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…. Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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,… Read more
GIFnotes: Giving you the basic plot summary of an upcoming book with the help of the Graphics Interchange Format. This week, take a visual tour of the fourth and final book in the Highway Quartet from C. J. Box, Paradise Valley!
In anticipation of the 4th volume in the Highway Quartet from C. J. Box, Paradise Valley (available July 25, 2017), get a digital copy of the 2nd book in the series, The Highway, for only $2.99 through June 5th! When two sisters set out across a remote stretch of Montana… Read more
To help celebrate Bouchercon 2016, we teamed up with our pals over at Minotaur Books to help sponsor a collaborative short story penned by a huge collection of their fabulous authors. After nearly 3o authors and an impromptu roast of some of the Minotaur team members, the results were fantastic. But there's one… Read more
To help celebrate Bouchercon 2016, we teamed up with our pals over at Minotaur Books to help sponsor a collaborative short story penned by a huge collection of their fabulous authors. After nearly 3o authors and an impromptu roast of some of the Minotaur team members, the results were fantastic…. Read more
I love wilderness settings, both in books and real life. Something about wild places has always fascinated me, and if you ask me my favorite vacation spots—Vancouver Island, Cape Breton Island, Alaska—you’ll notice a theme: rugged mountains, rocky shores and endless forest. I even write surrounded by forest, in an… Read more
