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Hi mystery fans! Time for all the mystery link goodness, great ebook deals, and something new to stream.

From Book Riot And Around The Internet

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Mood-Boosting Cozy Mysteries Are Increasingly Diverse

Nusrah and Katie talk about mysteries based on real-life happenings.

Dolly Parton Is Co-Writing a Mystery Novel with James Patterson (I hope it has her humor!)

Excerpt and cover reveal: The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas

Murder By The Book is thrilled to team up with Crime Writers of Color for a virtual version of the Underrepresented Voices reception that was originally scheduled to take place at Bouchercon in New Orleans.

Hear Sherlock Holmes Stories Read by The Great Christopher Lee

The days are getting shorter. Embrace the dark with 4 mystery and crime novels

Thrilling Summer Reading: 12 Page-Turners

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18 Canadian mysteries & thrillers to read in summer 2021

First look: The Plot author Jean Hanff Korelitz’s next novel is the ultimate unhappy-family story

The Big Sleep: The most baffling film ever made

Deanna Raybourn finished her assassins book and I am so excited!

The sequel to Dead Dead Girls is coming in 2022 and here’s the cover!

The Korean Literary Crime Wave: Pyun Hye-young’s The Law of Lines and Yun Ko-eun’s The Disaster Tourist

Writer’s Bone Episode 492: Megan Abbott, Author of The Turnout

Giveaway: Win a Horror Lover’s Prize Pack plus $200 to spend on Books!

Watch Now

Nine Perfect Strangers on Hulu: The series is an adaptation of Liane Moriarty’s same titled novel, about a group of strangers who end up together at a wellness retreat. The novel was fiction with a “wait for it” crime tag and while I’m not sure how much it’ll lean toward crime, it’s created by David E. Kelley who did the Moriarty adaptation of Big Little Lies. And the cast is amazing including Regina Hall, Manny Jacinto, Melissa McCarthy, Nicole Kidman, Bobby Cannavale–to name some. Watch the trailer.

Recent interests that may also interest you + my reading life

Reading: Like a Sister by Kellye Garrett; Don’t Call It a Cult by Sarah Berman; Accidentally Engaged By Farah Heron
Streaming: Mythic Quest on Apple TV+ which I had originally skipped but am so glad it was recommended to me because it’s really well written and funny.
Laughing: Too true.
Helping: Alyssa Cole started a Birthday Book Drive with a “curated wishlist of books by Black romance authors that you can buy to donate to incarcerated readers!”
Upcoming: Kelly J Ford announced her upcoming novel “about messy, middle aged, murdery queers”: Bad As All That.

Kindle Deals

(TWs can be found in review links)

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From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks

I’m starting with two GREAT middle grade mystery novels. Before you skip over because you don’t read middle grade ,at these prices it’s a great way to try one and realize they are fantastic reads for all ages. For $1.99 you can read all about a 7th grader who applies to be on a baking competition (think GBBO) and finds out at the same time that her bio dad, who she’s always known is in prison for murdering a woman, still says he’s innocent which is the part she didn’t know. Thus begins the mystery. Get this book! (Review)

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The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson

And your second middle grade read is also $1.99, but this one has a puzzle mystery and has past and present mystery. It follows a girl who’s just moved after her parents divorce and is trying to find her place, and also solve a mystery. For readers who don’t read middle grade because they think it’s too juvenile, here’s one that may surprise you at how well they can handle real topics with nuance. (Review)

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Theme Music by T. Marie Vandelly

Spooky season is almost here so for anyone looking for a dark mystery for horror fans, here’s one for $4.99. (Review)


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