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Brad Meltzer

Review: The Escape Artist by Brad Meltzer

By Crime HQ

March 26, 2018

In The Escape Artist by Brad Meltzer, a mortician for fallen soldiers becomes an unlikely hero as he helps a young woman from his past battle a murderous organization. Brad Meltzer has returned to his roots as a thriller author in The Escape Artist, a fast-paced novel with protagonists who are easy to root for as…

5 New Books to Read this Week: March 6, 2018

By Crime HQ

March 7, 2018

Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! This week, Phillip Margolin's first in a new legal thriller series highlights an incredible week of books! See what else we're reading:

The Bald Truth: The Secret to Literary Greatness

By Anthony Franze

July 6, 2016

The Wall Street Journal reported on a scientific study that found “men with shaved heads are perceived to be more masculine, dominant, and…to have greater leadership potential than those with longer locks or with thinning hair.” Men with short hair were even perceived to be taller and stronger than those with fuller manes. As Business…

5 New Books to Read this Week: June 7, 2016

By Crime HQ

June 8, 2016

Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! Check back every Wednesday and see what we're reading for the week!

A Sum Greater Than Its Parts: Anthony Franze Interviews Brad Meltzer and Tod Goldberg on Co-Authoring The House of Secrets

By Anthony Franze

June 6, 2016

It’s not an exaggeration to call Brad Meltzer a Renaissance man. After all, he’s a #1 New York Times bestselling author—one of the only writers with bestsellers in fiction, non-fiction, advice, children’s books, and comics. He’s also a television host, a history expert, a lawyer, and he even created a successful clothing line. One thing…

The House of Secrets: New Excerpt

By Brad Meltzer

June 1, 2016

The House of Secrets by Brad Meltzer and Tod Goldberg follows Hazel Nash, who wakes up in a hospital with amnesia and sets out to put the pieces back together and solve the mystery of her past, as well as one involving her dead father and a corpse with a leather book hidden in his…

8 Presidential Mysteries

By Crime HQ

February 15, 2016

It's President's Day! Celebrate the history of our Commander in Chief with these excerpts and reviews of 8 great presidential mysteries.  The Great Abraham Lincoln Pocket Watch Conspiracy  The Great Abraham Lincoln Pocket Watch Conspiracy by Jacopo Della Quercia is a historical-fiction, steampunk, sci-fi, comedy-noir mashup that features a globetrotting President Taft and Robert Todd Lincoln.…

The President’s Shadow: Exclusive Excerpt

By Brad Meltzer

May 28, 2015

The President's Shadow by Brad Meltzer is the third book in the Culper Ring Series about a 200-year-old secret society tasked with protecting the Presidency (available June 16, 2015). Read the prologue and first five chapters below! And then comment for a chance to win a copy of all three books in Brad Meltzer's Culper…

2014’s Edgar Awards: A Grand Night for Books

By Leslie Gilbert Elman

May 6, 2014

I considered titling this post “The Night I Hugged John Connolly,” but that might sound like I’m showing off. So I’ll begin my recap of the 68th annual Edgar Awards gala banquet at the nominees’ cocktail party, the prelude to the grandest evening in the mystery community’s year. In a reception room at the Grand…

Brad Meltzer’s Newest Heroes are Children

By Brian Bandell

January 16, 2014

Brad Meltzer is best known for his thrillers that incorporate historical facts and politics but now he’s taking a swerve in his career path, branching out into children’s books with the January releases of I Am Abraham Lincoln and I Am Amelia Earhart, illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulous. “I made this for the three most important…

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