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For nearly two centuries, scholars have wondered how on earth Mary Shelley, a nineteen-year-old girl, was able to conjure one of the most frightening and enduring horror stories of all time: Frankenstein. But with the recent discovery of Mary Shelleyâs secret memoir, the truth is finally revealed: Mary Shelley didnât just write Frankenstein, she lived it. Traveling back to that historic Geneva winter of 1816, Mary, her fiancĂ© Percy, sisters Claire and Fanny, and the celebrated poet Lord Byron find themselves guests of the eerie Frankenstein Estate. The macabre and frightening events that follow lead Mary to both a gruesome discovery: their mysterious host is not at all what they expected.
Hello mystery fans! Here are all the clickable things I found for you this week; 2 things to watch now, both from the same nonfiction book; your Kindle deals; and a little bit of my reading.
From Book Riot And Around The Internet
Amanda and Jenn recommend dark and twisty murder mysteries on Get Booked.
Liberty talks about The Missing American by Kwei Quartey on All the Books!
How Nancy Drew Helped Me Reject Toxic Masculinity and Gender Roles
Mysteries by the Pun: 10 of the Best Cozy Mysteries
31 New Thriller and Mystery Books to Look Out For in 2020
TV and Movies 35 Small Details From “You” Season 2 That Deserve A Large Round Of Applause
What’s in a Page: Long Bright River author Liz Moore on the enduring legacy of her childhood diary
A Beginner’s Guide to African Crime Fiction
News And Adaptations
2020 Left Coast Crime âLeftyâ Award Nominations Announced
Bahni Turpin will be the narrator for Kellye Garrett’s Hollywood Homicide audiobook!
Deanna Raybourn’s A Murderous Relation book tour dates!
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears trailer
Craig Russellâs âLennoxâ Crime Thriller Books Being Adapted for TV
Watch Now
HBO Doc ‘True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight For Equality’ Is Available To Watch For Free
And now in theaters is the film version Just Mercy, based on Stevenson’s memoir, which stars Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Rob Morgan, Tim Blake Nelson, Rafe Spall, and Brie Larson. Watch the trailer.
Kindle Deals
If you’re bummed that usually only the first book in a series gets put on sale, it’s your lucky day because the sequel in Stephen Mack Jones’s action packed PI series August Snow is $1.99: Lives Laid Away! (Review) (TW suicide/ human trafficking/ rape)
With the 3rd in the series releasing soon Sheena Kamal’s start to her Nora Watts PI series is $1.99: The Lost Ones! (Review) (TW I only remember rape, sorry)
Walter Mosley’s recent-ish PI novel Down The River Unto The Sea is $3.99! (Review) (TW rape)
A Bit Of My Week In Reading
I just started reading Mimi Lee Gets a Clue by Jennifer J. Chow, and it’s like a chick-lit novel (HATE that term) married a cozy and tossed in a talking cat and I am so very much enjoying it. I miss those funny novels about women trying to get their life together with funny and ridiculous scenes thrown in, so add murder and animals to that and I’m super happy.
And on audio: I started listening to the true crime memoir The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia by Emma Copley Eisenberg, which seems to be an in depth look at the community, Eisenberg’s life and visit to the town, and the case–I’m still at the beginning. I’m halfway through The Janes, the sequel to Two Girls Down, a tense novel with an investigators pairing I really enjoy, which takes on a case of child sex trafficking this time.
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Until next time, keep investigating! In the meantime, come talk books with me on Twitter, Instagram, and Litsyâyou can find me under Jamie CanavĂ©s.
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