Home ownership feel like a distant dream? Zillow listings have you convinced youβll be renting for the rest of your life? The woman at the heart of Carissa Orlandoβs debut The September House feels your painβand sheβs prepared to put up with a lot if it means she and her husband can finally have a place to call their own. In this case, that might just mean living in a house thatβs haunted. Playful and irreverent, spine-tingling and spooky, The September House puts a fresh spin on the classic haunted house story, delivering an immersive tale about the secrets lurking within one buildingβs walls, and within the lives of its inhabitants.
Read MoreAnnouncing Crime by the Box!
I am so thrilled to announce a new partnership between Crime by the Book and the amazing Murder by the Book, a crime fiction-focused independent bookstore here in Houston, TX. Starting this October, I am going to be teaming up with the bookstore to curate a book subscription service! Crime by the Box will deliver a hand-selected, newly-released hardcover mystery, thriller, or suspense novel right to your door on a monthly basis. Read on for all the details!
Read MoreCover Reveal + Sneak Peek: BLOOD SISTERS by Vanessa Lillie
Iβm so honored to be able to reveal the cover for Vanessa Lillieβs buzz-worthy new mystery here on CBTB today! BLOOD SISTERS is a gripping mystery about a Cherokee archeologist for the Bureau of Indian Affairs who is summoned to rural Oklahoma to investigate the disappearance of two womenβ¦one of them her sister. The book has already been praised as βrivetingβ (Megan Miranda) and βbingeworthyβ (Caroline Kepnes), and itβs sure to be one of fallβs must-read crime novels. BLOOD SISTERS will be published in September, but thanks to Vanessa and her publisher, weβre able to get an exclusive early glimpse into the book right here in todayβs blog post! Read on to check out the bookβs gorgeous cover, read a behind-the-scenes mini Q&A with Vanessa, and dip into the bookβs first few pages! And make sure to preorder your copy of BLOOD SISTERS at your favorite bookstore while youβre at it. Huge thanks to Vanessa and her publisher for giving us this early sneak peekβI canβt wait to read BLOOD SISTERS this fall!
Read MoreBook Review: ALL THE DANGEROUS THINGS by Stacy Willingham
Stacy Willingham returns today with her sophomore thriller ALL THE DANGEROUS THINGS, a lyrical, immersive mystery that delves into one motherβs waking nightmareβand the dangerous secrets she will uncover as she seeks the truth about the two tragedies that have defined her life. I devoured ALL THE DANGEROUS THINGS over my holiday break this year, and found this to be one of those rare books that genuinely is impossible to put down. Moving between past and present, ALL THE DANGEROUS THINGS delves into the darkest corners of the life of one mother as she investigates the disappearance of her son one year priorβand, in the process, confronts long-buried secrets from her own childhood. Stacy Willinghamβs masterful use of dual timelines adds intrigue and atmosphere to this compelling mystery, while her immersive writing draws readers into our protagonistβs increasingly unstable state of mind. Slow-burning yet simmering with tension and suspense, ALL THE DANGEROUS THINGS is hypnotic, immersive, and emotionally-impactfulβthe kind of mystery youβll sink into, not coming up for air until youβve turned the final page. Highly recommended for fans of Lisa Jewellβs THEN SHE WAS GONE and Jennifer Hillierβs LITTLE SECRETS, this is a 2023 mystery not to be missed.
Read MoreCBTB's Top 10 Crime Books of 2022
I can hardly believe weβve come to the end of 2022βand what a year itβs been! Iβm pretty sure I say this every year, but 2022 has truly been another outstanding year for crime fiction readers. As I reflected on my year in books while writing this blog post, it felt nearly impossible to narrow down my picks. I genuinely think we might be in the golden age of crime writing; the books crime writers had in store for us this year were nothing short of superb. From the return of fan-favorite authors to thrilling new voices being published for the first time, the crime fiction genre was in top form in 2022βmaking it all the more challenging to pick just 10 books from the year to highlight here! But tough choices had to be made, and made they were. Without further ado, Iβm so excited to share with you my personal picks for the Top 10 Crime Books of 2022 in todayβs blog post! More than any other criteria, the key thing these books have in common is simple: they are all books Iβve continued to think about since I finished reading them. These are stories that entertained me, challenged me, thrilled me, and kept me on the edge of my seat; in this list youβll find Gothic horror, Nordic Noir, psychological suspense, and much more; a wide array of crime fiction subgenres, but all excellent books that stood out from the pack for me in 2022.
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