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Review: Mrs. Sherlock Holmes: The True Story of New York City’s Greatest Female Detective and the 1917 Missing Girl Case That Captivated a Nation by Brad Ricca

By Ardi Alspach

Mrs. Sherlock Holmes: The True Story of New York City’s Greatest Female Detective and the 1917 Missing Girl Case That Captivated a Nation by Brad Ricca is the shocking and amazing true story of the first female U.S. District Attorney and traveling detective who found missing 18-year-old Ruth Cruger when the entire NYPD had given…

Announcing 2018’s Edgar Award Nominees

By Crime HQ

January 19, 2018

The Mystery Writers of America have announced the 2018 Edgar Award nominees and special winners. The Edgars banquet—an annual black-tie gala celebrating crime fiction, non-fiction, and television writing—will be held on Thursday, April 26th, 2018, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City. As always, it's a fantastic list of great work that deserves…

5 New Books to Read this Week: January 3, 2017

By Crime HQ

January 4, 2017

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, 2017 begins with some great reads! See what books you should start the new year with:  

True Crime and Mrs. Sherlock Holmes

By Brad Ricca

January 3, 2017

This is how a story starts: In 1917, on the day before Valentine’s Day, eighteen-year-old Ruth Cruger left her family’s apartment to do some errands around their Harlem neighborhood. The snow was falling. She walked down the street and vanished. It’s a kind of story we’ve heard before. But what makes it different from other…

Mrs. Sherlock Holmes by Brad Ricca

Mrs. Sherlock Holmes: New Excerpt

By Brad Ricca

December 26, 2016

Mrs. Sherlock Holmes by Brad Ricca is a true crime tale told in spine-tingling fashion (Available January 3, 2017). Mrs. Sherlock Holmes tells the incredible true life story of Mrs. Grace Humiston, the New York lawyer and detective who solved the famous cold case of Ruth Cruger, an 18-year-old girl who disappeared in 1917. Grace…