It’s the most wonderful crime(s) of the year! As the holidays come ‘round again, they bring with them an abundance of Christmassy capers, from lighthearted cozies to lingering chillers. Whether you prefer something naughty or something nice, here are a few titles to consider that celebrate family, friends, fur babies . . . and felonies.…
Award-winning author R. G. Belsky knows more than a thing or two about the worlds his fictional characters inhabit. A veteran journalist, he was a top editor at the New York Post, New York Daily News, Star Magazine, and NBC News before making the decision to write fiction full-time. Unsurprisingly, his vast experiences in the…
Wanda M. Morris emerged as a powerhouse suspense novelist with last year’s All Her Little Secrets. That book won both the 2022 Lefty Award for Best Debut Mystery Novel, the Georgia Author of the Year Award for Best First Novel, and was nominated for several other accolades. It’s also under option as a limited series…
Perspective can be difficult to maintain in general, let alone in times of a pandemic. Covid found many of us—readers and writers—craving comfort in the familiar to counter fear of the unknown. Consequently, #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell was unexpectedly inspired to revisit her iconic sleuth, forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta, in…
I confess: I’m a bit biased when it comes to Marcia Clark. While much of the world—or at least much of the non-reading world—continues to base their opinions of her on what they saw or heard during “The Trial of the Century,” those of us who’ve discovered her crime fiction (also) recognize her as a…
James R. Benn had a lengthy career in libraries and information technology before making the transition to novelist with 2006’s Billy Boyle—the first of seventeen (and counting!) WWII novels to feature the titular character, who is some distant relation of “Uncle” Ike Eisenhower. The series has garnered stellar reviews and earned prestigious nominations for accolades…
Nationally bestselling author and unrepentant foodie Lucy Burdette is the pseudonym of Roberta Isleib, a clinical psychologist who penned the Golf Lover’s and Advice Column Mysteries. Last fall, Burdette published her first standalone suspense novel, the decidedly uncozy Unsafe Haven. This August, she returns with A Dish to Die For—the twelfth Key West Food Critic…
Joey Hartstone may be a debut novelist, but he’s certainly no novice when it comes to writing. He studied screenwriting at UCLA and later had two of his scripts directed for film by Rob Reiner: LBJ (2016) and Shock and Awe (2017). Hartstone also wrote on the first two seasons of The Good Fight and…
Award-winning author Mark Rubinstein’s newest novel, Assassin’s Lullaby, introduces thirty-nine-year-old Eli Dagan (one alias of many)—a former assassin for the Mossad who now lives an anonymous life in New York City, where he works as a contract killer. Each moment, each movement, is one of precision and premeditation; living as if he is a target…
A Miami native, New York’s Alex Segura has spent his professional life balancing two great loves: novels and comic books. In addition to writing the critically acclaimed five-book Pete Fernandez Miami Mysteries series and a variety of short stories (one of which, “Red Zone,” won an Anthony Award), he has also penned multiple comics (“The…
