Book Notes April 12, 2022

From Novel Suspects, a chilling list of books set on islands.  Romantic, relaxing getaways for some, isolated, far from help traps for others when murder comes to call.

https://www.novelsuspects.com/book-list/mysteries-and-thrillers-set-on-islands/

 

 

Rick Riordan's upcoming Disney Plus series Percy Jackson and the Olympians will star Walker Scobell, who was so great in The Adam Project. He's perfect!

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/percy-jackson-disney-plus-series-cast-walker-scobell 

 

The Hugo Award finalists have been announced.  I'll have to try to read the novels in time for WorldCon.

https://www.tor.com/2022/04/07/announcing-the-2022-hugo-award-finalists/

 

From Tor, new Horror for April.

https://www.tor.com/2022/04/08/new-horror-and-genre-bending-books-april-2022/

 

 

And you thought Elf On The Shelf was disturbing...

Book Notes March 22, 2022

 CrimeReads has a juicy article featuring 7 tales with high body counts, described with relish by Peter Swanson.

https://crimereads.com/the-unique-pleasures-of-a-mystery-novel-with-a-high-death-count/

 

 

I'm becoming a real fan of John Steinbeck the more I learn, and I have a shortlist of books to read by him next.  This letter to Marilyn Monroe really adds to his personal charm.

 

Also from CrimeReads their ten new books of the week (last week, actually).

https://crimereads.com/10-new-books-coming-out-this-week-march-14-2022/

I'm going to order from the list:

Cartographers Peng Shepherd

Secret Identity Alex Segura

Under Lock and Skeleton Key Gigi Pandian

 

From the Mystery Tribune for your TBR: 23 Best Crime, Mystery and Thrillers for March 2022:

https://www.mysterytribune.com/23-best-crime-mystery-and-thriller-books-of-march-2022/ 

 

 

Novel Suspects interviews Janet Evanovich about her new series which begins with The Recovery Agent.

https://www.novelsuspects.com/author-essay/janet-evanovich-qa/

 

Book Notes March 1, 2022

 Via Sharyn McCrumb:

 

On Order:

Finally a new Molly Murphy Mystery!  Rhys Bowen's daughter Clare Broyles is co-writing, and is perhaps responsible for bringing back the beloved character for an 18th title in the series.

There's no cover yet, but In Myrtle Peril, the fourth Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery is due out October 4th.

Myrtle Hardcastle—twelve-year-old Victorian Amateur Detective—returns to investigate the case of a missing heiress lost at sea, an inquiry that runs aground when a murder in plain sight has no apparent victim.  (Amazon)

Coming March 15, The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James, author of The Sun Down Motel, which I loved.

 

From Novel Suspects, some older mystery titles you may have read, or missed the first time around.

https://www.novelsuspects.com/book-list/discover-stellar-sleuths-in-these-mind-bending-mystery-novels/

 

 

The Goodwill Librarian asks:

 The next book I'm reading is Richard Osman's The Man Who Died Twice.  I've had the first book The Thursday Murder Club since release, and finally read it this last week.  When I finished it, I immediately dug through my book piles for the sequel, which I'd asked for as a Christmas gift.

 

It's been announced that season 2 of the Reacher series will be based on book two of the series, Die Trying.  I plan to order Killing Floor and Die Trying together, and of course read them before season 2 comes!

Book Notes November 8, 2021

 We're still at the beginning of the month, so you've plenty of time to read CrimeReads ten recommendations for November.

https://crimereads.com/10-novels-you-should-read-this-november-2021

 

This picture appeared everywhere this week, but I like it.

 

I haven't read a Kay Scarpetta book for awhile, but her new one, titled Autopsy soundslike everything I used to love about the character and series.

The real meaning of this tale, revealed.

From Novel Suspects, "A Brief History of WhoDunit"  my personal favorite type of mystery.  Which explains why I'm enjoying Poirot so much.

https://www.novelsuspects.com/articles/a-brief-history-of-whodunit/

 

Cozy!

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Book Notes September 6, 2021

Author Steven Womack writes at CrimeReads of his early critical success writing a series that he's decided to bring back.  It's really interesting. You'd think getting awards for your novels early on would lead to financial success, but apparently it's not a guarantee.

https://crimereads.com/i-stopped-writing-my-series-years-ago-but-something-kept-calling-me-back/

 

 

How nice to have a statue outside of your home, which includes your cat.

Goodreads Most Anticipated YA Books for September:

https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2153-the-most-anticipated-ya-books-of-september

 

 

Ready for some mysteries within a Mystery?  Murder and Mayhem presents murders that happen while characters are involved in solving other murders or crimes.  I'm glad to see Maureen Johnson's Truly Devious on the list.  In it, a teen working to solve an old murder is suddenly seeing current day murders occur around her, somehow tied to the past.

 https://murder-mayhem.com/meta-mystery-novels

 

 

Fashion Statement

From Novel Suspects, seven novels about the perils of going back home.

https://www.novelsuspects.com/book-list/revisit-the-past/

 

 

Modern Mrs Darcy has sixteen ideas for your mystery reading pleasure she deems "not too dark and gloomy".

https://modernmrsdarcy.com/page-turning-mysteries-hopeful-not-dark-gloomy/

 

I think these Never Have I Ever memes are weird, yet here I have one. There are 15 I have not done, ever.