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When former police detective Ted Conkaffey was wrongly accused of abducting Claire Bingley, he tried to disappear in the tiny town of Crimson Lake. But now Claire’s devastated father shows up with a choice for Ted: help find the real abductor or die. Meanwhile, two young bartenders have been murdered, and private detective Amanda Pharrell is assisting on the case. Amanda’s decade-old conviction for murder left her with odd behavioral traits, but a keen eye for killers. As they hunt for the truth, redemption is on the cards for Ted and Amanda―but it could cost them their lives…
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News And Adaptations
Rachel Howzell Hall’s Land of Shadows has an audiobook narrated by Je Nie Fleming and you can hear a sample here. I love this series and am happy to see it have audiobooks–Review. (TW rape/suicide)
This book announcement sounds awesome: Delighted to announce that Ecco/HarperCollins will publish my thriller WINTER COUNTS. An examination of the broken criminal justice system on the rez and a meditation on Native identity.
An Anonymous Girl to Become Known As a TV Series
Lisa Jewell previews her intoxicating domestic thriller The Family Upstairs
Here’s an Exclusive First Look at Gaby Dunn’s New Graphic Novel, “Bury the Lede”
Watch Now
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley is now streaming on HBO Go if you didn’t get enough of this bananapants story from reading Bad Blood. I will say that John Carreyrou did a hell of a job describing Elizabeth Holmes in the book because in the documentary she is exactly what I imagined when I read the book. You can watch the trailer here. (TW suicide)
Kindle Deals
A Front Page Affair (Kitty Weeks Mystery #1) by Radha Vatsal is $3.82 and a good start to a series I love for fans of historical mysteries and cozy mysteries.
The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway #1) by Elly Griffiths is $4.99 and follows an archeologist living in a remote area in Virginia who is assisting the police in a murder case.
The Likeness (Dublin Murder Squad #2) by Tana French is $1.99 and if you still haven’t read this fantastic procedural series do yourself a favor and get on that.
A Bit Of My Week In Reading
If you’re wondering how my beat-the-clock-because-all-my-library-holds-came-in-at-once game is going, I’ve read four of the six and then two more holds came in: Duped by Abby Ellin and The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas. My two favorite reads were The Night Tiger which isn’t a mystery but has a murder mystery throughout and I loved it, and City of the Lost is a great start to a detective in remote area series.
And because I’m me and all those books aren’t enough here’s the pile of books I’m eyeing for starting this weekend:
Borrowed Time by Tracy Clark; Beijing Payback by Daniel Nieh; A Shot in the Dark by Lynne Truss; Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman; Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson; Necessary People by Anna Pitoniak; Folio Society’s The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad, Illustrated by Ben Jones; Folio Society’s Thunderball by Ian Fleming, Illustrated by Fay Dalton
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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