Like the heroine of a film-turned-franchise, Shailee Thompson may find herself unceremoniously thrust from relative obscurity straight into instant fan recognition. The Australian-based author and educator—whose brand is “writing women with smart mouths, soft hearts and strong wills”—has made a (ahem) killer first impression with her genre-bending debut novel, How to Kill a Man in…
Sophie Hannah has been delighting (and dumbfounding) readers with her mind-bending mysteries for more than two decades now. One of the UK’s most celebrated contemporary authors, Hannah—whose internationally bestselling crime fiction has sold millions of copies in 49 languages throughout 51 countries—writes psychological thrillers of both the singular and series variety as well as non-fiction/self-help…
Season’s greetings, dear readers! In Iceland, there is a longstanding reading tradition known as Jólabókaflóð—or the “Christmas Book Flood.” On Christmas Eve, family members exchange books as presents and then settle in for the night to read them (together or separately), often while indulging in decadent sips and sweets. Dating back to the WWII years,…
All aboard the twisty, turny Tom Ryan train! If you haven’t yet gotten your ticket punched, now is the time. A screenwriter and producer, Ryan is also the author of two young adult mysteries. The first, Keep This to Yourself, won the 2020 ITW Thriller Award for Best YA Thriller, while the second, I Hope…
Patricia Cornwell has been at the very forefront of modern crime fiction since introducing Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta in Postmortem (1990). Her books—of which more than 120 million copies have been sold worldwide—are considered groundbreaking for their unprecedented research and authentic depiction of forensic science and procedure. Since rebooting the series with 2021’s Autopsy,…
Autumn means many things to many people. Shorter days and longer nights. Crisp air and cool breeze. Apple cider and pumpkin spice. Frosted windows and falling leaves. And some believe that with the arrival of Halloween—and its resident spooks and specters, both real and imagined—the barrier between this world and the next, and the living…
New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson (the Truly Devious/Stevie Bell series) and illustrator Jay Cooper (The Spy Next Door)—each distinguished in their respective fields of words and/or imagery—just may be the proverbial partners in crime. Longtime friends, the two first collaborated on 2021’s Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village—a…
True crime remains a cultural obsession, available to audiences who are fascinated by the whos, hows, and whys of murder (and other misdeeds) 24/7 through books, documentaries, podcasts, social media, and television. Some of these accounts entertain and some enlighten (while some are salacious and others scholarly)—but the best among them do both, offering nuanced…
The sisters known as “Liv Constatine” have made an indelible mark on the world of suspense since the nationally bestselling The Last Mrs. Parrish was published in 2017. That title was named a Reese’s Book Club Pick, has sold in excess of one million copies, and will soon be a Netflix film starring Jennifer Lopez.…
Lawyer-turned-novelist Marie Benedict has been illuminating the real-life stories of women throughout history for nearly a decade now, melding fact with fiction—and ensuring that they’re not lost to time. Her books have reached both the New York Times and USA Today bestsellers lists and two, co-written with Victoria Christopher Murray, have been selected as a…
