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Stacey Abrams’ Legal Thriller Sells for TV Adaptation After Bidding War 🍿

Hello mystery fans! There was a fair amount of exciting news this week for lots of clickable things and great ebook deals!

From Book Riot And Around The Internet

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Nusrah and Katie talk about reads that feature dinner parties gone wrong on the latest Read or Dead.

7 Exciting New Murder Mysteries

Stacey Abrams’ Legal Thriller Sells for TV Adaptation After Bidding War

Stacey Abrams’ By The Book

5 perfectly haunting mysteries to discover between episodes of ‘Mare of Easttown’ (not sure if any are adaptations, but they are definitely for crime fans)

Elizabeth Holmes and Other Famous Grifters Expose the Myth of Quick and Easy Success

Reese Witherspoon’s Where the Crawdads Sing Adaptation Starring Daisy Edgar-Jones Set for June 2022 Release

We have an official trailer for Lupin Part 2!

While searching for something on Libro.fm, I discovered that Kellye Garrett (Hollywood Homicide) has an upcoming 2022 title, Like A Sister, and the pitch (“A twisty, voice-driven thriller for fans of Megan Miranda and Jessica Knoll, in which no one bats an eye when a Black reality TV star is found dead in the Bronx—except her estranged half-sister, whose refusal to believe the official story leads her on a dangerous search for the truth.”) is more than enough for me to want to pre-buy it. I’m super excited and here’s her announcement.

Blake Lively, Diablo Cody Team for Dark Horse Comics Adaptation ‘Lady Killer’

Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny’s upcoming thriller, State of Terror, released more information about the book.

Outlander star to head up new ITV series based on hit Val McDermid novel

Fans Think Leonardo DiCaprio Looks Just Like His Usual Self In Scorsese’s Movie

Colin Firth, Rosemarie DeWitt, Toni Collette coming to Atlanta to shoot HBO Max’s true crime series ‘The Staircase’

The sad TV detective power rankings

Giveaway: Win a year of free books!

Giveaway: Win an iPad Mini!

Giveaway: Enter for a chance to win Jean Hanff Korelitz’s highly anticipated novel, The Plot plus $100 to Spend on Books!

Kindle Deals

*you can find the TW for below books in the review links

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Broken Places (Cass Raines 1) by Tracy Clark

If you’re looking to start a great new PI series, want to spend some time in Chicago, and want a series that hits all the tropes you want while still feeling new, grab this one, which is currently $1.99. (Review)

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No Exit by Taylor Adams

If you need an intense page-turner that’s basically a cat-and-mouse thriller while trapped in a snowed-in location, here’s one for $4.99. (Review)

Who Is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews

If you like books about writers and slow-burn crime stories with bite, this new release is currently $5.99! (Review)


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