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Dec 9, 2024 | 
criminalelement.com | Chris Wolak |Crime HQ |Cynthia Murphy |Lisa Beth Pulitzer
Trial by Ambush by Marcia Clark is the dramatic true account about the power of sensationalized crime, one woman’s case is exposed for its sexism, flagrant disregard for the truth, and, ultimately, the dangers posed by an unbridled prosecution. Keep reading for Chris's review. Marcia Clark brings her prosecutorial experience, thorough research, and thriller writing skills together to create what is destined to be a classic in the true crime genre.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
criminalelement.com | Crime HQ |Cynthia Murphy |Lisa Beth Pulitzer |Doreen Sheridan
In Blood and the Badge by Michael Cannell, the former New York Times editor unearths the full story behind two ruthless New York cops who acted as double agents for the Mafia. Keep reading for an excerpt from the book. On the early evening of November 6, 1990, forty-eight-year-old Eddie Lino drove his black Mercedes east through a clog of rush-hour traffic on the Belt Parkway, along the rounded southern belly of Brooklyn.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
criminalelement.com | R.W. Green |Crime HQ |Lisa Beth Pulitzer |John Valeri
“Can you share how you met M.C. Beaton and ended up agreeing to continue the Agatha Raisin series?” —Michele Triponey (via Facebook)Hi Michele,Thanks for your question. I understand what you mean about me ‘agreeing to continue’ Agatha Raisin, although that’s not the way I see it. If I’m honest, I would say I jumped at the chance rather than just agreeing! At first, however, I was actually a little cautious about becoming involved. Marion (M. C.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
criminalelement.com | P. J. Tracy |Crime HQ |Janet Webb |Lisa Beth Pulitzer
Santa Monica’s Farmers MarketMaggie is in great shape and understands the importance of eating local, fresh, and clean, even if she doesn’t always adhere to the philosophy. You’ll find her here most Saturday mornings scouring the stalls (and fighting the city’s top chefs) for exotic gems like Persian mulberries, heirloom avocados, fraises des bois, Thai guavas, and fresh porcini mushrooms.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
criminalelement.com | Crime HQ |Jeff Ayers |Doreen Sheridan |Lisa Beth Pulitzer
Watch on YouTubeOrder on BookShop:About This Is Why We Lied by Karin Slaughter:For GBI investigator Will Trent and medical examiner Sara Linton, McAlpine Lodge seems like the ideal getaway to celebrate their honeymoon. Set on a gorgeous, off-the-grid mountaintop property, it’s the perfect place to unplug and reconnect. Until a bone-chilling scream cuts through the night. A murderer in their midst…Mercy McAlpine, the manager of the Lodge, is dead.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
criminalelement.com | Crime HQ |Cynthia Murphy |Lisa Beth Pulitzer
PrologueTemperatures were in the high teens, and a light snow was falling on the morning of March 16, 2015, as an employee for Columbia Gas Transmission drove along County Road 1908, a narrow lane that ran through cornfields and wooded areas of Ashland County, Ohio. The driver was proceeding slowly because low fog hung over the area and visibility was hampered by both the haze and snow. Veering right, he turned onto the unpaved right-of-way, where he planned to check on gas wells for the company.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
criminalelement.com | Cynthia Murphy |Lisa Beth Pulitzer |Bruce Borgos |Delia C. Pitts
When I was younger, I loved all of the urban legends that were told on the playground. In fact, I specifically remember being the ringleader of these macabre story times, often scaring the other children with tales of babysitters getting creepy phone calls, being licked from beneath the bed (still the real reason why I, at 40 years of age, won’t stick my feet out of the covers) or visions of Bloody Mary in the bathroom mirrors.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
criminalelement.com | Crime HQ |Janet Webb |Lisa Beth Pulitzer |Bruce Borgos
Chapter 1At 92,000 feet, the Vulture suddenly developed a mind of its own. It dove like the hunter it was, screaming down through the stratosphere, looking for something to eat. Fifty miles away, from his chair in the control center at Groom Lake, a white rectangular box about the length of a shipping container, the remote pilot saw the first sign that something was amiss.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
criminalelement.com | Janet Webb |Lisa Beth Pulitzer |Jeff Ayers
Elizabeth Heider’s debut novel, May the Wolf Die, sets a frenetic pace. It’s a thriller infused with insider knowledge—of complicated quasi-governmental machinations that underlay the plot as well as detailed descriptions of Naples.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
criminalelement.com | Lisa Beth Pulitzer |John Valeri |Doreen Sheridan |Janet Webb
Lisa Pulitzer interviews her A Hunger to Kill co-author, Detective Kim Mager, to discuss Mager's writing experience as a first-time author, goals for sharing the previously unrevealed details behind breaking open the Shawn Grate case, as well as personal details about her life as a mom, wife, and female police detective.
