Melissa Yi: A Guest Post It's such a pleasure to bring you the amazing Melissa Yuan-Innes (Melissa Yi). ER Doctor, Award-Winning Author, and much more. She's going to tell you all about her writing journey. The Travelling Killer: Words and Wanderlust By Melissa Yi Would you like to travel the…

Who Will You Run to When it All Falls Down?* margot-kin-berg.com/2025/09/18/w... @mkinberg.bsky.social

Liam McIlvanney: The Good Father via Crime Fiction Girl Crime Fiction Girl says, "This is a book that will not leave me for a long time. I’ve read dozens of novels so far this year, and many of them have been excellent. They’re all budging down a bit to give top spot to The Good Father." ~ June…

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⭐️ This is your periodic reminder to leave stars/reviews for books you've enjoyed! ⭐️ It doesn't have to be long or comprehensive—a sentence will do. Review numbers on places like Amazon/GR help the algorithm make those books more discoverable for new readers.

Allan Gaw: The Silent House of Sleep via Crime Book Girl murderincommon.com/2025/08/31/a... > via @junelorrainer.bsky.social

Margot Kinberg States >I Went Online* margot-kin-berg.com/2025/09/04/i... @mkinberg.bsky.social

In The Spotlight: Marigold Bennett's The Case of the Missing Mascot margot-kin-berg.com/2025/09/02/i... @mkinberg.bsky.social

Allan Gaw: The Silent House of Sleep via Crime Book Girl This week I'm featuring The Silent House of Sleep from the website Crime Book Girl. This looks an interesting read and it must be for it won last years Bloody Scotland Debut Prize . ~ June Lorraine Roberts Murder in Common is #26 on the…

What does Margot Kinberg have to say? >Impossible Things Are Happening Every Day* margot-kin-berg.com/2025/08/30/i... @mkinberg.bsky.social

The transition to cooler weather is made easier when you have a beautiful books to keep you warm. We are thrilled to see four of the books we have been uplifting on CBC‘s 2025 Fall Nonfiction Preview! 🍁 You can request any of these books to review through us. Send a DM. #nonfiction

Find out What's Up with Margot Kinberg >Wish I Could Be Part of That World* margot-kin-berg.com/2025/08/28/w... @mkinberg.bsky.social

Please be aware, likely scam via Webdelico on Amazon. Sent me a book COD (not requested duplicate order) Refusing to refund stating issue is with UPS and I have to resolve it with UPS. #scam #bookscam #webdelico #amazon

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Fake seller alert on Amazon. If anyone sees Webdelico and Amasinbooks selling books on Amazon, watch out. They're a scam/shell company claiming they have my books (and millions of others books) and don't. They never send a book, just get your money and to date have never given out one refund.

In The Spotlight: Carolyn Wilkins' Murder at the Wham Bam Club margot-kin-berg.com/2025/08/19/i... @mkinberg.bsky.social

Petrona Award -Longlist At last the longlist is available and Raven Crime Reads is on the ball. I'm a fan of Nordic Noir and this list is a pointer in the right direction for all crime fiction readers. ~ June Lorraine Roberts Murder in Common is #21 on the Feedspot Top 80 Crime Novel Website

Starry Starry Night by celebrated Canadian author Shani Mootoo is forthcoming on September 23, 2025 with Book*hug Press! Request a review copy. ✨ www.riverstreetwriting.com/join-river-s... @bookhugpress.bsky.social #canlit

Cinder House on a most anticipated list! 🔥 Ella would be THRILLED at the profusion of lady knights she's keeping company with here. And by thrilled I mean doing her utmost to hit on all of them. theportalist.com/most-anticip...

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For weeks I've been doing research for an article on independent bookstores and coop, but it's been tough to get folks on the record to speak about this. If you're an independent bookstore or traditional publisher willing to talk about coop, I'd love to hear from you: [email protected].

Over at Margot Kinberg's >In The Spotlight: Tom Mead's Death and the Conjuror margot-kin-berg.com/2025/08/12/i... @mkinberg.bsky.social

Rod Reynolds: Shatter Creek As I mentioned in my last post, I'm having some vision problems that will need surgery in the near future. Seemingly nothing too serious but I'm waiting on an appointment with the Ophthalmologist. Therefore, I'm sharing farther below, a post from the inestimable Rave…

Check out what June has to say about Salt on Her Tongue > murderincommon.com/2025/06/29/c... > via @junelorrainer.bsky.social

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Murder in Common did a mini review of "Bop City Swing" (thank you @junelorrainer.bsky.social ) . Tip of the fedora to my co-author @russellthayer10.bsky.social and deliciously noir artist @frankvatel312.bsky.social (he did that banger of a cover). murderincommon.com/2025/07/20/m...

Over at Dame Margot Kinberg's >Her Body Tanned and Wet Down at the Reservoir* margot-kin-berg.com/2025/08/07/h... @mkinberg.bsky.social

It's Clear We're Going to Get Along* margot-kin-berg.com/2025/07/19/i...

M.E. Proctor & Russell Thayer: Bop City Swing and Dietrich Kalteis: Dirty Little War Visit 1951 and the 1920s for Some Retro Crime Bop City Swing “It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing." - Duke Ellington Tap into the San Francisco's jazz scene. It's bebop and swing bands all around and…

In The Spotlight: Vito Zuppardo's True Blue Detective margot-kin-berg.com/2025/07/15/i...

Jon Hickey: Big Chief There seems to be a run on books about fixers these days. Or maybe it's just what comes my way and what I decide to read. As I'm a but under the weather today, I'm sharing the Kirkus Review on this book. It's a well considered review and billed as: ""A fixer for a Native…

Over at Margot Kinberg's: Storage Space margot-kin-berg.com/2025/07/10/s... #murderincommon

C.S. Porter: Salt on her Tongue "I'm not there anymore, I'm not her anymore." Homicide Detective Kes Morris has been cleared to get back on the job. A problem with little white pills had her in rehab and on extended medical leave. She's chomping at the bit to be back and working in the city on a…

I'm Not Waitin' Around For a Man to Save Me* margot-kin-berg.com/2025/06/26/i... @mkinberg.bsky.social

In The Spotlight: Gail Langer Karwoski's A Brush With Murder margot-kin-berg.com/2025/06/24/i... @mkinberg.bsky.social

Jurica Pavičić: Red Water The Dalmatian Coast of Croatia - 1989 Silva Vila is missing. Last seen one night with a local boy she never came home. Her twin brother Mate checks her secret hiding place and discovers her passport and cash are gone. This is the beginning of desperate search by her…

Over at Margot Kinberg's >I Ain't Got Nobody* margot-kin-berg.com/2025/06/14/i... @mkinberg.bsky.social

Three Choices for a Sunday in June Rex Constanzo lives a dull family life. It's work, home, sleep, work... ad nauseum. That is until the day he's sees Max Adams. The guy who made his life a living hell in high school. So begins an interesting take on the release of long-buried trauma. A deftly…

In The Spotlight: Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower margot-kin-berg.com/2025/06/10/i... @mkinberg.bsky.social

Home Fires Burn by Anthony Bidulka is one of my favourite reads this year. The people in places and perspective are just so beautifully drawn.

This episode of NBN has been a long time coming! I’m delighted to share my conversation with Kern Carter about his acclaimed YA novel, Boys and Girls Screaming (Dancing Cat Books, 2022). Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/boys-and-gir... @kerncarter.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

Ji Hong Sayo: Angelhunting "I guess we're both in...call them high-risk professions." Seamus Caron has quite the friend in Sandra Blair. She's a homicide detective in Toronto, and Caron? He's a PI who operates on both sides of the legal line with his own personal sense of reparation. He also goes…

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See what June has to say about Anna Bailey's Our Last Wild Days murderincommon.com/2025/05/25/a... > via @junelorrainer.bsky.social

See what June has to say about Greg Rhyno's Who by Water! murderincommon.com/2025/06/01/g... > via @junelorrainer.bsky.social

Over at Margot Kinbert's channel >In The Spotlight: Erik D'Souza's Death in Halfmoon Bay margot-kin-berg.com/2025/06/03/i...

Greg Rhyno: Who By Water Dame Polara works for the City of Toronto keeping heritage properties from the wrecking ball. She enjoys her work and going home to her daughter Rosie. The two of them plus Polara's father Dodge (who is plagued with aphasia) share a home and lives that work well enough…

It's Margot Kinberg! >She Knows Where All the Files Are* margot-kin-berg.com/2025/05/24/s... @mkinberg.bsky.social #murderincommon