Though it has been over four hundred years since William Shakespeare’s death, his works continue to inspire new generations of authors. There’s just something about the Bard, isn’t there? The tragic love of Romeo and Juliet, the darkness of King Lear’s psyche . . . Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets are rife with possibilities for retelling…
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 Sandford and Faye Kellerman highlight a fantastic week of books! See what else we're reading:
Killing Season by Faye Kellerman is an electrifying novel of suspense in which a young man's investigation into his sister's death draws him into the path of a sadistic serial killer (available October 17, 2017). For more than two decades, award-winning New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman—wife of novelist and occasional collaborator Jonathan Kellerman—has been…
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, Patricia Cornwell publishes a fascinating exposé on one of the world's most infamous serial killers, and Mike Mignola gifts…
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A few weeks ago my To Be Read pile had a Michael Connelly, a Jonathan Kellerman, and a Dick Francis (well, Felix Francis, at least) on the stack. As I looked at those spines I realized that despite breaking up with my fair share of authors, I seem to have more than a few that…
Within the last thirty years, readers have been exposed to several new versions of William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, versions that take us far afield from the Shakespeare that tradition has presented us. And primarily, those variations have been seen in historical mysteries and romantic suspense. We are given a view of Shakespeare as…
I was introduced to Christopher Whitman (later Donatti after taking his stepfather’s name) in Faye Kellerman’s 1995 book, Justice. I had picked up a few of her earlier Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus books and found them addictive. She wrote vivid characters and, even though I had absolutely nothing in common with her characters, I had no problems…
