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,… Read more
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… Read more
Journalists writing in spiral notebooks and making phone calls and knocking on doors—that simply doesn’t have the slam-bang movie-trailer appeal of explosions or car chases or monsters from the deep. But hey. Forget about boy gets girl or girl gets boy. I’m hooked on girl (or boy) gets story. A… Read more
Trust Me by Hank Phillippi Ryan is a chilling standalone novel of psychological suspense and manipulation. Hank Phillippi Ryan is a literary luminary by any standard. With 10 books to her name, she’s racked up an impressive array of accolades: five Agathas, two Anthonys, the Daphne, and a Mary Higgins Clark… Read more
Trust Me by Hank Phillippi Ryan is a chilling standalone novel of psychological suspense and manipulation. Prefer audiobooks? Click here to listen to an audio excerpt from Trust Me! An accused killer insists she’s innocent of a heinous murder. A grieving journalist surfaces from the wreckage of her shattered life. Their unlikely… Read more
Say No More by Hank Phillippi Ryan is the 5th book in the Jane Ryland series, nominated for an Agatha Award for Best Novel. The dynamic Hank Phillippi Ryan is no stranger to accolades. Her crime novels have earned 5 Agatha Awards as well as the Anthony, Daphne du Maurier,… Read more
Malice Domestic, an annual convention held in Washington, D.C., honoring the best of the traditional/cozy mystery genre, has announced the nominees for 2017's Agatha Awards. Loosely defined as “mysteries which contain no explicit sex or excessive gore or violence,” the Agatha Award salutes the books best typified by the works… Read more
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 is stacked with great books—with new offerings from Allison Brennan, Charles Finch, and Hank… Read more
Say No More by Hank Phillippi Ryan is book #5 in the Jane Ryland series (Available November 1, 2016). When Boston reporter Jane Ryland reports a hit and run, she soon learns she saw more than a car crash—she witnessed the collapse of an alibi. Working on an expose of… Read more
In a stunning follow-up to the acclaimed In the Company of Sherlock Holmes, Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger present a brand-new anthology of stories inspired by the Arthur Conan Doyle canon. When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died in 1930, I'm certain he had no idea where his most famous… Read more
