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Hello mystery fans. I did my weekly thing where I found you interesting things to read around the internet, Kindle deals, and this week a look into my reading life.
From Book Riot And Around The Internet
5 Winter Mysteries That are Cozier Than a Cup of Tea
“The Game is Afoot!” 12 Books Like ENOLA HOLMES
Rincey and Katie celebrate Nonfiction November with some great nonfiction reads, talk about the great casting in the new Jane Harper adaptation, and are pleasantly surprised by the Goodreads Choice Awards on the latest Read or Dead.
Walter Mosley and Easy Rawlins Recognized Again
Liberty and Vanessa discuss new releases including mystery titles Mimi Lee Gets a Clue and Mimi Lee Reads Between the Lines by Jennifer J. Chow, and Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz on the latest All The Books!
‘No Time To Die’: Lashana Lynch On The Racist Backlash From Being The First Black Woman 007
Literary puzzle solved for just third time in almost 100 years
All the Books Recommended on MY FAVORITE MURDER in 2020
Voting has now started for the semifinal round of the Goodreads awards and there are tons of great choices: multiple choices in mystery & thriller category; Deacon King Kong made it through in the historical fiction category; We Keep The Dead Close made it through in nonfiction; Notes on a Silencing in memoir & autobiography; multiple great picks in YA; and Winter Counts in debut.
14 Page-Turners That Will Keep You From Obsessively Checking Election Results
What’s in a Page: Jo Nesbo can’t write without sugar cubes, and other revelations
Kindle Deals
The Cipher by Isabella Maldonado
If you like fictional serial killers and are looking for a new FBI lead series Maldonado’s new release is $4.99!
The Frangipani Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu
If you want a really good start to a historical mystery series that works for fans of cozy mysteries definitely grab Yu’s start to the Crown Colony series for $3.99! (Review) (TW suicide)
A Bit Of My Week In Reading
Goldie Vance: The Hocus-Pocus Hoax (Goldie Vance #2) by Lilliam Rivera
This is a recent series based on the graphic novel series, of the same title, and both formats are absolutely delightful because Goldie Vance as a teen detective is a treasure. The first book, Goldie Vance: The Hotel Whodunit, did much more character and world set up while this book (coming in January 2021) starts with the mystery. Once again it hinges on a fun set up where the hotel she works at is having an event: this time with magicians! Enter mystery, a date, friendship, and shenanigans for a fun book to get lost in. I really hope this series will continue with a new release a year.
A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey
My need for romance books in this garbage fire of a year continues and the audiobook of this is giving me life–pastelitos, Miami, needing to move on and find yourself, memories of abuelita, family, Espanglish and, ugh, I don’t want it to end.
Dead of Winter (August Snow #3) by Stephen Mack Jones
And here are some upcoming crime books I’ve gotten my hands on early copies of that I am really excited about. Dead of Winter is the third in an action packed PI series set in Mexicantown, Detroit.
Deanna Raybourn has another novel in her Veronica Speedwell series, An Unexpected Peril, and I squealed as it loaded into my ereader.
And you know I’m a sucker for remote mysteries where one by one everyone is going to die so I am super excited for the upcoming Pushkin Vertigo release of The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji, Ho-Ling Wong (Translator).
Browse all the books recommended in Unusual Suspects previous newsletters on this shelf. See upcoming releases for 2020 and 2021. Check out this Unusual Suspects Pinterest board and get Tailored Book Recommendations!
Until next time, keep investigating! In the meantime, come talk books with me on Twitter, Instagram, Goodreads, and Litsy–you can find me under Jamie Canavés.
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