Crooked Lane Books
banner
crookedlanebooks.bsky.social
Crooked Lane Books
@crookedlanebooks.bsky.social
An independent publisher of mystery, suspense, and crime fiction based in NYC.
Alcove Press: @AlcovePress.bsky.social
“[An] evocative debut novel.” We're excited to share that @nytimes.com featured 🔍MIDNIGHT IN MEMPHIS🔍 by Thomas Dann in this list of new mystery novels! This Southern noir is available now wherever you get your books.

https://loom.ly/4Kaaa-k
December 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
We're thrilled to announce that 🔪SERIAL KILLER SUPPORT GROUP🔪 by @saratogaishere.bsky.social is one of Spotify’s Best Mystery Audiobooks of 2025!

https://loom.ly/icPZYXc
December 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Save the date! Join Jenny Adams author of 🟢A POISONOUS SILENCE🟢 for the Mystery Authors Extravaganza on DECEMBER 13, 1PM, at the Reston Regional Library in Reston, VA. Besides Jenny, there'll be 28 other authors talking about what they've published this year!

https://loom.ly/xQ9zndE
December 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
📆Mark your calendar! Meet Robin Yocum, author of 🔪THE LAST HITMAN🔪 for an author talk on DECEMBER 9, 6:30PM, at the Licking County Library in Newark, OH. We hope to see you there!

https://loom.ly/3Ah3gXI
Author Visit: Robin Yocum | Licking County Library
Author Robin Yocum discusses his work including the 2025 release, The Last Hitman, a thriller set in Steubenville, Ohio.
events.lickingcountylibrary.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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
December 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
A fractured family of police detectives must solve the murder of a young woman in a small Australian town, unearthing dark secrets thought long buried in REDBELLY CROSSING by Candice Fox.

#ewgc #libraryreads

Coming soon to Netgalley!
December 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
A disappearance from the past echoes in the future in @tgwood505.bsky.social's EVERYTHING HAS HAPPENED, an ambitious and wrenching mystery, perfect for readers of The God of the Woods.

#ewgc #libraryreads

Request on Netgalley: https://loom.ly/nB1DbUg
Everything Has Happened
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley community to discover, request, read, and review.
www.netgalley.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Culinary journalist Naomi Sinclair is cooking up a maelstrom of trouble upon her return to the blue waters of her native Saint Thomas in THE BUSH TEA MURDER by @armbernier.bsky.social.

#ewgc #libraryreads

Request on Netgalley: https://loom.ly/O_KPybI
The Bush Tea Murder
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley community to discover, request, read, and review.
www.netgalley.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
THE PATRIOT'S DAUGHTER is an electrifying new thriller from former CIA officer and TikTok sensation Brittany Butler. It's the perfect geopolitical thriller for fans of David McCloskey and Alma Katsu.

#ewgc #libraryreads

Request on Netgalley: https://loom.ly/s_QQSKs
The Patriot's Daughter
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley community to discover, request, read, and review.
www.netgalley.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
WOULD I LIE TO YOU by @nicoleblades.bsky.social is a thrilling spy-next-door story that may have you cheering for all the wrong people, perfect for fans of Finlay Donovan.

#ewgc #libraryreads

Request on Netgalley: https://loom.ly/dNucO7s
Would I Lie to You?
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley community to discover, request, read, and review.
www.netgalley.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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, a twisty thriller, perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty and Paula Hawkins.

#ewgc #libraryreads

Request on Netgalley: https://loom.ly/FuR3wnI
The Summer House Murder
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley community to discover, request, read, and review.
www.netgalley.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
In HOLLYWOOD PAYBACK, a struggling Hollywood actor falls into a life of crime in this highly anticipated second novel from four-time Emmy Award nominee @jonlindstrom.bsky.social.

#ewgc #libraryreads

Request on Netgalley: https://loom.ly/Px9tltQ
Hollywood Payback
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley community to discover, request, read, and review.
www.netgalley.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
#Galleychat is starting now🤩!

#ewgc #libraryreads
December 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
📚Join us for #galleychat at 4PM! We'll be featuring some exciting upcoming titles from our authors!

#ewgc #libraryreads
December 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Learn more about what's next for author Thomas Dann and the role Memphis and history has in his latest novel 🔍MIDNIGHT IN MEMPHIS🔍 in this article from Choose901! This Southern noir is available now.

https://loom.ly/rviUWk4
Midnight in Memphis: Thomas Dann’s Debut Novel Brings Southern Noir Home - Choose901
When Memphis native Tom Dann set out to write his first novel, he uncovered the soul of a city. His debut, Midnight in Memphis, is a Southern noir crime
choose901.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
📣Mark your calendar! Celebrate the release of 🔪THE LAST HITMAN🔪 by Robin Yocum with a signing at Wheatberry Books on DECEMBER 6, 12PM, in Chillicothe, OH. We hope to see you there!

https://loom.ly/lSjfo6Q
December 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"Ms. Frost is at the top of her game when it comes to giving readers an exceptionally creative Christmas town and compelling characters." Check out this review from Wonder Women Sixty and don't forget to pick up a copy of 🎄A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS CRIME🎄 by Jacqueline Frost!

https://loom.ly/tLQU7sw
A Wonderful Christmas Crime by Jacqueline Frost
The latest mystery from Jacqueline Frost's Christmas Tree Farm Mystery series features a stellar cozy mystery guaranteed to put you in the holiday spirit!
wonderwomensixty.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Celebrate the release of 🚲MURDER MADE HER WICKED🚲 by Elizabeth Hobbs on DECEMBER 7, 11:30AM, at Bibliobar in Plano, TX! Grab a signed copy of one of Elizabeth's historical mysteries to escape the holiday season, or gift a personalized copy!

https://loom.ly/TWkrfI4
December 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
📣Mark your calendar! Meet Robin Yocum, author of 🔪THE LAST HITMAN🔪 for a book signing at Bookmarx Bookstore on DECEMBER 4, 6PM, in Steubenville, OH!

https://loom.ly/_o-5x9Q
December 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Celebrate the release of 🔪THE LAST HITMAN🔪 by Robin Yocum with an author talk and signing at Schiappa Branch Library on DECEMBER 3, 6PM. We hope to see you there!

https://loom.ly/-P60yWc
December 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Check out this discussion with Thomas Dann, author of the new Southern noir 🔍MIDNIGHT IN MEMPHIS🔍 on the Chatter on Books podcast! This mystery about two detectives forging an unlikely alliance to catch a killer bent on revenge is out now.

https://loom.ly/Gv4K9eI
December 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
📣Mark your calendar! Join NYT bestseller Connie Berry for a discussion and Q&A of her latest book 🔎A Grave Deception🔎 on JANUARY 8, 7PM, at the @toledolibrary.bsky.social in Toledo, OH. We hope to see you there!

https://loom.ly/XxQEOF0
December 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
🥳Wishing a #happypubday to @RobinYocum's 💀THE LAST HITMAN💀! Perfect for fans of Eli Cranor and Tulsa King, this thrilling mafia tale shows what happens when loyalty isn’t a two-way street.

#thrillerbooks #crimefiction
December 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"Sure to get readers’ blood pumping." Thanks to @publisherswkly.bsky.social for this review of 🔪THE LAST HITMAN🔪 by Robin Yocum! This thrilling mafia tale about what happens when loyalty isn’t a two-way street is out tomorrow.

https://loom.ly/hKRwFx4
The Last Hitman by Robin Yocum
In Yocum’s electrifying if familiar latest (after The Sacrifice of Lester Yates), semiretired contract killer Angelo Cipriani’s ...
www.publishersweekly.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Learn more about the complexities that can lie in missing person cases in this @crimereads.bsky.social essay from Maria Malone, author of 🐑DEATH IN THE COUNTRYSIDE🐑!

https://loom.ly/oSoujU0
Our Fascination with People Who Vanish
A day like any other. A mother sets off from home to drive her two young daughters to school and after dropping them off heads to the river nearby to walk her dog. A routine morning – familiar, unr…
crimereads.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM