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 MoreCover Reveal & Excerpt: DEAD WIND by Tessa Wegert
Iβm so honored to be able to give Crime by the Book readers an exclusive sneak peek into the newest novel by a writer who has quickly become one of my go-to, must-reads: Tessa Wegert! If youβre in the market for a new detective series to add to your fall reading list, Tessaβs novels featuring Senior Investigator Shana Merchant might just be your perfect fit. Iβm so excited to be able to give the Crime by the Book community the inside scoop on Tessaβs next Shana Merchant novel, DEAD WIND, coming to a bookstore near you April 5, 2022! In todayβs blog post, you can check out the atmospheric and intriguing cover for Tessaβs newest book, learn more about its plot, and read an exclusive excerpt from the bookβs prologue. (Plus, if youβre interested in checking out all of Tessaβs books, scroll all the way down on this blog post and youβll find links to them all!) Huge thanks to Tessa for letting me get involved in this cover revealβIβm so excited to be able to participate, and to share this sneak peek with the CBTB community!
Read MoreBook Excerpt: THE ICE COVEN by Max Seeck
Nordic Noir fans, listen up: if you havenβt yet explored bestselling Finnish crime writer Max Seeckβs page-turning thrillers, todayβs post is for you! Last fall, I devoured Seeckβs gripping debut THE WITCH HUNTER, and this month, heβs back with his next dark crime novel featuring investigator Jessica Niemi. In THE ICE COVEN, available in the US today, protagonist Jessica finds herself caught in a race against time to find a link between a body bearing cryptic markings that has washed up on the shore in Finland, and the puzzling disappearances of two Instagram influencers. Seeckβs first thriller THE WITCH HUNTER blended page-turning plotting with a dark serial killer plot and elements of the occultβit was one of my personal favorite Nordic thrillers I read last year, and Iβm so excited to see what his next crime novel has in store for us! Fans of Nordic crime writers like Lars Kepler and SΓΈren Sveistrup, as well as any reader whoβs in the market for extra-chilling serial killer stories, wonβt want to miss Max Seeckβs dark and engrossing work. In todayβs blog post, Iβm thrilled to give CBTB readers the chance to read an excerpt from Chapter 1 of Max Seeckβs newest thriller, THE ICE COVEN! Iβll be digging into this new thriller today, and Iβm so excited to give you the chance to start reading along with me. For more information on Seeckβs first thriller THE WITCH HUNTER, you can find my full review on the CBTB blog here. Read on for more information on THE ICE COVEN, and to sample an excerpt from the bookβs first chapter!
Read MoreBook Preview: THE WITCH HUNTER by Max Seeck
This fall is bringing with it a huge variety of exciting new crime novels to read, and one thatβs high on my personal list of most-anticipated fall releases is Finnish writer Max Seeckβs US debut, THE WITCH HUNTER. A new Nordic thriller is basically always something Iβm excited about, but there are a couple of different elements to Seeckβs new novel that have particularly caught my eye. First and foremost: this serial killer thriller involves a villain who appears to be reenacting murders from a (fictional) book trilogy. If youβve been around Crime by the Book for a little bit, youβll no doubt know just how much I love crime books that somehow involve booksβand I cannot wait to see what Seeck does with this thread of his story. Add in themes of witchcraft and the occult, and youβve got yourself a thriller that looks absolutely perfect for your fall (and Halloween!) TBR list. Thanks to Seeckβs US publisher, Berkley, Iβm thrilled to be able to give CBTB readers an inside glimpse into this highly-anticipated new thriller! Iβll be digging into this book tonight, and you can dip into the book with me right here in this blog post, where youβll find an excerpt from the bookβs first chapter! You can also learn more about the bookβs plot and find a link to pre-order the book, should it catch your eye. Happy reading!
Read MoreExcerpt: THE CHESTNUT MAN by SΓΈren Sveistrup
Thereβs nothing I love more as a reader than discovering a great new Nordic crime novel, and thatβs exactly what I found last year with SΓΈren Sveistrupβs excellent debut thriller THE CHESTNUT MAN. If you havenβt yet explored Sveistrupβs debut, youβre in luck: this outstanding Nordic serial killer thriller is available now in paperback! In THE CHESTNUT MAN, an unlikely investigative duo is on the trial of a brutal serial killer in Denmark, and this villain has a very creepy calling card: a chestnut doll (a traditional childrenβs craft in Denmark), which he leaves behind at each crime scene. Author SΓΈren Sveistrup is the creator of the TV show The Killing, and his background shines through in his debut crime novelβs engaging pacing and larger-than-life protagonists and villains. Blending the immersive atmosphere of Denmark with a pacey, page-turning plot you wonβt be able to put down, THE CHESTNUT MAN is an excellent Nordic thriller perfect for fans of Lars Keplerβand perfect for any reader looking for an atmospheric, chilling thriller to dig into this fall. Thanks to the publisher, Iβm thrilled to be able to give CBTB readers a glimpse into THE CHESTNUT MAN today. In todayβs blog post, you can revisit my full review of the book, read a Q&A with the author, and read the bookβs first chapter! Read on and enter the world of THE CHESTNUT MAN.
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