Clint Eastwood’s movie persona has long projected strength, brute force, and outsider roles in what would otherwise be traditional authority figures: police officers, cowboys, and what we are looking at here, soldiers in war films. Intriguingly, his first foray into boots and bayonets began high in the sky with the… Read more
What do you do when you've foiled a Nazi plan and changed the outcome of the war? Celebrate with this week's Pick Your Poison—where we create a cocktail inspired by a recently published mystery, thriller, or crime novel—“The Allied Sour” cocktail, inspired by Andrew Gross's WWII thriller The Saboteur!
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! What a powerhouse pub day! New Allison Brennan, Andrew Gross, and Sue Grafton novels highlight an incredible week… Read more
The Saboteur by Andrew Gross portrays a hero who must weigh duty against his heart in order to single-handedly end the one threat that could alter the course of World War II (available August 22, 2017). February 1943. Both the Allies and the Nazis are closing in on attempts to construct… Read more
The Amber Shadows by Lucy Ribchester is set during the dangerous days of World War II, where Honey Deschamps—who spends her days transcribing decrypted messages at Bletchley Park—starts to receive bizarrely coded packages. When everyone is keeping secrets, who can you trust? There were two things that separated the Park estate,… Read more
This is an exclusive bonus chapter from The Saboteur by Andrew Gross, which you won't find anywhere else. The Saboteur details the heroics of a group of unlikely Norwegian soldiers tasked with covertly disrupting the Nazi's attempts to build an atomic bomb. The Norwegians weren't the Allies' first choice, but… Read more
“So you write books about criminals in World War II London, Mr. Ellis? Thin pickings, I would have thought. With everyone valiantly pulling together against the Nazis, I shouldn't think there was much crime going on. Not much for your detective fellow to get his teeth into, eh?” Observations like… Read more
Set against a terrific backdrop of Europe on the cusp of the Second World War, Where Dead Men Meet by Mark Mills is a compelling novel, rich in adventure, espionage, secrets, and lies (available May 30, 2017). The dust of war is spreading across a divided Europe in 1937. A late… Read more
A Single Spy by William Christie follows Alexsi Ivanovich Smirnov, a Russian orphan forced to become a spy during WWII, as he navigates the war and his mission—one that could change the very course of history. In 1936 in Soviet Azerbaijan, 16-year-old Alexsi—orphaned to a life of petty thievery—rides with… Read more
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:
