Is it just me, or have the first few months of 2022 flown by?! I canβt believe itβs already Aprilβbut here we are, and itβs time to talk about the incredible crop of new crime fiction that Spring 2022 has in store for us!! 2022 is already shaping up to be an outstanding year for new crime fiction (then again, when is it not a great year for new crime books!), and in todayβs blog post, Iβm shining a spotlight on my most-anticipated new crime books publishing in April and May 2022! Whether youβre in the market for a new detective novel, a twisty psychological thriller, a spine-tingling supernatural suspense novel, or just about anything in between, youβll find it in this blog post. April and May 2022 will see the return of fan-favorite thriller writers including Sarah Pinborough, Tessa Wegert, and May Cobb, and they might just introduce you to some new-to-you voices, too! Iβve been lucky enough to read advance copies of many of the books on this list, and others are on my to-read list as soon as they publish. Itβs going to be an incredible spring for new crime fiction, and I hope youβll find a book (or two, or three!) to add to your to-read list in this blog post!
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Book Review: MISTER TENDER'S GIRL by Carter Wilson
In the spring of 2014, a truly shocking story broke: two young teens lured their friend into the woods and stabbed her 19 times. The motivation behind their gruesome crime? The girls were trying to please a fiction character known as Slender Man - an urban legend born of the internet. This real case shocked the world when it first brokeβand itβs inspired the newest book by USA Today bestselling author Carter Wilson, too. MISTER TENDERβS GIRL went on sale earlier this year to rave reviews, and, after meeting the author at this yearβs Thrillerfest conference, I knew it was finally time to make space for it on my reading list. In this fictionalization of the Slender Man case, readers go down the rabbit hole with Alice, the survivor of a stabbing at the hands of two of her friends. Alice was intended as a sacrifice to a character known as Mister Tenderβa bartender from a series of graphic novels dreamed up by Aliceβs own father. Carter Wilson blurs the lines between reality and fiction to gripping effect in MISTER TENDERβS GIRL; readers will find themselves drawn into a world thatβs just close enough to our own to be genuinely creepy, and just over the top enough to be totally binge-worthy. Our cultureβs obsession with true crime doesnβt seem to be going anywhere soon, and if youβre as fascinated by the Slender Man case as I am, Wilsonβs reimagining of it belongs on your TBR.
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