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P.J. Tracy

The Devil You Know by P.J. Tracy: Featured Excerpt

By Crime HQ

January 16, 2023

Chapter 1 The ocean was singing in the hushed, undulating tones of low tide on this still, damp night. Nature’s beguiling lullaby swelled and ebbed in Kira Tanner’s body, transfixing her as powerfully as the mist-furred brilliance of the sickle moon hanging in a starless sky. Its cool light frosted the water and spread a…

Book Review: Deep into the Dark by P.J. Tracy

By Allison Brennan

January 12, 2021

New York Times bestseller P. J. Tracy returns with Deep into the Dark, a brand new series set in L.A. and featuring up-and-coming LAPD Detective Margaret Nolan and murder suspect Sam Easton. I have been a fan of P.J. Tracy since the first Monkeewrench novel and have read virtually all the books since. Twisty, dark,…

Are You Paying Attention?

By P. J. Tracy

January 11, 2021

I’m that weirdo you occasionally see at an airport gate or in a waiting room; totally anomalous because I’m not a lonely planet orbiting around my digital sun. You can’t even see evidence of a digital sun on my person, which makes me rarer than a unicorn and appreciably suspicious. Of course, you might not…

5 New Books to Read this Week: September 11, 2018

By Crime HQ

September 12, 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, Jo Spain’s latest thriller combines with Reed Farrel Coleman’s next Jesse Stone novel highlight an amazing week of books!…

Q&A with Traci Lambrecht (aka PJ Tracy), Author of The Guilty Dead

By Traci Lambrecht

September 10, 2018

Traci Lambrecht collaborated with her mother, PJ Lambrecht, under the pseudonym PJ Tracy until PJ’s death in 2016. Together, they wrote several romance novels under a variety of names before turning to crime fiction. Their books are national and international bestsellers and have won accolades including the Anthony, Barry, Gumshoe, and Minnesota Book Awards. Their…

5 New Books to Read this Week: August 1, 2017

By Crime HQ

August 2, 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! The 21st Meg Langslow Mystery from Donna Andrews and a new Royal Spyness Mystery from Rhys Bowen highlights a killer week…

Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark, both plunged into the world of mystery—and one of them was a favorite for the moms!

Mother Knows Best: Mom’s Favorite Crime Fiction

By Deborah Lacy

May 13, 2012

“Listen to your mother.”  Excellent words of advice, so today on the occasion of Mother’s Day, we are going to give some of our mothers the opportunity to make crime fiction book and TV recommendations.  Of course, it just wouldn’t be right unless I started with my own lovely and talented mother whose favorite authors…

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