Friends, itβs the most wonderful time of year: spooky season!! Halloween is my favorite time of year (yes, I consider it a time of yearβnot just a single day!), and itβs the perfect time to cozy up with an extra-chilling crime, suspense, or thriller read. Iβm so excited to share with you a blog post that has been quite a while in the making: my Halloween 2020 Reading List! While many (if not most!) of the books I read and cover here on Crime by the Book could fit on a Halloween reading list, the books Iβve chosen for this blog post have that little something extra that will make each of them perfect for Halloween reading (think: ghosts, supernatural sightings, extra-creepy villains, and more!). Dive on in and find your perfect Halloween read!
Read MoreCBTB's Most-Anticipated Crime Books of May - July 2019
Dear crime readers: βtis the season for another βmost anticipatedβ list! 2019 has already delivered a whole slew of stellar new crime reads, and there is so much more to come as we look towards the summer months. Between May, June, and July 2019, we crime readers will be treated to some of the best the genre has to offer: from new Nordic Noir to page-turning psychological thrillers and dark stories of revenge, thereβs a little something for everyone on sale in the coming months! Todayβs blog post will be focused on crime fiction releasing from May 2019 through July 2019 -- aka all the crime books you need to take you from spring into summer with a jam-packed TBR list. And not to worry: I will be sharing additional βmost anticipatedβ lists for late summer, fall, and winter 2019 down the road, too! Without further ado, read on for my picks for Most-Anticipated Crime Books Hitting Shelves May - July 2019!
Read MoreBest Psychological Thrillers of 2018
Twisty plots, unreliable characters, binge-worthy pacingβthereβs so much to love about a really good psychological thriller, and 2018 gifted us crime readers with tons of excellent options to add to our reading lists. Over the course of the year, we saw fantastic new releases from longstanding authors to debut authors and everyone in between; we immersed ourselves in psychological thrillers laced with gothic suspense, creepy summer camps, murderous family members, and, yes, even beetle collecting. There truly was a fantastic variety of psychological suspense released in 2018βand today on the blog Iβm rounding up my very favorite psychological thrillers of the year! Read on for my picks for twisty, addictive, page-turning 2018 suspense.
Read More7 Spooky Books to Binge-Read Before Halloween
Halloween is nearly hereβ¦ and if youβre in the market for a chilling read to help set the mood for your Hallo-week, todayβs post is for you! Weβve got two days to go until the 31st, so youβll want something quick - and scary - to get you in the Halloween spirit fast. In this post, youβll find a few of my personal favorite spine-tingling, binge-worthy scary stories that you can devour in a couple sittings. From straight-up horror fiction to psychological thrillers with an edge and more, thereβs a little something for everyone in this postβand you can always find even more creepy books by perusing my Quick Reviews page. Happy reading, and happy (almost) Halloween!
Read MoreRecommended July 2018 Releases
How is it already August?! This summer is absolutely flying by - but it's brought with it some fantastic new crime novels, so I'm far from complaining! July was a stellar month for new releases. From new-to-me authors (like Lucy Atkins) to old favorites (like Riley Sager), my reading list was dominated by really stellar reads this monthβand I'm so excited to share my picks for Recommended July Releases with you today!
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