Hi mystery fans!
Sponsored by Hanover Square Press and The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara.
The Lady from the Black Lagoon uncovers the life and work of Milicent Patrick – one of Disney’s first female animators and the only woman to create one of Hollywood’s classic movie monsters—the Creature from the Black Lagoon. For someone who should have been hailed as a pioneer in the genre there was little information about Milicent available. Patrick’s contribution had been claimed by a jealous male colleague, her career had been cut short and she soon after had disappeared from film history. The Lady from the Black Lagoon restores Patrick to her place in film history while calling out a Hollywood culture where little seems to have changed since.
From Book Riot And Around The Internet
Rincey and Katie recommend spy novels, list new releases, and talk about the history of mysteries/thrillers in the latest Read or Dead.
Read Harder: A Book Of Nonviolent True Crime
5 Books With Female Serial Killers
The Accidental Crime Novelist: Laura Lippman never meant to become a bestselling author. But when the former newspaper reporter began considering life as a private investigator, the stories began to flow.
Flynn Berry On Her True Crime Inspiration, Writing “Unlikeable” Women, And Why She Loves Thrillers
Crime Fiction Empathy and E.A. Aymar’s The Unrepentant
News And Adaptations
Exclusive preview: Obama and Biden return as action heroes in Hope Rides Again
‘Agatha Raisin’ Returns For Third Season As SVOD Service Acorn TV Marks First Original Renewal
‘Sherlock Holmes 3’ Moved Back By A Year To Christmas 2021
Kindle Deals
If you’re looking to start at the beginning of a great procedural series Land of Shadows by Rachel Howzell Hall is $2.99! (Review)
If you like mysteries set at prep schools I loved All These Beautiful Strangers by Elizabeth Klehfoth and it’s $1.99! (Review) (TW suicide/ domestic abuse/ rape)
Tess Gerritsen’s The Bone Garden, a past and present thriller, is $2.99!
And for historical mystery fans, and my purchase, Ovidia Yu’s The Frangipani Tree Mystery is $3.99!
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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