New York Times bestselling author Jean Hanff Korelitz is a writer whose works are acclaimed as much for their literary merits as their canny adherence to the conventions of the crime story—a welcome example of transcendence beyond the long-running (and tiresome) debate over what constitutes “mainstream” vs. “genre” fiction. Her meta-masterpiece, The Plot (2021), bridged…
This searing debut mystery novel pulls no punches as it examines life in pre-COVID India. While her main narrative centers on the murder of a young girl in the small village of Teetarpur, author Nilanjana Roy deftly moves the action back and forth in both time and place, from the quiet of the foothills of…
Some years back I saw a meme going around social media, about being a good enough friend to help someone hide a dead body. It got me thinking. Who would I help? And why? The result was my Suspense novel A FRIEND INDEED, out May 14th. As a kid, I moved around non-stop. When I…
When I started planning my latest novel, I had nothing but a character and a situation: What if a girl of eleven climbed out her bedroom window one night and, feeling adventurous, went wandering in the woods near her house—only to find the body of a young woman lying in the grass beneath an oak…
In Unnatural History (#38 Alex Delaware novel), Alex, a gifted psychologist, was crushed during a consulting gig for LAPD (Los Angeles Police Department). He was so badly hurt that four months later, he’s just now feeling somewhat fit. Alex is not back working alongside LAPD homicide lieutenant Milo Sturgis but he’s itching to be asked.…
Alex Michaelides delivers a terrific spin on the Agatha Christie classic, And Then There Were None, with a dash of the film Glass Onion in his latest thriller. Elliot Chase narrates how this eclectic cast of characters ends up on a private Greek island for a weekend of relaxation. The retreat is a tradition for…
Acting Sheriff Ben Packard is trying to enjoy the long Labor Day weekend when a call from dispatch comes in, informing him that a fresh case has come to disrupt his day off. There’s been a homicide in one of the nicer suburban homes of Sandy Lake County, with a man shot dead in his…
The Dunning family has never recovered from the murder of eldest daughter Eliza. She and her boyfriend Travis Pratt were shot to death while making out in his car. The killer was swiftly apprehended, but the surviving members of Eliza’s family have drifted, unable to cope with their grief. Dad has disappeared into alcoholism, while…
No brand-new writer can confidently assert they are writing a series, however much they might intend to. The sobering fact is that most writers will be given a two-book deal, and unless those books sell enough to merit another contract, there will be no more books at all, never mind any series. Twenty-three years ago…
