C. L. Miller is the internationally bestselling author of the Antique Hunter Series. She started working life as an editorial assistant for her mother, Judith Miller, on The Miller’s Antique Price Guide and other antiquing guides. She lives in a medieval cottage in Dedham Vale, Suffolk, with her family.
The author's newest novel is The Antique Hunter's Murder at the Castle.
At CrimeReads Miller tagged five crime novels "where houses act as witnesses, objects function as evidence, and history is not background texture but an active participant in the mystery." One title on the list:
S.A. Cosby, All the Sinners BleedRead about the other entries on the list at CrimeReads.
S.A. Cosby’s All the Sinners Bleed is one of my favorite crime reads–although I would argue that it’s not a traditional historical mystery, but it brilliantly uses the legacies of the Southern landscape—its racial fault lines, its layered memory of violence and resistance to anchor its powerful narrative.
The small Virginia town isn’t just a backdrop; its history amplifies the tension and moral conflict faced by a sheriff hunting a serial killer whose crimes feel rooted in long-standing community wounds.
All The Sinners Bleed is among Amber and Danielle Brown's five top thrillers with social commentary and Publishers Weekly's best mysteries and thrillers of 2023.
--Marshal Zeringue
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