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Culturecult's first anthology of detective fiction features eighteen short stories and a mystery novella. Edited by @jay_chakravarti88 ---------- Unlock the secrets of nineteen mysteries, each more tantalizing than the other! Throw yourself into the adventure and try to solve each case before the detective, or sit back and let them take you on a hair-raising ride. Journey into a forbidding forest to find a lost boy, track a missing girl months after her disappearance, walk down the eerie alleys of Whitechapel searching for the Ripper, or investigate the murder of a young socialite with all the suspects still in the house! Feel a whirlwind of emotions as you uncover secrets and truths that will set everyone free - except the criminal, of course! Prepare yourself - the mysteries in this book will enthrall and entrap you until you unravel them all! LULU purchase link for Paperback: https://www.lulu.com/shop/jay-chakravarti/the-culturecult-casebook/paperback/product-e9zk2r.html LULU purchase link for Epub: https://www.lulu.com/shop/jay-chakravarti/the-culturecult-casebook/ebook/product-ppvqzq.html POTHI (India Only) purchase link for Paperback: https://store.pothi.com/book/jay-chakravarti-ed-culturecult-casebook/ POTHI (India Only) purchase link for Ebook: https://store.pothi.com/book/ebook-jay-chakravarti-ed-culturecult-casebook/ Featured authors in The CultureCult Casebook: Martin Eastland, Minoti Vaishnav, Robb T. White, Romit Bagchi, Josh Poole, Hidayat Adams, Rollin Jewett, John A. DeLaughter, Nelly Shulman, Robert McDermott, LJ Jacobs, J. Agombar, Albert N. Katz, Maggie D Brace, Frederick Pangbourne, Robert Burns, Dibyasree Nandy, Zelda C. Thorne AND Jay Chakravarti #BookRelease #CoverReveal #detectivestory #Fiction #CultureCult #BookNerd #mysteryauthor #mysterybooks #mysterystories #crimefiction #LoveForReading #ReadersOfInstagram #Biblio #Bibliophile #authorsofinstagram #authorlife #publishinghouse #publisher #firstcontact #cosmicfiction #bookcollecter #bookcollecting #bookclubofinstagram #bookchat #bookcase #bookcasestyling #bookcollectors https://www.instagram.com/p/CpFLROnpqWI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Forest Folk #324-05/07/22

THE INFORMANT... by AOGRAI

Dark Web cover illustration

Newest cover for Christopher Brewer's ongoing novel series following protagonist Alice in her dark detective adventures. This is the fifth cover I have done for the series, and all of them are on "my favourite illustrations" list, something a project rarely holds for long, and the first that doesn't have Alice in red. This time the title indicates Alice going up against a hacker collective and we considered a lot of computer imagery, even using AI, when the term "firesale" rose to the top and with it, images of fire. Eventually the final idea became Alice defying death itself by standing up (or lying down but still holding her own - umm, I think I lost the visual here) against Charon as the Grim Reaper.

Reading 'Death comes to Pemberley' by P.D. James and admiring how even more than a hundred years after the birth of Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is still the best detective writer out there.

In this book, which is obviously a sequel to 'Pride and Prejudice', a man is killed in the woods. His body is carried to the house, and the doctors examine it. After that they come to the conclusion that he was basically beaten to death. But everybody who is present knows that the witnesses heard several shots. And nobody, just nobody says something like: "Oh, this is bizarre - what about the guns then?" And the reader is simply left to wonder why the characters all of the sudden forgot this fact and nobody seems to be using their brains or at least some common sense. And the story just starts to fall apart, because we are so used to see the work of logic in a detective story (thanks to Conan Doyle and his character) that it is almost impossible to believe in one without it.

spy in you city

Oliver steps forward hesitantly into Charlotte’s space. The way his palms start to clam up and his nerves rush to his stomach, makes it feel like sadistic self-inflicted betrayal. 

He tries not to flinch when his fingers brush her delicate wrist, taking it his hand to steady it and bringing his other to the belted clasp of the watch. The leather is sleek and smooth outwardly but the inner side is almost confusingly soft for leather. He unclasps the pointed metal piece and watches with a shameful interest as the band falls away, running like water against skin until it’s cradled and lightly clasped in his hand as though he’s curiously afraid to really hold it. They both slowly look up and their eyes meet in the middle in a heart topping searing moment. Against everything in him, Oliver’s eyes fall and submerge in the desire of her lips his gaze finds itself resting over.

Her lips lie together lightly but as though they could part at any moment and tell him everything he wants but is afraid to hear. They’re shaded with a paisley beige eased pink. So light it feels both like a hand laid over a thigh or unconsciously smoothing comfort that’s wanted but afraid to be voiced.

He forces his eyes back up and finds her expressive eyes so wide with something resembling hopeful anxiety, he feels like a bared open wound. 

He takes a step back and holds out the watch still cradled in his palm. His eyes catch on the underside of the band where words are imprinted.

“Thank you,” she says quietly, taking it from him, careful for fingers not to linger.

She is setting it down on the table when he works up the courage and levels his voice enough to speak.

“What do the words say, if I may ask.”

She looks up and gives him a soft smile colored with an accepted sadness. Her eyes are such a lovely pale blue he thinks he’ll move forward and just let himself drown like he wants to.

“You don’t have to tell me,” he gets out before she can speak.

“It’s quite alright,” and his stomach flips as he watches her smile warm into a completely honest one, her eyes creasing with her delight but maybe really his own. “My mother gave me this watch. She raised my little sister and I and I always had such admiration for her grace.”

She sounds a lot like you. “You have a sibling?”

The smile breaks into a feeling of resignation. “I did. Unfortunately she passed.”

“I see. 

I’m sorry.”

“It was a very long time ago. I got the engraving put in after she died. 

‘Returned to peace but forever alive within.” 

“That’s beautiful.” And he means it, and he can see that she knows it. 

“It’s a way to keep the good memories but always remember my duty to keep her memory alive by making this a world she could have only known love in.”

“That must be a heavy burden at times.”

She looks up, genuinely caught off guard.

she waves off the correct assumption, “It’s truly not. It’s one I want to carry.”

He nods but doesn’t say anything.

“Well,” she says breaking the silence awkwardly, should we finish getting ready? I mean not together of course! Separately. You at your house, me here-

“I understood, Detective.”

She breaks into laughs of genuine delight and Oliver tries to fight the pride that wants to bubble up.

One Arranged Murder – Blend of Love, suspense and Detective story

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And so, after being afraid to sleep after watching The Exorcist III and Rosemary’s Baby, I decide to borrow through @libby.app the Last Days by Brian Evenson. And this is a book about a detective and a cult. I don’t know if I’ll actually follow through with reading the whole thing but I’ll try. Why do I torture myself like this you ask? …. 🤷🏻‍♀️ #octoberreads #horrorreads #cults #detectivestory #scaryreading #bookstagram #tbr #athousandbookstoreadblog #currentlyreading #libbyapp #librarybooks #ebooks #digitallibrarycard https://www.instagram.com/p/CjUHCeDLN5v/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

In August, my postcard to my Pen Pal Patrons (and above tiers) was a coded message. I told them that whoever could decode the postcard would receive an extra item in September’s Physical Goodie Pack. Three patrons correctly solved the Vigenere Cipher, which read “I have been READING… DETECTIVE STORIES.” 🕵🏻 Congrats to Gray, Jay, and Kristyn! Well done. 🥳 You will find a special magnet included in your package, which I made just for this occasion. Enjoy, and thanks for giving it a go. . ————————————————————— If you want to join in on the fun: www.patreon.com/audrabalionart ————————————————————— . #postcard #penpals #codedmessage #vigenerecipher #detective #detectivestory #clues #sherlock #octopus #halftone #vintageasthetic https://www.instagram.com/p/CjCpCFcOU8d/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Book Review…Local Gone Missing by Fiona Barton Elise was a successful detective before a medical leave left her unsure if she would return. Now she spends most of her days watching the tensions grow in the seaside town of Ebbing. The weekenders are renovating the old homes & the locals do not like the changes. Everything comes to a head when a newcomer wants to have a giant music festival that will put the town on the map & two teenagers overdose. When a man disappears the first night of the festival it draws Elise back to work. But Ebbing is a town full of secrets & connections that run deeper & darker than Elise could have ever imagined. This was an intriguing mystery. When it first starts it seems like a straightforward mystery but when the lies, connections & twists come it becomes very complex. It's told from multiple points of views & the timeline moves from past to present. But the moving timeline just gives you a clearer picture of everyone involved. It has a lot of parts & a lot of characters but the author brings it together nicely. I like Elise's character. She's intelligent, strong & determined. & her neighbor Ronnie was a lot of fun. She added some humor to the story. The pace is one that speeds up as everything starts happening & coming together which leads to a satisfying ending! Meet the Author Fiona Barton's debut, The Widow, was a Sunday Times & New York Times bestseller & has been published in 36 countries & optioned for television. Born in Cambridge, Fiona currently lives in Sussex & south-west France. While working as a journalist, Fiona reported on many high-profile criminal cases & she developed a fascination with watching those involved, their body language & verbal tics. Fiona interviewed people at the heart of these crimes, from the guilty to their families, as well as those on the periphery & found it was those just outside the spotlight who interested her most #FionaBarton #LocalGoneMissing #mysteryread #books #read #booklover #RandomThingsTours #bookreview #berkleypub #booktours #reader #detectivestory #penguinrandomhouse #booksy #bookish #bookrecommendation #bookstagram #instabooks #instareads #readstagrammer https://www.instagram.com/p/CeyT0HDptIL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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