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 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 October 2018 Releases
There are few things I love more than a fall afternoon spent cozied up with a great crime novel - and Octoberβs new releases have lots to offer if youβre in the market for a perfect fall read! This month, Icelandic author Ragnar Jonasson launches a new series in the US, Sharon Bolton serves up a perfect Halloween suspense novel, the very first book by Denmarkβs Queen of Crime finally comes to America, and more! Itβs been a great month for crime fiction, so letβs dive right in to this monthβs Recommended Releases.
Read More7 Chilling Crime Books to Read This October
Itβs the most wonderful time of the yearβ¦ October! October also brings with it the perfect opportunity to inject your reading list with some seriously chilling crime novels in preparation for Halloween. If youβre in the market for some βSpooktoberβ reading recommendations, youβve come to the right place. Todayβs blog post will highlight a number of my favorite thrilling, chilling Halloween reads. Some are standard crime novels, some are crime novels with a supernatural twist, and some are true horrorβno matter your bookish preferences, youβll find a Halloween read to add to your TBR here. Match yourself to the category that most describes you, and find your perfect Halloween read! Plus, as an added bonus for my readers whoβve asked for TV and movie recommendationsβbelow each book recommendation listed in this post, you will also find a quick little blurb for a TV show or film that is likely to appeal to you, too!
Read MoreBook Review: THE CRAFTSMAN by Sharon Bolton
Have you read a crime novel by Sharon Bolton yet? If not, make THE CRAFTSMAN your entree into this prolific UK-based authorβs world. As a newcomer to Boltonβs work myself, I can safely say I have been missing out. Told primarily through an extended flashback, THE CRAFTSMAN immerses readers in the case that defined protagonist Florence Loveladyβs career as a police officer in the small village of Lancashire, England: a series of twisted child murders. THE CRAFTSMAN is just about everything you could hope for from a fall thriller: itβs deliciously chilling, rich in atmosphere, and laced with a touch of the supernatural. Add into this already-appealing mix a fiercely independent female protagonist and a decades-old mystery, and youβve got yourself a recipe for fall reading success. Now, I consider myself quite skeptical when it comes to crime novels with supernatural elements, but my skepticism was, in this case, totally unnecessary. Much like the ghost stories of Icelandic crime writer Yrsa Sigurdardottir, Sharon Boltonβs newest thriller gracefully blends real world and supernatural scares. The result? A suspense novel that feels all the more immersive for the unique world built within its pages. In short, I savored every page of this spine-tingling mystery, and highly recommend THE CRAFTSMAN for your October (and Halloween, in particular!) reading lists.
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