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The mayor of New York’s daughter is missing. Detective Michael Bennett’s son is in prison. The two strike a deal. Bennett and the mayor have always had a tense relationship, but now the mayor sees in Bennett a discreet investigator with family worries of his own. The detective leaps into the case and finds himself at the center of a dangerous triangle anchored by the NYPD, the FBI, and a transnational criminal organization. Michael Bennett is an honorable man, but when the lives of innocents are at stake, honor has to take a back seat. Survival comes first.
Hello mystery fans! You’re here for the mystery links, Kindle deals, and something crime-y to watch (hopefully) so here we go:
From Book Riot And Around The Internet
15 Best True Crime Authors Who Are Must-Reads For Genre Fans
Patricia and Liberty talk about Walter Mosley’s latest Trouble Is What I Do on All The Books!
11 Mystery and Suspense Authors Like Gillian Flynn
THE HAPPY HOLLISTERS: A Retrospective
The Best Small Presses Publishing Crime Fiction Today
Exclusive preview: This sizzling debut unfolds a murder-mystery at a Long Island prep school
Watch Out Behind You: 7 Mysteries from the Past
Agatha Christie: Her 10 best novels, from Death on the Nile to The ABC Murders
The Secret of the 25 Chapters in Nancy Drew Books
News And Adaptations
Deanna Raybourn, author of the great Veronica Speedwell series, has sold an upcoming book about elite female assassins being forced to retire and it sounds amazing give it to me RIGHT now!
If a murder mystery meets Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is a gimme-hands for you (me!) than Karen M. McManus has got you with her upcoming book!
“Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy) set as a series regular opposite David Oyelowo in The President Is Missing, Showtime’s drama pilot based on the novel by President Bill Clinton and James Patterson.”
Watch Now
The film adaptation of Joan Didion’s The Last Thing He Wanted, starring Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck, Willem Dafoe, Rosie Perez and directed by Dee Rees, is streaming on Netflix. It’s one of those journalist won’t let the story go stories and it hasn’t gotten great reviews, but that literally never stops me from watching something I’m interested in. Here’s the trailer.
Kindle Deals
The Good Son by You-Jeong Jeong is $1.99 if you’re looking for a wakes-up-covered-in-blood-what-happened slow-burn psychological suspense! (Review) (TW: stalking/ suicide)
If you’re looking to start a long running procedural series that started in the ’80s Indemnity Only (V.I. Warshawski #1) by Sara Paretsky is $2.99!
The sequel to Stillhouse Lake (Review) by Rachel Caine, Killman Creek is $1.99!
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