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8 New Mystery, Thrillers, True Crime for December 2024

8 New Mystery, Thrillers, True Crime for December 2024

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The Rivals (Claudia Lin #2) by Jane Pek For fans of unique detective agencies, character-driven murder mysteries, and family drama! Claudia Lin is now co-running Veracity, a detective agency that you hire in order to find out if the person you matched with on dating apps is actually telling the truth and who they say they are. She also grew up reading detective novels, so she’s down for some sleuthing beyond the work assigned: when murders appearing related to work occur, she gets to solving them. This time around, there’s some shady business going on with dating apps and AI that Claudia and her team are determined to get to the bottom of, all while working through a new crush and juggling family drama as the youngest child who was treated differently than her siblings growing up. You’re given all the information you need to not be lost in The Rivals, but it hinges on things that happened in the first book. So if you want to start there, pick up The Verifiers! Source link

Seven True Stories That Read Like Thrillers, Scribd/Everand’s New Model, and More Nonfiction News

Seven True Stories That Read Like Thrillers, Scribd/Everand’s New Model, and More Nonfiction News

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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Kendra Winchester is a Contributing Editor for Book Riot where she writes about audiobooks and disability literature. She is also the Founder of Read Appalachia, which celebrates Appalachian literature and writing. Previously, Kendra co-founded and served as Executive Director for Reading Women, a podcast that gained an international following over its six-season run. In her off hours, you can find her writing on her Substack, Winchester Ave, and posting photos of her Corgis on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester. View All posts by Kendra Winchester Scribd to Launch Credit-Based Model, Expand Big Five Partnerships (Publishers Weekly) I’ve subscribed to Scribd/Everand for years now. As a huge book fan, it’s been incredibly helpful to have access to Everand’s library. According to this article in Publishers Weekly, “The company plans to transition existing users from its unlimited model throughout 2025, with the legacy unlimited service being completely phased out by the second quarter.” I’m a yearly subscriber, so I’m still unsure …

ISS review – Ariana DeBose shines in tense if contrived International Space Station thriller | Thrillers

ISS review – Ariana DeBose shines in tense if contrived International Space Station thriller | Thrillers

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Fast-tracked through the space programme, rising star research scientist Dr Kira Foster (Ariana DeBose) finally makes it to the International Space Station. There, she is welcomed by her new colleagues: two American astronauts and three Russian cosmonauts, united by a common goal to work in service of all humankind regardless of nationality, race or creed. Borders, explains cosmonaut Nika (Masha Mashkova), are invisible from space. But there are hints that the idealism and harmony on the ISS might be fragile when Kira’s lab mice react to zero gravity by chewing each other’s limbs off. It’s not the most subtle of metaphors, particularly for the amputee rodents. When US-Russian hostilities back on Earth boil over into full warfare (strikingly and unsettlingly evoked in the view from orbit, as the blue-green planet turns an angry, inflamed red), the tensions on board soon ignite. It’s a neat premise, with something of the claustrophobia and high-stakes space peril of Danny Boyle’s Sunshine. But while DeBose is impressive, the contrived plot of Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s movie hinges, somewhat preposterously, on rational, …

Red Eye viewers take issue with one aspect of ITV thriller’s first episode

Red Eye viewers take issue with one aspect of ITV thriller’s first episode

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ITV’s latest thriller Red Eye debuted on our TV screens on Sunday night, and viewers were quick to take issue with one aspect of the drama.  The six-parter, which is described as “an Agatha Christie-type murder mystery on a plane”, follows an all-night flight transporting a murder suspect from London to China.  WATCH: Are you enjoying ITV’s Red Eye? In episode one, viewers watched as British doctor Matthew Nolan (Richard Armitage) was arrested on suspicion of murder after landing at London Heathrow from a business trip in China. Having been denied a phone call or access to legal representation, the doctor was immediately placed on a flight back to Beijing, where he must face the Chinese authorities. He is accompanied by Hong-Kong-born Met Police detective DC Hana Li (Jing Lusi), who is reluctant to take on the task due to past traumas.  Taking to social media, viewers pointed out that Richard’s character would have been allowed legal representation after being arrested. One person penned: “They’re being rather blinkered not actually considering he could be innocent. He …

Constellation review: Thriller’s science frustrates but it looks great

Constellation review: Thriller’s science frustrates but it looks great

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Astronaut Jo (Noomi Rapace) with daughter Alice (Davina Coleman) Apple TV+ ConstellationMichelle MacLaren, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Joseph CedarApple TV+ WHAT kind of life would you rather have: one filled with ecstatic highs and dizzying lows, or one of middling satisfaction, free from disappointment? I suspect most astronauts would opt for the former, while risk-averse normies like me plump for the latter. I ask because I find myself fixated on a series about an astronaut, a show of such varying quality that it frustrated and delighted me by turns. Constellation, an eight-parter… Source link

Dr No: Sean Connery behind the scenes on the first James Bond film – in pictures | Film

Dr No: Sean Connery behind the scenes on the first James Bond film – in pictures | Film

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Released in 1962, Dr No starred Connery as the British secret agent in a groundbreaking action film that became a worldwide hit. It also established one of the longest-running and highest-grossing film franchises. Here we go behind the scenes, with Connery, Ursula Andress and author Ian Fleming • James Bond: Dr No is published by Taschen on 1 March Source link

The End We Start From review – Jodie Comer is phenomenal in end-of-days survival thriller | Thrillers

The End We Start From review – Jodie Comer is phenomenal in end-of-days survival thriller | Thrillers

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When her waters break, life changes for ever for the heavily pregnant unnamed Woman (a phenomenal Jodie Comer) at the heart of Mahalia Belo’s superb feature debut The End We Start From. The onset of labour coincides, almost to the moment, with a national disaster, the catastrophic breaching of London’s flood defences, which leaves the capital and much of the rest of the country submerged and uninhabitable. As supply chains disintegrate, civilisation starts to collapse into a snarling, semi-feral competition for resources. But what sounds like the setup for a generic, post-apocalyptic survival movie is actually far more intriguing and insightful. The film, adapted by Alice Birch (Lady Macbeth, Normal People) from a novel by Megan Hunter, uses environmental catastrophe – the moment-to-moment uncertainty, the sense of worlds torn apart – as a metaphor for the crisis mode that kicks in during new motherhood. And it’s not just the mother-child connection that the film captures, but also the intense female friendships that ignite between new mothers. Katherine Waterston bursts into the film like the sun …

Best Mysteries & Thrillers of 2023

Best Mysteries & Thrillers of 2023

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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Anne Mai Yee Jansen is a literature and ethnic studies professor and a lifelong story addict. She exists on a steady diet of books and hot chocolate, with a heaping side of travel whenever possible. Originally hailing from the sun and sandstone of southern California, she currently resides with her partner, offspring, and feline companion in the sleepy mountains of western North Carolina. View All posts by Anne Mai Yee Jansen While 2024 is off to a strong start with new mysteries and thrillers, 2023 was a banner year. Whether you’re talking about a fresh take on an old classic, the latest addition to an ongoing series, a new book by a familiar author, or something else entirely, it’s undeniable that last year saw some impressive titles hit the shelves. It might just be me (although I doubt it), but winter always feels like the best time of the year for picking up a good mystery novel. Maybe …

Crime and thrillers of the month – review | Crime fiction

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Elly Conway’s debut novel, Argylle (Bantam Press), comes weighted with great expectations. It’s being adapted for the cinema by director Matthew Vaughn, who calls it the start of “the most incredible and original spy franchise since Ian Fleming’s books”. There are all sorts of fun mysteries about Conway herself: who is this secretive author? (One rumour links her to Taylor Swift, which seems unlikely.) The title’s protagonist is young and handsome Aubrey Argylle, who is chilling in Thailand when he sees a plane go down over the jungle and stages a daring rescue. His actions bring him to the attention of the CIA and he’s recruited for a deadly mission. Two things you need to know: as Argylle was raised by nomadic, drug dealer parents, he is fluent in all sorts of languages and brilliant at martial arts. His mission: to stop a supervillain Russian from getting his hands on “a priceless treasure of unrivalled opulence” stolen by the Nazis – the recovery of which would make him the most powerful man in the world. …