Criminal Element Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Only One Left
Riley SagerBestselling author Riley Sager returns with a Gothic chiller about a young caregiver assigned to work for Lenora Hope, a woman accused of a Lizzie Borden-like massacre decades earlier. Read John Valeri's review! https://t.co/0Lm0R4eyUk
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Black Queen
Jumata EmillIn @brownboywriting 's YA thriller The Black Queen, Nova Albright was going to be the first Black homecoming queen at Lovett High—before she's murdered on coronation night. Read on for Doreen Sheridan's review! https://t.co/dbiY6RqFpx
Hardcover, 2023
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Devil You Know
P. J. TracyDarkness is nothing new to LAPD Detective Margaret Nolan, but in P.J. Tracy’s The Devil You Know, even she isn’t prepared for the scandalous deception of deadly proportions. Read an excerpt here! https://t.co/QsaG1zpVSL
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A Book Club to Die For
Dorothy St JamesWhen a member of an exclusive book club is checked out, spunky librarian Trudell Becket must sort fact from fiction to solve the murder in Dorothy St James's newest book, A Book Club to Die For. Read on for Doreen Sheridan's review! https://t.co/0hZEMDd940
Paperback, Mass Market, 2023
$9.99Member price:$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Alligator Alley: A Joe DeMarco Thriller
Mike LawsonIn Mike Lawson's Alligator Alley, a young man working in the DOJ’s Inspector General’s Office is murdered in Florida’s Everglades, and it's up to bagman Joe DeMarco to get to the bottom of things. Read on for Janet Webb's review! https://t.co/Jo16CKtCrF
Paperback, 2024
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Widowmaker: A Black Harbor Novel
Hannah MorrisseyCheck out our cover reveal for Hannah Morrissey's new mystery set in Black Harbor—THE WIDOWMAKER—coming from @MinotaurBooks this Fall! https://t.co/nqrSmOgnyM
Hardcover, 2022
$27.99Member price:$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
All the Dangerous Things
Stacy WillinghamFollowing up her instant New York Times bestseller, A Flicker in the Dark, @svwillingham delivers a totally gripping thriller about a desperate mother with a troubled past in All the Dangerous Things. Read on for John Valeri's review! https://t.co/Vr8sYgd5cr
Paperback, 2024
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bleeding Heart Yard
Elly GriffithsA murderer strikes at a school reunion—but the students are no strangers to death—in this propulsive, twisty thriller by @ellygriffiths, the internationally bestselling author of the Ruth Galloway Mysteries. Read on for Doreen Sheridan's review! https://t.co/ykHIEva2LT
Paperback, 2023
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Repentance
Eloísa DíazAuthor Eloísa Díaz shares 7 of her favorite Latin American noirs that helped inspire her new novel, REPENTANCE, coming in November 2021 from @AgoraBooksLDN. Get ready for your TBR pile to get a little bit taller! https://t.co/vN9pipBl2y
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The Bride Wore White
Amanda QuickAmanda Quick's historical thriller The Bride Wore White comes out tomorrow. We welcome her to the site today, where she lists the ten novels she feels collectively capture the essence of modern Gothic fiction. https://t.co/V1mDGgkhKN
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