Mrs. Sherlock Holmes

5 New Books to Read this Week: January 3, 2017

By Crime HQ

January 4, 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, 2017 begins with some great reads! See what books you should start the new year with:  

True Crime and Mrs. Sherlock Holmes

By Brad Ricca

January 3, 2017

This is how a story starts: In 1917, on the day before Valentine’s Day, eighteen-year-old Ruth Cruger left her family’s apartment to do some errands around their Harlem neighborhood. The snow was falling. She walked down the street and vanished. It’s a kind of story we’ve heard before. But what makes it different from other…