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Cristiana is the daughter of the biggest arms dealers on the West Coast, Angus Byrne. She’s also the sole witness and number one suspect in the murder of her boyfriend, found dead in her Newport Beach boutique. Isaiah Quintabe is coerced into taking the case to prove her innocence. If he can’t, Angus will harm the brilliant PI’s new girlfriend, ending her career. The catch: Christiana has multiple personalities. Five radically different ones. Isaiah’s dilemma: no one personality saw the entire incident. To find out what really happened the night of the murder, Isaiah must piece together clues from each of the personalities—before the cops catch up.
Hello mystery fans! If you’re looking for some things to read to escape the world, Kindle deals, and something to watch I’ve got you.
From Book Riot And Around The Internet
On this week’s All The Books Liberty and Kelly chatted new releases including The Falcon Thief and Untamed Shore.
Today in trivia I hope I get to use one day: Agatha Christie’s The Pale Horse is credited with saving lives and being cited in a murder trial.
Forever shouting “translate more books!”: How locked-room mystery king Seishi Yokomizo broke into English at lastÂ
Crime Writers of Color listed a bunch of authors for African American History Month.
You can read an excerpt from The Only Child by Mi-ae Seo at CrimeReads.
What’s In a Page: Saint X author Alexis Schaitkin on the hardest part of writing a book
What this reader learned from marathoning a 50 book crime series.
Enter to Win a $50 Barnes and Noble Gift Card!
News And Adaptations
An exclusive first look at And Now She’s Gone by Rachel Howzell Hall
Jason Batemen won’t be directing Jason Reynold’s Clue remake anymore and that wail you heard was me.
Meg Gardiner’s The Dark Corners of the Night (the third in the FBI series) will be adapted into a one-hour drama by Amazon Studios.
If you’re looking for a new Spy thriller comic series here’s the trailer for Bang!
Not an adaptation but heavily influenced by Christie so putting it here: Rian Johnson Says ‘All Bets Are Off’ When It Comes To Casting The Knives Out SequelÂ
Watch Now
The Handmaiden is a South Korean crime drama based on Sarah Waters’ Fingersmith‎ and is currently streaming on Amazon Prime. You can watch the trailer here. ‎
Kindle Deals
This was so good and while it’s a coming-of-age story it’s set during the summer of Sam in New York and the tension between that and the volatile situation at home I think makes this a great read for fans of crime novels: Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina is $1.99 –seriously, two dollars get this! ( I don’t remember trigger warnings but here’s my review.)
A very good legal thriller that is LITERALLY FREE, GET IT AND READ IT: Every Reasonable Doubt (Vernetta Henderson #1) by Pamela Samuels Young
From my cozy mystery TBR list: Dead As a Door Knocker by Diane Kelly is $2.99
From my thriller TBR list: The Third Victim by Phillip Margolin is $1.99
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