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Hi mystery fans! It’s time to click all the mystery things. I found a bunch of posts, podcasts, and news, and I have a handful of really good books in Kindle deals that are all really different from each other for whatever reading mood you may be in.
From Book Riot And Around The Internet
Getting Gritty: 11 Authors like David Baldacci
9 Great British Mystery Series You Won’t Want to Put Down
Rincey and Katie talk about the new James Patterson and Bill Clinton book, a new Lisbeth Salander adaptation and mystery short story collections on the latest Read or Dead.
How Publishers Determine When to Release Hardcover Books in Paperback
10 Thrilling Spy Book Series for Espionage Lovers
New Unlikable Female Character episode: Kristen, Layne, and Wendy kick off Pride month by talking about the hot gay ladies you should watch out for, from Orange is the New Black to Killing Eve to the heroines of their own novels.
Crime Writers of Color podcast: Walter Mosley–Writing, Rejection and Trouble is What I Do
Over 1,000 Publishing Workers Strike to Protest Industry Racism
We’re giving away five copies of The Last Flight by Julie Clark
Enter to Win $250 to Spend at Barnes and Noble
Win a 1-year subscription to Audible!
News And Adaptations
Grace Edwards, Harlem mystery writer, dead at 87
Here’s the trailer for the adaptation of Daniel Kehlmann’s psychological thriller You Should Have Left, starring Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried. It will be available on demand on June 19th.
We’re getting a sequel to Danny Gardner’s A Negro and an Ofay (Review) in fall and here’s an excerpt!
We have a trailer for the HBO docuseries based on the true crime memoir I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara.
J. K. Rowling, who also uses the pen name Robert Galbraith for her mystery series, once again made transphobic statements on Twitter. Daniel Radcliffe wrote a response essay on the Trevor Project’s website. It has also been questioned whether it’s a coincidence, after all of Rowling’s harmful statements, that she chose Robert Galbraith as her pen name being that Robert Galbraith Heath was an American psychologist who experimented with the cruel practice of conversion therapy. As of me writing this, Rowling has posted a super long anti-trans manifesto that I won’t be linking to because it puts marginalized people in danger. This thread, however, is a point-by-point response to her inaccuracies, fear mongering, and transphobic dogwhistles, amongst many other things.
Watch Now
Netflix: The Woods, a Polish crime drama series adapted from the Harlan Coben novel of the same name, about a twenty-year mystery set at a summer camp where a girl was murdered by a serial killer is now streaming. Watch the trailer.
Kindle Deals
If you’ve yet to read Jackson you need to remedy that–all her books are different from each other while fantastic: Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson is $1.99! (Review) (TW: domestic abuse/ child death/ pedophilia/ rape/ suicidal thought mentioned)
For a coming of age + mystery: Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay is $2.99! (Review) (TW addiction/ discussions of sex trafficking/ past rape, not detailed)
If you need cozy feels and laughs: A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder (A Countess of Harleigh Mystery Book 1) by Dianne Freeman is $1.99! (Review)
If you want a whodunnit with a horror movie body count: White Rabbit by Caleb Roehrig is $2.99! (Review) (TW: rape)
Browse all the books recommended in Unusual Suspects previous newsletters on this shelf. See 2020 upcoming releases. An Unusual Suspects Pinterest board. Get Tailored Book Recommendations!
Until next time, keep investigating! In the meantime, come talk books with me on Twitter, Instagram, and Litsy–you can find me under Jamie Canavés.
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