Victor LaValle

Best Books of 2016

By Crime HQ

December 28, 2016

2016 was a MONSTER year for books! From a new John Hart to Louise Penny's 12th Inspector Gamache novel, we've had plenty to read and plenty more still on our TBR list. With 2017 right around the corner, we present our picks for the best books of 2016: 

The Ballad of Black Tom: New Excerpt

By Victor LaValle

February 14, 2016

The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor Lavalle follows Charles Thomas Tester in Jazz Age New York as he unknowingly opens a door to a deeper realm of magic that might swallow him whole if he can't manage to escape it (Available February 16, 2016). People move to New York looking for magic and nothing…