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Hello mystery fans! It’s that time of week where I send you off into the weekend with some interesting things I think you may like to read/know about. Also, some Kindle deals, true crime (some nonviolent), and some September premiering TV shows that mystery/crime fans may want to watch.
From Book Riot And Around The Internet
Win the Best Mystery/Thrillers of the Year So Far!
Quiz: Your Perfect Thriller Series
7 Thrillers Coming Out In Autumn 2019 In The UK
Top 5 crime-fiction books to look forward to in September
All of Ruth Ware’s Books in Order
Attica Locke, Novelist and TV Writer, Has Some Suggestions for Hollywood
True Crime
JUST MERCY Official Trailer! (Adapted from Bryan Stevenson’ memoir)
A Mindhunter Fan Put the Charles Manson Scene Side-By-Side With an Actual 1981 Interview
It’s time to talk about James Mattis’s involvement with the Theranos scandal
Kerri Rawson On Stepping Out Of The Shadow Of Her Serial Killer Father
A Plagiarism Scandal Shakes Up the True-Crime Podcast World
Victim in Brock Turner Stanford sexual assault case goes public with her name and memoir
Kindle Deals
If you’re looking for a historical mystery: The Impossible Girl by Lydia Kang is $0.99! (Review)
If you’re looking for a Jamaican and Scottish crime solving team: Murder in Montego Bay (A Preddy and Harris Investigation Book 1) by Paula Lennon is $4.96!
September TV You May Want To Check Out
Stumptown is an adaptation of a graphic novel and stars Cobie Smulders, a Marine vet P.I. It premieres September 25 on ABC. Check out the fantastic trailer here.
Prodigal Son, while not an adaptation, sounds like it’d be great for procedural and fictional serial killer fans to check out. It follows a criminal psychologist with a serial killer father! It’ll premiere on Fox on September 23rd and you can check out Michael Sheen as a serial killer in the trailer here.
And Evil is for fans of mysteries and horror–and fans of Robert and Michelle King who brought us The Good Wife and The Good Fight. It follows a psychologist, contractor, and a Catholic priest in training as “they investigate the church’s backlog of unexplained mysteries.” !! You can check out the trailer here and it’ll premiere on CBS September 26th.
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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