11/06/2018
Hurray for today's December/January #EWGC Twitter chat! 📚 We can't wait to share our favorite upcoming reads guaranteed to keep you company--and cozy!--no matter the weather outside! ❄️
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Welcome to Crooked Lane Books—your path to today's best crime fiction. Welcome to Crooked Lane Books—a crime fiction imprint that publishes today’s most gripping mysteries, thrillers, and suspense novels.
From high-concept thrillers and white-knuckled suspense to traditional mysteries and literary crime, our titles consistently deliver driving plots, engaging characters, and stunning twists from the most talented authors on the scene.
03/08/2018
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03/06/2018
Happy #CoverReveal Tuesday! A darkly thrilling take on the fashion world, #FashionVictim is perfect for fans of Heathers, American Psycho, and The Devil Wears Prada... coming this September!
02/27/2018
It's #CoverReveal Tuesday! You know what they say: The only thing chillier than a Parisian winter is a cold-blooded murder. We can't wait for you to read this atmospheric debut mystery from Emilia Bernhard, coming this October!
02/13/2018
Happy Mardi Gras mystery lovers! And just in time for the cover reveal of USA Today bestselling author Ellen Byron's latest Cajun Country Mystery, MARDI GRAS MURDER. Look out for this witty and recipe-stuffed cozy coming in October 🎉
02/02/2018
A Mystery in Your Mailbox!
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01/11/2018
Literary Counsel
Agatha Award ballots for Malice 2018 are out!
If you've read A MURDER FOR THE BOOKS published by Crooked Lane Books this is a great opportunity to support your local author Victoria Gilbert. This is a fantastic book.
If you are registered for Malice this year please consider nominating Victoria's book. Ballots are due January 22. Share the cozy with your support! Please nominate her!
12/15/2017
Got too many books in your TBR pile? We can't get enough of @givemeallthebooks's adorable (and festive!) storage solution! 😂😍⛄
06/27/2017
How History Influenced My Mystery: The Murder of Elijah Lovejoy
Learn all about and enter to win Jonathan F. Putnam's new novel, PERISH FROM THE EARTH, featuring the "Holmes and Watson [of] the American frontier."
Read Jonathan F. Putnam's exclusive guest post about Elijah Lovejoy, the anti-slavery martyr that inspired his latest Lincoln & Speed historical mystery, and make sure to sign in and comment below for a chance to win
04/28/2017
What are you doing tomorrow for Independent Bookstore Day? Author James L'Etoile will be at Face in a Book serving as honorary bookseller to give his mystery recommendations (with the help of his adorable corgis, of course).
James L’Etoile, author of the page-turning mystery At What Cost, joins us as honorary bookseller on Saturday, April 29th - Independent Bookstore Day! Let’s keep him busy! Drop by between noon-2 to ask Jim for book recommendations. His Corgis will be on-hand to help you sniff out some of their favorite books, too!
12/14/2016
Congratulations to our December authors on the publication of their books! Find these exciting new mysteries wherever books are sold!
FORGOTTEN CITY by Carrie Smith
AT WHAT COST by James L'Etoile
ILL MET BY MURDER by Elizabeth J. Duncan
TIME OF DEATH by Erica O'Rourke/Lucy Kerr
www.crookedlanebooks.com
12/14/2016
What a delightful gift to find wrapped up under the tree. Congrats on publication, Erica! (Or should we say, Lucy).
Time of Death is officially on sale today! I'm so happy that I get to share Frankie's story with the world. I know so many amazing nurses - including my little sister - that writing about a smart, dedicated, compassionate nurse doesn't feel like fiction at all. (But don't worry -- the murder mystery part is totally made up!)
Thanks to all of you for your kindness and support - I can't wait to hear what you think!
12/12/2016
Congratulations to Crooked Lane author Rosalind Noonan Author, whose romance novella is included in MAKING SPIRITS BRIGHT, a Christmas Anthology that made Publishers Weekly's Bestseller list this week at #24!
Rosalind's novella, "Home for Christmas" is about Jo Truman, a woman who must rely on the help of a veteran soldier to save her gift shop and her family's quaint inn in New Hampshire. Rosalind is also the author of the upcoming suspense novel, WHERE THE LOST GIRLS GO, publishing on February 7 under the pen name R.J. Noonan.
RosalindNoonanBooks.com
11/17/2016
Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli
We always wanted to be Nancy Drew, too, Elizabeth. Check out this great author interview with Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli's Books, author of the Little Library Mystery series!
A Most Curious Murder is available in paperback this December and She Stopped for Dead, the second in the series, will be released this coming January!
https://vimeo.com/191920089
A Littte Library Series from Crooked Lane Books
11/04/2016
Book Reviews, Sites, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction | Kirkus Reviews
Congratulations to Cate Holahan for THE WIDOWER'S WIFE being selected as one of Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2016! Check out the great company she's in!
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/prize/nominees/fiction/
11/02/2016
Head over to Stop, You’re Killing Me! for a giveaway of Barbara Early's DEATH OF A TOY SOLDIER!
GIVEAWAY: DEATH OF A TOY SOLDIER by Barbara Early (Crooked Lane Books 2016)
Liz McCall grew up in a playful winter wonderland, but it was never her dream to manage her father’s vintage toyshop. However, after he sank his entire police pension into the business, someone needed to help him turn his dreams into reality — and keep him from sneaking off to patrol the not-so-mean streets of East Aurora, New York. The mood goes from nice to naughty when a nervous man, who was trying to have his antique toys appraised, is found in the shop with a lawn dart through his chest. Suddenly, Liz’s business plan is plunged into deep freeze, while she and her father find themselves toying with a cold-blooded killer who’s playing for keeps. Now, it looks like Christmas might be cancelled for the neighborhood kids if Liz can’t wrap up the case. Thanks to Heather Boak of Crooked Lane Books, we have five hadcover copies of this series opener to give away.
Entry directions: http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/Giveaway.html
11/01/2016
Great to see some library love for Crooked Lane!
Crooked Lane Books well represented in the "New Books" section of the Suffern Free Library in Rockland County, NY, with Margaret Mizushima's latest and "Death on the Sapphire."
10/25/2016
R.J. Koreto is reading to a lovely crowd tonight at The Mysterious Bookshop for the launch of his second Lady Frances Ffolkes mystery, DEATH AMONG RUBIES. Stop by if you're in Manhattan this evening!
DEATH AMONG RUBIES is now available at your favorite retailer!
www.crookedlanebooks.com/titles/death-among-rubies/
10/25/2016
Check out that crowd! Congrats to Brian Thiem, Author for the successful event at Hilton Head last week!
Find his newest Matt Sinclair mystery, THRILL KILL, at your favorite retailer!
www.crookedlanebooks.com/titles/thrill-kill/
Thank you Sun City Hilton Head for inviting me to speak at the Meet the Author event last Thursday. And many thanks to everyone that attended. Friends, neighbors, and many who I had not previously met.
10/21/2016
Kaye Publicity
Kaye Publicity
KP Crewmember and Crooked Lane Books author, R.J. Koreto has a wonderful Q&A up on Shelf Pleasure. If you love historical mysteries, you should check out Koreto's work.
10/13/2016
Cozy Cafe
Cozy readers rejoice! And check out Cozy Cafe, the new Facebook home of all of your favorite Crooked Cozy Authors - both new and old! It's the cat's meow.
https://www.facebook.com/CozyCafeMysteries/
An intimate virtual cafe featuring some of your favorite Crooked Lane cozy mystery writers!
10/11/2016
A very happy pub day to our October authors, Barbara Early, Wendy Corsi Staub, C. Michele Dorsey, and R.J. Koreto!
www.crookedlanebooks.com
10/10/2016
Jonathan F. Putnam's second Lincoln & Speed mystery is now available for pre-sale on Amazon! Coming to retailers this July, PERISH FROM THE EARTH is the thrilling follow-up to Putnam's acclaimed historical mystery debut, THESE HONORED DEAD!
https://www.amazon.com/Perish-Earth-Lincoln-Speed-Mystery/dp/1683311396
10/05/2016
15 Creepy Books to Read with Your Book Club This Fall
BookBub's 15 Creepy Books to Read with Your Bookclub includes Cate Holahan's THE WIDOWER'S WIFE!
https://media.bookbub.com/blog/2016/10/03/creepy-books-to-read-with-your-book-club/
From spine-tingling horror to edge-of-your seat suspense.
10/03/2016
If you're in the southern California area this weekend you can catch Ellen Byron and her fellow authors Gigi Pandian and Diane Vallere on their Halloween Book tour!
09/22/2016
Kaye Publicity
Looks like a great audience for Margaret Mizushima!
No bones about it, this is a tough room. But Margaret Mizushima has their full attention while reading her new book, STALKING GROUND.
09/01/2016
Ellen Byron's second Cajun County mystery, Body on the Bayou, is available for pre-order now!
www.crookedlanebooks.com/titles/body-on-the-bayou/
08/18/2016
We love to see our authors hard at work! Ill Met by Murder by Elizabeth J. Duncan is sure to delight cozy fans!
Wrapped up final edits, corrections and clarifications for Ill Met by Murder, second in the Shakespeare in the Catskills series, to be published in December by Crooked Lane Books There's always something to be fixed or improved. Gotta catch them all!
08/09/2016
Biglaw Partner Turns Author In Historical Debut Novel
Check out this great interview that Above the Law had with Jonathan F. Putnam today!
http://abovethelaw.com/2016/08/biglaw-partner-turns-author-in-historical-debut-novel/
A Q&A with the Biglaw partner who gave it all up to be a novelist.
08/09/2016
Happy pub day to our August authors, Cate Holahan, Brian Thiem, Jonathan F. Putnam, and Matt Rees! Find their exciting mysteries now wherever books are sold!
08/01/2016
Brian Thiem's first Matt Sinclair mystery, RED LINE, is discounted in ebook format down to $1.99 from now until September 1st! And watch out for the second thrilling installment when THRILL KILL publishes on August 9th!
http://www.crookedlanebooks.com/titles/red-line/
07/28/2016
Plantation Shudders
A huge congratulations to Ellen Byron for making the USA TODAY bestsellers list at #98!!!
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/06/21/plantation-shudders/2444877/isbn/9781629532516/
Maggie Crozat investigates a couple's death at her family bed and breakfast with the help of Bo Durand; first in series
07/27/2016
www.reviewingtheevidence.com - author interviews
Want 60 seconds in Brian Thiem's head? You got it, thanks to Reviewing the Evidence!
http://www.reviewingtheevidence.com/interviews.html?id=226
07/27/2016
Cate Holahan
Cate Holahan's The Widower's Wife will be out on August 9th!
Check out this book trailer for The Widower's Wife done by the amazing Gabrielle Ayala. Thanks to everyone who lent their voice Brett Honneus Nick Gustafson Erica Schubert Ursula Ringham Shelley Gershoni Cekirge Nafiz Cekirge Rob Brunet
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Review for 'A Desperate Place' by Jennifer Greer
Read and reviewed via NetGalley for Crooked Lane Books
This is the first book that I have read by this author and it is actually her first and only book at the moment. It is the first book in the 'McKenna and Riggs' series.
You can preorder this book on Amazon now ready for release on 11th August 2020.
I was originally drawn to this book by its intriguing blurb. I am also a massive Tess Gerritsen fan and when I read that is is "Perfect for fans of Tess Gerritsen's Rizzoli & Isles" I just had to give it a go! I have also read several books published by Crooked Lane that I have enjoyed so was hoping this would be one added to that list (written before I read the book). Well after reading this book I must say it certainly didn't disappoint!
This novel consists of 36 chapters and an epilogue of medium length.
The story is presented from the points of view of medical examiner detective Katie Riggs and journalist Whit Mckenna and is set in Oregon. I loved that you get to see what is going on from both a detective and journalistic point of view as it is normally one or the other due to strained relationships. between both sides. It ensures that you get a complete picture of what is going on.
Well I must say what an explosive start to what promises to be an exciting new series that I am excited to read more of!
The plot jumped straight into the action and immediately gripped my attention and continued to do so straight through until the nail biting, heart racing and unpredictable ending!! I love the fact that I thought I knew what was going on just to have a massive unexpected twist thrown in. Well done! There's nothing worse than working out what's going on when your less than half way through a crime novel!
I loved the characters and especially the fact that there were 2 really strong female leading characters. I definitely agree that fans of Rizzoli and Isles will love this!! There's more and more books coming out with strong female leads but not many that have two and it was pulled off really well. I must say all the characters in this novel were all very strong and realistic. I especially enjoyed Dr. Weldon's twisted sense of humour!!
I really enjoyed the friendship between Katie and Whit and again how procedures are followed shines through with their career "clashes".
I believe that Jennifer Greer did quite alot of research into police procedures as well as medical research and it really shines through! Although quite grotesque I was intrigued with the teratoma tumours as I have never heard of them and I did a bit of research myself. Learn something new every day! Thank you for teaching me something new!
I, personally, think that the plot has a very unique storyline which is an excellent achievement for an authors first novel, congratulations! I believe this book will be a fantastic success.
This novel is very well written with events all flowing together perfectly and descriptions that really put you in the plot next to the characters. Filled with suspense, drama, murder, friendships, crime, action this is an excellent thriller that I highly recommend to fans of all the above as well as Tess Gerritsen, psychological thrillers and police procedurals.
Overall an explosive start to what promises to be an exciting new series. Very well written, excellent characters and a massive congratulations to Jennifer Greer for an A*** first novel. I'm looking forward to reading more of your books!!!
Genres include crime, mystery, thriller, police procedural, action, drama, fiction and suspense.
I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a good book, fans of Tess Gerritsen, murder, mystery, crime, suspense, thrillers, police procedurals, drama and action! Basically, everyone!
£10.36 to preorder on kindle via Amazon.
Rated 5/5 ( I LOVED IT) on Goodreads, Instagram, Amazon UK and Amazon US and on over 30 pages plus my blog on Facebook.
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Review for 'Murder At Hotel 1911' by Audrey Keown
Read and reviewed via NetGalley for Crooked Lane Books.
This title will be available to purchase on August 11th.
This is the first book that I have read by this author. I am looking forward to reading more of her work.
This book sucked me straight into the storyline from the start and kept me turning pages until the ending. A very interesting crime novel.
A fantastic cosy mystery that I read in a few spaced out hours filled with murder, mystery, red herrings and crime. A true page turner.
THE book is very well written and I found it was very descriptive throughout really putting me in the scene.
THE characters were all very compelling and well rounded as well as (mainly) likeable, realistic and strong. I would love to read more books with these characters in!!
I thought I really had worked out the 'who dunnit' and am very pleased to reveal that I was wrong!! This is always a bonus as it puts me off books where I have already worked out what was going on or who did what.
I recommend this book to fans of crime and murder mysteries.
272 pages
£10.44 to purchase on kindle. I think this is a ridiculous price for any ebook and unfortunately, even though I loved this book, I would never pay that... Hopefully it will come out at a much more reasonable price.
Rated 5/5 ( I loved it ) on Goodreads, Instagram, Amazon UK and Amazon.Com and on over 30 pages plus my blog on Facebook.
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We could use some new Kitty Couture mysteries during quarantine 🐱❤🙂
Murder From Scratch is the fourth book in the Sally Solari Series by Leslie Karst. This is a really good, enjoyable mystery. Sally is no longer practicing law and is now running a successful restaurant called Gauguin. When her blind cousin Evelyn’s mother is murdered, Sally is drawn into finding out who the murderer is. This author never disappoints in writing a good mystery filled with relatable, likable, warm characters including all the elements of a good mystery. It is an easy enjoyable read and readers will also find their mouths watering as they read about all the wonderful food offered at Sally’s restaurant and the recipes included at the back of the book. For me personally, I thought it was great and rated it a five.
Congratulations on your Agatha nominations!
Up at KRL we have reviews and giveaways of 4 books that all tie in to books with their
settings-bookstores and libraries-"Bound for Murder": A Blue Ridge Library
Mystery by Victoria Gilbert, "Verse and Vengeance": A Magical Bookshop
Mystery by Amanda Flower, "Bookmarked for Murder": Mystery Bookshop series
by VM Burns, and "There’s a Murder Afoot": A Sherlock Holmes Bookshop
Mystery by Vicki Delany
I was fortunate to receive an ARC of Roz's first book, Our Little Secret, which I absolutely loved and added the author to my “must read” list. So when I saw this book, Hurry Home, available I promptly requested and am so glad I got to read it. The story is expertly told alternating view points from two sisters, Alexandra “Alex, and Ruth. There is a lot of history and drama and so many secrets. Just when you think it’s all coming to a head, you get thrown a curve ball that sends you spinning down another momentous track, all the way to the very end. It was an exciting thrill ride and one that will leave you eager for Roz’s future writings.
Thank you #NetGalley, and #CrookedLaneBooks for this wonderful ARC.
Please have more Kitty Couture and Christmas Tree Farm mysteries. Thanks ❤❤
Any updates on new books in the Kitty Couture series and Christmas Tree Farm series? Thanks!
Fist time reading a cozy mystery and I must say I throughly enjoyed!! Thank you Crooked Lane Books!!😊🎃🍂
Love EJ Cooperman's Haunted Guesthouse Mystery series, will there be more?
Who is J. S. James? Can't find any author on this author?