The Best Best Mystery Book - April 2023

Blake Pierce

Blake Pierce is writer of the bestselling RILEY PAGE mystery collection, which includes eight novels (and counting). Blake Pierce is also the writer of the MACKENZIE WHITE puzzle series, containing five books (and counting); of this AVERY BLACK puzzle show (and counting), containing four novels; and of the newest KERI LOCKE mystery collection,comprising four books (and counting).

ONCE GONE (also a Riley Paige Mystery--Book #1), BEFORE HE KILLS (A Mackenzie White Mystery—Novel 1), CAUSE TO KILL (A Avery Black Mystery—Novel 1), along with A TRACE OF DEATH (A Keri Locke Mystery—Publication 1) are all available as a free download on Amazon!

An enthusiastic reader and lifelong lover of the mystery and thriller genres, Blake likes to hear from you, so please don't hesitate to visit www.blakepierceauthor.com to learn more and stay in touch.

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John Grisham

Long before his name became synonymous with the contemporary legal thriller, John Grisham was working 60-70 hours a week in a small Southaven, Mississippi law practice, squeezing in time before visiting the workplace and through courtroom recesses to operate on his hobby--writing his first novel.

Born on February 8, 1955 in Jonesboro, Arkansas, to a construction worker and a homemaker, John Grisham as a child dreamed of being a professional baseball player. Realizing he did not have the ideal things for a professional career, he shifted gears and majored in accounting at Mississippi State University. After graduating from law school at Ole Miss in 1981, he moved on to practice law for nearly a decade in Southaven, specializing in criminal defense and personal injury lawsuit.

One day at the DeSoto County courthouse, Grisham resisted the harrowing testimony of a twelve-year-old rape victim and had been motivated to start a novel exploring what would have happened if the girl's father had murdered her assailants. Getting up at 5 a.m. daily to get in a number of hours of writing time before going off to work, Grisham spent three years on A Time to Kill and finished it in 1987. Initially rejected by many publishers, it was eventually bought by Wynwood Press, who gave it a modest 5,000 copy printing and published it in June 1988.

That might have put an end to Grishams hobby. But he had already started his next novel, and it would immediately turn this hobby into a brand new fulltime profession. When he gave the movie rights to The Firm to Paramount Pictures for $600,000, Grisham abruptly became a hot property among publishers, and publication rights were purchased by Doubleday. Spending 47 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list, The Business became the bestselling novel of 1991.

The victories of this Pelican Brief, which hit number one on the New York Times bestseller list, and The Client, which debuted at number one, confirm

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Michael Connelly

Michael Connelly is the bestselling author of twenty-eight books and one work of nonfiction. With more than half million copies of his novels sold worldwide and translated to thirty-nine international languages, he's among the most successful writers working today. A former newspaper reporter that worked on the crime beat at the Los Angeles Times and the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, Connelly has won numerous awards for his journalism and his fiction. His very first publication, The Black Echo, won the prestigious Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best First Novel in 1992. Back in 2002, Clint Eastwood directed and starred in the film version of Connelly's 1998 book, Blood perform. In March 2011, the movie version of the #1 bestselling book, The Lincoln Lawyer, hit theaters worldwide starring Matthew McConaughey as Mickey Haller. His latest #1 New York Times bestsellers include the Incorrect Side Of Goodbye, The Crossing, The Living Room, The Gods of Guilt, The Black Box, and The Drop. Michael is the executive producer of BOSCH, an Amazon Studios original drama series based on his bestselling character Harry Bosch, starring Titus Welliver and loading on Amazon Prime. He's also the executive producer of this documentary movie, SOUND OF REDEMPTION: The Frank Morgan Story. He spends his time in California and Florida.

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