Hamptons Whodunit

Hamptons Whodunit Hamptons Whodunit: LI’s premiere mystery & true crime festival. Mingle with top authors, legal experts & PI’s. Where fact meets fiction.

From graveyard tours to forensic panels, dive into the minds that solve & craft the world's most compelling cases.

Summer may be clocking out, but we’re squeezing in one last trip to the beach. 🌊🔎And naturally, our beach bag is a littl...
09/03/2026

Summer may be clocking out, but we’re squeezing in one last trip to the beach. 🌊🔎

And naturally, our beach bag is a little more suspicious than most. For Labor Day weekend, we’re packing beach reads from authors who have been featured at Hamptons Whodunit:

🌊 DEAD OF SUMMER by Jessa Maxwell
💀 PIECE OF MY HEART by Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke
🏠 THE LAST HOUSE GUEST by Megan Miranda
🌴 EVERY LAST FEAR by Alex Finlay

Consider this your last call for sun, sand, and something sinister.

True crime folks, we need your current watch list.What documentary, series, or case are you watching when you get the TV...
09/02/2026

True crime folks, we need your current watch list.

What documentary, series, or case are you watching when you get the TV to yourself? 📺🧑‍💻👻

We have a new case developing. Clue #1: Think Spanish moss, old squares, ghost stories, and a city that knows how to ke...
08/31/2026

We have a new case developing.

Clue #1: Think Spanish moss, old squares, ghost stories, and a city that knows how to keep a secret.

Hamptons Whodunit is going somewhere new this fall, with our first pop-up event, and this is your first piece of evidence!

Any guesses where we’re headed? 👀

Some books make us suspicious of everyone.Others convince us we’ve solved the mystery, let us feel clever for a few chap...
08/26/2026

Some books make us suspicious of everyone.

Others convince us we’ve solved the mystery, let us feel clever for a few chapters, and then change everything we thought we knew.

These four thrillers kept us guessing with layered storytelling, shifting perspectives, and suprising reveals:

📚 THE QUIET TENANT by Clémence Michallon
📚 THE MIDNIGHT FEAST by Lucy Foley
📚 FIRST LIE WINS by Ashley Elston
📚 THE NOTE by Alafair Burke

Which mystery or thriller completely fooled you?

Leave your recommendations in the comments.

Trust us when we say some of the best festival moments happen offstage. 🙌💜They happen while readers talk about their cur...
08/24/2026

Trust us when we say some of the best festival moments happen offstage. 🙌💜

They happen while readers talk about their current read in a signing line, when an unexpected conversation leads to a new favorite author, or when people who arrived alone realize they have found their community. (You’re never alone in the book community.)

The conversations, discoveries, and friendships between the panels are part of what makes a literary festival memorable.

Tag who you’d bring with you for a weekend filled with mysteries, books, and lively conversations.

📸: East 27 Creative

08/18/2026

True crime asks audiences to engage with stories that happened to real people. That makes the way those stories are told especially important.

Thoughtful true crime can uncover injustice, preserve history, examine the systems surrounding a case, and give victims and their families the care they deserve. Shock can almost make the human beings at the center of the story disappear.

What do you look for before choosing a true crime book, podcast, or documentary?

Responsible reporting? Investigative depth? Historical context? Respect for the victims? A meaningful reason for revisiting the case?

We would like to hear where you draw the line between compelling storytelling and exploitation. 👇

What kind of case are you opening this month? 🔎Follow the emoji to your next thriller read, then save this post for your...
08/14/2026

What kind of case are you opening this month? 🔎

Follow the emoji to your next thriller read, then save this post for your next bookstore or library visit.

💍 THE LAST ONE AT THE WEDDING by Jason Rekulak
For readers craving a wedding weekend filled with family secrets and slow-burning suspense.

📱THE COLDEST CASE by Tessa Wegert
For readers craving an isolated island mystery, frozen landscapes, and a chilling cold case.

✈️ TWO NIGHTS IN LISBON by Chris Pavone
For readers craving an international thriller where every answer leads to another question.

🌊 THE SUMMER GUESTS by Tess Gerritsen
For readers craving a coastal missing person mystery packed with buried secrets.

Which case are you opening first? Or recommend a thriller that belongs in this file. We’re always looking to grow our TBR. 📚

The New York Times recently named The 50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century, and nine books on that list were written by...
08/12/2026

The New York Times recently named The 50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century, and nine books on that list were written by seven authors who have joined us at Hamptons Whodunit.

And S.A. Cosby didn’t just make the list once. He made it three times.

📖 S.A. Cosby: RAZORBLADE TEARS, BLACKTOP WASTELAND, and ALL THE SINNERS BLEED
📖 Attica Locke: BLUEBIRD, BLUEBIRD
📖 Megan Abbott: DARE ME
📖 Michael Connelly: THE LINCOLN LAWYER
📖 Jennifer Hillier: JAR OF HEARTS
📖 Anthony Horowitz: MAGPIE MURDERS
📖 Lisa Jewell: NONE OF THIS IS TRUE

We couldn’t be more thrilled to see so many members of our mystery and thriller community recognized.

How many of these nine have you read?

05/11/2026

Thank you Karen! One of our debut authors…

✨Behind every great mystery is an even greater team.Hamptons Whodunit doesn’t happen by accident—it takes vision, planni...
04/25/2026

✨Behind every great mystery is an even greater team.

Hamptons Whodunit doesn’t happen by accident—it takes vision, planning, late nights, a hundred moving pieces, and a whole lot of incredible people making it all come to life.

To our founders, co-founders, honorary chair, assistants, volunteers, and everyone working behind the scenes—thank you.

You’re the reason the panels run, the guests arrive, the events happen, and the magic feels effortless (even when we know it definitely isn’t).

This weekend was unforgettable because of you! 💜

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