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In Conversation With Olivia Blacke & Olivia Matthews

By Crime HQ

December 20, 2022

Olivia Blacke’s Record Shop Mysteries follows Juni Jessup and her sisters as they run a record shop in Cedar River, Texas. The first book in the series, Vinyl Resting Place, releases Dec. 27, 2022. Olivia Matthews’s Spice Isle Bakery Mysteries features a West Indian-American family who’ve opened a bakery in the Little Caribbean neighborhood in…

The Interrogation Room: A Q&A with Peter Blauner, author of Picture in the Sand

By Crime HQ

December 6, 2022

The Widowmaker by Hannah Morrissey: Featured Excerpt

By Crime HQ

November 22, 2022

1: Morgan The key was a blackened talisman, tucked into her leather cuff. She’d gotten in the habit of keeping it there since it had become the only tangible thing she owned when, three months ago, her entire life was reduced to ash and ruin. The fire department had already come and gone by the…

Q&A with Louise Doughty, Writer of the Crossfire Mini-Series on Britbox

By Crime HQ and Louise Doughty

November 22, 2022

Thanks so much for joining us! First, can you tell us a little about your new series, Crossfire, on Britbox?  Crossfire is a series about three families who are staying in a holiday resort on a Spanish island when gunmen come into the premises and begin to shoot. All the families are separated in different…

A Trip with Trouble by Diane Kelly: Featured Excerpt

By Crime HQ

November 7, 2022

Chapter 1 Misty Murphy   Shadows chased each other across the grounds of the Mountaintop Lodge as dappled sunlight streamed through the beautiful orange, red, and golden leaves. Autumn had arrived in Beech Mountain, North Carolina, spreading its glorious colors across the peaks and valleys. With the season came the so-called leaf peepers, tourists from…

The Interrogation Room: A Q&A with author Elle Cosimano + A Chili Cook-Off Challenge

By Crime HQ

November 7, 2022

We put Elle Cosimano (author of the beloved Finlay Donovan series) in the hot seat, and she gave us a few hints about Finlay and Vero’s shenanigans in her next book, Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun; talked about some unusual research she did while writing the book (hint: she’s not a bad shot!); and clued us into…

Picture in the Sand by Peter Blauner: Featured Excerpt

By Crime HQ

November 1, 2022

Prologue June 9, 2014 To: Bayridgemama475@gmail.com From: Alexisfire475@gmail.com Mother, I’m sorry for what I have to tell you. Maybe if I was more brave, I would say it to your face. But by the time you read this, I’ll be gone. I realize this will be a shock. You know me only as the quiet,…

Cozier Reads for the Faint of Heart

By Crime HQ

November 1, 2022

Donut Disturb by Ellie Alexander Baked goods, a wedding, and a murder mystery—what more could you want for a cozy fall read? In the 15th installment of Ellie Alexander’s A Bakeshop Mystery series, the filling is looking grim for pastry chef and amateur sleuth Juliet Capshaw as everyone in town gathers to celebrate Thomas and Kerry’s…

3 Spooky Nonfiction Books for Halloween

By Crime HQ

October 25, 2022

All the Living and the Dead by Hayley Campbell Fueled by a childhood fascination with death, journalist Hayley Campbell searches for answers in the people who make a living by working with the dead. Along the way, she encounters mass fatality investigators, embalmers, gravediggers, a former executioner, and more. Through Campbell’s incisive and candid interviews with…

The Interrogation Room: A Q&A with author Archer Mayor

By Crime HQ

October 18, 2022

Read an excerpt of Fall Guy

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