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BritBox To Produce Three Agatha Christie Adaptations

Hi mystery fans! Lots of round-ups, news, and adaptations this week!

From Book Riot and Around The Internet

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15 of the Best Mystery Books of All Time

Liberty and Vanessa discuss Homicide and Halo-Halo, Catch the Sparrow: A Search for a Sister and the Truth of Her Murder, and more new releases on the latest All The Books!

“Anna Sorokin, otherwise known as Anna Delvey, left Rachel DeLoache Williams $60,000 in debt after a now-infamous trip to Morocco. Though Williams wrote a book on what happened between them—My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress—she was not involved in the making of Shonda Rhimes’s upcoming show about the grifter, Inventing Anna, starring Julia Garner as Delvey and Scandal’s Katie Lowes as Williams.” Anna Delvey’s Ex-Friend Rachel DeLoache Williams Accuses Netflix of “Running a Con Woman’s P.R.”

Kevin Hart, Charlamagne Tha God Unveil Five Exclusive Audible Original Series (SA Cosby has an SBH projects coming to Audible)

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‘Arsenic And Adobo’ Author And Hermosa Native Mia Manansala Releasing Book 2 As Her Mystery Series Takes Off

‘Reacher’ Scores Quick Season 2 Renewal at Amazon

Gerard Butler & ‘John Wick’ Creator Derek Kolstad Team For ‘Just Watch Me’ Based On Books By ‘Dexter’ Scribe

The Dropout trailer for the limited Hulu series about Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos starring Amanda Seyfried.

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Thriller ‘The Violin Conspiracy’ addresses racism in classical music

Joseph Gordon-Levitt set to play Jonestown cult leader in thriller White Night

Readers’ Most Anticipated Books of February

Check out the Crime Wave lineup at the 2022 Virginia Festival Of Books

Loyalty can’t wait to host Jane Pek and Liberty Hardy for The Verifiers! This event will be held digitally via Crowdcast: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 – 8:00pm

Apple TV+ Orders ‘Presumed Innocent’ TV Series From J.J. Abrams, David E. Kelley

‘Woman in the House’ writers on Season 2: “We haven’t figured it out yet”

(This was a great listen!) Adaptation Nation: Jeff O’Neal, Rebecca Schinsky, and Amanda Nelson mark the 10th Anniversary of the publication of Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn with a deep dive into the book, the movie, and legacy of this hugely influential work.

Anthony Horowitz On PBS/BritBox’s ‘Magpie Murders’: “It’s The First Time I’ve Really Got A TV Adaptation Right”

BritBox To Produce Three Agatha Christie Adaptations As Streamer Doubles Creative & Investment Output–also “revealed BritBox is co-producer on ITV’s The Confessions of Frannie Langton”

Giveaway: Win a Year of Tailored Book Recommendations!

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Make sure to get your own Read Harder Book Journal from Book Riot to track your reading for the year!

Recent Interests That May Also Interest You + My Reading Life

cover of The Verifiers by Jane Pek

Reading: The Verifiers by Jane Pek / The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman

Streaming: Single Drunk Female (playing on Freeform, streaming on Hulu)

Laughing: “I hope this email finds you well.”

Helping: You can donate, volunteer, and buy cookies to help Troop 6000TM, a Girl Scout program specially designed to serve girls in the New York City Shelter System.

Upcoming: (whole mystery section!) There Are A Lot Of Books Releasing In February — Here’s What We Read, Loved, And Recommend

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Browse all the books recommended in Unusual Suspects previous newsletters on this shelf. See upcoming 2022 releases. 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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