Follow Criminal Element, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/criminal-element Sun, 01 Oct 2023 04:58:55 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejD11TTFbfZzNbmyhX6zo8SW Anna Victoria Alcott is on the verge of having it all. After years of struggling as a working actress, she’s gaining both critical and popular acclaim for her latest movie role, one that’s rumored to be in contention for Oscar consideration. She’s also blissfully happy with her tech entrepreneur husband Dex. The only fly in…]]> Fri, 29 Sep 2023 17:46:59 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejD11TTFbfZzNbmyhX6zo8SW https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejBaDWunLXuTXGW0GqTRQSgk Australian reporter Charlotte “Charlie” James didn’t exactly lie to land her plum job as correspondent for the British-based newspaper The Times in 1938 Paris. After all, no one asked her if she was a woman. It certainly isn’t her fault that her new boss assumed from her byline that she’d be a man. To George…]]> Thu, 28 Sep 2023 16:30:45 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejBaDWunLXuTXGW0GqTRQSgk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejCyruA4_gZZ7AC0qH-r7xlT After Trent Saban is laid off from his job, he and his family decide to move to a new home, the first – and thus cheapest – one built in the Dunsany Estates subdivision. Trent, his wife Rita and their son Milo are unimpressed by the dusty exterior, but the house itself proves to be…]]> Thu, 28 Sep 2023 16:00:06 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejCyruA4_gZZ7AC0qH-r7xlT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejDVklCIPex2NGFk24e89-qg Cafe owner Lila Macapagal is looking forward to welcoming spring with the annual Big Spring Clean event in her hometown of Shady Palms, Illinois. For an entire month, local businesses, including her Brew-ha Café, will be offering discounts to welcome warmer weather and, hopefully, customers new and old. Her own trio of godmothers—Ninang April, Ninang…]]> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 21:00:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejDVklCIPex2NGFk24e89-qg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejAUYXIrHFh5-Gw5Ur-z5Bww A Cold Highland Wind by Tasha Alexander In this new installment of Tasha Alexander’s acclaimed Lady Emily series set in the wild Scottish highlands, an ancient story of witchcraft may hold the key to solving a murder centuries later. The Intern by Michele Campbell A young Harvard law student falls under the spell of a…]]> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 19:12:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejAUYXIrHFh5-Gw5Ur-z5Bww https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejCysxWATF-beGFk24e89-qg When Rowan McNamara’s abusive fiance Ethan throws her through a plate glass window, it’s the impetus she needs to finally leave him. Though he’s arrested for this latest act of battery, she knows that physical distance is key for her recovery, both physically and emotionally. This is no small task, as he’s not the kind…]]> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 16:15:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejCysxWATF-beGFk24e89-qg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejCo-FlrrLsxDwpx5_w21kha Some of the most unforgettable characters in literature are outsiders. Think of Jay Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Holden Caulfield in J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye.  In law enforcement, there’s no outsider greater than the bounty hunter. Unlike a sheriff or a cop, the bounty hunter is not elected…]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 17:28:46 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejCo-FlrrLsxDwpx5_w21kha https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejAJ7csimLO0Hd5ZnUTwRGH7 Meghan was the gorgeous, popular eldest daughter of the Chisholm family, a carbon copy of her doting mother Maureen. When she drowned after a bonfire party during her senior year of high school, her family was devastated. Worse still was the fact that her death wasn’t accidental. Someone had hit her on the head and…]]> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 17:00:33 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejAJ7csimLO0Hd5ZnUTwRGH7 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejCr-b1JhSsG_5u9CxXrVx4c One Smoke tinges the world white. It swallows the spired treetops and narrows the canyon ahead. It erases altogether the majestic gray faces of the Obsidians, shrouds the valley, slips up the ravines. Emlyn stands midstream, the river lulling at her thighs, pressing her waders tight. A shadow overhead, a flash of dark. In a…]]> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 16:00:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejCr-b1JhSsG_5u9CxXrVx4c https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejAgX6DRNjYCqoIAmcWJ0TmB Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage This book kept me up at night—that’s right, I was completely terrified by the story of a little girl who wants more than anything to live alone with her father. And that means getting rid of her mother. Told from the points of view of both mother and child, you…]]> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:47:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejAgX6DRNjYCqoIAmcWJ0TmB https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejD9eig2tD_ctJONpYks2fGs Hello again, dear readers! I am back from California with a treat for anyone who enjoys a tasty libation—whether alcoholic or otherwise—while paying homage to the Queen of Crime herself. This charming collection of 50 cocktails was inspired not only by Agatha Christie but by her characters and novels as well. Each drink comes with…]]> Wed, 20 Sep 2023 21:00:59 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejD9eig2tD_ctJONpYks2fGs https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejC-JWundPxUtSuZukmJ4mr4 The Dunning family has never recovered from the murder of eldest daughter Eliza. She and her boyfriend Travis Pratt were shot to death while making out in his car. The killer was swiftly apprehended, but the surviving members of Eliza’s family have drifted, unable to cope with their grief. Dad has disappeared into alcoholism, while…]]> Wed, 20 Sep 2023 16:12:48 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejC-JWundPxUtSuZukmJ4mr4 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejCUtgnCDVtL020dX84dnP8Y Reporter Nell Fagan isn’t exactly down on her luck, but a good scoop would definitely put her back in control of her career after a combination of her own indiscretions and the influence of wealthy recluse Rachel Savernake put her on the outs with the editors of Fleet Street. As such, she’s staying under an…]]> Tue, 19 Sep 2023 20:30:46 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejCUtgnCDVtL020dX84dnP8Y https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejD9rxf2tTbkwhtLdxSOwF-n As the bullets flew over his head, he returned fire by shooting out the gang member’s kneecaps.  The bullets continued, and he was worried he was about to run out of ammo.  It was tough being an elf cop. I should back up…this all started of course on what I thought was a typical Monday,…]]> Tue, 12 Sep 2023 22:04:30 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejD9rxf2tTbkwhtLdxSOwF-n https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejACwJYz-AcFVKJCIqJppjfU “Arsenic and the Shepherd” Eyebrows knotted, Superintendent McIntyre said, “Mee-thay?” My superior officer’s grasp of the vernacular was questionable, even after a decade in charge of the growing Bombay police force. 1892 had not been a good year for him—the hot summer air that the three-bladed punkha fans barely circulated, complaints from the Governor’s council, and constant interference from…]]> Mon, 11 Sep 2023 23:21:55 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejACwJYz-AcFVKJCIqJppjfU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejCsIK-TQZOUOntuT6pSmY81 At first glance, The Last Devil to Die is an ordinary tale—bad guys who need a place to hide a boatload of cocaine pick an innocuous antique shop as the perfect place to stash their stash. But something went wrong. The owner, Kuldesh Sharma, is found dead in the woods, shot by persons unknown. He’s…]]> Mon, 11 Sep 2023 16:00:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejCsIK-TQZOUOntuT6pSmY81 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejAPL7fV8nvDCAaB2UxGNFpJ Beneath Dark Waters is the second in Karen Rose’s New Orleans set mystery series. It follows up last year’s Quarter to Midnight. “Karen Rose’s special seasoning is corruption and murder. Her first New Orleans novel is a winner and readers will want more.” Readers will be pleased that many characters from Quarter to Midnight are…]]> Fri, 08 Sep 2023 17:53:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejAPL7fV8nvDCAaB2UxGNFpJ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejBnX9Uc2AvcQAp41t9tiERU Finn is on the run, hunted by the FBI for horrific war crimes he didn’t commit, reeling from his best friend’s death, and trying to prove his innocence while staying completely off the grid. He is determined to bring the guilty to justice. The excitement never rachets down: Blind Fear is a book that demands…]]> Thu, 07 Sep 2023 16:10:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejBnX9Uc2AvcQAp41t9tiERU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejDIOKmYxSCZRoIAmcWJ0TmB It seems like the whole town of Lake Eden, Minnesota, is in an uproar with the news that Detective Mike Kingston is thinking of quitting police work. Our heroine, Hannah Swensen, calls in the big guns to help her sort-of boyfriend Mike figure out what he really wants and feels. Top of her list is…]]> Wed, 06 Sep 2023 21:00:36 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejDIOKmYxSCZRoIAmcWJ0TmB https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejAvfA0dLYWzskZPHFZJLI3I The Raging Storm is the third installment in the continuing Two Rivers series. It can be read as a standalone but if you’d like to know more about Detective Inspector Matthew Venn and his world, consider reading reviews of The Long Call, followed by The Heron’s Cry. When she was a teenager, Ann Cleeves lived…]]> Wed, 06 Sep 2023 17:33:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/vIXBQNMzejAvfA0dLYWzskZPHFZJLI3I