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

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

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Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 1d

🥳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 · 2d

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 · 4d

📣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 · 5d

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 · 5d

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 · 5d

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 · 5d

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.

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

Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 5d

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 · 5d

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.

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

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Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 5d

Desperate parents search for their missing son in 🌲THEN HE WAS GONE🌲 by Isabel Booth, a tense thriller, perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell and Jennifer Hillier.

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

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Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 5d

A ‘traditional wife’ influencer allows a demonic creature to impregnate her in @saratogaishere.bsky.social's‬ TRAD WIFE, an unnerving horror novel.
👹+👰🏼‍♀️=🤰🏼

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Request on Netgalley: https://loom.ly/LjC8zhE

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Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 5d

A woman ends up pregnant after a casual fling, but the father's girlfriend has much more sinister intentions in @jennvdk.bsky.social's 🍼THE BETTER MOTHER👶 a plot-driven suspense debut.

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Request on Netgalley: https://loom.ly/VWsE26k

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Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 5d

The Seven Year Slip meets Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers in @katiefliesaway.com's 🗓️OUT OF THE LOOP🗓️ a wholly original time loop mystery.

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

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Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 5d

The widow of Alexander Hamilton faces another mystery in Mollie Ann Cox's 🕯️THE WIDOW HAMILTON🕯️ the second Eliza Hamilton mystery, perfect for fans of Deanna Raybourn.

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Request on Netgalley: https://loom.ly/QAE4nwM

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Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 5d

#Galleychat is starting now🤩!

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

📚Join us for #galleychat at 4PM! We'll be featuring some exciting upcoming titles from our authors!

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

Join New York Times bestselling authors S.D. House and @wileycash.bsky.social for a virtual discussion of 🤠DEAD MAN BLUES✨ on OCTOBER 2 at 3 PM ET for @barnesandnoble.com's Midday Mystery Virtual series.
https://loom.ly/oIihIZo

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

🥳A very happy pub day to S. D. House's 🤠DEAD MAN BLUES🔎! This gripping historical crime novel set in the South pulls the past into the present, perfect for fans of Attica Locke and Wiley Cash.

Pick up your copy today!

#bookbirthday #pubday #southernfiction #mysterybooks

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

Join New York Times bestselling authors S.D. House and @wileycash.bsky.social for a virtual discussion of 🤠DEAD MAN BLUES✨ on OCTOBER 2 at 3 PM ET for @barnesandnoble.com's Midday Mystery Virtual series.
https://loom.ly/oIihIZo

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

🥳We're thrilled to share that Lilian West's 🧵PRETTY DEAD THINGS🧵 is a finalist for the Thorpe Menn Literary Excellence award!

https://loom.ly/Ka2VYS4

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

Miriam Quiñones, cooking show sensation and amateur sleuth, has sand between her toes and a murderer nipping at her heels in 🥭BARBACOA, BOMBA, AND BETRAYAL🐈 by @latinasleuths.bsky.social!

Celebrate Latine Heritage Month with this deadly delicious cozy mystery!

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

Don't miss J.H. Markert, author of 🕸️SPIDER TO THE FLY🕷️ at Barnes & Noble at the Shoppes at Plainview in Louisville, KY on OCTOBER 5TH!

https://loom.ly/SdBYIBQ

Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 11d

Don't miss J.H. Markert, author of 🕸️SPIDER TO THE FLY🕷️ at Barnes & Noble at Diversey Parkway in Chicago, IL on OCTOBER 1ST!

https://loom.ly/NjMu4Ck

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Crooked Lane Books @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social · 11d

Join New York Times bestselling authors S.D. House and @wileycash.bsky.social for a virtual discussion of 🤠DEAD MAN BLUES✨ on OCTOBER 2 at 3 PM ET for @barnesandnoble.com's Midday Mystery Virtual series.
https://loom.ly/oIihIZo

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