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Hank Phillippi Ryan

Book Review: The First to Lie by Hank Phillippi Ryan

By John Valeri

August 12, 2020

Bestselling and award-winning author and investigative reporter Hank Phillippi Ryan delivers The First to Lie, another twisty, thrilling cat-and-mouse novel of suspense that will have you guessing, and second-guessing, and then gasping with surprise. Investigative reporter/bestselling author Hank Phillippi Ryan carries a long tradition of excellence. She’s won 37 Emmy Awards (yes, 37) and dozens…

Undercover Newshounds: Why Crime Fiction Writers are Like Journalists

By Tessa Wegert

February 19, 2020

Regardless of characters, setting, or storyline, a single word always comes to mind when I read a Michael Connelly novel: authenticity. The details of how Harry Bosch, Mickey Haller, and Renée Ballard investigate crimes, identify suspects, and interact with their colleagues always withstand scrutiny. In a recent review of Connelly’s newest book The Night Fire,…

The Edgar Awards Revisited: Citizen Vince by Jess Walter (Best Novel, 2006)

By Hank Phillippi Ryan

January 3, 2020

Once I read a review in the New York Times about a book called Winter’s Tale by Mark Helprin, a book that turned out to be one of my favorite books ever. And the reviewer, I don’t remember who, was clearly apprehensive about writing it. The reviewer said something like: I’m worried, writing this, that…

Revisiting the Edgar Awards: The Red Scream by Mary Willis Walker (Best Novel; 1995)

By Hank Phillippi Ryan

October 18, 2019

What’s the worst thing that could possibly happen to a reporter? Professionally at least, that’s easy to answer. The worst thing is to make a mistake. And that is what Mary Willis Walker has captured so beautifully in The Red Scream: the anguish of a reporter—possibly—having made a devastating and career-ending error. At first, this…

The Edgar Awards Revisited: A Dark-Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine (Best Novel; 1987)

By Hank Phillippi Ryan

August 23, 2019

I wish I could have eavesdropped on the Edgar committee for 1987. “Are you kidding me?” someone might have said. “A Dark-Adapted Eye?  Barbara Vine, whoever that is, tells who did it on page one! What kind of a mystery is that?” Someone else may have chimed in. “Listen, Barbara Vine is a pseudonym for Ruth…

The Geometry of Suspense

By Hank Phillippi Ryan

August 22, 2019

Why was writing The Murder List like doing math? Because it’s all about understanding the properties of a triangle. One of the basic shapes of in geometry, right? And one of the basic shapes of conflict. Three points on a triangle. Or three points of view. And in a twisty triangle thriller, it all depends…

Book Review: The Murder List by Hank Phillippi Ryan

By Danielle Antosz

August 16, 2019

The Murder List is a new standalone suspense novel in the tradition of Lisa Scottoline and B. A. Paris from award-winning author and reporter Hank Phillippi Ryan. Rachel North is not your average law student. For starters, she is far older than most of her classmates and married to a prestigious Boston defense attorney. She has…

When Is A Legal Thriller Not a Legal Thriller?

By Hank Phillippi Ryan

August 12, 2019

When I was a little girl, there was one thing we were not allowed to do in our house: talk during The Perry Mason Show. Seriously. When Perry Mason was on TV, my sister and I were required, if we wanted to watch it and of course we did, not to say a word. During…

Criminal Element’s Best Books of 2018

By Crime HQ

December 21, 2018

2018 was a memorable year for a variety of reasons, but here at CrimeHQ, we’re concentrating on the things that thrilled us, scared us, mystified us, and kept us up all hours of the night. Without further ado, may we present our favorite books of 2018. And here’s to you, 2019. May you bring us…

5 New Books to Read this Week: August 28, 2018

By Crime HQ

August 29, 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, Hank Phillippi Ryan’s first standalone novel combines with Sophie Hannah’s third mystery in Agatha Christie’s legendary Hercule Poirot series…

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