Sinister Graves

I’m writing this on the first day it’s rained in the northeast in a long time. I was beginning to forget what clouds looked like. And how the mood outside my window finally mirrored the inside of my head. All summer I’ve been reading a mixture of Mystery, Thriller and Horror titles – only to […]

From a book on our Discover Prize Shortlist to another on the Longlist for the National Book Awards year’s favorite mysteries and so many in between, this has been a great year for Indigenous voices. While we are focusing on the current books by native authors, we’d be remiss if we didn’t include other fantastic […]

Finishing the third title in Marcie Rendon’s Cash Blackbear Mystery series had us quickly scrambling to binge-read books one and two. We fell fast and hard for Rendon’s Renee “Cash” Blackbear. The pool playing, beer drinking, hard-nosed 19-year-old Cash is the perfect anti-hero as she juggles a tough exterior that’s protecting someone whose been through a lot. Cash drives this story, and we will follow her down any trail to solve the crime. Keep reading this post from Marcie R. Rendon about the stories that inspire her writing!

With stories that will send chills down your spine, make you sleep with the lights on, and leave you double checking that your doors are locked, these Indigenous novels will keep you on the edge of your seat. Angeline Boulley first captured our hearts with Firekeeper’s Daughter, our first-ever YA Winner in the Children’s and […]