"A podcast about murder. Naturally, someone took notes." 🎙️🔪

A guest post, an excerpt, and a giveaway for THOSE WHO SHALL DIE (A FIRST STATE SUSPENSE NOVEL #1) by MICHAEL BRADLEY are live on the blog today! This gripping amateur-sleuth suspense thriller takes the true-crime podcast world to its darkest possible conclusion, where obsession and murder make for a deadly combination. ✨

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https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post/those-who-shall-die-a-first-state-suspense-novel-1-by-michael-bradley

There's a particular pleasure in the first book of a cozy series, getting to know the amateur sleuth. And then following the clues alongside them. This month I've rounded up eleven different books with amateur sleuths you might like to get to know. The full list is on the blog. Tell me, who's an amateur sleuth you'd follow anywhere?

https://knitlikegranny.com/cozy-mystery-books-tbr/

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"One summer, one restaurant, and one very unlucky manager." 🌊🕵️

WILDWOOD EXIT by JOEL E. TURNER brings Jersey Shore noir to life with amateur sleuthing, hard-boiled crime, and a sun-soaked setting with a dark underbelly. Guest post, excerpt, and giveaway on the blog now! ✨

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https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post/wildwood-exit-by-joel-e-turner

#BookTour: Wildwood Exit, by Joel E. Turner @partnersincr1me #WildwoodExit #JoelETurner #amateursleuth #sleuth #noir #hardboiled #crime #JerseyShore #fiction #literary #excerpt #giveaway #PICT

WILDWOOD EXIT by Joel E. Turner May 25 - June 19, 2026 Virtual Book Tour Synopsis: A deadly family vendetta at a Jersey Shore restaurant finds John McGinty (aka Ginty) tailing his boss's lying wife and junkie son into a dark world of embezzlement, drug dealing and murder. Ginty…

http://booksramblingsandtea.com/2026/05/25/booktour-wildwood-exit-by-joel-e-turner-partnersincr1me-wildwoodexit-joeleturner-amateursleuth-sleuth-noir-hardboiled-crime-jerseyshore-fiction-literary-excerpt-giveaway-pict/

It's that time again! My new book CHORDS OF DECEPTION, is ready for ARC readers. It's the second in the Lily Gallagher Mysteries series, and features an unusual setting.

Get all the details at https://open.substack.com/pub/susannasullivanauthor/p/harmony-discord-and-murder-oh-my

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#AmReading: MURDER AT THE MAYFAIR HOTEL by CJ Archer.

Cleopatra Fox is trying to adjust to a brand-new life after the death of the grandmother who raised her. She doesn't really fit in with her new family, her mother's sister, husband, and two adult children who own and live in the Mayfair Hotel in London.

Then one of the guests is poisoned on Christmas Eve, and it looks like Cleo's life will come unglued again.

https://susannasullivanauthor.substack.com/i/186005914/murder-at-the-mayfair-hotel-by-cj-archer

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📚 The Librarians by: Sherry Thomas

In the leafy suburbs of Austin, Texas, a small branch library welcomes the public every day of the week. But the patrons who love the helpful, unobtrusive staff and leave rave reviews on Yelp don't always realize that their librarians are human, too.

Hazel flees halfway across the...

https://bookblabla.com/book/the-librarians

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#AmReading: MAXWELL'S MOVIE by MJ Trow. Grumpy teacher Peter Maxwell is back. Catering to his inner film buff, he arranges a school trip to a movie museum. He gets sick, and the teacher who subs for him disappears from the museum. Maxwell hauls himself from his sick bed to solve the #mystery.

https://susannasullivanauthor.substack.com/i/181189072/maxwells-movie-by-mj-trow

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#AmReading: HIEROGLYPHS AND HOMICIDE by Tracy Higley. At last, I've found a worthy successor to my favorite literary heroine, Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody! Now here's a brilliant, independent, determined (female!) archaeologist with loads of wit, and a magnetic pull to detection. Add a soupcon of of inappropriate romantic interest, and voila!

#Mystery #Egypt #AmateurSleuth

https://susannasullivanauthor.substack.com/i/180546473/hieroglyphs-and-homicide-by-tracy-higdon

Ooh, it's getting close. 4 Days until launch. 🚀

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G16N21YK