Jamie Costello / Laura Wilson Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Laura Wilson is a crime-fiction critic and author. 'Spellbinding' (The Times). Reformed crime writer. Guardian crime/thriller reviewer. My first YA novel, Monochrome, is published by @AtomBooks
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Laura SimsJamie Costello / Laura WilsonInspired by the real-life case of 19th-century killer nurse “Jolly” Jane Toppan, this is a marvellously intense, read-in-one-sitting game of cat and mouse among the book stacks.
Paperback, 2024
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial
Maggie NelsonJamie Costello / Laura Wilson@HeatherJFitt The Red Parts by Maggie Nelson (non-fiction) is very good. Focuses on the author's aunt, who was murdered in 1969, & the effect on the family.
Paperback, 2016
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hawk Mountain
Conner HabibJamie Costello / Laura WilsonA paranoid and unsettling tale of masculinity in crisis.
Paperback, 2023
$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
More Than You'll Ever Know: A Good Morning America Book Club Pick
Katie GutierrezJamie Costello / Laura WilsonAn intelligent and nuanced examination of the complicated relationship between a true-crime writer and her subject, a female bigamist.
Paperback, 2023
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
All the Colors of the Dark: A Read with Jenna Pick
Chris WhitakerJamie Costello / Laura WilsonA coming-of-age story as well as a crime novel, the book spans the years from 1975 to 2001, an epic sweep that takes in themes of hope, loss and keeping faith, as well as how the personal is political. Ambitious, powerful and moving, this is a tour de force.
Hardcover, 2024
$30.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book