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Christi Daugherty

Writing Fiction from Real Life

By Christi Daugherty

March 9, 2020

Late on the night of May 29, 1997, a talented young musician named Jeff Buckley walked into a tributary channel of the Mississippi River near Memphis, and disappeared. At the time, his star was in the ascendancy—his first album had received widespread acclaim. He was 30 years old, dark-haired and beautiful, with a voice that…

The Edgar Awards Revisited: LaBrava by Elmore Leonard (Best Novel; 1984)

By Christi Daugherty

August 2, 2019

Before I go any further, a confession: This was the first Elmore Leonard novel I’ve ever read. Of course, I knew about Leonard’s work—I’m not a complete philistine. I knew he was the master of fast, authentic dialogue. Crime fiction’s valedictorian of voice. And I’d seen the famous films made from his books, including Get…

A Beautiful Corpse by Christi Daugherty

Book Review: A Beautiful Corpse by Christi Daugherty

By Kristin Centorcelli

April 9, 2019

In Christi Daughtery’s A Beautiful Corpse, a young woman is found murdered, and all three suspects are men who once claimed to love her. With a familiar yet dangerous face watching her every move, Harper must unravel this mystery before it’s too late. A Beautiful Corpse is the second book in Daugherty’s series to feature Savannah…

Q&A with Christi Daugherty, Author of The Echo Killing

By Christi Daugherty

March 19, 2018

Christi Daugherty has covered crime and murder for years as a newspaper reporter and journalist in cities including Savannah, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans. After moving to England nearly 20 years ago, she wrote the internationally bestselling Night School series of thrillers for young adults under the name CJ Daugherty. Her latest, The Echo Killing,…

Review: The Echo Killing by Christi Daugherty

By Chris Wolak

March 15, 2018

When a murder echoing a 15-year-old cold case rocks the Southern town of Savannah, crime reporter Harper McClain risks everything to find the identity of this calculated killer in Christi Daugherty's new novel The Echo Killing. I was immediately pulled into this novel and read it in just a few sittings over two days. This…

5 New Books to Read this Week: March 13, 2018

By Crime HQ

March 14, 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, David Rosenfelt returns to his Doug Brock series and Clare Mackintosh delivers another twisting psychological thriller! See what else…

Christi Daugherty Excerpt: The Echo Killing

By Christi Daugherty

March 8, 2018

When a murder echoing a 15-year-old cold case rocks the Southern town of Savannah, crime reporter Harper McClain risks everything to find the identity of this calculated killer in Christi Daugherty's new novel The Echo Killing (available March 13, 2018). A city of antebellum architecture, picturesque parks, and cobblestone streets, Savannah moves at a graceful…

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