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Featured Excerpt: Thief of Souls by Brian Klingborg

By Crime HQ

January 26, 2021

SATURDAY Apart from their other characteristics, the outstanding thing about China’s 600 million people is that they are “poor and blank.” This may seem a bad thing, but in reality it is a good thing. Poverty gives rise to the desire for changes, the desire for action, and the desire for revolution. On a blank…

Prodigal Son by Gregg Hurwitz: Q&A with Audiobook Narrator Scott Brick

By Crime HQ

January 22, 2021

What do you love about the Orphan X series? Scott Brick: I adore the Orphan X series primarily because it surprises me, every damn time. Part of the joy of reading mystery/thrillers, whether for pleasure or professionally, is trying to guess the outcome. We love it when we do that, right? It’s so satisfying! But…

Cover Reveal: Hello, Transcriber by Hannah Morrissey

By Crime HQ

January 18, 2021

We’re thrilled to reveal the cover for Hello, Transcriber, the debut novel from Hannah Morrissey featuring a female police transcriber who goes beyond the limits to solve a harrowing case. Read on for more about the book! Every night, while the street lamps shed the only light on Wisconsin’s most crime-ridden city, police transcriber Hazel Greenlee…

The Mitford Trial by Jessica Fellowes: New Excerpt

By Crime HQ

January 8, 2021

Prologue 18 June 1933   Outside, the horizon had been lost to the darkness, with sky and sea both black as the underside of a dead man’s eyelids. No stars shone and the moon was hidden behind the clouds. Only the white foam that curled away from the sides of the ocean liner revealed movement,…

The Highway Sweepstakes

By Crime HQ

January 4, 2021

Be 1 of 50 grand prize winners who will win a copy of The Highway by C.J. Box, the inspiration for the new ABC series Big Sky. Enter below for a chance to win! Sorry, you cannot enter at this time. Country Select oneUnited StatesOther E-mail First name Last Name Address 1 Address 2 City…

Criminal Element’s Best Books of 2020

By Crime HQ

December 21, 2020

Although it might be hard to believe, there were some good things that came out of 2020. We were charmed by Millie Bobby Brown’s Enola Holmes, and we laughed, cringed, and were unable to look away from the glorious trainwreck that was Tiger King. Sure, some days melded into each other. And fine, we’re all now Vitamin D-deficient.…

A Stranger in Town by Kelley Armstrong: New Excerpt

By Crime HQ

December 18, 2020

Chapter 1 As we hitch our horses to a lodgepole pine, shouts and laughter float over on the night breeze. Teen agers partying in the forest. At their age, I’d longed to be invited to a party like the one we hear. I didn’t yearn for the beer kegs or the drug buffet or the…

Featured Excerpt: Every Waking Hour by Joanna Schaffhausen

By Crime HQ

December 15, 2020

Chapter 1   Wait, you’re just going to leave us here? Alone?” Ellery Hathaway had faced down serial killers and lived to tell about it, but she felt a cold trickle of fear as she glanced at the lone child playing nearby on the grass. “I believe your ex-wife specifically forbade this proposition. In writing.…

Bending the Paw by Diane Kelly: New Excerpt

By Crime HQ

November 30, 2020

Chapter 1 ST. VALENTINE’S DAY MASSACRE The Slasher He reached over to the wooden block of serrated steak knives on the kitchen counter and yanked one out, clutching it in his fist. He slashed and slashed, and the blood splashed and splashed. Over the walls. Over the counter-tops. Over the floor. Over skin and clothing…

Violent Peace by David Poyer: New Excerpt

By Crime HQ

November 23, 2020

Chapter 1   Beijing The huge gray transport shook as it corkscrewed downward, and a barrage of violent bangs rattled the fuselage. Decoy flares being fired? The slim, fair-haired woman gripping the armrests hoped so. No doubt, to lessen the chance of some rogue commander targeting them as the mission came in to land. No…

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