Julia Thomas Archives - Criminal Element

Everyone loves a good suspense film. The Girl on the Train and Gone Girl are two of the best and most interesting mystery films of the last few years, grossing nearly $140 million between them. The casting of these two films—Emily Blunt, Justin Theroux, and Alison Janney in Train and Ben Affleck and Rosamunde Pike…

Julia Thomas Excerpt: Penhale Wood

By Julia Thomas

July 7, 2017

Penhale Wood by Julia Thomas follows a desperate mother who will stop at nothing to solve the year-old case of her daughter's murder (available July 8, 2017). If it’s the last thing she ever does, Iris will find Sophie’s Killer and make her pay. On a cold December night in Cornwall, nanny Karen Peterson disappeared…