Hello mystery fans! Let’s slide into the weekend with a Bond film to watch, new releases, backlist in countries outside of the US, and a roundup of news.
New Releases
In the Dark We Forget by Sandra S.G. Wong
Here’s a new release for fans of psychological suspense. Cleo Li wakes up with amnesia having no idea why she’s on the side of the highway in British Columbia. Her parents are also missing, with the added WTF that her mother had just won millions in the lottery…
Local Gone Missing by Fiona Barton
This is for fans of small communities and past-and-present mysteries. D.I. Elise King has just finished treatment for breast cancer and is desperate to get back to work. So when a mystery of a missing man presents itself, she can’t help but look into it. Told from the point of view of various characters in a small community, it’s the kind of book that has you invested in everyone’s lives as you wait for all the secrets to start coming out. For fans of multicast audiobooks, you’ll want to pick up that format narrated by Gabrielle Glaister, Jayne Entwistle, Nicholas Guy Smith.
(TW character is recovering from cancer treatment/ teen drug overdoses/ past work sexual assault attempt recounted/ recounts parent with drug addiction/ alcoholism, death)
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Riot Recommendations
For those in the US here are some mysteries set in other countries for a little travel and mystery.
The Things She’s Seen by Ambelin Kwaymullina, Ezekiel Kwaymullina
Here’s a beautiful Australian crime novel about grief, family, and friendship, that manages to feel uplifting. Beth Teller, an Aboriginal girl who died at 15, is now a ghost following her father, a detective, around. Since he can see and hear her, she’s helping him solve a case—a children’s home fire that left an unidentified body and a missing person—while also trying to help him grieve her death. I read this three years ago and still randomly think about it and Beth.
Three by D.A. Mishani, Jessica Cohen (Translation)
This is a great wait-for-it crime novel that is set in Tel Aviv. It follows three completely different women, each story being one of three parts of the book. It starts with Orla: a recently divorced single mother who is struggling financially and emotionally and has slowly started dating. And if you’re in the mood for a police procedural series, Mishani has an Israeli procedural series that starts with The Missing File.
(TW talk of suicide as a cover for murder/ briefly mentions past loss of pregnancy)
Watch Now
No Time To Die on Prime Video: If you’ve been wanting to see Daniel Craig’s last mission as James Bond, it is now streaming. The cast also includes Rami Malek, Lashana Lynch, and Ralph Fiennes, and you can watch the trailer here.
News and Roundups
Liberty and Vanessa chat new books on All The Books! including The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill.
Jess Sutanto announced a new book and I want it now: Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers is KNIVES OUT x KIM’S CONVENIENCE.
How to Murder Your Husband writer gets life in prison for husband’s murder
James Patterson apologizes for saying white male writers face ‘another form of racism’
Blue plaque recognition for Highland crime writer
Zoinks! We’re Revealing 22 Secrets About Scooby-Doo
Dear Hollywood: Stop Playing With Our Emotions and Make Idris Elba the Next James Bond Already
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