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A Brutal Twist Challenges Our Obsession🔪

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The Eighth Sister cover imageHe thought he’d left the spy game behind. Now he’s back in it, but the rules have changed. Ex-CIA agent Charles Jenkins accepts one last assignment in Moscow, but what he uncovers leaves him in the fight of his life—against his own country. Robert Dugoni, the New York Times bestselling author of the Tracy Crosswhite series, returns with a pulse-pounding new thriller of espionage, spy games, and treachery. Prime members read for free.


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News And Adaptations

Dare Me cover imageBlink and you might miss it, but there’s some sneaky peeks of my upcoming show DARE ME here…

TV’s Original Nancy Drew, Pamela Sue Martin, Cast In the CW Pilot Adaptation

‘Killing Eve’ Renewed For Season 3 By BBC America; New Showrunner Named

J.T. Ellison’s Lie To Me sold it’s televisions rights

‘Defending Jacob’: Cherry Jones, Pablo Schreiber, Betty Gabriel & Sakina Jaffrey Round Out Series Regular Cast Of Apple Series

JK Rowling backs crime writing scheme for BAME and working-class women

And this is not an adaptation or book related, but it sounds awesome and perfect for crime readers: Awkwafina & Ike Barinholtz To Produce & Star In ‘Crime After Crime’ Comedy At STX

Kindle Deals (Both from my TBR list!)

Miss Kopp Just Won't Quit by Amy Stewart cover imageMiss Kopp Just Won’t Quit (A Kopp Sisters Novel Book 4) by Amy Stewart is $2.99! (For historical mystery fans!)

The Marsh King’s Daughter by Karen Dionne is $1.99! (For thriller fans)

A Bit Of My Week In Reading

I acquired: Grab a Snake by the Tail: A Murder in Havana’s Chinatown by Leonardo Padura, Peter Bush (Translated) an upcoming release in the Mario Conde Cuban detective series (TW suicide). The next book in Abby L. Vandiver’s zanny cozy mystery series: Potions, Tells, & Deadly Spells. Ruth Ware’s upcoming psychological The Turn Of The Key.

I finished the audiobooks: A Beautiful Corpse (Harper McClain #2) by Christi Daugherty, Sophie Amoss (Narrator) which follows a journalist in Savannah (TW stalking); A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder by Dianne Freeman, Sarah Zimmerman (Narrator) a historical cozy mystery about a wealthy widow accused of her husband’s murder.

My current mystery break reads: Intercepted by Alexa Martin is a perfect romcom giving life to my black heart, which is a perfect balance to Samira Ahmed’s Internment, which is really good but also too real.

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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