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Rachel Howzell Hall


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aka Rachel Howzell

Rachel was born in Los Angeles, California fifteen days after Paul McCartney announced the split of the Beatles. As a child, she kept a pen in her hand, writing everywherein notebooks, on loose-leaf paper, in her big brothers prep-school yearbook and on the back of church bulletins. But never on walls, buildings or freeway overpasses. That is graffiti.

For four years, she lived in the forest at UC Santa Cruz. There, she received a degree in English and American Literature, and helped to charter the Pi Upsilon Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Incorporated.


She lives with her husband and daughter in L.A.
 


Genres: Mystery, Fantasy
 
New and upcoming books
May 2026

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Mist and Malice
(Haven , book 2)
Series
Detective Elouise Norton
   1. Land of Shadows (2014)
   2. Skies of Ash (2015)
   3. Trail of Echoes (2016)
   4. City of Saviors (2017)
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Last One
   1. The Last One (2024)
   2. The Cruel Dawn (2025)
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Haven
   1. Fog and Fury (2025)
   2. Mist and Malice (2026)
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Novels
   A Quiet Storm (2002)
   The View from Here (2010) (as by Rachel Howzell)
   No One Knows You're Here (2014)
   They All Fall Down (2019)
   And Now She's Gone (2020)
   These Toxic Things (2021)
   We Lie Here (2022)
   What Never Happened (2023)
   What Fire Brings (2024)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   How It Ends (2021)
   See How They Run (2022)
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Anthologies edited
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Series contributed to
 
Never Tell
   4. Scorpions (2024)
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Books containing stories by Rachel Howzell Hall
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Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem (2024)
Bouchercon Anthology 2024
(Bouchercon Anthology)
edited by
Heather Graham
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Shattering Glass (2020)
A Nasty Woman Press Anthology
edited by
Heather Graham

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Award nominations
2023 Short Story Dagger (longlist) : Clout Chase
2022 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller (nominee) : We Lie Here
2022 ITW Award for Best Hardcover Novel (nominee) : These Toxic Things
2022 ITW Award for Best Audiobook (nominee) : How It Ends
2022 Anthony Award for Best Mystery Novel (nominee) : These Toxic Things
2021 Shamus Award for Best PI Novel (nominee) : And Now She's Gone
2021 Lefty Award for Best Mystery Novel (nominee) : And Now She's Gone
2021 Barry Award for Best Novel (nominee) : And Now She's Gone
2021 Anthony Award for Best Hardcover Novel (nominee) : And Now She's Gone
2020 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller (nominee) : And Now She's Gone
2020 Lefty Award for Best Mystery Novel (nominee) : They All Fall Down
2020 ITW Award for Best Hardcover Novel (nominee) : They All Fall Down
2020 Anthony Award for Best Novel (nominee) : They All Fall Down


Rachel Howzell Hall recommends
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Too Old For This (2025)
Samantha Downing
"So this is what Samantha Downing does best: makes the reader cheer for murderous women. Too Old for This is twisty, funny and downright dastardly - and I loved turning every single page to see just how far Lottie Jones would go. An incredible read!"
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The Note (2025)
Alafair Burke
"WHAT?! That's what I kept saying over and over again while reading The Note. Betrayals. Lies. Love. Friendships. And twists - oh, the twists! Utterly immersive and addictive, populated by people we all know, who frustrate us, who don't know how to love us but who are there for us until the end."
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Echo Road (2024)
Kendra Elliot and Melinda Leigh
"Intense. Propulsive. Exhausting, but that good can't-stop-reading kind of exhausting, the rooting-for-justice kind of exhaustion, the kick-ass-women-kicking-ass kind of exhaustion."

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