Learned as a Murder Investigator (By Ellison Cooper, author of Caged—Review–and there’s a giveaway in the post.)
Two Men Charged with Stealing More than $8 Million in Rare Books from Carnegie Library
July’s Mystery and Thriller Must-Reads
Karin Slaughter: By the Book “People are always surprised that I read a lot of history, but I feel that good crime fiction holds a mirror up to society and tells readers what’s going on in the world. You can’t do that effectively without understanding history.”
Adaptations and News
The trailer for The Girls, a (fake) true crime podcast based on Courtney Summer’s forthcoming novel Sadie. (The book is excellent, you can find my review below.)
I LOVE the official poster for the adaptation of The Hate U Give.
The complete first season of the BBC Sherlock has been adapted to Manga and will release in October in a box set.
Parkland Student Activists Announce Book: Gun Violence “Will Not Be Solved by Shrugging It Off”
Kindle Deals
For fans of British procedurals: Persons Unknown (DS Manon, #2) by Susie Steiner is $1.99
Need to Know by Karen Cleveland is $2.99 if you’re looking for a CIA psychological thriller. (Review)
Goldie Vance Vol 1 is $1.99 and that is a ridiculous price for this delightful graphic novel mystery about a teen valet in a Florida resort who spends most of her time solving mysteries! (Review)
A Bit of My Week In Reading
I started Hollywood Ending (Detective by Day #2) by Kellye Garrett and I love Day’s humor so much and I really like the way it’s moving her into a private detective apprentice role that comes with problems.
I finished the audiobook for Bearskin by James A. McLaughlin which was a good, gritty crime novel set in nature. (TW rape/ animal cruelty)
I had a hard time putting down Sadie by Courtney Summers because it’s so good and smart. It’s about a stubborn young woman who has gone looking for the man who murdered her thirteen-year-old sister, who she raised, in order to kill him. In between Sadie’s chapters is the transcript for a podcast where a radio personality is trying to find Sadie. I think this is going to be one of the big books of fall, as it should be. Fantastic on so many levels. (TW child abuse/ pedophilia/ attempted suicide mentioned)
Browse all the books recommended in Unusual Suspects previous newsletters on this shelf. And here’s an Unusual Suspects Pinterest board.
Until next time, keep investigating! And in the meantime come talk books with me on Twitter, Instagram, and Litsy–you can find me under Jamie Canaves.
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