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John Grisham

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…

5 New Books to Read this Week: October 24, 2018

By Crime HQ

October 24, 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, John Grisham’s new legal thriller The Reckoning combines with Catriona McPherson’s Gothic mystery to make for a deadly week of books! See…

Self-Interrogation: Author Tom Bennitt on Coal Mining, Must-Read Thrillers, and Burning Under

By Tom Bennitt

October 15, 2018

My first novel, a thriller called Burning Under, is coming out this fall. Set in southwest Pennsylvania – including the coal region, the Rustbelt, and Pittsburgh – it revolves around a deadly coal mine explosion owned by a corrupt mining company. Between college and my MFA, I spent seven years practicing corporate law in the…

5 New Books to Read this Week: October 24, 2017

By Crime HQ

October 25, 2017

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…

5 New Books to Read this Week: June 6, 2017

By Crime HQ

June 7, 2017

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 highlights a HUGE week for publishing! See what else we're reading:

5 New Books to Read this Week: October 25, 2016

By Crime HQ

October 26, 2016

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, Iris & Roy Johansen uncover some of the secrets behind the Night Watch Project in their 4th Kendra Michaels…

The Bald Truth: The Secret to Literary Greatness

By Anthony Franze

July 6, 2016

The Wall Street Journal reported on a scientific study that found “men with shaved heads are perceived to be more masculine, dominant, and…to have greater leadership potential than those with longer locks or with thinning hair.” Men with short hair were even perceived to be taller and stronger than those with fuller manes. As Business…

11 True Crime Books That Prove Real Life Can Be Scarier than Fiction

By Sadie Trombetta

April 7, 2016

Between the Netflix hit Making a Murderer and the FX limited series that everyone keeps talking about, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, it seems like a true crime sensation is sweeping the nation. What is it that makes true crime—whether it’s a television show, movie, or book—so much more intriguing than a…

Letter from Lyon: At 2015’s Quais du Polar

By Jake Hinkson

April 17, 2015

The Quais Du Polar is the largest crime fiction festival in France, and that’s saying a lot, because the French love crime fiction. Sure, mysteries (and to a lesser extent, noir) are big in the U.S., but crime fiction in France is a cultural phenomenon reaching back decades. The French, god love them, are obsessed…

Fresh Meat: Pardon the Ravens by Alan Hruska

By Leigh Neely

February 6, 2015

Pardon the Ravens by Alan Hruska is a legal thriller set in 1960s New York about a young lawyer who falls for a mobster's wife and risks losing it all (available February 10, 2015). This is another good mystery with great courtroom drama and the continual inner battle of a good man who has to…

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