Author of PAY DIRT ROAD, HARD RAIN, and NEXT OF KIN (April 2024). Winner of the 2022 Hammett Prize and the 2019 Tony Hillerman Prize.

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NEXT OF KIN, the third mystery featuring Texas PI Annie McIntyre, is out now. Hope y’all enjoy it. Wearing my mom’s vintage Luckenbach tee to mark the occasion (these pages are also full of classic country music references🤠)
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HARD RAIN is nominated for a Shamus Award! And in such excellent company! Congrats to all the nominees 🎉
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Here's a recap of last Wednesday's Edgar Awards banquet, where authors dined, confabbed, posed, and looked amazing. It was a grand occasion hosted by a great community, and we'll see many of you again at Thrillerfest!
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Congratulations @LindaCastillo11 on a well-deserved win! 🎉 And so lovely meeting you!!
Congratulations to @LindaCastillo11, winner of THE G.P. PUTNAM’S SONS SUE GRAFTON MEMORIAL AWARD for An Evil Heart (@MinotaurBooks) #Edgars2024
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Making reading recommendations is one of my favorite things (used to be a bookseller!) Thanks for having me, @CrimeReads
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Five novels—and one short story—that use a small-town setting to explore complex issues and existential questions. From Samantha Jayne Allen (@samallenwrites). crimereads.com/small-town-bi…
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This week's #newreleases are here! Dive into your next great read from @SallyHepworth, Douglas Preston, Judi Dench and @BennyOHea, @tjbentonwalker, @judyilin, and @samallenwrites. 📚 View them all: us.macmillan.com.
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NEXT OF KIN, the third mystery featuring Texas PI Annie McIntyre, is out now. Hope y’all enjoy it. Wearing my mom’s vintage Luckenbach tee to mark the occasion (these pages are also full of classic country music references🤠)
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🪦@SSTaylorBooks reads from A Stolen Child (@MinotaurBooks), nominated for The G.P. Putnam's Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award. #Edgars2024
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So excited for this!
This Saturday at 1 p.m. ET, don't miss the nominees for The G.P. Putnam's Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award. bit.ly/3x4qIAQ
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🖤 @LindaCastillo11 reads from An Evil Heart (@MinotaurBooks), nominated for The G.P. Putnam's Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award. #Edgars2024
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Such an honor to be nominated. Thank you, @EdgarAwards!
🌧️@samallenwrites reads from Hard Rain (@MinotaurBooks), nominated for The G.P. Putnam's Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award. #Edgars2024
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📢 Get your copy of HARD RAIN for the low low price of $2.99! This deal won’t last forever (this weekend)
HARD RAIN, book 2 in the Annie McIntyre mysteries, set in a small TX town in the aftermath of a violent storm, is a #Kindle monthly deal! Get the ebook for $2.99 all through March: amazon.com/Hard-Rain-Novel-M…
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HARD RAIN is out in paperback today! So thrilled to have this book available to readers in a new format — and with a striking new cover! 🖤⚡️ us.macmillan.com/books/97812…
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HARD RAIN, book 2 in the Annie McIntyre mysteries, set in a small TX town in the aftermath of a violent storm, is a #Kindle monthly deal! Get the ebook for $2.99 all through March: amazon.com/Hard-Rain-Novel-M…
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“Allen conjures a suitably noirish mood from the opening pages, and renders even her secondary characters in three dimensions. With regional intrigue and plenty of satisfying sleuthing, this series merits a long run.” — @PublishersWkly on NEXT OF KIN publishersweekly.com/9781250…
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