Author: Jamie Canaves

Hello mystery fans! Claws is back with its third season on TNT and I love this show. If you’ve yet to discover it, it’s especially great for fans of crime shows and girl gangs and you can marathon the first two wild seasons on Hulu.

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Sponsored by Reentry by Peter Cawdron published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH, @hmhbooks)

In a sequel to indie phenom Peter Cawdron’s Retrograde, Reentry applies realistic technology to examine not just interstellar exploration, but the dangerous potential of Artificial Intelligence. For fans of Andy Weir, Philip K. Dick and hard science fiction.

After almost dying on Mars, astronaut Liz Anderson returns to Earth, but not to a hero’s welcome. America’s in turmoil. The war’s over, but the insurgency has just begun. Heartbroken and treated with suspicion, she finds herself caught up in the guerrilla war being waged on Earth, wondering if the AI threat is truly gone, or if it has only just begun.

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From Book Riot And Around The Internet

5 True Crime Books to Read With Your Book Club

Rincey and Katie have a new episode of Read or Dead where they talk mystery books by LGBTQ+ authors, news, new releases, and what they’re reading.

9 books and movies to check out after watching When They See Us

40 New Thrillers Out This Summer That Make The Perfect Vacation Reads

Enter to win 1 of 250 digital audio downloads of Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman

And you can check out Book Riot’s Amazon storefront–we’ve put together a selection of our favorite books and bookish stuff for summer–and one of my favorite crime writers!

Adaptations And News

‘Veronica Mars’: Hulu Sets Premiere Date For Original Three Seasons Ahead Of Revival

Exclusive: The author of A Simple Favor is back with another juicy thriller

Dutton Will Drop Linda Fairstein

Lucifer Renewed for Fifth (and Final) Season at Netflix — ‘I’ll See You in Hell!’ Says Tom Ellis to Fans (The fourth season was so good I’m really excited.)

And this is a story that needs 2 links and a Twitter thread: How Did Mystery Writer Twitter Become Convinced This Debut Author Didn’t Exist?; Pegasus Books, Scarlet, And The Incredible Disappearing Male Authors; Steph Cha’s thread.

Kindle Deals

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater is $2.99. I don’t remember seeing this on sale before so get on that–it’s a fantastic true crime that made me realize that the world really needs more nonfiction YA. (Sorry, I don’t remember trigger warnings.)

If you still haven’t gotten to Jane Harper’s The Dry it’s $2.99 and an excellent Australian mystery. (Review) (TW suicide/ child abuse–I’m going from memory here)

More people need to be reading Nic Joseph and you can start with The Night In Question which is $2.51! (Review)

And A Bit of My Week In Reading

My mystery break book was Saeed Jone’s upcoming memoir How We Fight For Our Lives, which I read in one sitting, and woo this is one of those memoirs that will live with me forever. It’s raw and powerful and it’s out in October, and if you’re a fan of memoirs definitely have this one on your radar. He’s also one of my favorite people to follow on Twitter.

And I’m currently reading: Murder in the Crooked House by Sōji Shimada, Louise Heal Kawai (A puzzle mystery and locked room mystery and I’m loving it.) The Black Jersey by Jorge Zepeda Patterson, Achy Obejas (I just downloaded the audiobook because I really enjoyed his previous book —Milena, or The Most Beautiful Femur in the World–and I was sold on the pitch for this one: “Murder on the Orient Express meets the Tour de France–someone’s killing off cyclists one by one.)”

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 Canavés.

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Hello mystery fans! This week I have for you a missing woman surrounded by secrets, a past camp mystery that must be solved, and a thriller!

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Mystery + Family Drama (TW suicide/ mentions past domestic abuse/ statutory rape discussed)

Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok: This is a beautiful and sad mystery about sacrifices, family, belonging, and the weight of secrets. Sylvie Lee traveled to the Netherlands to visit her dying grandmother, a place where she was raised as a young child by relatives. And now no one has heard from her or knows where she is. Her relatives are certain she returned to the U.S. but her sister and parents were unaware of this and are unable to locate her. The mystery unfolds as we watch Amy Lee, Sylvie’s younger sister, search for her, along with chapters about Sylvie’s life just before she disappeared; we also get a few chapters from their mother’s perspective, along with news articles. The novel does a great job of balancing the family’s history, Sylvie’s childhood, and the present mystery making this a great read for fans of mystery and family dramas.

Indian Summer Meets Agatha Christie (TW suicide)

I’ll Never Tell by Catherine McKenzie: This reminded me of the film Indian Summer had it been siblings and wrapped in a mystery. The five MacAllister children return to the summer camp their family ran to listen to their parents will. They’re already expecting to have to make a decision on what to do with the camp and ready for that fight. What they’re not expecting, nor prepared for, is to be thrown into a mystery where the camp’s fate, and their futures, hinges on them solving a twenty-year mystery involving what happened to Amanda Holmes–one of the daughter’s best friends. And by solve the mystery I mean one of them is literally accused, and it’s made clear if they didn’t do it then one of the other siblings must have… Told in present day following the siblings, and their current life dramas, we also get to know Amanda, twenty years before, on the night of the mystery… This hit that perfect level of entertainment for me, while giving me family drama, and a summer camp setting.

Thriller!

If She Wakes by Michael Koryta: It had definitely been a while since I read a fast-paced thriller that I couldn’t put down–I listened to the audiobook in two sittings. And by sittings I mean I finally got around to a ton of spring cleaning. Tara Beckley is in the hospital believed to be in a vegetative state but is really in locked-in syndrome–she can hear, see, think, she just can’t move or speak. And Abby Kaplan is investigating the car accident that put Tara in the hospital. The problem is nothing was an accident and now Abby is in danger, as is Tara, but they don’t know each other and no one even knows Tara is alert! What I really enjoyed was that the plot moved quickly; you got to follow Tara, Abby, and a teen assassin (!); Abby’s past story was interesting and neither of the women’s stories were based on past violence. A good thriller to kick up your feet and read.

Recent Releases

Grab a Snake by the Tail: A Murder in Havana’s Chinatown (Mario Conde #5) by Leonardo Padura, Peter Bush (Translator) (Cuban detective series the Netflix adaptation Four Seasons in Havana is based on.)

Those People by Louise Candlish (Currently reading: A murder in the suburbs and everyone points fingers as they protect their own secrets.)

Lethal White (Cormoran Strike #4) by Robert Galbraith pseudonym for J.K. Rowling (Paperback) (Great series for British P.I. fans.)

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 Canavés.

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Hello mystery fans! We’re getting a second season of Netflix’s Dead to Me and I’m so excited because Netflix would have been dead to me if they’d cancelled it!

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Sponsored by Delusions of Clarity, by Vern Bryk

Karl Jommers is a down-to-earth police psychologist. After a cop is shot, Jommers must evaluate the two police officers involved. Both offer conflicting accounts, but neither is lying. Their divergent perspectives are blurred by their personal anxieties. One sees local corruption, the other a government conspiracy. Jommers tries to disentangle the discordance, but he can’t square their differing views without first finding the truth. But stepping outside his domain to investigate may jeopardize his practice and his life. While trying to correct the distorted views of others, he’s forced to question the clarity of his own perception.

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From Book Riot And Around The Internet

25 New Thrillers and Mysteries to Sink Your Teeth Into This Summer

Harper Lee’s Writing About A Preacher Serial Killer and Other Favorite Mysteries and Thrillers

8 of the Best Private Detectives in Mystery Series

Barbara Neely, The Activist-Turned-Crime Writer Who Inspired A Generation

In Conversation With: Tom Ryan and April Snellings

News And Adaptations

Exclusive: Cover Reveal for Cat Sebastian’s ‘Hither, Page’ (” I wanted to create a Miss Marple-style postwar murder village and populate it with queer characters.” I am SO sold.)

Phoebe Waller-Bridge: James Bond Is “Absolutely Relevant Now” But The Film “Has To Treat Women Properly” (Now I have to watch the upcoming Bond film because her writing is amazing: Killing Eve s1/Fleabag).

Watch Now (And Read)

Big Little Lies season 2, with the addition of Meryl Streep, starts Sunday June 9th on HBO. (‘Big Little Lies’ Cast on Season 2, Group Chats and Playing ‘Hysterically Funny but Tragic Women’)

When They See Us, Ava DuVernay’s dramatic series based on the Central Park Five case starring Felicity Huffman and Joshua Jackson, is now streaming on Netflix. (When They See Us Sparked a Boycott Against Central Park Five Prosecutor Linda Fairstein) (Before, and After, the Jogger Survivors of the real ‘Central Park Five’ attacker speak for the first time.)

Kindle Deals

Every Reasonable Doubt (Vernetta Henderson #1) by Pamela Samuels Young is $0 dollars. That isn’t a typo and this book is super good so like run! (Review)

The Lost Ones (Nora Watts #1) by Sheena Kamal is $1.99 and a great series for fans of darkish P.I. novels. (Review) (TW rape)

A Bit Of My Week In Reading

Some upcoming and recent releases I acquired: Miami Midnight by Alex Segura (The final book in the Pete Fernandez P.I. series!); The Truffle Underground: A Tale of Mystery, Mayhem, and Manipulation in the Shadowy Market of the World’s Most Expensive Fungus by Ryan Jacobs (You know I’m obsessed with this type of true crime book.); Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes (My crime break, which is currently giving me life and is utterly delightful.)

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 Canavés.

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