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Sponsored by Fate, An Uncle Chow Tung Novel
Hong Kong, 1970. The Dragon Head of the Fanling Triad has died and there is a struggle to replace him among senior members of the gang. Sensing opportunity, neighboring gangs begin to make threatening moves and it’s obvious to the Fanling Triad that they need a leader who can fend off the threats, unite the membership, and maintain their prosperity. There are several candidates. The least conspicuous is the White Paper Fan, their young administrator. His name is Chow Tung, but many of those who work with him already refer to him as “Uncle”
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News And Adaptations
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Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries was a beloved cult hit. Now there’s a movie, out this year.
Watch Now
Streaming On Netflix: Agatha And The Truth Of Murder is an alternative history film that has Agatha Christie solving a murder during the very real event of her life when she disappeared for days. Watch the trailer here.
Kindle Deals
If you’re looking for a serial killer thriller Jennifer Hillier’s Jar of Hearts is currently $2.99! (Review) (TW rape scenes/ domestic violence/ pedophilia off page)
If you’re looking for an ex-prosecutor turned PI series the first in Marcia Clark’s Samantha Brinkman series, Blood Defense, is $1.99! (I don’t remember the trigger warnings but the series has them and definitely sexual assault was one.)
A Bit Of My Week In Reading
I finished the audiobooks for The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson (TW mentions suicide/ anxiety attacks) and Lisa Jewell’s Watching You (TW suicide/ domestic violence/ statutory rape discussed throughout) and loved both. I also finished the audiobook for the entertaining cozy mystery Beaches, Bungalows & Burglaries by Tonya Kappes (TW suicide), which is on Hoopla audio.
Looking to read next: Columbine by Dave Cullen, which sadly feels way too necessary; Excited to start Tiffany D. Jackson’s Let Me Hear A Rhyme, she’s so good and I loved her last two books; House of Beauty by Melba Escobar, because I read a comp to Claws and I am so in.
And my current mystery break is a delightful audiobook set in a bakery with a family of brujas: Love, Sugar, Magic: A Dash of Trouble by Anna Meriano. ALSO, I just got my dirty paws on The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory and that piercing scream you heard was my excitement.
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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