We teamed up with five crime writers to create a short story in real-time. The end result was “Axel’s Lament” which you can read in full below. A special thank you goes out to the participating authors (in order of appearance): C. J. Box, Ellison Cooper, Gregg Hurwitz, Michele Campbell, and Allison Brennan. The full…
There’s something magical about finding a novel someone left behind at a summer beach house—the idea that people who will likely never cross paths sharing something meaningful, a great book, in the temporary break from their lives. That was how I came across my first C. J. Box novel, Blue Heaven. Re-reading the novel ten…
Venture to the Bitterroot Mountains of Montana in The Bitterroots from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author C. J. Box. To uncover the truth in an assault case, former sheriff’s investigator Cassie Dewell must fight against a family whose roots are tangled and deadly…
Welcome to The Bitterroots: a riveting new novel of loyalty, lies, and lethal retribution from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author C. J. Box.
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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, a new Hap & Leonard novel from Joe R. Lansdale combines with C. J. Box's latest Joe Pickett thriller…
2017 was a killer year for books! A couple of phenomenal debuts combined with some series regulars to fill our e-readers and bookshelves all year. With 2018 right around the corner, we present our picks for the best books of 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! The fourth and final book in C. J. Box's Highway Quartet highlights an incredible week of books! See what else we're…
Paradise Valley by C. J. Box is the fourth and final book in the Highway Quartet (available July 25, 2017). Take a visual tour of Paradise Valley with GIFnotes! Cassie Dewell is the chief investigator for the Bakken County Police Department in Grimstad, North Dakota, and she has been on the job for three years.…
This year's Thrillerfest was a blast! Hosted at the Grand Hyatt in New York City, it was five glorious days of meeting authors, hearing their stories, getting advice and writing tips, and schmoozing with authors, industry, and fans alike. Criminal Element was lucky enough to be there for it all, and in case you missed…
