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Condom dresses and space helmets have debuted on fashion runways. A dead body becomes the trend when a coat made of human skin saunters down fashion’s biggest stage. The body is identified as Annabelle Leigh, the teenager who famously disappeared over a decade ago from her boyfriend’s New York City mansion. This new evidence casts suspicion back on the former boyfriend, Cecil LeClaire. Now a monk, he is forced to return to his dark and absurd childhood home to clear his name. He teams up with Ava Germaine, a renegade ex-model. And together, they investigate the depraved and lawless modeling industry behind Cecil’s family fortune.
Hi mystery fans! I’ve got a bunch of round-ups and articles, adaptation news, a trailer, and two great (technically 3) Kindle ebook deals to help get your mystery solving game on.
From Book Riot And Around The Internet
Rincey and Katie talk about a new Megan Abbott book, Unsolved Mysteries, cold cases, and more on the latest Read or Dead!
Pick a Fashion Statement and Find Your Next True Crime Read
Cozy Mysteries New Releases: How to Keep Track?
Tirzah talks about two great backlist books, including mysteries that feature unsettling childhood memories on All The Backlist!
And Liberty and Tirzah talk new releases, including Denise Mina’s The Less Dead, on All The Books!
J. L. Brown, author of the Jade Harrington mystery novels, is interviewed by Robert Justice on the latest Crime Writers of Color podcast. (The first in the series, Don’t Speak, is .99cents on Kindle right now!)
Michelle Bowdler’s superb book Is Rape a Crime? questions the conventions of the ‘rape story’
Get an Exclusive First Look at the Prep School Murder Mystery ‘They Wish They Were Us’
Excellent adaptation news: Roxane Gay’s Graphic Novel The Banks to Receive Film Adaptation
Elisabeth Moss to star in Blumhouse psychological thriller Mrs. March
We have a trailer for the Netflix adaptation of Donald Ray Pollock’s The Devil All the Time
Enter to Win $50 to Your Favorite Independent Bookstore!
Win a 1-year subscription to Kindle Unlimited!
Kindle Deals
For a life-long jewel thief memoir (I love her so much!): Diamond Doris: The True Story of the World’s Most Notorious Jewel Thief by Zelda Lockhart is $2.99! (Review) (TW domestic abuse/ elder abuse)
If you’re looking for an is-her-ex-a-serial-killer mystery: The Liar’s Girl by Catherine Ryan Howard is $1.99! (Review) (TW panic attack on page/ stalking on page)
Browse all the books recommended in Unusual Suspects previous newsletters on this shelf. See 2020 upcoming releases and 2021. 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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