Author: Jamie Canaves

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From Book Riot And Around The Internet

Read the 1st two chapters for Fiona Barton’s upcoming 3rd novel The Suspect (January 22, 2019).

3 on a YA Theme: YA Mysteries Set in Vermont

11 Mystery Novels That Don’t Start With A Dead Girl

Publishers to Watch: Orenda Books

Pick which cover you like best in Cover Face-Off: Bonfire By Krysten Ritter

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News And Adaptations

The 2018 Anthony Award winners were announced and what a great list! And great reminder to read Kellye Garrett and Attica Locke.

Nancy Drew adaptation is in development at The CW and will be set the summer after Drew graduates high school.

Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl, Sharp Objects, Dark Places) promises another book is on the way.

Cecil Day-Lewis’ classic murder mystery The Beast Must Die will be adapted by the BBC into a detective series. (Nicholas Blake is the pen name poet that Day-Lewis used for the novel.)

The Banker’s Wife by Cristina Alger is being adapted. This book will make a great film and Amy Dunne–I mean Rosamund Pike will star and executive produce!

Reese Witherspoon chose a debut murder mystery for her book club: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens.

I’ve been on the fence about watching Lifetime’s adaptation of You by Caroline Kepnes, so I read this Vulture review: Lifetime’s You Is Absolutely Bonkers

The Hate U Give has been given an earlier release date: Limited release on October 5th.

Kindle Deals

The Dry by Jane Harper is $2.99 and if you haven’t gotten to this great mystery yet what are you waiting for?! (Review) (TW child abuse/ sexual assault/ suicide)

White Bodies by Jane Robins is .99 cents! (Slow-burn suspense with a bite: Review) (TW domestic abuse)

Upcoming Releases To Be Excited For!

My current week in reading is me drowning in books and refusing to accept that I can’t read EVERY SINGLE BOOK EVER so here are upcoming books I’m super, ridiculously excited about so you should probably be too.

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Nov 20th): If you’re a fan of smart novels that feel fun this is a fantastic read, which delivers what you want from that title!

And Fire Came Down by Emma Viskic, the sequel to Resurrection Bay, is out on October 2nd! If you’re looking for great Australian crime novels I couldn’t put down the first in the series.

The third in Joe Ide’s IQ series, Wrecked, is out October 9th! If you like PI novels definitely grab this series.

The sequel to the Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey is coming in 2019: The Satapur Moonstone!! If you like historical mysteries the start to the series was excellent.

My favorite Sherlock is back October 2nd with The Hollow of Fear (Lady Sherlock #3) by Sherry Thomas.

As Long As We Both Shall Live by JoAnn Chaney is related to What You Don’t Know–one of my favorite fictional serial killer books–in that it features Detective Loren again. But that’s the only tie to What You Don’t Know so you don’t have to read one to read the other. As Long As We Both Shall Live releases in January, and the second I get my hands on this book all other books will be temporarily dead to me. Sorry other books!

Browse all the books recommended in Unusual Suspects previous newsletters on this shelf. And here’s an Unusual Suspects Pinterest board.

Until next time, keep investigating! And in the meantime, come talk books with me on Twitter, Instagram, and Litsy–you can find me under Jamie Canaves.

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Hello mystery fans! I have a psychopath in fashion, an excellent amateur sleuth, and true crime meets literary criticism for you this week. AND a reminder for those who like to have books in your hot little hands as soon as they publish: J.K. Rowling’s 4th Cormoran Strike novel releases next week, so you may want to preorder now and then camp beside your mailbox. Or get on that library hold list STAT!

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Serial Mom Meets The Devil Wears Prada Is As Awesome As It Sounds! (TW suicide attempt)

#FashionVictim by Amina Akhtar: Basically, there is a psychopath working at a fashion magazine and people are dropping like flies! Anya St. Clair is up for a promotion but there’s a catch: she’s in competition with Sarah Taft, the woman she obsesses over being best friends with. Making things even more difficult is her boss constantly changing the “rules” for the promotion, forcing her into a dangerous diet–oh, and this tiny little thing I mentioned earlier about Anya being a psychopath! She literally sees red when she’s disrespected, taunted, or treated unfairly and then suddenly there’s a body to deal with. This is not your Gillian Flynn’s dark exploration of a female psychopath, but rather closer to John Waters’ satire: except, instead of suburban housewife suppression, welcome to the cruel world of fashion where women’s looks, weight, and youth is the only thing to value.

Excellent Amateur Sleuth Mystery (TW drug addiction/ statutory rape)

Far From You by Tess Sharpe: Sophie Winters’ best friend, Mina, was murdered in front of her. But Sophie is a recovering drug addict and the only witness so no one believes her that it wasn’t a drug deal gone wrong. Tough, unrelenting, and sick of her family and friends not believing she’s no longer using drugs she decides to find Mina’s killer herself. Told in alternating timeline, you get to know Sophie and Mina as best friends, slowly watch secrets revealed, and why Mina was out in the woods the night she was murdered… Sophie is a fantastic character who is allowed to fight, fail, love, and struggle in a way that felt really genuine. Highly recommend.

True Crime Meets Literary Criticism (TW suicide/ pedophilia/ rape)

The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World by Sarah Weinman: If you’re a fan of true crime and literary theory/criticism, this investigation into how Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita was most likely based on a real life case is really interesting. It’s a heartbreaking look into the real kidnapping and sexual abuse that eleven-year-old Sally Horner experienced in the late 1940s but her chapters are written with care by Weinman who focused on the facts that she was able to acquire through research and interviews while focusing on Sally and her family. Nabokov’s chapters take you into his life as he immigrated to America, worked on writing Lolita, and the serious overlap between the fictional novel and Sally Horner’s case.

Recent Releases

The Dinosaur Artist: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Quest for Earth’s Ultimate Trophy by Paige Williams (Currently reading: So far it feels like a perfect read if you loved The Feather Thief, but this one is about the selling of dinosaur skeletons! Also, I’m going to bug everyone with “hey did you know…” facts.)

Hitting the Books (Library Lover’s Mystery #9) by Jenn McKinlay (Cozy mystery for library lovers.)

The Exes’ Revenge by Jo Jakeman (TBR: 3 women + 1 dude = revenge.)

Nancy Drew #4 by Kelly Thompson, Jenn St-Onge (Nancy Drew is back in this awesome new comic series.)

The Frangipani Tree Mystery (Crown Colony #1) by Ovidia Yu (TBR: I’m looking forward to getting this historical mystery. Set in 1930’s Singapore it follows SuLin, a nanny for the Acting Governor, who will be helping a British-born Chief Inspector figure out who is the murderer in the Government House.)

A Borrowing of Bones (Mercy & Elvis Mysteries #1) by Paula Munier (TBR: A mystery starring a retired soldier and her bomb sniffing dog.)

The Guilty Dead (Monkeewrench #9) by P.J. Tracy (Just started reading: A police procedural set in Minnesota.) (TW suicide/ drug addiction)

Miss Kopp Just Won’t Quit (Kopp Sisters #4) by Amy Stewart (Historical crime series based on real life people including one of America’s first female deputy sheriffs.)

Righteous (IQ #2) by Joe Ide (Paperback) (Such a great PI series set in East Long Beach: Review) (4 reasons to read the series) (I don’t remember trigger warnings)

After the Eclipse: A Mother’s Murder, a Daughter’s Search by Sarah Perry (Paperback) (Excellent true crime memoir: Review) (TW rape/ suicidal thoughts)

A Line in the Dark by Malinda Lo (Paperback) (YA murder mystery + obsession + in love with your best friend!)

The Scarred Woman (Afdeling Q #7) by Jussi Adler-Olsen (Paperback) (Scandinavian crime procedural.)

13 Minutes by Sarah Pinborough (Paperback) (Mean Girls mystery: Review)

Browse all the books recommended in Unusual Suspects previous newsletters on this shelf. And here’s an Unusual Suspects Pinterest board.

Until next time, keep investigating! And in the meantime, come talk books with me on Twitter, Instagram, and Litsy–you can find me under Jamie Canaves.

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Hi mystery fans! I have found my new marathoning show: Death in Paradise (streaming on Netflix). It’s a BBC show about a British detective solving crimes on the gorgeous island of Saint Marie. Except, he’s of course miserable by all things island life. The mysteries are good and twisty and the show creator, Robert Thorogood, also brought the characters to a series of books.

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Sponsored by Tear Me Apart by J.T. Ellison from MIRA Books

Competitive skier Mindy Wright is a superstar in the making until a spectacular downhill crash threatens her racing career and her life. During surgery, doctors discover she has leukemia, and a stem cell transplant is her only hope. But when her parents are tested, a frightening truth emerges. Mindy is not their daughter. The race to save Mindy’s life means unraveling years of lies. Was she accidentally switched at birth or is there something more sinister at play? The search for the truth will tear a family apart…and someone is going to deadly extremes to protect the family’s deepest secrets.

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From Book Riot And Around The Internet

Rincey and Katie talk about mysteries in translation and the Sharp Objects adaptation on the latest Read or Dead!

YA Audio Mystery Books

Very important quiz: Would You Survive A Thriller Novel?!

Best True Crime Audiobooks

4 Sci-fi And Fantasy Crime Novels To Check Out Immediately

Interview with Courtney Summers

Giveaway: We want to hear all about your reading habits! Tell us in our Fall Reader Survey and you could win a $100 gift certificate to the Book Riot store!

True Crime

Blood-Testing Firm Theranos to Dissolve (If you’ve yet to read Bad Blood by John Carreyrou you really should! Review)

FBI Recovers Stolen ‘Wizard of Oz’ Ruby Slippers

‘Serial’ Podcast To Focus On Cleveland’s Criminal Court System In Season Three; Debuts September 20

Kindle Deal

A Quiet Place by Seicho Matsumot, Louise Heal Kawai (Translation) is $3.99! (Great, slow-burn Japanese crime fiction that reads a bit different than what US/UK/Australian crime readers are used to.)

A Bit Of My Week In Reading

Adding to my ridiculous list of reading this weekend is The Night in Question by Nic Joseph because I really liked her last book and the premise of this one has me really intrigued: “A rideshare driver is the only witness to one of her passenger’s secret affair…an affair that may be the least of his crimes.”

And I finished on audio two books by Lucy Dawson: The Daughter,  which was a crime novel that starts with a woman’s daughter dying in an accident (TW suicide/ child death/ stalking); White Lies a middle-aged doctor who has an affair with her seventeen-year-old patient which turns into a he-said-she-said story. (TW suicide/ statutory rape–in the book the relationship is legal but, based on the patient’s chapters, I think the book may need a warning for some readers, and age of consent is different in different places.) I think fans of Lisa Jewell would like that these were also character driven novels focusing on women’s lives.

Browse all the books recommended in Unusual Suspects previous newsletters on this shelf. And here’s an Unusual Suspects Pinterest board.

Until next time, keep investigating! And in the meantime, come talk books with me on Twitter, Instagram, and Litsy–you can find me under Jamie Canaves.

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Hello mystery fans! It is the first week of a new month which means TONS of new books get published–happy book dance! I have for you this week a great procedural, a suspenseful page-turner, and an excellent crime novel perfect for fans of true crime podcasts.

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Sponsored by Under My Skin by Lisa Unger, new from Park Row Books

Bestselling author Lisa Unger delivers an addictive psychological thriller about a woman on the hunt for her husband’s killer.  

What if the nightmares are actually memories? It’s been a year since Poppy’s husband, Jack, was brutally murdered. In the immediate aftermath, Poppy spiraled into an oblivion of grief, disappearing for several days only to turn up ragged and confused.

The case was never solved, and those lost days continue to haunt her. As her vivid nightmares intensify into daily blackouts, she starts to lose track of what is real. But her terrible dreams might hold the key to what really happened to Jack…

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Great Procedural: Who Started A Fire That Killed A Family? (TW child deaths/ suicide)

Skies of Ash (Detective Elouise Norton #2) by Rachel Howzell Hall: Homicide detective Lou Norton has a new case: a fire that killed a wife and her two children. Between the wife’s strange 911 call, the son having been an arsonist, and the husband/father who is acting strange, Lou has plenty to look into. She’s also stuck with her partner, Colin Taggert, who she still feels she needs to spend time babysitting and, well, she works in a boys club. I really love this series, which focuses first on the solving of the mystery while also giving just the right amount of time to Lou’s personal life (that cheating husband is back) and her relationships/interactions with her friends, family, and coworkers. If you’re a fan of procedurals, you should be reading this series. (It is not confusing to start here if you skipped the first in the series, but it does give away the solve and continues stories about Lou’s personal life.)

Excellent Crime Fiction PERFECT For Fans of True Crime Podcasts (TW child abuse/ pedophilia/ attempted suicide mentioned)

Sadie by Courtney Summers: This book kind of destroyed me. And not in the destroyed-me-and-then-put-me-back-together-again way. It destroyed me and left me staring off into the void as it was meant to, and I would have applauded if I thought Summer would have heard it. This book is lots of things, but for me the brilliance was in two things: Summers’ ability to tell a page-turning white knuckle story; her shining a light on the darkest corners of our true crime obsession while/by keeping the violence in her novel just off the page. Sadie, a smart mouthed stubborn young woman, sets off to find her little sister’s killer. Her plan: to kill him. With no money, friends, and a stutter that makes communicating with strangers difficult it’s a near impossible mission. Sadie’s chapters alternate with a radio personality who has started a podcast about Sadie and her sister’s murder and is trying to find Sadie… If you’re looking for a fantastic read you won’t be able to put down, and like a gut punch, do not miss Sadie. She’s a character I will forever keep thinking about.

Pinborough Always Delivers A Page-Turner! (TW child murder/ domestic abuse/ child abuse/ molestation)

Cross Her Heart by Sarah Pinborough: Told in multiple point of view, the novel focuses on three people: Lisa, an overprotective mother; Ava, Lisa’s teenage daughter; Marilyn, Lisa’s coworker and best friend. Lisa’s entire life focuses around her daughter and her work. She’s very private and intends to keep things that way. Clearly she has a secret… Ava is in high school, a swimmer, has a close group of girlfriends and a boyfriend. And also a secret: the older man she’s been talking to online… When Ava and Lisa’s pictures end up in the news, their lives are suddenly threatened, which has long reaching consequences that affect Marilyn… If you like page-turners that focus on the characters and their lives this was a great read. If you are a fan of Behind Her Eyes, this does not have that level of bonkers twist–which I do not say as a knock on this book at all because this book is not written to have that kind of moment. But it bums me out to see readers not have a great reading experience solely because of an expectation, so go into this one as a new character-driven suspense.

Recent Releases (Reinforce your TBR shelves!)

The First Prehistoric Serial Killer and Other Stories by Teresa Solana, Peter Bush (Translation) (Currently reading: I started this, and it’s ridiculous noir short stories and I’m loving it. The first story is literally the title where a caveman is trying to solve which caveman is the serial killer in their cave.)

Idyll Hands (Thomas Lynch #3) by Stephanie Gayle (Currently reading: a small town procedural told in alternating point of view in the ’70s and the late ’90s about a body found in the woods, a rookie’s missing sister, and a long ago found bone.)

When the Lights Go Out by Mary Kubica (TBR: I’m a big fan of Kubica and her suspense stories so this is very high on my list! It’s about a young woman whose social security number raises a red flag leading her to discover a shocking detail…)

Gravesend by William Boyle (Currently reading: I’m a big fan of Boyle’s character driven crime writing and this one starts with revenge so I’m a happy reader at the moment.) (The Lonely Witness review)

Leave No Trace by Mindy Mejia (Currently reading: A really interesting read so far about a speech therapist at a mental health facility where a teenager has been brought in who has been missing since a camping trip ten years previously…) (TW suicide/ mentions self-harm)

The Boy at the Keyhole by Stephen Giles (TBR: I know comps lie a lot but also I’m a sucker and this said “in the vein of Shirley Jackson” so I’m gonna read it!)

The Cats Came Back (A Magical Cats Mystery #10) by Sofie Kelly (TBR: A cozy mystery with a librarian and her magical cats!)

Field of Bones (Joanna Brady #18) by J.A. Jance (For procedural fans)

An Act of Villainy (Amory Ames #5) by Ashley Weaver (For historical mystery fans)

And we want to hear all about your reading habits! Tell us in our Fall Reader Survey and you could win a $100 gift certificate to the Book Riot store!

Browse all the books recommended in Unusual Suspects previous newsletters on this shelf. And here’s an Unusual Suspects Pinterest board.

Until next time, keep investigating! And in the meantime, come talk books with me on Twitter, Instagram, and Litsy–you can find me under Jamie Canaves.

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Hi mystery lovers! The season 3 teaser trailer for True Detective played after the Sharp Objects finale, and looks like I’ll be back to being a fan of the show. Here’s the trailer in case you missed it.

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Sponsored by Forge Books

CAN YOU SPOT THE LIAR?

An accused killer insists she’s innocent of a heinous murder.

A grieving journalist surfaces from the wreckage of her shattered life.

Their unlikely alliance leads to a dangerous cat and mouse game that will leave you breathless.

Who can you trust when you can’t trust yourself?

Trust Me is the chilling stand-alone novel of psychological suspense and manipulation that award-winning author and renowned investigative reporter Hank Phillippi Ryan was born to write.

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From Book Riot And Around The Internet

Violence, Girls, and Power: 10 Potent Quotes From Sadie by Courtney Summers (Sadie is out next week and it should be one of the BIG books of fall, it’s excellent.)

On Sharp Objects and Not Demanding That Our Women Leads be Perfect And I really enjoyed this interview with Elizabeth Perkins (who needs to be a lead!) at Huffpost. (MASSIVE SPOILERS)

50 Must-Read Middle School Mystery Books

Mystery and Thrillers That Are Better On Audio

Speaking of audiobooks, Audible has a pretty big sale going on for members, and whatever “light customers” means, and here’s the Mystery & Thrillers sales page of books found most on Wish Lists.

Giveaway: Last chance to get 16 awesome books featured on the Recommended podcast!

Watch Now

John Krasinski starring as CIA analyst Jack Ryan is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. If you’re wondering why this sounds familiar, it’s adapted from Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan series, which has Patriot Games and The Hunt For Red October. Watch the trailer here.

True Crime

‘I Started Having Nightmares’: Behind the Scenes of Trace, the Hit True-Crime Podcast

A New Wife, a Secret Past and a Trail of Loss and Blood: A widower met a younger woman on the street in 2013. They married soon after. Then he got to know her.

The Untold Story of NotPetya, the Most Devastating Cyberattack in History: Crippled ports. Paralyzed corporations. Frozen government agencies. How a single piece of code crashed the world.

Kindle Deals

Murder at Cape Three Points (Darko Dawson #3) by Kwei Quartey is $1.99 (Ghana set, good detective series.)

The Lake House by Kate Morton is $2.99 (This is a genre mix: multi-generational saga/historical fiction/mystery)

And if you still haven’t gotten around to J.K. Rowling’s detective series, the first in the series is $2.99: The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith

And A Bit of My Week In Reading

So as soon as I was finished lamenting how I’d never get through all the reading I needed to do, my library informed me four of my holds had come through: Far From You by Tess Sharpe; An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole; Ghosted by Rosie Walsh; The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown by Vaseem Khan.

On my ereader, I’m almost finished with The Truth Lies Here by Lindsey Klingele, which is a YA thriller/missing person’s with a touch of an X-Files/Stranger Things underlining feeling. And I started Idyll Hands by Stephanie Gayle (A good small town procedural so far), and Gravesend by William Boyle (Great crime novel so far).

Browse all the books recommended in Unusual Suspects previous newsletters on this shelf. And here’s an Unusual Suspects Pinterest board.

Until next time, keep investigating! And in the meantime, come talk books with me on Twitter, Instagram, and Litsy–you can find me under Jamie Canaves.

If a mystery fan forwarded this newsletter to you and you’d like your very own you can sign up here.

Hello mystery fans! This week I have for you a cozy mystery, a thriller, and a 5-star true crime memoir.

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Sponsored by Murder in the Oval Library by C.M. Gleason.

April 13, 1861: Rebel troops wait across the Potomac, only 800 feet from the White House and President Lincoln—but a murderer is even closer. The Civil War has begun—and an invasion of Washington, D.C. seems imminent. Lincoln’s trusted aide, Adam Speed Quinn, assembles a motley crew and garrisons them in the White House. These rough-and-tumble patriots steel themselves for the attack, but while dawn breaks with no Rebel strike, a single act of violence strikes the White House. A guard lies dead in the oval library, and the murderer is among them.

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Chien Knows How To Leave Me Excited For The Next Book! (TW suicide)

Dim Sum of All Fears (A Noodle Shop Mystery #2) by Vivien Chien: Lana Lee is back! She’s still unhappily working at her parents’ Chinese restaurant at Asia Village except now her parents have left her fully in charge as they take a trip to Taiwan. And of course there’s another murder at Asia Village. Thankfully, Lee and her coworkers aren’t suspects, but it is Lee’s friend and husband who are dead so she can’t help herself from asking questions to get to the bottom of what really happened. It’s really not her fault that she can’t stay out of it: Lee is just one of those people who attracts people to be honest and open up with her–but it is kind of her fault because her we’ve-been-on-a-few-dates detective has repeatedly told her not to investigate. I like that Lee is overall lost in life, reserved, a great friend, and beginning to come into her own as a snooper. (And when you’re done I highly recommend the Ugly Delicious Fried Rice episode on Netflix for really interesting history and conversations about Chinese food in America.)

Unravels Into An Intense Thriller (TW suicide / rape)

Blood Highway by Gina Wohlsdorf: I went into this novel knowing absolutely NOTHING, but excited because I really enjoyed Wohlsdorf’s first novel Security–which was basically a slasher film in a novel. This time around, Wohlsdorf has written a crime novel/thriller/coming-of-age. Rainy Cain, a seventeen-year-old girl, is already having a difficult life when her mom dies by suicide and a cop tries to help her out when the system to care for her is already overfilled. What she doesn’t know is that secrets kept from her will soon have her running for her life… I listened to the audiobook in one day on this one as I was really invested in Cain and, since I didn’t read the summary beforehand, I got to be pleasantly surprised that the story went in directions I didn’t even image when I began the book. And as much as I love a kickass girl/woman, I also really like the realistic scared/struggling/doing-their-best-not-to-faint-no-matter-how-tough-they-are girl/woman.

Excellent True Crime Memoir–I Inhaled The Audiobook In One Sitting! (TW suicide/ mentions and discussions about many possibly triggering things.)

The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial by Maggie Nelson: This one is hard to describe because as much as it’s a memoir and true crime Nelson has the ability to meditate on humanity and society–and so many things–that I felt myself often catching my breath after sentences. If you don’t already know, Maggie Nelson has a collection of published work including poetry, essays, and autobiography. She also grew up the niece of Jane Mixer, whose 1969 murder had remained unsolved until 2004. This is Nelson’s story about her life and her family’s along with the trial. If you’re a fan of true crime memoir, this is a MUST READ. I also recommend this to fans of essay collections and literary works because Nelson is just a fantastic writer, observer, and person.

Recent Releases

Tear Me Apart by J.T. Ellison (TBR: I love Ellison’s No One Knows and am looking forward to getting to this one.)

The Mystery of Three Quarters (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries #3) by Sophie Hannah

The Grave’s a Fine and Private Place (Flavia de Luce #9) by Alan Bradley (Paperback)

Bluebird Bluebird by Attica Locke (Paperback) (If you haven’t read this yet drop everything and go, go, go! Review)

Remember you can win 16 awesome books that were featured on the Recommended podcast!

Browse all the books recommended in Unusual Suspects previous newsletters on this shelf. And here’s an Unusual Suspects Pinterest board.

Until next time, keep investigating! And in the meantime, come talk books with me on Twitter, Instagram, and Litsy–you can find me under Jamie Canaves.

If a mystery fan forwarded this newsletter to you and you’d like your very own you can sign up here.

Hello mystery lovers! We’re almost at the very end of the Sharp Objects adaptation (if you’ve been watching) and I discovered this week that Netflix’s To All the Boy’s I’ve Loved Before adaptation is the perfect after-watch to wash the worst-family-ever out of my brain. Thought I’d share in case your brain could also use a washing.

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Sponsored by Impostor’s Lure by Carla Neggers, new from MIRA books.

The disappearance of a federal prosecutor launches the latest high-stakes case for FBI agents Emma Sharpe and Colin Donovan. Newlyweds Emma and Colin are suspicious when prosecutor Tamara McDermott is a no-show at a Boston dinner party. In London, a woman who was supposed to meet Emma’s art-detective grandfather is discovered near death, and it is soon discovered that her husband has vanished. The couple’s connection to Tamara adds to the puzzle. Emma and Colin’s search leads them deep into a maze of misdirection created by a clever, lethal criminal who stays one step ahead of them…

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From Book Riot And Around The Internet

Rincey and Katie explore food mysteries and their recipes, plus much more mystery things, on the latest Read or Dead!

Is the Chinese government behind one of the boldest art-crime waves in history?

15 YA Books to Read After Loving HBO’s Sharp Objects

6 New Comic Series for Crime Fiction Fans

Mystery Trope: Covered In Blood, With No Memory…

Giveaways: Remember you can win 16 awesome books featured on the Recommended podcast! Who doesn’t want to win a big stack of books?! AND a giveaway for 250 digital audiobook downloads of Cross Her Heart by Sarah Pinborough. AND 10 copies of Lisa Unger’s Under My Skin. You’re bound to win something!

 

Adaptations And News

Jane Harper has a standalone novel, The Lost Man, coming out February 5, 2019: “Two brothers meet at the remote fence line separating their cattle ranches in the lonely outback. In an isolated belt of Western Australia, they are each other’s nearest neighbor, their homes four hours’ drive apart. The third brother lies dead at their feet.” Is it here yet?!

Sam Greenlee’s spy novel The Spook Who Sat By The Door is being adapted into a series by Lee Daniels Entertainment.

First we had Veronica Mars. Then we got the film. Then we got two novels: The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line and Mr. Kiss and Tell. Now there’s a Hulu series almost in the works!

The Alienist is getting a second season on TNT based on Caleb Carr’s sequel book The Angel of Darkness.

For fans of the TV series Hannibal there’s now a webcomic with ALL of Bryan Fuller’s characters in one world–yup, you read that correctly! “Imagine a world where Hannibal Lecter is the Executive Chef to Ned’s (Pushing Daisies) Pastry Chef, where actress Caroline Dhavernas’ Alana Bloom (Hannibal) and Jaye Tyler (Wonderfalls) exist together. It’s a recipe for madness.” The webcomic starts here with weekly updates.

My Favorite Murder’s Creators Are Launching a Podcast Network

Kindle Deals

I just bought All Things Violent by Nikki Dolson for $2.99 because I could not be more sold by “A violent, funny, shockingly addictive debut…”

Ill Will by Dan Chaon is $1.99 if you’re looking for a great literary mystery! (Review) (I don’t remember if this had triggers.)

 

A Bit of My Week In Reading

Liane Moriarty’s Nine Perfect Strangers landed on my doorstep today so naturally I dropped everything and started reading it. So far I’m just getting to know the “strangers” which alternate between France’s chapters. France being a middle-aged, frustrated woman on her way to a “health resort.”

And I finished The Red Parts (an excellent true crime memoir), Dim Sum of All Fears (another good cozy), and Blood Highway (a crime thriller that did not go as I expected which is always a good thing).

Browse all the books recommended in Unusual Suspects previous newsletters on this shelf. And here’s an Unusual Suspects Pinterest board.

Until next time, keep investigating! And in the meantime, come talk books with me on Twitter, Instagram, and Litsy–you can find me under Jamie Canaves.

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