Hello mystery fans! We’re getting a second season of Netflix’s Dead to Me and I’m so excited because Netflix would have been dead to me if they’d cancelled it!
Sponsored by Delusions of Clarity, by Vern Bryk
Karl Jommers is a down-to-earth police psychologist. After a cop is shot, Jommers must evaluate the two police officers involved. Both offer conflicting accounts, but neither is lying. Their divergent perspectives are blurred by their personal anxieties. One sees local corruption, the other a government conspiracy. Jommers tries to disentangle the discordance, but he can’t square their differing views without first finding the truth. But stepping outside his domain to investigate may jeopardize his practice and his life. While trying to correct the distorted views of others, he’s forced to question the clarity of his own perception.
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Barbara Neely, The Activist-Turned-Crime Writer Who Inspired A Generation
In Conversation With: Tom Ryan and April Snellings
News And Adaptations
Exclusive: Cover Reveal for Cat Sebastian’s ‘Hither, Page’ (” I wanted to create a Miss Marple-style postwar murder village and populate it with queer characters.” I am SO sold.)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge: James Bond Is “Absolutely Relevant Now” But The Film “Has To Treat Women Properly” (Now I have to watch the upcoming Bond film because her writing is amazing: Killing Eve s1/Fleabag).
Watch Now (And Read)
Big Little Lies season 2, with the addition of Meryl Streep, starts Sunday June 9th on HBO. (‘Big Little Lies’ Cast on Season 2, Group Chats and Playing ‘Hysterically Funny but Tragic Women’)
When They See Us, Ava DuVernay’s dramatic series based on the Central Park Five case starring Felicity Huffman and Joshua Jackson, is now streaming on Netflix. (When They See Us Sparked a Boycott Against Central Park Five Prosecutor Linda Fairstein) (Before, and After, the Jogger Survivors of the real ‘Central Park Five’ attacker speak for the first time.)
Kindle Deals
Every Reasonable Doubt (Vernetta Henderson #1) by Pamela Samuels Young is $0 dollars. That isn’t a typo and this book is super good so like run! (Review)
The Lost Ones (Nora Watts #1) by Sheena Kamal is $1.99 and a great series for fans of darkish P.I. novels. (Review) (TW rape)
A Bit Of My Week In Reading
Some upcoming and recent releases I acquired: Miami Midnight by Alex Segura (The final book in the Pete Fernandez P.I. series!); The Truffle Underground: A Tale of Mystery, Mayhem, and Manipulation in the Shadowy Market of the World’s Most Expensive Fungus by Ryan Jacobs (You know I’m obsessed with this type of true crime book.); Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes (My crime break, which is currently giving me life and is utterly delightful.)
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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