Crime Book Festival: Bouchercon 2017

October 21, 2017

Bouchercon (aka the World Mystery Convention) is one of the most prominent crime fiction festivals in the world - and I was thrilled to attend my first Bouchercon this fall! This was a fantastic long weekend filled with reuniting with old friends, listening to author panels, exploring Toronto, and more! You can find my full coverage of Bouchercon 2017 via the blog links below.

Crime Book Festival: Bloody Scotland 2017

October 21, 2017

I made my first-ever trip to the UK this fall for Bloody Scotland, an annual crime fiction festival held in the gorgeous town of Stirling, Scotland! This was the absolute perfect reason to make my first trip to Scotland. I loved every minute of this jam-packed weekend!

Crime Book Festival: Krimimessen Horsens 2017

April 9, 2017

I was so fortunate to take my first-ever trip to Denmark this spring for Krimimessen Horsens, an annual crime fiction festival that takes place in an old prison! This festival brings together authors from around the world with thousands of Danish crime fiction readers.

Author Event: Lyndsay Faye at Astoria Bookshop

March 25, 2017

On 3/24/17, was thrilled to moderate Lyndsay Faye's tour stop at Astoria Bookshop. Lyndsay was on tour for both her brand-new hardcover, THE WHOLE ART OF DETECTION: Lost Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes, and the paperback release of JANE STEELE.

Crime Book Festival: Krimfestivalen 2017

March 18, 2017

I absolutely love Norway, and was thrilled to have the chance to visit Oslo for Krimfestivalen 2017! This annual crime festival brings together authors from Norway and around the world for 3 days of crime fiction panels, events, and parties.

September 6, 2023

Book Review: THE SEPTEMBER HOUSE by Carissa Orlando

Home ownership feel like a distant dream? Zillow listings have you convinced you’ll be renting for the rest of your life? The woman at the heart of Carissa Orlando’s debut The September House feels your pain—and she’s 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 that’s 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 building’s walls, and within the lives of its inhabitants.

August 12, 2023

Announcing 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!

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April 3, 2023

Cover Reveal + Sneak Peek: BLOOD SISTERS by Vanessa Lillie

I’m so honored to be able to reveal the cover for Vanessa Lillie’s 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 women…one of them her sister. The book has already been praised as “riveting” (Megan Miranda) and “bingeworthy” (Caroline Kepnes), and it’s sure to be one of fall’s must-read crime novels. BLOOD SISTERS will be published in September, but thanks to Vanessa and her publisher, we’re able to get an exclusive early glimpse into the book right here in today’s blog post! Read on to check out the book’s gorgeous cover, read a behind-the-scenes mini Q&A with Vanessa, and dip into the book’s first few pages! And make sure to preorder your copy of BLOOD SISTERS at your favorite bookstore while you’re at it. Huge thanks to Vanessa and her publisher for giving us this early sneak peek—I can’t wait to read BLOOD SISTERS this fall!

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