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Elizabeth Olsen to Play Same Axe Murderer as Elisabeth Moss in LOVE AND DEATH on HBO Max

Hello mystery fans! A good amount of news this week, roundups, and great books currently having ebook deals!

From Book Riot And Around The Internet

There and Reichenbach Again: The Best and Worst Depictions of Moriarty’s Final Resting Place

Liberty and Danika discuss new releases on All The Books! including Find You First by Linwood Barclay.

Crime Novels Where Women Fight Back

You can read the beginning of Ophie’s Ghosts by Justina Ireland (it’s so freaking good!) here! Just click “read a sample” under the book cover on the left side.

May’s 12 Best Thriller and Mystery Books Will Take You From Scotland to the Supreme Court

Elizabeth Olsen to Play Same Axe Murderer as Elisabeth Moss in ‘Love and Death’ on HBO Max

Julia Roberts, Reese Witherspoon, and Bestselling Author Laura Dave Are Making This Thriller Into a Show

Dorothy Koomson, Susan Yearwood and Joffe Books launch crime prize

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Congrats!: Mystery Writers of America Announces Winners Of The 2021 Edgar Allan Poe Awards

Meet The Romantic Fiction Novelists Who Switched To Chilling Thriller

Discovery+ Greenlights True Crime Anthology Series ‘Confessions Of A Crime Queen’ From Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson

‘The Irregulars’ Canceled at Netflix After One Season

DEXTER Season 9 Trailer (2021)

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Ben Mendelsohn Joins Daisy Ridley In Neil Burger’s ‘The Marsh King’s Daughter

Giveaway: Enter for a chance to win Jean Hanff Korelitz’s highly anticipated novel, The Plot plus $100 to Spend on Books!

Giveaway: Win an iPad Mini!

Kindle Deals

*you can find the TW for below books in the review links

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Leaving Atlanta by Tayari Jones

If you wanted another setting like Mindhunter’s season 2, 1979 Atlanta during the Atlanta Child Murders where a serial killer was kidnapping and murdering Black children, this is a literary suspense novel by an excellent writer and it’s currently $3.99! (Review)

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Malice by Keigo Higashino, Alexander O. Smith (Translator)

If you’re looking for a locked-room mystery whydunnit, you can’t go wrong with Higashino, and this one is currently $2.99 so run to it. (Review)

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Long Bright River by Liz Moore

For Tana French fans, here’s a police procedural that is character driven currently $1.99! (Review)

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The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas

A locked-room mystery set in our world but with the invention of time travel, which is currently $1.99! Perfect price if your hesitant on trying a sci-fi mystery. (Review)


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Until next time, keep investigating! In the meantime, come talk books with me on Twitter, Instagram, Goodreads, and Litsy–you can find me under Jamie Canavés.

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