This edition of All Booked was originally emailed to subscribers on February 22, 2022. To receive Emily Cosentino Lee and Caitlin Fitch's literary newsletter in your inbox, sign up at independent.com/newsletters .
Hello, book lovelies!
February is the month of love, and as we are approaching the end, I wanted to shout out something that I love most in books: murder! Honestly, if there isn’t a murder in a book, I don’t really want to read it. That may sound dark, and perhaps it is, but there is also a thrill that comes with reading a murder mystery or a psychological thriller that I crave. I love the rush of solving the mystery, and the satisfaction of guessing “the twist.” And it’s fiction — so really it’s all good, right?