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…
Into the Fire is the 5th entry in Gregg Hurwitz’s hugely entertaining Orphan X series, which follows Evan Smoak, who at the age of 12 was plucked from a foster home and trained as an assassin for the government’s secret Orphan X program. He’s Jason Bourne with a touch of MacGyver and a hint of…
Chapter 1 The Terror The industrial sliding doors heaved open to a burst of bitter alpine air, a dizzying flurry of snow, and a barrage of hoarse cries. “Hello—goddamn it—somebody help! He’s bad. He’s really—Oh, Jesus, wake up, Grant. Please, just—Someone help!” From the blurry white, Terzian emerged, lugging his injured companion into the waiting…
Enjoy this exclusive first look at the cover for Into the Fire, the latest in Gregg Hurwitz’s New York Times bestselling Orphan X series—available from Minotaur Books on January 28th, 2020. Evan Smoak lives by his own code. Trained as an off-the-books government assassin, Orphan X, after breaking with the Program, reinvented himself as The…
If you’ve been following Criminal Element over the past few years, it will come as no surprise when we tell you that we’re huge fans of Gregg Hurwitz’s Orphan X series. And based on the reactions we’ve gotten to our coverage of this series, its clear that you, our readers, are big fans too! So…
At CrimeHQ, we're dedicated to bringing you the best in crime and mystery. And now, the site you know and love will be getting an upgrade! So for the next week or so, we'll be busy getting everything in order and moving our great content over to our new site. But, in the meantime, we…
Evan Smoak―government assassin gone rogue―returns in Hellbent, an engrossing, unputdownable thriller from Gregg Hurwitz, the latest in his #1 international bestselling Orphan X series. Leaked! Read a transcript from the audio recording of a tumultuous interview between Gregg Hurwitz and his government assassin gone rogue, Evan Smoak! Gregg Hurwitz’s Orphan X series is a wild…
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! Wow. What a week! J. D. Robb's 46th In Death mystery. Gregg Hurwitz's latest Orphan X thriller. Allison Brennan's 13th Lucy…
DESIGNATION TS/SCI Date: 23 January 2018 Location: Facility: Transcript ordered by , Subject: Gregg Hurwitz interview of Orphan X, aka the Nowhere Man, aka Evan
Orphan X. The Nowhere Man. Evan Smoak. Whatever name you know him by, you don't want to be on his bad side. So get on his good side with this week's Pick Your Poison—where we create a cocktail inspired by a recently published mystery, thriller, or crime novel—the “Evan Smoke” cocktail, inspired by Gregg Hurwitz's…
