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Book Review: The Darkling Halls of Ivy edited by Lawrence Block

By Thomas Pluck

May 28, 2020

The world of academia has always been ripe fruit for the fictional plucking, as it often leaves a mark everyone who endures it, as student and teacher. And as it serves as the day job for many writers, they have a fresh perspective. Lawrence Block’s latest anthology, the fifth—at least—since he announced his retirement, is…

Indigo by Charlaine Harris

Review: Indigo by Charlaine Harris

By Doreen Sheridan

June 23, 2017

In Indigo, Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden, Kelley Armstrong, Jonathan Maberry, Kat Richardson, Seanan McGuire, Tim Lebbon, Cherie Priest, James Moore, and Mark Morris join forces to bring you a crime-solving novel like you’ve never read before. Read Doreen Sheridan's review while sipping a delicious “GINdigo” cocktail inspired by the book! A mosaic novel—much like its…

5 New Books to Read this Week: June 20, 2017

By Crime HQ

June 21, 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! A new Don Winslow and the 7th Dewey Andreas thriller by Ben Coes highlight a great week of books! See what…

Book-Inspired Cocktails: “GINdigo”

By Adam Wagner

June 16, 2017

Not all great things mix well. But sometimes you get the ingredients just right, and it becomes a recipe for success! That's what you've got with Indigo, where 10 critically acclaimed authors combine to create a crime novel like you've never read. That's also what you get with this week's Pick Your Poison—where we create…

Indigo by Charlaine Harris

Charlaine Harris Excerpt: Indigo

By Charlaine Harris

June 14, 2017

In Indigo, Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden, Kelley Armstrong, Jonathan Maberry, Kat Richardson, Seanan McGuire, Tim Lebbon, Cherie Priest, James Moore, and Mark Morris join forces to bring you a crime-solving novel like you’ve never read before (available June 20, 2017). Investigative reporter Nora Hesper spends her nights cloaked in shadows. As Indigo, she’s become an…

Review: Black Feathers, Edited by Ellen Datlow

By Doreen Sheridan

January 30, 2017

Black Feathers: Dark Avian Tales is a dazzling anthology of avian-themed fiction guaranteed to frighten and delight, edited by Ellen Datlow, one of the most acclaimed horror anthologists in the genre (available February 7, 2017). Is there any horror editor more acclaimed—and deservedly so—than Ellen Datlow? I’ve particularly loved her updated fairytale series, so when…

Fresh Meat: Dead Man’s Hand: An Anthology of the Weird West edited by John Joseph Adams

By David Cranmer

May 13, 2014

Dead Man's Hand: An Anthology of the Weird West edited by John Joseph Adams collects 23 short stories set in a Wild West teeming with gunslingers, rattlesnakes, outlaws, zombies, aliens, time travelers, and steampunkery (available May 13, 2014). Dead Man’s Hand: An Anthology of the Weird West opens with “The Red-Headed Dead” and Joe R.…

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