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firstCLUE @firstcluereviews.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A firstCLUE Special: Cover Reveal and Giveaway WHILE THEY ALL WATCHED, by Sulari Gentill Pub. Date: March 16, 2027 @poisonedpenpress For giveaway instructions, visit the linktree in bio. Good luck! #giveaway #mystery #coverreveal #firstCLUE #poisinedpenpress

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firstCLUE @firstcluereviews.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Our Book of the Week is DARK MESSIAH, by Sara Z Carson @navigatorbooks See the rest of this week’s issue at the linktree in bio. Reviews forthcoming from @bookmarked, @atriabooks, and @soho_press. #firstCLUE #psychological #debut #historical

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firstCLUE @firstcluereviews.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Our Book of the Week is THE DYING LIGHT, by Ann Cleeves @minotaur_books See the rest of this week’s issue at the linktree in bio. Have you pre-ordered your copy yet?

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firstCLUE @firstcluereviews.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

While we are taking a break for Independence Day this week, our passion for #crimefiction never stops! Meet us back in the newsletter on July 9th for the next issue of firstCLUE.

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Breaking News: An Update From FirstCLUE

Reviewers to take break for the holiday.
This week, firstCLUE will be taking a break for Independence Day! We will return to your screens on July 9th with the following books:

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The Heights by Ian Rankin, The Unheld by Luke Larkin, Split Screen by Lee Goldberg, and The Claus Conspiracy by Tamara Berry

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firstCLUE @firstcluereviews.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Check out the latest issue of firstCLUE, featuring our Book of the week THE WILD BENEATH, by Kelly Anderson. Subscribe to firstCLUE for the latest and most advanced reviews in #crimefiction. mailchi.mp/firstcluerev...

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Book of the Week: The Wild Beneath by Kelly Anderson

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firstCLUE @firstcluereviews.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Giveaway! Enter to win one of five copies of Patricia Cornwell's TRUE CRIME, out today from @grandcentralpub.bsky.social mailchi.mp/firstcluerev... #CrimeFiction

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firstCLUE @firstcluereviews.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

OK. I give up. Can someone tell me how to add alt text to an image here? All I can see is a definition of what alt text is, but no way to add it. Help!

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firstCLUE @firstcluereviews.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

@edwinhillauthor.bsky.social’s WHAT HAPPENED NEXT is an #AmazonFirstReads. Our review called it “taut and intense.” After that, try Hill’s WHO TO BELIEVE (“sophisticated, suspenseful, and shocking”) and his "bold, ambitious" THE SECRETS WE SHARE. See linktree in bio for the full reviews.

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Allan Gaw @allangaw.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

First US review of ‘The Silent House of Sleep’ out today from @firstcluereviews.bsky.social and it’s their Book of the Week! Publication date: May 5 and available now for preorder. @mysteriousbookshop.com

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firstCLUE @firstcluereviews.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Our Book of the Week is the "Brilliant. Groundbreaking. Emotionally intense." ALL WE HIDE by @robyngigl.bsky.social @sohopress.bsky.social mailchi.mp/firstcluerev...

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firstCLUE @firstcluereviews.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

"A classically framed and styled mystery set in India" is our Book of the Week. We're also featuring #crimefiction by @elizabethheider.bsky.social, @danielletrussoni.bsky.social, @lorasenf.bsky.social, and Paula Sutton mailchi.mp/firstcluerev.... Free reviews by librarians at firstcluereviews.com

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firstCLUE @firstcluereviews.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

It's been a lovely break, but we're back! Our most recent book of the week is Rebecca Hannigan's DARKROOMS, which "captures the claustrophobic small-mindedness of a community willing to close ranks against the innocent to protect the guilty." mailchi.mp/firstcluerev... @wmmorrowbooks.bsky.social

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firstCLUE @firstcluereviews.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Yes, it's freezing out, but WE HAVE BOOKS SET IN ITALY mailchi.mp/firstcluerev...

The cover of Murder in an Italian Village by Michael Falco. This cover has a soft, mid-century modern feel. The viewer is looking past a cafe with an overturned chair. The view is of the ocean, which is turquoise with a peach colored sky overhead, and a village climbs up the adjacent cliffs and is shown in shades of turquoise and pink.

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firstCLUE @firstcluereviews.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Like a good cozy? How about one with a board-game twist? We've got you! We interviewed @shellyjones.bsky.social on her new book Murder, She Rolled firstcluereviews.com?p=4786

The cover of Murder She Rolled by Shelly Jones. A green bottle with a skull and bones poison symbol on it lies on its side with green liquid spilling out over board game pieces.

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firstCLUE @firstcluereviews.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Scared of Mondays? Take your mind off it with a killing that's "the goriest I’ve ever read: brace yourself for a man having his Adam’s apple bitten out,with the gruesome fruit spat out to roll across the floor." THE BLOODLESS BOY by Robert Lloyd firstcluereviews.com?p=2498 @melvillehouse.bsky.social

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StephenCox Wiz-4 "funny raunchy romantic, satisfyingly twisted" @stephencoxauthor.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

"A book I've been looking for all my life. Queer found family all wrapped up in a supernatural murder mystery. Absolute perfection.” The Crooked Medium's Guide to Murder - Out worldwide! #womensleuths #mystery #sapphic #spooky #books #booksky #LGBT+ #Victorian stephencox.co.uk/books/upcomi...

Stephen Cox - genial guy with grey beard and hair, holding copies of The Crooked Medium's Guide to Murder. Outdoors, trees in background. Book description A striking book cover with the title and author name dominating.
A rich dark blue background, and a touch of mist. The text appears in gold in a gold rectangular frame, the font is old fashioned implying C19th century. The frame has three rondels or cameos each containing a picture. Top right is a golden bee brooch with the body and one wing streaked with red blood. Middle left is foxgloves, spires of small bell flowers in pink, white and purple. Bottom right is a dark brown medicine bottle, with a pale label. The word LAUDANUM is just visible.
There are pink highlights on some of the letters.
Taken together it is bold, mysterious, and Victorian.

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firstCLUE @firstcluereviews.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Is royalty your thing? Try these two books published this week: The Queen Who Came in from the Cold by @sophiabennett.bsky.social firstcluereviews.com?p=4553 and Revenge, Served Royal by Celeste Connally firstcluereviews.com?p=4413 @minotaurbooks.bsky.social @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social

The cover of Revenge, Served Royal by Celeste Connally. The silhouette of a young woman in Regency era dress looks over the grounds of a castle.

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firstCLUE @firstcluereviews.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Our Book of the Week is YOU DID NOTHING WRONG by CG Drews mailchi.mp/firstcluerev...

The cover of You Did Nothing Wrong by CG Drews. A dark cover with red roses on it, and a woman's hand is reaching into take one of the roses. Below that image is a house with a woman standing silhouetted in the window.

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firstCLUE @firstcluereviews.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Hello Bluesky! firstCLUE isn't new, but we're new here! We're librarians who review crime fiction as far ahead of its publication date as possible. New reviews in our free newsletter every Thursday! firstcluereviews.com

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