Time For Summer Mystery Books!

Let’s welcome summer with a look at what’s been happening in the mystery genre. As always, we’ve got adaptation news, as well as three podcast episodes to check out, a summer reading list, and an author-recommended reading list.

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RJ Decker’s fate revealed

ABC has finally announced that RJ Decker will return for a second season! Set in South Florida, starring an ex-convict photojournalist now turned PI, the series is based on Carl Hiaasen’s Skink series, which begins with Double Whammy. You can catch up on the show’s first season on Hulu.

Making a summer TBR list?

The Los Angeles Times has mystery books releasing this summer for you to check out.

Author recommended

Maybe your next favorite book comes via an author’s recommendation at People Magazine: Lucy Score, Meghan Quinn, and More Authors Share Their Must-Read Spring Books

For podcast listeners (episodes can be found on any podcast app):

• Saeed Jones and Zach Stafford chatted about the true crime genre on Vibe Check.
• On the “rejection podcast,” We Regret To Inform You, you can hear all about how Mick Herron’s Slow Horses was rejected for years as a novel and then as a television series before both finally got published and created.
• Atlanta-based author DL White spoke with Robert Justice about her romantic suspense novel, Missing Persons.

Browse the books recommended in Unusual Suspects’ previous newsletters on this shelf, and see 2026 releases! Until next time, come talk books with me on Bluesky, Goodreads, Litsy, and Multitudes Contained.

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