Hi mystery fans! So I highly recommend the first two seasons of On My Block (Netflix) if you like a balance between having feels and dying of laughter. It isn’t a mystery/crime show buuut the setting reminds me of Joe Ide’s IQ series, the first season does have a mystery adventure story threaded through, and it’s partially a crime show revolving around gangs. Bonus: it’s a quick marathon. Okay, on to books!
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In April 1938, a man calling himself Josef Hofmann arrives at a boarding house in Hamm, Germany, and lets a room from the widow who owns it. Fifty years later, Walter Gersdorff, the widow’s son, who was eleven years old in the spring of 1938, discovers the carefully hidden diary the boarder had kept during his stay, even though he never should have written any of its contents down. What Walter finds is a chronicle of one the most tumultuous years in German history, narrated by a secret agent on a deadly mission.
From Book Riot And Around The Internet
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Why It’s Time to Stop Talking About Jack the Ripper
Aboriginal Teen Ghost and Other Favorite Mysteries and Thrillers
Rincey and Katie talk about mysteries with characters who have disabilities, recent news, and new releases on the latest Read or Dead.
9 Young Adult Suspense Novels for Teens
They All Fall Down book trailer
News And Adaptations
BAFTA Bends The Rules To Allow ‘Killing Eve’ To Pick Up 14 Nominations For TV & TV Craft Awards
Paramount TV, Anonymous to Adapt Susan Orlean’s ‘The Library Book’
James Patterson donates $1.25 million to classroom libraries
Kindle Deals
The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka is $2.99 and such a great start to a PI series–I’ve loved watching Roxane Weary grow! (Review) (TW rape)
Bearskin by James A. McLaughlin is $2.99 and a good read for fans of crime novels in the wilderness. (TW rape/ animal cruelty)
Audiobooks On Hoopla (If you don’t know about Hoopla)
Fallen Mountains by Kimi Cunningham, James Patrick Cronin (narrator) A great small-town mystery where all the secrets come out–Full review. (TW domestic violence/ addiction/ suicide)
Basil of Baker Street by Eve Titus, Ralph Lister (narrator) A fun children’s series starring a detective mouse who is a big fan of Sherlock Holmes.
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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