Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! This week, the highly anticipated new novel from John Hart highlights an incredible week of books! See what else we're reading:
A Whisper of Bones by Ellen Hart is the 25th book in the Jane Lawless Mysteries series (available February 27, 2018). Take a visual tour of A Whisper of Bones with GIFnotes! In this 25th novel of the award-winning Jane Lawless series, a young woman named Britt Ickles is sure she’s being gaslit by her…
GIFnotes: Giving you the basic plot summary of an upcoming book with the help of the Graphics Interchange Format. A Whisper of Bones by Ellen Hart is the 25th book in the Jane Lawless mystery series—take a visual tour!
Read Kristen Lepionka's quick-hits list of the top depictions of queer identities in crime fiction, and then make sure to sign in and comment below for a chance to win a copy of her upcoming debut novel, The Last Place You Look! The Quiltbag Detective sounds like a great title for a cozy series, right?…
Last night, the Mystery Writers of America presented the 71st annual Edgar Allan Poe Awards at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City. Celebrating the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, and television published or produced in 2016, the yearly event gathers a veritable who's who in the genre. Below is a list of all…
Fever in the Dark by Ellen Hart is the 24th Jane Lawless Mystery (available January 31, 2017). Everyone has secrets. None more so than Annie Johnson. One particular secret has never been shared with anyone. Not her long-time friend Sharif. Not her wife of one year, Fiona McGuy. When Annie and Fi return home from…
To a detective character from a big city like New York or Los Angeles, the Midwest might look like one big flyover zone. But to plenty of mystery writers (myself included), the Midwest looks like home—and a good setting for a crime novel. We have plenty of cynicism to counteract that apple-cheeked, earnest idea…
We here at Criminal Element love cozies. They provide laughter and mirth—sleuths drawn with such heart and conviction that you feel like they're your friends, and plot twists that take your brain in a different direction with each read. So we're excited to see the first edition of Cozy Case Files, a free sampler of…
Discover (or remember to order) your next cozy with a delightfully convenient shopping list of upcoming soft-boiled mysteries! Last month, the holidays came early with some great December releases; this month, ring in the new year with January's cozies! Let us know in the comments how you like it and what you can't wait to read…
The Old Deep and Dark by Ellen Hart is the 22nd mystery featuring P.I. Jane Lawless as she investigates a string of murders at an old theater (available October 7, 2014). I have a friend who hates seeing a Cast of Characters at the beginning of a novel. She feels it means either A) there…
