Hello, mystery fans! I got my hands on advanced reader copies for two upcoming mysteries I’m really excited about — Exposure by Ramona Emerson and Alter Ego by Alex Segura — so those, a giant pile of graphic novels, and some classic horror novels are my current reading plans.
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Bookish Goods
Cozy Pot Reading Book by CraftIRL
This is an adorable ceramic plant pot! Options: size, adding drainage, book color. ($16)
New Releases
Perfect Little Monsters by Cindy R.X. He
For fans of YA mysteries where all the friends are suspects!
Dawn Foster’s life has dramatically changed recently: following her parents being injured in an accident, the family has moved from California to Wisconsin to live with an aunt. Dawn attempts to fit in by joining the cheerleading team, but after a party, one of the girls is dead and the rest are brought in for questioning…
Disturbing the Dead (A Rip Through Time #3) by Kelley Armstrong
For fans of historical mysteries with time travel and past and present procedural timelines!
In our present time, Mallory Atkinson was a homicide detective who went to visit her grandmother in Edinburgh, got attacked in an alley, and woke up in 1869 in the body of housemaid Catriona Mitchell (the first book)! What is a detective to do? Solve crimes in a different era while trying to figure out what is happening. Her current case: A host disappears during a mummy unwrapping…
If you want to start at the beginning of the series, pick up A Rip Through Time.
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Riot Recommendations
Here are two very different from each other backlist titles that have amateur sleuths and are not cozy mysteries.
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara
This great adult crime novel starts as a coming-of-age mystery and ends in noir territory, with children as lead characters who keep things upbeat while exploring dark themes. Children are disappearing, and the police don’t seem to care enough to search properly. Nine-year-old Jai thinks he can find his missing classmate being that he has watched enough procedurals to be a proper sleuth. He convinces fellow schoolmates Faiz and Pari to help solve whether a bad djinn or a bad person is behind the missing person cases. and so they set off across the city to get answers.
The audiobook narrators — Indira Varma, Himesh Patel, and Antonio Aakeel — are fantastic!
(TW child, domestic abuse/ child deaths)
A Death of No Importance (Jane Prescott #1) by Mariah Fredericks
This is a historical mystery set in 1910 NY that follows Jane Prescott, a ladies’ maid for the rich turned sleuth. Jane, who was raised by her uncle who ran a home for rescued women, finds herself needing to get answers when two people she knows are suspects in the murder of her mistress’s fiancé. The world of the upper class in the house Jane works in is contrasted by the world outside as anarchists fight for working conditions for the lower class in the city.
News and Roundups
Amazon MGM Lands Elizabeth Rose Quinn’s Unpublished Novel Follow Me
Mr. & Mrs. Smith Renewed for Season 2 at Amazon
The 2024 Barnes & Noble Children’s & Young Adult Book Award Winners
12 Book Club Picks For May 2024, From #ReadWithJenna to NYPL’s Teen Banned Book Club
Keira Knightley to Star in The Woman in Cabin 10 Film Adaptation at Netflix
Murder in a Small Town lands Alert‘s timeslot on Fox in fall 2024
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Until next time, keep investigating! In the meantime, come talk books with me on Bluesky, Twitter, Instagram, Goodreads, and Litsy — you can find me under Jamie Canavés.
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