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Hello mystery fans! Gliding into this weekend, I have a good amount of round-ups, articles, and news for you. Plus, three ebook deals if you’re still undecided on your weekend read.

From Book Riot And Around The Internet

Five Historical Spy Thrillers Based (In Part) On Real Events

15 of the Best Feminist Mystery Novels

10 Female Assassin Books About Death, Justice, and Survival

The Best Detective Books to Keep You Up Late at Night

Liberty and Patricia discuss new releases including The Girls I’ve Been (loved!) on the recent All The Books!

Under-the-Radar 2020 Mystery/Thrillers Not To Miss

Richard Himmel’s pulp noir books are back in print — hardboiled words from a famous Chicago interior designer

Girl A: Abigail Dean on her shocking debut novel that’s taking the book world by storm

‘If I Disappear’ Is a New Thriller for True Crime Fanatics

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MWA Announces 2021 Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominations – this is a good list of nominees with some of my favorite reads and authors.

The best recent thrillers – review roundup

If You Loved Netflix’s Lupin, Crack Open One of the Books That Inspired the Series

America’s Greatest Female Spy

This is a brutal and fantastic memoir/true crime: HBO Developing Adaptation Of Alex Marzano-Lesnevich’s Memoir ‘The Fact Of A Body’ With Jeremiah Zagar & Melissa Bernstein

If you’re looking for a romantic suspense read, here’s one Netflix is adapting: Nora Roberts defends Alyssa Milano’s casting in adaptation of Brazen Virtue

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Kindle Deals

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The Lady Killer by Masako Togawa, Simon Grove

If you’re looking to read more translated work here’s a slow-burn Japanese crime novel for $1.99! (Review)

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An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena

Snowed in strangers at an inn and someone dies; who amongst them did it? For $1.99! (Review)

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Chase Darkness with Me: How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders by Billy Jensen

For true crime readers, here’s one by a journalist who was friends with Michelle McNamara that you can read for $2.99!


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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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