Hi mystery fans! If you’re a fan of heist films I recommend Logan Lucky: It has a great cast, was funny, and totally scratched my itch for a heist movie. Now on to books!
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For the past two weeks, seventeen-year-old Kate Bennet has lived against her will in an isolated cabin in a remote beach town—brought there by a mysterious man named Jim. Part captor, part benefactor, Jim calls her Evie and tells her he’s hiding her to protect her. That she did something terrible one night back home in Melbourne—something so unspeakable that he had no choice but to take her away. The trouble is, Kate can’t remember the night in question.
From Book Riot And Around The Internet
The Future of Indie Crime Fiction Belongs to Female Authors of Color
Talking about The Feather Thief with Dawn Roberts of the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
For Your Consideration…Mystery Books on One Anthony Awards Ballot
Lady Spies And Other Favorite Mysteries And Thrillers
Liberty recommended some great mysteries on All The Backlist.
News And Adaptations
Steph Cha’s upcoming novel, Your House Will Pay, has a cover!
FX Grabs Don Winslow’s Cartel Novels to Develop for TV
Russell Hornsby To Headline ‘Lincoln’ NBC Pilot Based On ‘The Bone Collector’ Books
Kindle Deals
Run to this deal: My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite is $3.99!!!! (Review) (TW child and domestic abuse/ rape)
Under the Midnight Sun by Keigo Higashino, Alexander O. Smith (Translator) was one of my favorite reads of 2016 and is $1.99! (Review) (I don’t remember TW, sorry.)
Dervla McTiernan’s The Ruin is $1.99 and it’s a super good Irish crime novel. (Review) (TW child abuse/ suicide/ rape)
Watch Now
In theaters: Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase has a new adaptation and she’s investigating a haunted house. Check out the trailer here.
On TV: Prosecutor and author Marcia Clark executive produces and co-writes a new legal drama show on ABC starting March 18th titled The Fix. It stars Robin Tunney, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Breckin Meyer and you can see the trailer here.
A Bit Of My Week In Reading
So that thing where ALL your library holds come in at once happened to me and now I’m playing beat-the-clock reading edition with: Sex, Murder and a Double Latte by Kyra Davis; The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo; City of the Lost by Kelley Armstrong; The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson; Code Name: Lise by Larry Loftis; Beautiful Bad by Annie Ward. Wish me luck!
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 Canavés.
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