The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark is an immersive debut novella that brings an alternate New Orleans of orisha, airships, and adventure to life. In an alternate New Orleans caught in the tangle of the American Civil War, the wall-scaling girl named Creeper yearns to escape the streets for… Read more

What do you do when a real-life toucan might be the key to a grave robbery and murder? Follow your nose with this week’s Pick Your Poison—where we create a cocktail inspired by a recently published mystery, thriller, or crime novel—the “Fruit Loops” cocktail, inspired by Donna Andrews’s 23rd Meg… Read more

Criminals often leave a trail of breadcrumbs that lead to their eventual arrest, but it’s not every day those breadcrumbs include a pair of unpaid bar tabs, an ID, a purse, and wrecked car. One woman in Saskatoon is in police custody after having … quite the night. According to… Read more

The Cruelty by Scott Bergstrom is an action-packed young adult thriller (optioned for film by Jerry Bruckheimer) about a girl who must train as an assassin to deal with the gangsters who have kidnapped her father. Get a digital copy of The Cruelty for only $2.99 through the month of August! Gwendolyn’s… Read more