{"id":65532,"date":"2016-10-25T11:58:51","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T00:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/?p=65532"},"modified":"2016-10-26T12:40:54","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T01:40:54","slug":"crime-corruption-caskets-sarah-mcduling-guides-us-25-crime-books-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2016\/10\/25\/crime-corruption-caskets-sarah-mcduling-guides-us-25-crime-books-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Crime, Corruption, Caskets: Sarah McDuling guides us through her 25 Crime Books of the Month."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/booktoberfest\/promo100.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-65576\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Booktoberfest-top-blog-banner-25-Oct.png\" alt=\"booktoberfest-top-blog-banner-25-oct\" width=\"744\" height=\"222\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to Booktoberfest, Booktopia&#8217;s annual celebration of books, authors and of course <em>you<\/em> &#8211; our readers and book lovers!<\/p>\n<p>In this post I&#8217;ve selected the hottest crime reads\u00a0 for you &#8211; everything from Michael Connelly&#8217;s <em>The Wrong Side of Goodbye<\/em>, the latest from Ian Rankin and Patricia Cornwell, and Melina Marchetta&#8217;s <em>Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">If you order any of the crime books from this post, you&#8217;ll go into the draw to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/booktoberfest-2016\/crime-fiction\/promo700.html\" target=\"_blank\">win a fiction prize pack worth $1000!<\/a> And, if you order <em>any<\/em> book from the<a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/booktoberfest\/promo100.html\" target=\"_blank\"> Booktoberfest Showcase<\/a> you&#8217;ll go into the draw to win a year&#8217;s supply of books. That&#8217;s a $50 gift voucher every week &#8211; for an entire year!<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Sarah McDuling&#8217;s\u00a0 Book of the Month<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-wrong-side-of-goodbye-michael-connelly\/prod9781760293833.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-65533\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/xthe-wrong-side-of-goodbye.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.NhCQcQf2oW.jpg\" alt=\"xthe-wrong-side-of-goodbye-jpg-pagespeed-ic-nhcqcqf2ow\" width=\"209\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><strong>The Wrong Side of Goodbye<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Detective Harry Bosch Series: Book 21<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>by Michael Connelly<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Only Harry Bosch can uncover LA&#8217;s darkest secrets in this new gripping thriller from global bestseller Michael Connelly.<\/p>\n<p>Harry Bosch is working as a part-time detective in the town of San Fernando outside of Los Angeles, when he gets the invitation to meet with the ageing aviation billionaire Whitney Vance. When he was eighteen Vance had a relationship with a Mexican girl called Vibiana Duarte, but soon after becoming pregnant she disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>Now, as he reaches the end of his life, Vance wants to know what happened to Vibiana and whether there is an heir to his vast fortune. And Bosch is the only person he trusts to undertake&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-wrong-side-of-goodbye-michael-connelly\/prod9781760293833.html\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more. <\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Sarah chats about her Crime Books of the Month<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe title=\"Booktoberfest: Crime Guide 2016\" width=\"1250\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ja_bf2CH2rk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Sarah McDuling&#8217;s Crime Picks of the Month<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/tell-the-truth-shame-the-devil-melina-marchetta\/prod9780670079100.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-65534\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/xtell-the-truth-shame-the-devil.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.e-tAdSzE3t.jpg\" alt=\"xtell-the-truth-shame-the-devil-jpg-pagespeed-ic-e-tadsze3t\" width=\"204\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><strong>Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>by Melina Marchetta<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Melina Marchetta&#8217;s gripping new novel <em>Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil<\/em> is part family saga, part crime fiction, and wholly unputdownable.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Inspector Bish Ortly of the London MET, divorced and still grieving the death of his son, has been drowning his anger in a whisky bottle. Something has to give. He&#8217;s no sooner suspended from the force than a busload of British students on tour in France is hit in a bomb attack. Bish goes immediately to the scene, not in an official capacity, but because his daughter Bee was on that bus. Four people have been killed and another four critically injured &#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/tell-the-truth-shame-the-devil-melina-marchetta\/prod9780670079100.html\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[soundcloud url=&#8221;https:\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/279646437&#8243; params=&#8221;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; height=&#8221;166&#8243; iframe=&#8221;true&#8221; \/]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/out-of-bounds-val-mcdermid\/prod9781408706923.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-65539\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/xout-of-bounds.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.NEkhOF-ykf.jpg\" alt=\"xout-of-bounds-jpg-pagespeed-ic-nekhof-ykf\" width=\"199\" height=\"323\" \/><\/a><strong>Out of Bounds<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>by Val McDermid<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When a teenage joyrider crashes a stolen car, a routine DNA test could be the key to unlocking the mystery of a twenty-year-old murder inquiry. Detective Chief Inspector Karen Pirie is an expert at solving the unsolvable. With each cold case closed, justice is served. So, finding the answer should be straightforward, but it&#8217;s as twisted as the DNA helix itself.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Karen finds herself irresistibly drawn to another case, one that she has no business investigating. And as she pieces together decades-old evidence, Karen discovers the most dangerous kind of secrets. Secrets that someone is willing to kill for &#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/out-of-bounds-val-mcdermid\/prod9781408706923.html\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/chaos-patricia-cornwell\/prod9781460751510.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-65542\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/xchaos.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.NrBMvLPpbo.jpg\" alt=\"xchaos-jpg-pagespeed-ic-nrbmvlppbo\" width=\"193\" height=\"296\" \/><\/a><strong>Chaos<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Kay Scarpetta Series: Book 24<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>by Patricia Cornwell<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the quiet of twilight, on an early autumn day, twenty-six-year-old Elisa Vandersteel is killed while riding her bicycle along the Charles River. It appears she was struck by lightning &#8212; except the weather is perfectly clear with not a cloud in sight. Dr. Kay Scarpetta, the Cambridge Forensic Center&#8217;s director and chief, decides at the scene that this is no accidental Act of God.<\/p>\n<p>Her investigation becomes complicated when she begins receiving a flurry of bizarre poems from an anonymous cyberbully who calls himself Tailend Charlie. Though subsequent lab results support Scarpetta&#8217;s conclusions, the threatening messages don&#8217;t stop&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/chaos-patricia-cornwell\/prod9781460751510.html\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more.<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/rather-be-the-devil-ian-rankin\/prod9781409159414.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-65543\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/xrather-be-the-devil.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.DZLP-FODPN.jpg\" alt=\"xrather-be-the-devil-jpg-pagespeed-ic-dzlp-fodpn\" width=\"193\" height=\"295\" \/><\/a><strong>Rather Be the Devil<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>John Rebus Series: Book 21<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>by Ian Rankin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some cases never leave you.<\/p>\n<p>For John Rebus, forty years may have passed, but the death of beautiful, promiscuous Maria Turquand still preys on his mind. Murdered in her hotel room on the night a famous rock star and his entourage were staying there, Maria&#8217;s killer has never been found.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the dark heart of Edinburgh remains up for grabs. A young pretender, Darryl Christie, may have staked his claim, but a vicious attack leaves him weakened and vulnerable, and an inquiry into a major money laundering scheme threatens his position. Has old-time crime boss Big Ger Cafferty really given up the ghost, or is he&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/rather-be-the-devil-ian-rankin\/prod9781409159414.html\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/booktoberfest-2016\/crime-fiction\/promo700.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-65014 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Order-this-book-to-win-1.jpg\" alt=\"order-this-book-to-win\" width=\"742\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-whistler-john-grisham\/prod9781444791143.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-65544\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/the-whistler.jpg\" alt=\"the-whistler\" width=\"196\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Whistler<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>by John Grisham<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The most corrupt judge in US history. A young investigator with a secret informant. The electrifying new thriller.<\/p>\n<p>Lacy Stoltz never expected to be in the firing line. Investigating judicial misconduct by Florida&#8217;s one thousand judges, her cases so far have been relatively unexciting. That&#8217;s until she meets Greg Myers, an indicted lawyer with an assumed name, who has an extraordinary tale to tell.<\/p>\n<p>Myers is representing a whistle blower who knows of a judge involved in organised crime. Along with her gangster associates this judge has facilitated the building of a casino on an Indian reservation. At least two people who opposed the scheme &#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-whistler-john-grisham\/prod9781444791143.html\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more. <\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Must Have Titles For Christmas<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/booktoberfest-2016\/crime-fiction\/promo700.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-65545 \" src=\"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Capture-2.png\" alt=\"capture\" width=\"676\" height=\"386\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Did You Love<em>&#8230;<\/em>?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-girl-on-the-train-paula-hawkins\/prod9781784161750.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-65546\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/xthe-girl-on-the-train.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.qeXZLAvrU5.jpg\" alt=\"xthe-girl-on-the-train-jpg-pagespeed-ic-qexzlavru5\" width=\"187\" height=\"291\" \/><\/a>The Girl on the Train<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>by Paula Hawkins<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t know her. But she knows you.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. She&#8217;s even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. \u2018Jess and Jason&#8217;, she calls them. Their life \u2013 as she sees it \u2013 is perfect. If only Rachel could be that happy.<\/p>\n<p>And then she sees something shocking. It&#8217;s only a minute until the train moves on, but it&#8217;s enough. Now everything&#8217;s changed. Now Rachel has a chance to become a part of the lives she&#8217;s only watched from afar. Now they&#8217;ll see; she&#8217;s much more than just the girl on the train&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-girl-on-the-train-paula-hawkins\/prod9781784161750.html\" target=\"_blank\"> Learn more. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/booktoberfest-2016\/crime-fiction\/promo700.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64998\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/then-youll-love.jpg\" alt=\"then-youll-love\" width=\"613\" height=\"149\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Booktoberfest, Booktopia&#8217;s annual celebration of books, authors and of course you &#8211; our readers and book lovers! In this post I&#8217;ve selected the hottest crime reads\u00a0 for you &#8211; everything from Michael Connelly&#8217;s The Wrong Side of Goodbye, the latest from Ian Rankin and Patricia Cornwell, and Melina Marchetta&#8217;s Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil. If you order any of the crime books from this post, you&#8217;ll go into the draw to win a fiction prize pack worth $1000! And, if you order any book from the Booktoberfest Showcase you&#8217;ll go into the draw to win a year&#8217;s supply of books. That&#8217;s a $50 gift voucher every week &#8211; for an entire year! Sarah McDuling&#8217;s\u00a0 Book of the Month The Wrong Side of Goodbye Detective Harry Bosch Series: Book 21 by Michael Connelly Only Harry Bosch can uncover LA&#8217;s darkest secrets in this new gripping thriller from global bestseller Michael Connelly. 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