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Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 4h

Celebrate the recent release of 🤠DEAD MAN BLUES🤠 by catching @silashouse.bsky.social at the Southern Festival of Books OCTOBER 18-19!

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Southern Festival of Books: Oct. 18 & 19, 2025

Vanderbilt University Presents: the Southern Festival of Books, a Program of Humanities Tennessee: Oct. 18 & 19, 2025 Join us this Fall!

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Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 4h

Learn more about the characters of ✨BELIEVE ME NOW✨ and what's next for author @sarahgovett.bsky.social in this interview with Crimespree Magazine!

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INTERVIEW WITH S. M. GOVETT

Believe Me Now Detective Helen Stratton Book 1 S. M. Govett Crooked Lane Books June 10th, 2025 Believe Me Now by S. M. Govett is a gripping thriller with a very puzzling case. The dual narration be…

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Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 18h

Find Robin Yocum, author of 🔪THE LAST HITMAN🔪at this year's Buckeye Book Fair, starting at 9:30AM on NOVEMBER 1!

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Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 20h

Don't forget to enter the giveaway for 🎃GRAVE WORDS🎃 by Gerri Lewis and check out the review by Boys' Mom Reads! This fresh and fun cozy mystery about an obituary writer is also available now.

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Virtual Book Tour & Giveaway: Grave Words (Deadly Deadlines Mystery, #2) by Gerri Lewis

Grave Words A Deadly Deadlines Mystery by Gerri Lewis About Grave Words Grave Words: A Deadly Deadlines Mystery Cozy Mystery 2nd in Series Setting – Connecticut Publisher: Crooked Lane Books …

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Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 20h

Check out author of 🪑MURDER IN MINIATURE🪑 Katie Tietjen's article on the great potential of Beantown for crime fiction and Boston’s dark, gritty underbelly for @crimereads.bsky.social!

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Here’s why you Should Set Your Crime Novel in Boston

There’s just something about Boston. Growing up in a small Connecticut town, trips to the city were exciting. When I was in tenth grade, my dad and I went to a Red Sox game; we drove up I-91 north …

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Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 21h

📣Meet Edgar Award nominated author Katie Tietjen for a Q&A about her popular Maple Bishop mystery series at the East Hampton Public Library tonight at 6:30 PM! Don't forget to register through the link below and we hope to see you there!

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Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 2d

Check out this 🥵spicy cover for Carmela Dutra's 🌶️HOT WINGS AND HOMICIDE🌶️ the follow-up to 🐓A MURDER MOST FOWL🐔!

Coming 5/12/2026. You can preorder now➡️ https://loom.ly/zrR_XaE

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Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 2d

🥳Happy #pubday to these new books!

Margaret Mizushima's DYING CRY
Ian Chorao's WHEN WE TALK TO THE DEAD
Chuck Storla's MURDER TWO DOORS DOWN
Jake Hinkson's YOU WILL NEVER SEE ME
Vicki Delany's O, DEADLY NIGHT
Lucy Connelly's DEATH ON A SCOTTISH TRAIN
Finley Turner's THE TAROT READER

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Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 6d

How do you create twists that surprise your reader and yourself? Rebecca Kaner, author of 👀LAST ONE SEEN🚗 reveals how she crafts shock and surprise in a genre built on expectations. Get a peek into her process and don't forget to pick up her latest book now!

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There’s nothing like a twist you don’t see coming

If you’re writing crime fiction, you’re in the business of betrayal. Your readers open the book looking for answers, and you give them lies—at first. That’s the deal. But there’s a particular kind …

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Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 6d

Celebrate the 15th installment of the Key West Food Critic Mysteries 🥭THE MANGO MURDERS🥭 with author Lucy Burdette! While this special book signing at sea for NOVEMBER 14 is sold out, you can still join the waitlist or pick up a copy of the book in paperback on 7/7/2026.

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Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 6d

Check out this trailer for 🔪THE LAST HITMAN🔪 by Robin Yocum. This thrilling mafia tale shows what happens when loyalty isn’t a two-way street, and will be on sale 12/2/2025!

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Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 7d

🥳Congratulations to Lilian West! 🧵PRETTY DEAD THINGS🧵 is a 2025 Thorpe Menn Literary Excellence Award winner!

#mysterybooks #awardwinner

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Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 7d

📆Mark your calendars! On SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11TH at 2 PM CT, S. D. House will be in-conversation Andi Marie Tillman at Barnes & Noble in Brentwood, TN, to discuss his new novel 🤠DEAD MAN BLUES🤠!

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Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 7d

Learn about the inspiration behind Leigh Dunlap's 👒BLESS YOUR HEART👒 over on The Hard Wood!

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I THOUGHT SOMEONE SHOULD WRITE A BOOK ABOUT THEM AND THEN THOUGHT- WHY NOT ME?: BLESS YOUR HEART'S LEIGH DUNLAP

Leigh Dunlap took time off as a working screenwriter for her debut novel Bless You Heart. It puts a homicide Detective Shay Claypool and her partner Dub into the upscale Atlanta neighborhood of Buckhead where one of the leading citizens has been found bludgeoned to death on the little league field he coached. They must navigate a society of dysfunctional housewives and exes with plenty of secrets. Leigh was kind enough to take some questions about the book and about switching to novel writing.SC

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Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 8d

🤠DEAD MAN BLUES🤠 by S. D. House is a @usatoday.com bestseller! 🥳Congratulations to S. D. House!

Don't wait to pick up a copy of this gripping historical crime novel!

#bestseller #mysterybooks #southernfiction #historicalfiction

Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 8d

Look at this cover for 🏥A DANGEROUS DIAGNOSIS🏥 by Shantanu Rai!

A jaded doctor for the ultrarich becomes entangled in this fast-paced medical thriller for fans of Robin Cook and HBO's The Pitt.

Coming 2/24/2025, preorder now➡️ https://loom.ly/T6cLOko

#medicalthriller #thrillerbooks #coverreveal

Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 9d

🥳Calling all Sherlock fans! Happy #pubday to Jack Anderson's ♟️THE RETURN OF MORIARTY♟️!

#bookbirthday #sherlockholmes #mysterybooks #historicalfiction

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Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 10d

To celebrate Hispanic & Latine Heritage Month we're reading @latinasleuths.bsky.social's DOMINOES, DANZÓN, AND DEATH. Latina sleuth and culinary master Miriam Quiñones-Smith is cooking up a storm in the fourth installment of the Caribbean Kitchen mystery series.

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Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 12d

📣Celebrate Hispanic & Latine Heritage Month by reading Maria Kelson's 🌲NOT THE KILLING KIND🌲! This gripping, high-stakes debut thriller about the lengths mothers will go to protect their children is perfect for fans of Wanda M. Morris and Jess Lourey.

#latineheritagemonth

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Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 13d

A summer trip to the Adirondacks is turned upside down when a woman’s body is discovered in the lake in 🏡THE SUMMER HOUSE MURDER🏡 by Ava Roberts. This twisty thriller is perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty and Paula Hawkins.

Coming 4/7/2026, preorder now➡️ https://loom.ly/F2NQ5Yc

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Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you for another great #ewgc! Please let us know if you have any questions about today's titles and be sure to check them out on NetGalley!

🤩We'll see you next month.

#libraryreads

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Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 13d

In @lisaqmathews.bsky.social's 🍀BURIED IN SHAMROCKS🍀 Kate must find the real killer and save her ex before the Great Shamrock Fair and the town’s chances for a summer full of green go bust.
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Request on Netgalley: https://loom.ly/sXcpJDg

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Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 13d

Sheriff Lew Ferris has a new partner in crime in Victoria Houston's 🐺THE WOLVES ARE WATCHING🔍 the fourth installment in this atmospheric mystery series, perfect for fans of Marc Cameron and Nevada Barr.

#ewgc #libraryreads

Request on Netgalley: https://loom.ly/lf0sPiw

Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 13d

Shantanu Rai's 🏥A DANGEROUS DIAGNOSIS🏥 is a fast-paced medical thriller, perfect for fans of Robin Cook and HBO's The Pitt.

#ewgc #libraryreads

Coming soon to Netgalley!

Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 13d

A new job can be killer in @candacehavens.bsky.social's 📚THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE POISONED PROFESSOR📚 a series debut mystery set in Wales, perfect for fans of Sheila Connolly and Paige Shelton.

#ewgc #libraryreads

Request on Netgalley: https://loom.ly/_ACeGkY

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