Notorious Cult, Criminal Ladies, Thursday Murder Club Trailer & More Mystery News!
What’s happening in the world of mystery news? Netflix has released the first trailer for The Thursday Murder Club, Alma Katsu was a Jeopardy! clue, there’s a new book on a notorious cult, women are doing crime, a great author was profiled, and more!
I love literary questions on Jeopardy!
Alma Katsu (Red Widow; The Hunger) writes about finding out that her book was the subject of a Jeopardy! clue and what that means—and doesn’t mean—along with other “I made it” moments in her writing career: The Unexpected Delights of Being a Jeopardy Clue.
A Look at One of the Most Notorious Cults
“Fleming is a master of writing for tween and teen audiences, and her latest book does just that by situating the story of Jim Jones and The Peoples Temple within the context of the young people who were brought into the cult (most frequently through no choice of their own).” This Book Is For Those Who Can’t Look Away From Cults
Criminal Ladies
A roundup of books where women take charge through crime: 7 Books About Girls Doing Crime
3 Award Nominations!
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two by Emil Ferris is nominated for 3 Eisner Awards this year: Best Graphic Album; Best Writer/Artist; Best Lettering. The award winners will be announced at San Diego Comic-Con in July. Check out all the nominees and categories, 2025 Eisner Award nominees announced
Rolling Stone on The Better Sister adaptation
“Officially, the Prime Video series (premiering May 29) is an adaptation of the 2019 novel by Alafair Burke, about a pair of estranged siblings, played by Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks, reuniting when one’s husband is murdered. But it’s also a way for the show’s creator, Olivia Milch, to work through the family dynamics with her own sister, Elizabeth Milch (who’s also a Better Sister producer), and their dad David Milch, the brilliant but troubled mind behind all-time classic dramas Deadwood and NYPD Blue.” ‘The Better Sister’ Proves the Milch Apples Didn’t Fall Far From the Tree
A Great Interview/Profile on Megan Abbott
“Thrillers are typically published in the summer; the true test of the page-turner is to be more alluring than the swimming pool. Abbott speaks, with winning candor, about how her stories always follow a simple three-act structure: temptation, followed by a reckoning (usually violent), followed by some form of payment or redemption. But atop this subfloor of plot, she builds worlds that feel murky, inviting, densely secretive.” Megan Abbott and the lure of private worlds
We have a trailer!
Netflix has released the first trailer for the upcoming adaptation of Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club, which has a lot of great actors! The Thursday Murder Club | Official Teaser | Netflix
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