How to Make a Negroni When my 1920s-set mystery novel required an apéritif that was both sinister and festive, I thought: Negroni. The only trouble was I had never actually drunk one. I’m not a fan of Campari. Not only does it remind me unpleasantly of an ex-boyfriend’s judgy, country-club type father, but it originally…
Naughty on Ice is the latest in Maia Chance’s Prohibition-era caper series, Discreet Retrieval Agency Mystery, featuring society matron Lola Woodby and her stalwart Swedish cook, Berta. The Discreet Retrieval Agency is doing a brisk holiday business of retrieving lost parcels, grandmas, and stolen wreaths. But with their main squeezes Ralph and Jimmy once…
Naughty on Ice is the latest in Maia Chance’s dazzlingly fun Prohibition-era caper series featuring society matron Lola Woodby and her stalwart Swedish cook, Berta—take a visual tour with GIFnotes! The Discreet Retrieval Agency is doing a brisk holiday business of retrieving lost parcels… Grandmas… And stolen wreaths. But with their main squeezes Ralph and Jimmy…
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 John Grisham combines with Iris Johansen's 22nd Eve Duncan novel to highlight a great week of books! See what…
Gin and Panic by Maia Chance is the third book in the Discreet Retrieval Agency Mysteries series (available October 24, 2017). Take a visual tour of Gin and Panic with GIFnotes! Former socialite Lola Woodby is now struggling to make ends meet as a not-so-discreet private eye in Prohibition-era New York City, along with her…
Discover (or remember to order) your next cozy with a delightfully convenient shopping list of upcoming soft-boiled mysteries! Last month, we ended summer with some great cozies; this month, get your tricks and treats with awesome October reads! Let us know in the comments how you like it and what you can't wait to read…
GIFnotes: Giving you the basic plot summary of an upcoming book with the help of the Graphics Interchange Format. This week, head back to Prohibition-era New York with a visual tour of Maia Chance's third Discreet Retrieval Agency Mystery, Gin and Panic!
Teetotaled by Maia Chance is a sparkling new mystery that will delight readers with its clever plotting, larger-than-life characters, and rich 1920s atmosphere. Ah, the Roaring Twenties! Forget the crime, the mystery, even the alluring setting—come for the flippant and fabulous vocabulary. Maia Chance is back, hard on the heels of her first Discreet Retrieval Agency…
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 marks the return of Aurora Teagarden after a 13-year hiatus as well as a new Vera Stanhope mystery and…
Just because you're penniless and living in Manhattan—and alcohol is illegal—doesn't mean you can't still enjoy some southern hospitality. So, slow down, relax, and put a little south in your mouth in this week's Pick Your Poison—where we create a cocktail inspired by a recently published mystery, thriller, or crime novel—with a glass of “Southern…
