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Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss catching up on 2023 releases on their TBRs!! Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Wanna escape the Dog Days of summer with purrfect book recommendations? Let Tailored Book Recommendations pick awesome books to keep you entertained. Touch grass, grab some lemonade, and enjoy TBR's picks. Visit mytbr.co to sign up today – it only takes a few minutes. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.
BOOKS DISCUSSED Exiles - Jane Harper The Mistress at Bhatia House - Sujata Massey I’m Not Done With You Yet - Jesse Q. Sutanto Board to Death - CJ Connor The Only One Left - Riley Sager Red London - Alma Katsu If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com. Otherwise you can: Find Kendra on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester talk about books by women in translation! Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Wanna escape the Dog Days of summer with purrfect book recommendations? Let Tailored Book Recommendations pick awesome books to keep you entertained. Touch grass, grab some lemonade, and enjoy TBR's picks. Visit mytbr.co to sign up today! NEWS Hyperion Avenue is debuting a new Marvel crime series! These will be novels rather than graphic novels, and they’ll feature writing from S.A. Cosby, Lisa Jewell, and Alex Segura to kick things off. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED How Can I Help You - Laura Sims The Aosawa Murders - Riku Onda, transl. Alison Watts The Resting Place - Camilla Sten, transl. Alexandra Fleming Our Share of Night - Mariana Enríquez, transl. Megan McDowell Cursed Bunny - Bora Chung, transl. Anton Hur Looking Glass Sound - Catriona Ward The Dark Place - Britney S. Lewis If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com. Otherwise you can: Find Kendra on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss literary crime fiction! Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news! What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.
NEWS Shirley Jackson Awards Long Island Serial Killer - murders & search written about in Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery - Robert Kolker Literary Crime Fiction (Crime Reads)
BOOKS DISCUSSED Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton Shelter by Jung Yun Kala by Colin Walsh Urgent Matters by Paula Rodríguez, Translated from Spanish by Sarah Moses
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Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss their most anticipated book for the second half of 2023! Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news! What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.
NEWS STOP THE PRESSES: TANA FRENCH HAS A NEW BOOK COMING IN 2024!!!! Alyssa Cole also has a new thriller coming out!! Crime Reads Best of List for the first half of 2023
BOOKS DISCUSSED Where All the Light Tends to Go - David Joy Happiness Falls - Angie Kim (August 29) Bright Young Women - Jessica Knoll (Sept. 19) The Reformatory - Tananarive Due (October 31) Here in the Dark: Stories - Meagan Lucas (July 27th) Those We Thought We Knew - David Joy (August 1st) I’m Not Done with You Yet - Jessica Q. Sutanto August 22nd) How Can I Help You - Laura Sims The Centre - Ayesha Manazir Siddigi The Mistress of Bhatia House - Sujata Massey If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com. Otherwise you can: Find Kendra on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kendra Winchester and Katie McLain Horner share some of their favorite scary summer books! Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news! What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month. *This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission
BOOKS DISCUSSED The Postcard by Anne Berest, Translated from French by Tina Kover So Cold the River by Michael Koryta When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole Summers Sons by Lee Mandelo Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones Evidence of Things Seen: True Crime in an Era of Reckoning by Sarah Weinman Goodbye Earl: A Revenge Novel by Leesa Cross-Smith If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com. Otherwise you can: Find Kendra on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kendra Winchester and Katie McLain Horner discuss mysteries and thrillers for Audiobook Month! Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news! Looking for fascinating stories, informed takes, useful advice, and more drawn from our collective experience as power readers, teachers, librarians, booksellers, and bookish professionals? Subscribe to The Deep Dive, a biweekly newsletter to inform and inspire readers, delivered to your inbox! Your first read (The Power Reader's Guide to Reading Logs & Trackers) is on the house. Check out all the details and choose your membership level at bookriot.substack.com. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.
NEWS Winners of the 2023 International Thriller Writer Awards
BOOKS DISCUSSED Everything I Never Told You - Celeste Ng , Narrated by Cassandra Campbell Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay, Narrated by Nick Landrum For Your Own Good - Samantha Downing, Narrated by David Pittu Warrior Girl Unearthed - Angeline Boulley, Narrated by Isabella Star LaBlanc The Only One Left - Riley Sager Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird: Stories - Agustina Bazterrica, Translated by Sarah Moses
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Tune in as Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss true crime for a (belated) Nonfiction November.Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news!This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.BOOKS DISCUSSEDLast Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York – Elon GreenThe Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing – Sonia FaleiroAmerican Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land – Monica HesseThe Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of Double Murder in Appalachia – Emma Copley EisenbergInterview with Emma Copley EisenbergEisenberg’s Articles“Fact Checking Is the Core of Nonfiction Writing. Why Do So Many Publishers Refuse to Do It?” (Esquire)“The Tale of Queer Appalachia: A popular Instagram account raises funds for LGBTQ people in Appalachia. But does the money really go where it’s supposed to?” (Washington Post Magazine)“I was an AmeriCorps Member in West Virginia: The Benefits and Limitations of National Service” (TIME)Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City – Tanya TalagaProtect ICWA InfoIf you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com.Otherwise you can:Find Kendra on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchesterFind Katie on Twitter @kt_libraryladyAnd we will talk to you all next time!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tune in as Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss their gift guide for the holidays. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news!
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BOOKS DISCUSSED Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York – Elon Green Her Name is Knight – Yasmin Angoe Death in the Family – Tessa Wegert Ghost Squad – Claribel A. Ortega Sadie – Courtney Summers The Widows of Malabar Hill – Sujata Massey The Satapur Moonstone – Sujata Massey The Bombay Prince – Sujata Massey The Mistress of Bhatia House – Sujata Massey If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com. Otherwise you can: Find Kendra on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tune in as Katie McLain and Kendra Winchester discuss mysteries and thrillers for Indigenous Heritage Month. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news!
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BOOKS DISCUSSED My Heart Is a Chainsaw – Stephen Graham Jones Shutter – Ramona Emerson Winter Counts – David Heska Wanbli Weiden Moon of the Crusted Snow – Waubgeshig Rice Firekeeper’s Daughter – Angeline Boulley The Resemblance – Lauren Nossett The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2022 – edited Jess Walter and Steph Cha If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com. Otherwise you can: Find Kendra on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tune in as Katie and Kendra discuss novels with villain POV characters! Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS Angela Lansbury, who played Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote, has died at 96 (Book Riot) Devil in the White City loses its director and Keanu Reeves in the same week (Indie Wire) Kenneth Branagh is making a third Poirot mystery, which will be based on the novel Hallowe’en Party (People) Reading the Stars by us, Book Riot, will help you better understand how your zodiac sign shapes your reading life. Check out our giveaway! BOOKS DISCUSSED Black Folk Could Fly – Randall Kenan Out – Natsuo Kirino; transl. Stephen Snyder The Dinner – Herman Koch; transl. Sam Garrett My Sister the Serial Killer – Oyinkan Braithwaite For Your Own Good – Samantha Downing Anywhere You Run – Wanda M. Morris Lavender House – Lev AC Rosen If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com. Otherwise you can: Find Kendra on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tune in as Katie and Kendra discuss witchy books perfect for spooky season! Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news! THINGS MENTIONED Reading the Stars by us, Book Riot, will help you better understand how your zodiac sign shapes your reading life. Check out our giveaway! “Hurricane Ian relief: How to donate, volunteer and more” (NBC WPTV) Dylan in His Raincoat
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BOOKS DISCUSSED Shrines of Gaiety – Kate Atkinson What’s Done in Darkness – Laura McHugh The Lighthouse Witches – CJ Cooke The Year of the Witching – Alexis Henderson The Women Could Fly – Megan Giddings The Witches: Salem, 1692 – Stacy Schiff Blackmail and Bibingka – Mia P. Manansala Jackal – Erin E. Adams If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com. Otherwise you can: Find Kendra on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tune in as Katie and Kendra discuss books for Banned Books Week! Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS Anthony Award Winners Announced (Bouchercon 2022) Banned in the USA: The Growing Movement to Censor Books in Schools (Pen America) “Lechelt: On banning books. Specifically, ‘Monday’s Not Coming’” (London Times-Mirror) “‘It’s surreal’: Collierville Schools removes LGBTQ+ books from library shelves” (ABC) “Indian River County School Board refuses to ban most of the 156 books on group’s hit list” (TCPalm.) “‘This is wrong’: Central York students protest ban on books about racism” (ABC) “Klein Independent School District Book Removals” (IDRA) BOOKS DISCUSSED Revelator – Daryl Gregory The Jigsaw Man – Nadine Matheson Monday’s Not Coming – Tiffany D. Jackson White Rabbit – Caleb Roehrig Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn The New Jim Crow by Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander The Getaway – Lamar Giles Next of Kin – Kia Abdullah If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com. Otherwise you can: Find Kendra on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tune in as Katie McClain and new co-host Kendra Winchester discuss some of their recent favorites. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS Inventing Anna ignites a defamation lawsuit against Netflix. by Winston Cho (Hollywood Reporter) Natalie Portman series Lady in the Lake hits pause after threats of violence and extortion by Nick Romano (Entertainment) Val McDermid reveals ‘Queen of Crime’ legal threat from Agatha Christie estate by Brian Ferguson (The Scotsman) BOOKS DISCUSSED The Jigsaw Man – Nadine Matheson Perfect Days – Raphael Montes, transl. Alison Entrekin The Widows of Malabar Hill – Sujata Massey Quicksand – Malin Persson Giolito, transl. Rachel Willson-Broyles A Death in Door County – Annelise Ryan The Enigma of Room 622 – Joël Dicker, transl. Robert Bononno If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com. Otherwise you can: Find Kendra on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about domestic suspense and its continuing appeal. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED My Sister Rosa – Justine Larbalestier More Than You’ll Ever Know – Katie Gutierrez Good Neighbors – Sarah Langan Little Fires Everywhere – Celeste Ng Murder in Westminster – Vanessa Riley Real Bad Things – Kelly J. Ford If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com Otherwise you can: Find Nusrah on Instagram @wellreadbrowngirl Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tune in as Nusrah and guest host, Kendra talk about mystery and suspense works in translation in honor of Women in Translation Month. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news! https://www.womenintranslation.org This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED A Master of Djinn by P.Djeli Clark Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, Translated from Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones Out by Natsuo Kirino, Translated from Japanese by Stephen Snyder The Old Woman with the Knife by Gu Byeong-mo, Translated by Chi-Young Kim People Like Them by Semira Sidra, Translated by Lara Vergnaud Shutter by Ramona Emerson Kismet by Amina Akhtar If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com Otherwise, you can: Find Nusrah on Instagram @wellreadbrowngirl Find Kendra on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about books you should take on your vacation and ones you should skip. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED The Chain by Adrian McKinty The Getaway by Lamar Giles One by One by Ruth Ware Pretty Things by Janelle Brown The Sentence by Louise Erdrich Into the Sublime by Kate A. Boorman The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com Otherwise you can: Find Nusrah on Instagrram @wellreadbrowngirl Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about mysteries that feature all sorts of games. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Good Rich People – Eliza Jane Brazier The Devotion of Suspect X – Keigo Higashino Never Have I Ever – Joshilyn Jackson Under Lock and Skeleton Key – Gigi Pandian We Lie Here – Rachel Howzell Hall Helltown: The Untold Story of a Serial Killer on Cape Cod – Casey Sherman If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com Otherwise you can: Find Nusrah on Twitter @JavedNusrah Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about mystery and suspense reads to keep Pride alive all year long. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Echo Wife – Sarah Gailey Death Prefers Blondes – Caleb Roehrig Ace of Spades – Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé The Verifiers – Jane Pek Harlem Sunset – Nekesa Afia Unnatural Ends – Christopher Huang If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com Otherwise, you can: Find Nusrah on Twitter @JavedNusrah Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about their anticipated mystery and suspense reads for the second half of 2022. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Vicious Creatures – Ashton Noone Hokuloa Road – Elizabeth Hand Kismet – Amina Akhtar The Hacienda – Isabel Canas Siren Queen – Nghi Vo The Cherry Robbers – Sarai Walker The Woman in the Library – Sulari Gentill Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America’s Woods – Lyndsie Bourgon Vera Kelly: Lost and Found – Rosalie Knecht If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com Otherwise, you can: Find Nusrah on Twitter @JavedNusrah Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about mystery series you can dive into. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Final Girls by Riley Sager Widows of Malabar Hill (Perveen Mistry #1) by Sujata Massey My Heart is a Chainsaw (The Lake Witch Trilogy #1) by Stephen Graham Jones Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder (A Marion Lane Mystery) by T.A.Willberg New Books More Than You’ll Ever Know – Katie Gutierrez Counterfeit – Kirstin Chen If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com Otherwise you can: Find Nusrah on Twitter @JavedNusrah Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about mysteries featuring some kind of time and inter-dimensional travel. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Shining Girls – Lauren Beukes Dark Matter – Blake Crouch The Anamoly– Herve Le Tellier The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August – Claire North With Prejudice – Robin Peguero Hide – Kiersten White If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com Otherwise you can: Find Nusrah on Twitter @JavedNusrah Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tune in as Katie and Nusrah take their picks from Edgar Award Nominees and talk you through them. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.
Razorblade Tears – S.A. Cosby Two Truths and a Lie: A Murder, a Private Investigator, and Her Search for Justice – Ellen McGarrahan The Forest of Stolen Girls – June Hur Never Saw Me Coming – Vera Kurian The Firekeeper’s Daughter – Angeline Boulley Clark and Division – Naomi Hirahara Trailed: One Woman’s Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders – Kathryn Miles The Hacienda – Isabel Cañas
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Tune in as Katie and Nusrah reminisce about their favorite debuts by mystery authors. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Razorblade Tears – S.A. Cosby The Conductors – Nicole Glover The Intuitionist– Colson Whitehead Tangerine by Christine Mangan Miracle Creek – Angie Kim Sharp Objects – Gillian Flynn Her Name is Knight – Yasmin Angoe I’ll Be You – Janelle Brown The Wild Girls – Phoebe Morgan If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com Otherwise you can: Find Nusrah on Twitter @JavedNusrah Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time!
Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about locked room mysteries and all that the sub-genre has to offer. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.
Books Discussed A Death in the Family – Tessa Wegert Under Lock & Skeleton Key – Gigi Pandian Eighth Detective – Alex Pavesii They All Fall Down – Rachel Howzell Hall
New Releases Portrait of a Thief – Grace D. Li Sense and Second-Degree Murder – Tirzah Price
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Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about some of their favorite TV shows and give read-a-likes for them. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Red Widow by Alma Katsu Her Name is Knight by Yasmin Angoe The Given Day by Dennis Lehane The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh Empire of the Wild by Cherie Demaline The Appeal by Janice Halett Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara Her Last Affair by John Searles Four Aunties and a Wedding by Jesse Q. Sutanto (release date March 29th) If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com Otherwise you can: Find Nusrah on Twitter @JavedNusrah Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time!
Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about short reads to meet your reading goals, read during lunch, and everything in between. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Red Widow by Alma Katsu The Grownup by Gillian Flynn Confessions by Kanae Minato The Hours Before Dawn by Celia Fremlin Moon of the Crusted Snow Waubgeshig Rice The Secret Talker by Geling Yan Like a Sister by Kellye Garrett If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com Otherwise, you can: Find me on Twitter @JavedNusrah Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady
Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about mystery and suspense reads by Black authors in honor of Black History Month.
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Books Discussed
Cherish Farrah by Bethany C. Morrow
The Jigsaw Man by Nadine Matheson
Dead Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia
Wahala by Nikki May
The Verifiers by Jane Pek
This Might Hurt by Stephanie Wrobel
Run Rose Run by James Patterson & Dolly Parton
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Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about cozy mysteries to stay in with this Valentine’s Day.
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Books Discussed
When the Reckoning Comes by Tanya McQueen
Grave Reservations by Cherie Priest
Deadly Inside Scoop by Abby Collette
Mango, Mambo, and Murder by Raquel Reyes
Death by Darjeeling by Laura Childs
Other People’s Clothes by Calla Henkel
Homicide & Halo-Halo by Mia P. Manansala
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Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about books featuring women who kill and the nuance that comes with it.
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Edgar Award nominees!
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House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed by Sara Gay Forden
Books Discussed
Heartsick by Chelsea Cain
FashionVictim by Amina Akhtar
The Corpse Flower by Anne Mette Hancock
The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins
New Releases
The New Girl by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about their most anticipated releases for the upcoming year.
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Death in her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh
Take it Back by Kia Abdullah
Books Discussed
Cherish Farrah by Bethany C. Morrow
The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
This Might Hurt by Stephanie Wrobel
Fervor by Alma Katsu
Our Little World by Karen Winn
Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Leigh Allen
Devil House by John Darnielle
The Great Mrs. Elias by Barbara Chase-Riboud
Homicide and Halo-Halo by Mia P. Manansala
The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
Secret Identity by Alex Segura
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Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about their year-end favorites and reflect on reading goals for 2022.
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Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
Books Discussed
Girl A by Abigail Dean
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris
Mrs. March by Virginia Feito
The Secret Talker by Geling Yan
Velvet was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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Tune in as Katie and special guest velocireader Liberty talk about their favorite new and backlist historical mystery titles!
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Currently Reading
The Great American Deception – Scott Stein
All Her Little Secrets – Wanda M. Morris
Books Discussed
Dangerous Women – Hope Adams
A Study in Scarlet Women – Sherry Thomas
Dead Dead Girls – Nekesa Afia
Widows of Malabar Hill – Sujata Massey
Clark and Division – Naomi Hirahara
New Releases
A History of Wild Places – Shea Ernshaw
Murder Most Actual – Alexis Hall
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Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about read-a-likes for some favorite and popular authors and recommend contemporary works similar to them to make your holiday shopping easier.
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Two Girls Down by Louisa Luna
Books Discussed
Cutting Season by Attica Locke (Elizabeth George)
Razorblade Tears by S.A.Cosby (James McCain)
Three by D.A.Mishani (Patricia Highsmith)
Palace of the Drowned by Christine Mangan (Patricia Highsmith)
Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight (Liane Moriarty)
A Solitude of Wolverines by Alice Henderson (Paul Doiron)
Red Widow by Alma Katsu (Daniel Silva)
New Releases
The Shadows of Men by Aber Mukherjee
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Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about mystery and suspense works by Native American authors in honor of National Native American Heritage Month.
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Currently Reading
Two Girls Down by Louisa Luna
A Good Day for Chardonnay by Darynda Jones
Books Discussed
All the Beautiful Sinners by Stephen Graham Jones
The Round House by Louise Erdrich
Evil Dead Center by Carole LaFavor
Mean Spirit by Linda Hogan
New Releases
All Her Little Secrets by Wanda Morris
Her Name Is Knight by Yasmine Angoe
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Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about horror and suspense reads set in haunted houses just in time for Halloween.
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Books Discussed
The Good House by Tananarive Due
The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell
White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson
Help For the Haunted by John Searles
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Five Strangers by E.V. Adamson
Grave Reservations by Cherie Priest
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Tune in as All The Books host, Liberty, and Nusrah talk about mystery releases you may have missed in 2020 and 2021.
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Currently Reading
Just Like Mother by Anne Heltzel
Books Discussed
What’s Left of Me is Yours by Stephanie Scott
The Opium Prince by Jasmine Aimaq
Impostor Syndrome by Kathy Wang
The Jigsaw Man by Nadine Matheson
Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
Gone for Good by Joanna Schaffhausen
New Releases
Reprieve by James Han Mattson
Cackle by Rachel Harrison
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Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about reads that took them on a twisty, turn-y journey.
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Currently Reading
A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by Emma Southon
Books Discussed
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Perfect Days by Raphael Montes
We Were Liars by E.Lockhart
New Releases
Personal Effects: What Recovering the Dead Teaches Me About Caring for the Living by Robert A. Jensen
Fuzz by Mary Roach
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Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about books featuring cults and people who become a part of them.
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Currently Reading
Final girls by Riley Sager
Madam by Phoebe Wynn
Books Discussed
The Girls by Emma Cline
The Night We Burned by S.F.Kosa
Don’t Call It a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of NXIVM by Sarah Berman
Black Widows by Cate Quinn
New Releases
My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
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Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about translated works of crime and mystery written by women authors for Women in Translation Month.
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The Witch Elm by Tana French
Velvet was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Books Discussed
The Lost Village by Camilla Sten
The Woman in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura
The Silence of the White City by Eva Garcia Saenz
Mrs Mohr goes Missing by Maryla Szymiczkowa
New Releases
A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins
These Toxic Things by Rachel Howzell Hall
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Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about mysteries based on real-life happenings.
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Currently Reading
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
The Bombay Prince by Sujata Massey
Books Discussed
The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict
Frog Music by Emma Donoghue
The Happiest Girl in the World by Alena Dillon
The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani
New Releases
Velvet was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard
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Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about mystery reads featuring disabled characters or by authors with disabilities.
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Books Discussed
A Will to Kill by R.V.Raman
The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim
The Witch Elm by Tana French
New Releases
A Good Day for Chardonnay by Darynda Jones
The Turnout by Megan Abbott
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Tune in as Katie and Nusrah answer some important questions in their mid-year check-in about their reading year so far.
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Questions Asked
Favorite book of the year so far
A surprisingly good book you’ve read
The bookish highlight of the year
Next Reading Priority
Most Anticipated Releases for the second half of 2021
Books Discussed
Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan
Palace of the Drowned by Christine Mangan
Fortune Favors the Dead by Stephen Spotswood
For your Own Good by Samantha Downing
Velvet was the Night by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia
The Other Black Girl by Zaikya Dalila Harris
These Women by Ivy Pochoda
The Lost Man by Jane Harper
The Family Plot by Megan Collins
White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson
Currently Reading
The Ninja Daughter by Tori Eldridge
Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
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Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about mysteries that work great on audio for Audiobook Appreciation Month!
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BOOKS DISCUSSED
Pretty Things by Janelle BrownNarrators: Julian Whelan, Lauren Fortgang and Hilary Huber
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens The Turnout by Megan Abbott Narrator: Cassandra Campbell
The Conductors by Nicole GloverThe Gone Dead by Chanelle BenzNarrator: Bahni Turpin
A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreightNarrator: Sarah Zimmerman, Karissa Vacker and George Newbern
Tiny Pretty Things by Dhonielle Clayton & Sona CharaipotraNarrator: Nora Hunter, Greta Jung, Imani Parks, Laura Delano
Columbine by Dave CullenNarrator: Don Leslie
New Releases
People Like Them by Samira Sedira, transl. Lara Vergnaud
Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
Survive the Night by Riley Sager
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Tune in as Katie and Nusrah celebrate Pride Month by talking about books by authors who identify as LGBTQ or have written amazing stories featuring LGBTQ characters.
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CLICK-WORTHY LINKS
https://crimereads.com/24-queer-crime-novels-to-read-all-year-long/
BOOKS DISCUSSED
Affinity by Sarah Waters
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth
I Hope You’re Listening by Tom Ryan
Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green
BONUS RECS
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
White Rabbit by Caleb Roehrig
NEW RELEASES
Dream Girl by Laura Lippman
What’s Done in Darkness by Laura McHugh
CURRENTLY READING
What Comes After by JoAnne Tompkins
Children of Chicago by Cynthia Pelayo
A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight
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Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about books that will appeal to readers of true crime, podcasts and everything in between.
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Click-worthy Links
The CWA Dagger Award shortlists have been released.
Books Discussed
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
Theme Music by T. Marie Vandelly
Heartsick by Chelsea Cain
His Bloody Project: Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae by Graeme Macrae Burne
The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard
New Releases
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
The Bombay Prince by Sujata Massey
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Girl A by Abigail Dean
The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing by Sonia Faleiro See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about reads set in the wilderness, particularly national parks.
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Books Discussed
The Wild Inside (Glacier Park Mystery) by Christine Carbo
Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr
Even As We Breathe by Annette Saunooke Clapdoodle
Beneath the Mountain by Luca D’ Andrea
The Hunger by Alma Katsu
Descent by Tim Johnston
Wicked River by Jenny Milchman
Bearskin by James A. McLaughlin
New Releases
The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji
Version Zero by David Yoon
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Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about reads that feature dinner parties gone wrong.
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Edgar Award winners!
BOOKS DISCUSSED
The Eighth Detective by Alex Pavesi
The Dinner by Herman Koch
The Perfect Guests by Emma Rous
They All Fall Down by Rachel Howzell Hall
The Majesties by Tiffany Tsao
Hannibal by Thomas Harris
NEW RELEASES
Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manasala
Dead of Winter by Stephen Mack Jones
While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams
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Tune in as Katie and Nusrah celebrate the 100th episode of Read or Dead, and talk about books that shaped them as mystery readers.
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News Links
ITW Thriller Awards Nominees
BOOKS DISCUSSED
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Moonlight Becomes You by Mary Higgins Clark
The Silent Scream (Nightmare Hall #1) by Diane Hoh
Baltimore Blues by Laura Lippman
Jade Green by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie
NEW RELEASES
The Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hur
Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto
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Tune in as Katie and Nusrah discuss the Edgar Award Nominees and recommend books for you to prioritize from the list.
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Have a look at all the categories and nominees!
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Books Discussed
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara
The Missing American by Kwei Quartey
These Women by Ivy Pochoda
Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas
Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel
Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March
When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole
East of Hounslow by Khurrum Rahman
The Third Rainbow Girl by Emma Copely Eisenberg
Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock by Christina Lane
From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
The Companion by Katie Alender
The Cousins by Karen M. McManus
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This week Katie and Nusrah talk about mystery/thrillers that transport you to a particular time and place.
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Find some fantastic reads to combat AAPI racism and educate yourself on its long history in the US in our Audiobooks Newsletter!
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Books Discussed
The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-eun
Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips
The Split by Sharon Bolton
Overkill by Vanda Symon
Beneath the Mountain by Luca D’Andrea
Red Widow by Alma Katsu
The Lost Village by Camilla Stein
Currently Reading
Anxious People by Fredrick Backman
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This week Katie and Nusrah talk about mystery/thrillers that feature revenge and serial killers, and how these narratives uncover stories that often go unheard.
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Books mentioned in the news segment
Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
Gone Bamboo by Anthony Bourdain
The Marsh King’s Daughter by Karen Dionne
We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker
Books mentioned
Trigger warning: The books talked about do talk about sexual assault, violence towards women and children and murder.
America’s First Serial Killer by Mary Kay McBrayer
The Five by Hallie Rubenhold
They Never Learn by Layne Fargo
Out by Natsuo Kirino
New Releases
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boully
The Jigsaw Man by Nadine Matheson
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Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about mystery and thriller reads featuring romance gone right, and romance gone very wrong.
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Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about reads that feature true crime and social justice honoring Black History Month.
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Books Mentioned honoring Black History Month
A Knock at Midnight – Brittany K. Barnett
Beneath a Ruthless Sun: A True Story of Violence, Race, and Justice – Gilbert King
Leaving Atlanta – Tayari Jones
The Black and the Blue: A Cop Reveals the Crimes, Racism, and Injustice in America’s Law Enforcement – Matthew Horace & Ron Harris
NEW RELEASES
Blood Grove – Walter Mosley
The Kindest Lie – Nancy Johnson
Children of Chicago – Cynthia Pelayo
The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing – Sonia Faleiro
currently reading
Fortune Favors the Dead – Stephen Spotswood
Widows of Malabar Hill – Sujata Massey
The Lost Man – Jane Harper
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Katie and Nusrah talk about books that make use of unique formats to tell their story.
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Books Mentioned
Night Film by Marisha Pessl
American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
Whisper Network by Chandler Baker
NEW RELEASES
If I Disappear by Eliza Jane Brazier
Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
CURRENTLY READING
Fortune Favors the Dead by Stephen Sportswood See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Nusrah talk about their most anticipated releases of 2021 and only get to July before they are out of time.
This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Newsletters, A Mistake Incomplete by Lorenzo Petruzziello, and Bloodline by Jess Lourey.
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BOOKS MENTIONED IN ANTICIPATED RELEASES
The House on Vesper Sands – Paraic O’ Donell Girl A – Abigail Dean (January 25, 2021)Children of Chicago – Cynthia Pelayo (February 9, 2021)Quiet in Her Bones – Nalini Singh (February 23rd, 2021)The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing – Sonia Faleiro (February 23, 2021)Dial A for Aunties – Jesse K Sutanto (April 27, 2021)The Other Black Girl – Zakiya Dalila Harris (June 2021)The Turnout – Megan Abbott (July 6, 2021)
CURRENTLY READING
Pretty Things – Janelle Brown
The Nothing Man – Catherine Ryan Howard
These Women – Ivy Pochoda See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
It is the last episode of 2020 and Rincey’s last episode of Read or Dead! To commemorate, they talk about their favorite reads of the year.
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Show Notes
John le Carré, Best-Selling Author of Cold War Thrillers, Dies at 89
Books Mentioned
Long Bright River by Liz Moore
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper
Shelter by Jung Yun
The Return by Rachel Harrison
Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
The Only Child by Mi-ae Seo
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Katie and guest host Nusrah talk about genre-bending mysteries, the upcoming adaptation of Forty Acres, and some really exciting new releases that you need to add to your TBR ASAP!
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Show Notes
Netflix is working on an adaptation of Forty Acres by Dwayne Alexander Smith.
Watch the trailer for Tiny Pretty Things.
The Mystery Writers of America announced its 2021 Grand Master and Raven Award recipients.
Books Mentioned
Deadly Sexy by Beverly Jenkins
Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey
Even As We Breathe by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle
I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
The Arctic Fury by Greer Macallister
Take it Back by Kia Abdullah
Snow Drift by Helene Tursten; translated by Marlaine Delargy
Three by D.A. Mishani; translated by Jessica Cohen
The Eighth Detective by Alex Pavesi
When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey get geared up for the holiday season with a giant pile of books that you could give to someone (or yourself).
This episode is sponsored by TBR, Elsewhere by Dean Koontz and Ink by Jonathan Maberry.
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Books Mentioned
The Golden Thread: The Cold War and the Mysterious Death of Dag Hammarskjöld by Ravi Somaiya
IQ by Joe Ide
The Woman Who Stole Vermeer: The True Story of Rose Dugdale and the Russborough House Art Heist by Anthony M. Amore
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson
Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby
White Rabbit by Caleb Roehrig
Mimi Lee Gets a Clue by Jennifer J. Chow (A Sassy Cat Mystery #1)
In the Hall With the Knife by Diane Peterfreund
The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America’s First Serial Killer by Skip Hollandsworth
America’s First Female Serial Killer: Jane Toppan and the Making of a Monster by Mary Kay McBrayer
Perfect Days by Raphael Montes
The Kill Club by Wendy Heard See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey celebrate Nonfiction November with some great nonfiction reads, talk about the great casting in the new Jane Harper adaptation, and are pleasantly surprised by the Goodreads Choice Awards.
This episode is sponsored by TBR, The Gift of the Magpie by Donna Andrews, and VJ Books.
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Show Notes
Rachel Howzell Hall’s Lou Norton series has been optioned to Lionsgate Television
Watch the first trailer for The Dry
Voting for the Goodreads Choice Awards has begun [Book Riot]
Books Mentioned
Unspeakable Acts: True Tales of Crime, Murder, Deceit, and Obsession by Sarah Weinman
American Sherlock by Kate Winkler Dawson
No Place to Hide by Opa Hysea Wise
The Preserve by Ariel S. Winter
We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence by Becky Cooper
The Woman Who Stole Vermeer: The True Story of Rose Dugdale and the Russborough House Art Heist by Anthony M. Amore
After She Wrote Him by Sulari Gentill See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Read or Dead is a bi-weekly mystery fiction podcast dedicated to the worlds of mystery, thriller, and true crime literature. Join hosts Alice and Kim for lots of recommendations, news updates, and more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey mourn the ending of The President is Missing adaptation, celebrate some revivals and reboots and talk about their love of audiobooks.
This episode is sponsored by TBR, In the Study with the Wrench by Diana Peterfreund, and Nightfire.
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Show Notes
Showtime is no longer moving forward with James Patterson’s and Bill Clinton’s The President is Missing [Deadline]
I Know What You Did Last Summer is headed to Amazon as a TV series [Hollywood Reporter]
Showtime revives Dexter as a limited series, and Michael C. Hall is returning [Deadline]
Netflix is adapting Rumaan Alam’s new thriller, Leave the World Behind. [Hollywood Reporter]
Stacey Abrams has a political thriller coming out next spring called While Justice Sleeps [Hollywood Reporter]
In Virtual Event, Bouchercon 2020 Picks Year’s Best [Publisher’s Weekly]
Books Mentioned
The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas
The Searcher by Tana French, narrated by Roger Clark
Beneath the Mountain by Luca d’Andrea, narrated by Charles Constant
Fortune Favors the Dead by Stephen Spotswood
A Solitude of Wolverines by Alice Henderson
And Now She’s Gone by Rachel Howzell Hall
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey appreciate talking about some good news and get into the fall spirit with some dark, creepy campus novels.
This episode is sponsored by TBR, And Now She’s Gone by Rachel Howzell Hall and Chaos by Iris Johansen.
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Show Notes
Jordan Harper, author of She Rides Shotgun, tweeted that he’s turned in the manuscript for his second novel
Layne Fargo’s novel They Never Learn is being adapted for TV
Zac Efron is going to star in the new adaptation of Firestarter [Deadline]
Amazon is adapting the forthcoming Jo Nesbo book, The Jealousy Man [Deadline]
James Patterson donates $2.5 million to teachers to help them create classroom and at-home libraries for students [Publisher’s Weekly]
Books Mentioned
Dead Scared by Sharon Bolton
Long Black Veil by Jennifer Finney Boylan
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
Snow by John Banville
They Never Learn by Layne Fargo
In the Study with the Wrench by Diana Peterfreund
Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
Vera Kelly is Not a Mystery by Rosalie Knecht See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey pick up some fun Scooby-Doo themed books based on a listener request and get really excited about some recent reads.
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Show Notes
National Book Foundation to present Lifetime Achievement Award to Walter Mosley
Westing Game’ Series Adaptation in the Works at HBO Max
Amazon gets the rights to All the Old Knives, a thriller by Olen Steinhaurer, and starring Chris Pine and Thandie Newton
Joe Ruby Dies: ‘Scooby Doo’ Co-Creator Was 87
Books Mentioned
Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
The Vanishing Girl by Josephine Ruby
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
And Now She’s Gone by Rachel Howzell Hall
The Book of Lamps and Banners by Elizabeth Hand
The Cabin on Souder Hill by Lonnie Busch
When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole
Diamond Doris by Doris Payne
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
The Real Lolita by Sarah Weinman See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about mysteries featuring technology and social media, along with some mixed feelings about adaptation news recently announced.
This episode is sponsored by TBR, Before She Was Helen by Caroline B. Cooney, and Shadows in Death by J.D. Robb.
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Show Notes
Steph Cha tapped as New American Mysteries anthology editor
HBO is doing a TV adaptation of Michael Crichton’s Sphere
Pretty Little Liars based on the books by Sara Shepard is being rebooted
Watch the trailer for I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Books Mentioned
Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight
Little Brother by Cory Doctrow
One by One by Ruth Ware
The Sleeping Nymph by Ilaria Tuti, translated by Ekin Oklap
Grown by Tiffany D Jackson
Don’t Look For Me by Wendy Walker
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
The Golden Thread by Ravi Somaiya
When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk adaptation news, including the Dan Mallory movie, and take a walk down memory lane with middle grade mystery books.
This episode is sponsored by TBR, Size Zero by Abigail Mangin, and Thick as Thieves by Sandra Brown.
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Show Notes
One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus is set for TV
Jade City by Fonda Lee is headed to Peacock
Apple+ has ordered the first ever animated adaptation of Harriet the Spy
Elisabeth Moss is starring in the adaptation of Virginia Feito’s upcoming thriller, Mrs. March
There’s going to be a TV show based on the New Yorker article that brought Daniel Mallory’s (aka AJ Finn) scams to light
Books Mentioned
In the Hall With the Knife by Diane Peterfreund
Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead
The Inugami Curse by Seishi Yokomizo, translated by Yumiko Yamakazi
Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole
Sins of the Bees by Annie Lampman
Blacktop Wasteland by SA Cosby
From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about a new Megan Abbott book, Unsolved Mysteries, cold cases and more!
This episode is sponsored by TBR, The First To Lie by Hank Phillippi Ryan, and The Nemesis Manifesto by Eric Van Lustbader.
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Show Notes
John Legend’s Get Lifted Film Co & Sony Pictures TV Developing ‘Paper Gods’ For ABC; Nia Long To Star & EP In Political Drama
Sisters in Crime announce the winner of the Eleanor Taylor Bland Award
Megan Abbott has a new book coming out in 2021 and it’s already been picked up for TV
Books Mentioned
Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery by Robert Kolker
Yellow Bird by Sierra Crane Murdoch
The Monsters We Make by Kali White
Three by D.A. Mishani, translated by Jessica Cohen
21 Immortals by Rozlan Mohd Noor
The Less Dead by Denise Mina
The Majesties by Tiffany Tsao
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Katie and Rincey get excited about adaptations of The Shining Girls and Magpie Murders, and talk about mystery books by Black authors that they’ve recently picked up.
This episode is sponsored by TBR, His & Hers by Alice Feeney and The Truth Hurts by Rebecca Reid.
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Show Notes
Shirley Jackson Award Winners
‘Magpie Murders’ Drama Series Adaptation Set On PBS’ Masterpiece
Elisabeth Moss is starring in the upcoming Apple adaptation of Lauren Beukes’s thriller The Shining Girls
NOIR IS THE NEW BLACK Kickstarter
Books Mentioned
Three Fifths by John Vercher
Paper Gods by Goldie Taylor
The Silence of the White City by Eva Garcia Sáenz
Death of a Telenovela Star by Teresa Dovalpage
Imperfect Women by Araminta Hall
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey catch up on the news they missed, including lawsuits featuring Dan Brown and the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle estate, and read some locked room mysteries in honor of not leaving their homes.
This episode is sponsored by TBR, Size Zero by Abigail Mangin and The Patient by Jasper DeWitt.
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Show Notes
Adrian McKinty’s thriller The Chain is getting a film adaptation
Oscar Isaac is starring in the movie London, which is based on a short story by Jo Nesbo and will be directed by Ben Stiller
Blythe Brown has filed a lawsuit against her ex-husband, Dan Brown, for leading a double life during their marriage
The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle estate is suing Netflix over their upcoming Enola Holmes adaptation
Maureen Johnson announces a fourth book in the Truly Devious series
Books Mentioned
No Exit by Taylor Adams
Murder in the Crooked House by Soji Shimada, translated by Louise Heal Kawai
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
The Shadows by Alex North
Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby
He Started It by Samantha Downing
Murder at the Grand Raj Palace by Vaseem Khan
The Janes by Louisa Luna
The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling;
The Searcher by Tana French
Sadie by Courtney Summers;
The Deep by Alma Katsu See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about lots of new award nominees that have been announced and pick out books featuring LGBTQ+ characters for Pride Month!
This episode is sponsored by Hey YA, Don’t Make a Sound by T.R. Ragan and One Last Lie by Paul Doiron.
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Show Notes
Rachel Howzell Hall has a new crime novel coming out!
Harlem mystery author Grace Edwards has died at age 87
The trailer for You Should Have Left
CWA Dagger Award longlists
The Shirley Jackson Award shortlist
Anthony Award shortlist
Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister, the Serial Killer has been nominated for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Prize
Books Mentioned
The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling
Stolen Things by R.H. Herron
The Kill Club by Wendy Heard
Vera Kelly Is Not a Mystery by Rosalie Knecht
Deep as Death by Katja Ivar
The Swap by Robyn Harding
The Mountains Wild by Sarah Stewart Taylor See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about the new James Patterson and Bill Clinton book, a new Lisbeth Salander adaptation and mystery short story collections.
This episode is sponsored by TBR, The Last Flight by Julie Clark, and Sister Dear by Hannah Mary McKinnon.
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Show Notes
James Patterson and Bill Clinton announce their second book, The President’s Daughter, which is a standalone and not a sequel to The President is Missing
Shortlist for the 2020 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction
We’re getting close to an Amazon adaptation of Louise Penny’s Chief Inspector Gamache crime novels
Manny Jacinto joins the cast of Nine Perfect Strangers
‘Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’ Series Based On Lisbeth Salander Character In Works At Amazon
Netflix is doing a TV adaptation of Anatomy of a Scandal
Trailer for the documentary based on I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
Season 2 trailer for The Alienist, which is based on Caleb Carr’s novel The Angel of Darkness
Books Mentioned
The First Prehistoric Serial Killer by Teresa Solana, translated by Peter Bush
An Elderly Lady is Up To No Good by Helene Tursten, translated by Marlaine Delargy
Magnetized: Conversations With a Serial Killer by Carlos Busqued, translated Samuel Rutter
Who Killed Berta Caceres? The Murder of an Indigenous Defender and the Race to Save the Planet by Nina Lakhani
The Monsters We Make by Kali White
The House of Whispers by Laura Purcell
Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie
The Ancient Nine by Ian K. Smith See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about Jane Harper's new novel, the French serial killer expert who apparently isn't an expert and books featuring religious elements that are not by Dan Brown.
This episode is sponsored by Lit Stitch, Devoted by Dean Koontz, and Book Riot Insiders.
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Show Notes
See the cover of the new Jane Harper novel!
The filmmakers behind Doctor Sleep are tackling Stephen King’s novel Revival next
HBO Max is adapting Throttle by Stephen King and Joe Hill
SPOILER ALERT! The ending to the Defending Jacob adaptation is totally different than the book
Christopher Pike’s Midnight Club is being adapted as a Netflix series
Check out the trailer for Shirley, starring Elisabeth Moss as Shirley Jackson
French author and serial killer expert Stéphane Bourgoin admits that much of his nonfiction work was made up
Books Mentioned
Shamed by Linda Castillo
Smaller and Smaller Circles by FH Batacan
America's First Female Serial Killer: Jane Toppan and the Making of a Monster by Mary Kay McBrayer
These Women by Ivy Pochoda
The Wife Stalker by Liv Constantine
Camp Murderface by Saundra Mitchell
Dragonfish by Vu Tran
Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey discuss the Edgar Award winners, Tana French's new book and celebrate the 100th anniversary of the publication of The Mysterious Affair at Styles.
This episode is sponsored by TBR, Libro FM, and The Sunday Girl.
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Show Notes
The 2020 Edgar Awards winners have been announced
Watch the acceptance speeches on the Edgar Awards' YouTube channel
A preview of Tana French’s upcoming novel, The Searcher
A sequel to the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark film is in the works
Stephen King’s The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon is getting a film adaptation
Trailer for Lovecraft Country
100 Years of Agatha Christie Stories
Books Mentioned
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight
Seven Years of Darkness by You-Jeong Jeong
The Boy in the Red Dress by Kristin Lambert
A Deadly Inside Scoop by Abby Collette
Death in the East by Abir Mukherjee
The End of October by Lawrence Wright
The Last Trial by Scott Turow
The Goodbye Man by Jeffrey Deaver
Birds of a Feather by Jacquline Winspear
Shelter by Jung Yun
Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
While they are self-quarantining, Katie and Rincey decide to tackle some of the oldest mystery and true crime books on their TBR.
This episode is sponsored by TBR, Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier and Sisters in Crime.
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Show Notes
Hulu’s already snapped up rights to Zakiya Dalila Harris’ upcoming novel The Other Black Girl
Our fellow Book Rioter Tirzah Price has an upcoming Jane Austen murder mystery series for teens!
Netflix Picks Up Millie Bobby Brown's 'Enola Holmes' from Legendary
Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Winners Announced
Perry Mason trailer
Books Mentioned
The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston & Mario Spezi
The Hangman’s Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch
Pretty Things by Janelle Brown
Take Me Apart by Sara Sligar
The Split by Sharon Bolton
If It Bleeds by Stephen King
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St James
The Boy in the Earth by Fuminori Nakamura, translated by Allison Markin Powell
The Likeness by Tana French See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about some changing release dates, Tiger King, and the books they turn to when they need some comfort.
This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders and Libro.fm.
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Show Notes
Here’s the first trailer for Defending Jacob, starring Chris Evans
Nicole Kidman is producing and starring in the adaptation of Janelle Brown’s Pretty Things
The Killing Eve premiere has been bumped up by 2 weeks
Stephen King’s book If It Bleeds is getting moved up from May 5th to late April
Christopher Meloni is headlining a new spinoff series as Elliott Stabler from Law & Order: SVU
Are we getting a surprise new episode of Tiger King on Netflix?
Books Mentioned
The Likeness by Tana French
The Betel Nut Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu
Broken by Don Winslow
The Last Book on the Left: Stories of Murder & Mayhem From History’s Most Notorious Serial Killers by Ben Kissel, Marcus Parks, & Henry Zebrowski
No Going Back by Sheena Kamal
The Way You Burn by Christine Meade
The Hand on the Wall by Maureen Johnson
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late by Harry Kemelman
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St James
The Only Child by Mi-Ae Seo
Two Girls Down by Louisa Luna See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey thank the mystery gods for a new Tana French potentially coming this fall, talk about some great mystery small presses.
This episode is sponsored by TBR, Gone by Midnight by Candice Fox published by Forge Books, and Cross Her Heart by Melinda Leigh.
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Show Notes
Lucy Alibar, who wrote the screenplay for Beasts of the Southern Wild, will be adapting the screenplay for Where the Crawdads Sing
David Lagercrantz announces a modern Sherlock Holmes series for 2021
The new Tana French book is up on Amazon!
The best crime fiction small presses
Books Mentioned
Zero Saints by Gabino Iglesias
The Aosawa Murders by Riku Onda, translated by Alison Watts
The Herd by Andrea Bartz
Brown Girl Ghosted by Mintie Das
Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore
The Familiar Dark by Amy Engel
American Animals: A True Crime Memoir by Eric Borsuk
The Only Child by Mi-Ae Seo
Thirteen by Steve Cavanaugh
Sadie by Courtney Summers
The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about how the ghost of Agatha Christie might be haunting a museum, Snoop Dogg is adapting the IQ series, and read some backlist books.
This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Gone by Midnight by Candice Fox, and Bent Heavens by Daniel Kraus.
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Show Notes
Mega best-selling author Clive Cussler dies at age 88
Barbara Neely, author of first black female series sleuth Blanche White, dies at 78
Martin Edwards wins the 2020 Diamond Dagger from the Crime Writers’ Association
Snoop Dogg’s production company is executive producing a series based on Joe Ide’s IQ series
Rumor has it that the ghost of Agatha Christie is haunting the Torquay Museum and knocking her books (only her books!) off the shelves
Nicole Kidman’s production company acquires Samantha Downing’s bestselling psychological thriller My Lovely Wife
NBC is adapting Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol
Janet Evanovich and her Stephanie Plum series moves to Atria in an enormous 8-figure deal
Books Mentioned
The Last Rituals by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong
The Deep by Alma Katsu
Mimi Lee Gets a Clue by Jennifer J. Chow
The Bramble and the Rose by Tom Bouman
Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel
The Eighth Girl by Maxine Mei-Fung Chung
Sadie by Courtney Summers
Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey give a rundown about the discussion around My Dark Vanessa and Excavation and then talk about some mysteries written by Latinx authors.
This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s Read Harder 2020 Challenge, The Lucky One by Lori Rader-Day, and Crooked River, the new Agent Pendergast novel from Preston & Child.
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Show Notes
Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne are starring in the film adaptation of the true crime book The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder by Charles Graeber
Graham Moore’s latest novel, The Holdout, has been optioned for a Hulu series
Hallie Rubenhold, author of The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper, is planning a Whitechapel mural to celebrate the lives of these women
Why cozy mysteries are the hottest TV genre of 2020
Crime Writers of Color has a great list of Black crime authors authors to read for Black History Month
What’s Going on With My Dark Vanessa and Excavation?
Books Mentioned
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
Excavation by Wendy C. Ortiz
Bloody Waters by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera
Untamed Shore by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Trouble Is What I Do by Walter Mosley
Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman’s Search for Justice in Indian Country by Sierra Crane Murdoch
Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson
The Sea of Lost Girls by Carol Goodman
Egg Drop Dead by Vivien Chien
The Majesties by Tiffany Tsao
Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey pick out some mysteries with a romantic element to them to celebrate Valentine’s Day!
This episode is sponsored by Get Booked: The Handsell, A Divided Loyalty by Charles Todd and Book Marks.
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SHOW NOTES
Mary Higgins Clark has died at 92
What happens to your brain when you read true crime
Walter Mosely is reportedly writing the film script for The Man in My Basement
Netflix has optioned The Last by Hanna Jameson
Matt Damon will star in the adaptation of Don Winslow’s The Force
Toni Collette To Star In ‘Pieces Of Her’ Netflix Drama Series
Trailer for The Undoing, which is based on the book You Should Have Known by Jean Hanff Korelitz
Trailer for Agatha Christie’s The Pale Horse
44 Mystery Romance Novels to Read Right Now
BOOKS MENTIONED
My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing
The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James
The Burn by Kathleen Kent
The Only Child by Mi-Ae Seo
Second Sister by Chan Ho-Kei
The Aosawa Murders by Riku Onda, translated by Alison Watts
The Holdout by Graham Moore
Death in the Family by Tessa Wegert;
Abbott by Saladin Ahmed, Sami Kivelä, Jason Wordie
If You Tell by Gregg Olsen
Untamed Shore by Silvia Moreno-Garcia See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about the Edgar Award nominees and some genre-crossing SFF mysteries.
This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s Read Harder 2020 Challengeand Lost Hills by Lee Goldberg.
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SHOW NOTES
The Edgar Award nominees have been announced
Lee Child is passing on the Jack Reacher series to his brother Andrew Grant, with the requirement that Andrew change his last name to “Child.”
Amazon is planning an Alex Cross TV series based on the James Patterson books
Mindhunter Season 3 has been put on indefinite hold
Trailer for the upcoming Netflix film, Lost Girls, based on the true crime book Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery by Robert Kolker
BOOKS MENTIONED
Vessel by Lisa A. Nichols
The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall
Hi Five by Joe Ide
The Other People by C. J. Tudor
The Look-Alike by Erica Spindler
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara
18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics by Bruce Goldfarb
Who is Vera Kelly? by Rosalie Knecht
The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson
Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel
If You Tell by Gregg Olsen See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey catch up after the new year and talk about their feelings on Dublin Murders, the TV adaptation of In the Woods and The Likeness by Tana French. This episode is sponsored by Novel Gazing, The Lost Man by Jane Harper and Grace is Gone by Emily Elgar. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter!
Show Notes Nicole Kidman’s next project in development is Kimberly McCreight’s upcoming domestic thriller, A Good Marriage Melissa McCarthy is starring with Nicole Kidman in Hulu’s adaptation of Liane Moriarty’s Nine Perfect Strangers Just Watch Me by Jeff Lindsay is on the way to its own TV series Trailer for The Woman in the Window Lee Child will be a judge for the 2020 Booker Prize
Books Mentioned In the Woods by Tana French The Likeness by Tana French The Missing American by Kwei Qwartey The Tenant by Katrine Engberg The Janes by Louisa Luna The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia by Emma Copley Eisenberg The Majesties by Tiffany Tsao The Hand on the Wall by Maureen Johnson Long Bright River by Liz Moore Ninja Daughter by Tori Eldridge The Betel Nut Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu The Body Lies by Jo Baker Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel; If You Tell by Greg Olsen See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey celebrate the new year by talking about some of the books they are excited to pick up in the first half of 2020. This episode is sponsored by Read Harder Journal and If You Tell by Gregg Olsen. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter!
Books Mentioned Long Bright River by Liz Moore The Hand on the Wall by Maureen Johnson 18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics by Bruce Goldfarb The Burn by Kathleen Kent The Majesties by Tiffany Tsao Untamed Shore by Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Only Child by Mi-ae Seo Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country by Sierra Crane Murdoch Second Sister by Chan Ho-Kei, translated by Jeremy Tiang The Aosawa Murders by Riku Onda, translated by Alison Watts The Deep by Alma Katsu Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey get into the holiday spirit by reading some holiday mystery books. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, Ali Cross and Queen of the Conquered. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter!
Show Notes Trailer for Promising Young Woman Stephen King’s The Dark Half is getting adapted for the second time MWA Announces the 2020 Grand Master, Raven and Ellery Queen Award Recipients
Books Mentioned Mind of Winter by Laura Kasischke Dying for Christmas by Tammy Cohen The Kill Club by Wendy Heard Good Girls Lie by J.T. Ellison Give the Devil His Due by Sulari Gentill Long Bright River by Liz Moore The Boy in the Earth by Fuminori Nakamura In the Woods by Tana French See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about what mysteries they read this year that were their favorites. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot's Read Harder 2020 Challenge, Nine Elms by Robert Bryndza and If You Tell by Gregg Olsen. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter!
Books Mentioned Miracle Creek by Angie Kim The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey Theme Music by T. Marie Vandelly The Whisper Man by Alex North His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet Heaven My Home by Attica Locke Force of Nature by Jane Harper The Frangipani Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu A Madness of Sunshine by Nalini Singh Just Watch Me by Jeff Lindsay The Dead Girls Club by Damien Angelica Walters Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha The Lost Man by Jane Harper Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe The Queen by Josh Levin See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey give some recommendations of books you can pick up during the holiday season to gift to the people in your life — or just get for yourself! This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, Eye for Eye by J.K. Franko and Black Rock Bay by Brianna Labuskes. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter!
Show Notes Lady Gaga to Star in Ridley Scott’s Gucci Murder Movie Sarah Michelle Gellar to Star in Sometimes I Lie Controversy at the Shamus Awards, plus the response from the Crime Writers of Color organization The final round of the Goodreads Choice Awards is not terrible!
Books Mentioned The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka Pennance by by Clare Ashton Mr. Churchill’s Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal The Tuscan Child by Rhys Bowen The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson Miracle Creek by Angie Kim The Plotters by Un-Su Kim Impossible Causes by Julie Mayhew NVK by Temple Drake Nine Elms by Robert Bryndza Beijing Payback by Daniel Nieh Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule Before the Devil Fell by Neil Olson The Gone Dead by Chanelle Benz See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about all of the recent mystery award winners and the books they picked up in honor of Nonfiction November. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Quantum by Patricia Cornwell, and The Lost Power by Avanti Centrae. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter!
Show Notes Watch the trailer for Stephen King’s The Outsider An anthology series based on the novels of Mary Higgins Clark is in the works Amy Poehler is adapting The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth Hugh Laurie Developing Agatha Christie Project for the BBC The Crime Writers’ Association Dagger Award winners Anthony Award winners Shamus Awards winners Macavity Awards Attica Locke wins the Texas Writer of the Year from the Texas Book Festival Books Mentioned The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden and the Trial of the Century by Sarah Miller Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep The Ninja Daughter by Tori Eldridge I Have No Secrets by Penny Joelson Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls by Jessica McDiarmid Queen of Bones by Teresa Dovalpage Heaven My Home by Attica Locke The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk Stephen King’s writers’ retreat, get confirmation on Tana French being the best living mystery writer, and more! This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s Blind Date, Dark Pattern by Andrew Mayne and Death & Conspiracy by Seeley James. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! SHOW NOTES Women’s untold stories dominate Baillie Gifford prize shortlist Stephen King’s House to Become Archive and Writers’ Retreat David Oyelowo is starring in the series adaptation of The President is Missing. Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House is being adapted as a TV series by Amazon Studios Tana French is our best living mystery writer Books Mentioned The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan Little Deaths by Emma Flint It All Falls Down by Sheena Kamal The Lost Ones by Sheena Kamal The Lost Brothers: A Family’s Decades-Long Search by Jack El-Hai The Fragility of Bodies by Sergio Olguin, translated by Miranda France Strangers at the Gate by Catriona McPherson All the Things We Do in the Dark by Saundra Mitchell Heaven My Home by Attica Locke The Whisper Man by Alex North Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and guest host Liberty talk about Knives Out, creepy mysteries, and more! This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s Read This Book newsletter, All the Devils by Barry Eisler, and Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! SHOW NOTES ‘Toys’: Dystopian Thriller Series Based On James Patterson Novel From Melinda Hsu Taylor In The Works At Quibi Andrew Scott to Play ‘Talented Mr. Ripley’ in Showtime Series Watch the trailer for Knives Out! BOOKS MENTIONED The Whisper Man by Alex North Night Film by Marisha Pessl Out by Natsuo Kirino The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes Remember by Patricia Smith Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia Curious Toys by Elizabeth Hand Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas The Remaking by Clay McLeod Chapman We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Berry Finders Keepers by Stephen King The Return by Rachel Harrison See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey give readalikes for some of the best selling mystery writers like James Patterson, Louise Penny and more! This episode is sponsored by Book Riot's Mystery/Thriller Giveaway, All That’s Dead by Stuart MacBride and The Stranger Inside by Lisa Unger. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! Show Notes The 2019 National Book Awards A look at the memoir, Diamond Doris: The True Story of the World’s Most Notorious Jewel Thief by Doris Payne Contest challenges readers to solve a murder mystery by putting 100 jumbled pages of a vintage crime book in the right order Books Mentioned The Midnight Witness by Sara Blaedel IQ by Joe Ide August Snow by Stephen Mack Jones Hollywood Homicide by Kellye Garrett The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz Death by Dumpling by Vivien Chien Case Histories by Kate Atkinson In the Woods by Tana French Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Gailbraith Confessions of an Innocent Man by David R. Dow Black Water Rising by Attica Locke The Tenth Girl by Sara Faring The Butterfly Girl by Rene Denfeld The Forest City Killer: A Serial Murderer, A Cold-Case Sleuth, and a Search for Justice by Vanessa Brown Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky Heaven My Home by Attica Locke Theme Music by T. Marie Vandelly Mayhem by Sarah Pinborough Speaking of Summer by Kalisha Buckhanon See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Rincey is joined by guest co-host Liberty Hardy to talk about the trailer for the Tana French TV adaptation, Emily St. John Mandel's new mystery book, and World War I mysteries. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot's Mystery/Thriller Giveawayand Pretty, Guilty Womenby Gina LaManna Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspectsnewsletter! Show Notes Starz Sets Premiere Date For Crime Drama ‘Dublin Murders’ & Unveils First Trailer NBCUniversal International Studios To Adapt Emily St John Mandel’s Mystery Novel ‘The Glass Hotel’ For TV Life Is Imitating Stephen King’s Art, and That Scares Him Books Mentioned No Graves As YetAnne Perry A Front Page Affairby Radha Vatsal A Gentleman’s Murderby Christopher Huang Maise Dobbsby Jacqueline Winspear Legacy: Gangsters, Corruption and the London Olympics by Michael Gillard Heaven, My Homeby Attica Locke The Stranger Inside by Lisa Unger A Death in Harlem by Karla FC Holloway Lives Laid Awayby Stephen Mack Jones The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Deathby Corrine May Botz 18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics by Bruce Goldfarb Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsessionby Rachel Monroe The Return by Rachel Harrison See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about some interesting adaptations coming soon, survivalist thrillers and their love (or lack thereof) for the outdoors. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, The Whisper Man by Alex North and Chase Darkness with Me by Billy Jensen. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspectsnewsletter! Show Notes ‘Briarpatch’ Trailer: Rosario Dawson Stars As A Dogged Investigator In USA Network Series ‘Publishing is still a business that is owned by white men’: Three women on race and genre Amy Adams ‘Woman In The Window’ Will Now Open In Early Summer NBCU Streamer Orders ‘One Of Us Is Lying’ YA Mystery Drama Pilot Based On Book Books Mentioned Into the Jungleby Erica Ferencik The River at Night by Erica Ferencik Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Homeby Nando Parrado Bird Box by Josh Malerman To the Lions by Holly Watt Iced in Paradise by Naomi Hirahara The Nature of Life and Death: Every Body Leaves a Traceby Patricia Wiltshire A Better Manby Louise Penny The Girl Who Lived Twiceby David Lagercrantz Force of Natureby Jane Harper The Confessions of Frannie Langtonby Sara Collins See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about the Tiny Pretty Things adaptation, Tana French in the New Yorker, the real life Where the Crawdads Sing mystery and celebrate Women in Translation month. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Thirteenby Steve Cavanagh, and Libro.FM. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS,Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspectsnewsletter! Show Notes Rufus Sewell, Kaya Scodelario to Star in Adaptation of Agatha Christie’s ‘The Pale Horse’ How Tana French Inhabits the Minds of Her Detectives Netflix Orders Ballet School Drama ‘Tiny Pretty Things’ The Dark History Behind Where the Crawdads Sing Books Mentioned Betty Booby Claudia Pineiro The Whispererby Karin Fossum Miami Midnight by Alex Segura Silent Cityby Alex Segura The Swallows by Lisa Lutz The Perfect Sonby Lauren North The Whisper Man by Alex North American Spyby Lauren Wilkerson Clueby Paul Allor, illustrated by Nelson Daniel Theme Musicby T. Marie Vandelly Mr. Mercedesby Stephen King See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about Dean Koontz's new Amazon book deal, Scottish mysteries, and more! This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Never Have I Everby Joshilyn Jackson, and TBR. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspectsnewsletter! Show Notes Mindhunter, Season 2 will premiere on August 16th. Adaptation for Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce Dean Koontz just signed a 5 book deal with Amazon Author Laura Lippman has 5-book deal, not all of them novels 'Jack Reacher' TV Series in the Works at Amazon Books Mentioned The Dead Hourby Denise Mina Field of Bloodby Denise Mina His Bloody Projectby Graeme Macrae Burnet Speaking of Summerby Kalisha Buckhanon The Birthday Girlby Melissa de la Cruz The Wolf Wants Inby Laura McHugh The Turn of the Keyby Ruth Ware The Needby Helen Phillips Killers of the Flower Moonby David Grann Theme Music by T. Marie Vandelly See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about controversy around the Staunch Prize, James Patterson's book about Jeffrey Epstein and pick up some 2019 release that they haven't gotten to yet. This episode is sponsored by Everything Trying to Kill You, Book Riot Insiders, Libro.fm. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspectsnewsletter! Show Notes Author James Patterson on Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘Unbelievable’ Crimes Film adaptation for Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage Organisers of the Staunch Prize, which honors books that don’t contain violence against women, have claimed that fictional depictions of sexual assault may influence the outcome of rape cases Fotis Dulos, a defendant in a missing person’s case involving his estranged wife, is trying to argue that this is a real-life Gone Girl situation. Books Mentioned Spinby Lamar Giles The Silent Patientby Alex Michaelides Beijing Payback by Daniel Nieh Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman Theme Musicby T. Marie Vandelly My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress by Rachel DeLoache Williams An American Spyby Lauren Wilkinson Lock Every Doorby Riley Sager The Perfect Nannyby Leila Slimani The Needby Helen Phillips See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about a seven-figure film deal, Stranger Things, and celebrate their two year anniversary by talking about Nancy Drew. This episode is sponsored by Everything Trying to Kill You and In The Darknessby Mike Omer, A Nearly Normal Familyby M. T. Edvardsson. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspectsnewsletter! Show Notes Paramount makes a 7-figure film deal for the upcoming book The Chain by Adrian McKinty Final trailer for Stranger ThingsSeason 3 ‘Lock Every Door’ Series Based On Novel In Works At Paramount TV & Anonymous Content With ‘True Blood’ Duo ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ Drama From David E. Kelley & A+E Studios Gets CBS Series Production Commitment The Not-So-Hidden Racism of Nancy Drew Why Does It Matter Who Wrote Nancy Drew, Anyway? Books Mentioned The Phantom of Pine Hillby Carolyn Keene The Secret of the Golden Pavilion by Carolyn Keene The Clue in the Crossword Cipher by Carolyn Keene The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Herby Melanie Rehak Girls Like Usby Cristina Alger Whisper Networkby Chandler Baker The Chainby Adrian McKinty The Stories You Tellby Kristen Lepionka The Gone Deadby Chanelle Benz, Murder in the Crooked House by Soji Shimada and Louise Heal Kawai Just What Kind of Mother Are You?by Paula Daly Lock Every Door by Riley Sager Killers of the Flower Moonby David Grann Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about some mysteries by Australian authors, along with some news about Linda Fairstein, women writing in the mystery genre, and more. This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm, Amazon Publishing, and Book Riot Insiders. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspectsnewsletter! Show Notes Dutton Will Drop Linda Fairstein Linda Fairstein's WSJ Op-Ed Linda Fairstein Jumps Into Debate About Linda Fairstein on Authors Guild Message Board Sara Paretsky Letter to the Editor He wrote/she wrote. On gender in mystery writing Attica Locke and Tembi Locke Talk Sisterhood, Writing, and Being Brave
Books Mentioned The Things She’s Seen by Ambelin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina Watching Youby Michael Robotham Crimson Lakeby Candace Fox The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall A Nearly Normal Family by M.T. Edvardsson Big Skyby Kate Atkinson The Van Apfel Girls Are Goneby Felicity McLean They All Fall Downby Rachel Howzell Hall Our Houseby Louise Candlish Speaking of Summerby Kalisha Buckhanon See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In honor of Pride month, Katie and Rincey spend some time talking about mystery books by LGBTQ+ authors. This episode is sponsored by All the Books, The Shallowsby Matt Goldman, and Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murderedby Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspectsnewsletter! Show Notes Exclusive: One of Us Is Lying author Karen McManus reveals what's Next Books Mentioned A Kind of Justice by Renee James Death Prefers Blondesby Caleb Roehrig Those Peopleby Louise Candlish Recursion by Blake Crouch Grab a Snake By the Tailby Leonardo Padura Miracle Creekby Angie Kim Clueby Paul Allor, illustrated by Nelson Dániel Duped: Double Lives, False Identities, and the Con Man I Almost Marriedby Abby Ellin See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk Nora Roberts hitting a major milestone, more lists featuring just white authors, and some mysteries by Asian and Asian American authors! This episode is sponsored by Audible, Amazon Publishing and The Rule of Many by Leslie Saunders and Ashley Saunders, and Looking For Garbo by Jon James Miller Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspectsnewsletter! Show Notes Exclusive: Nora Roberts on her J.D. Robb In Death series getting its 50th book Nancy Drew first look 50 great thrillers by (white) women 2019 Anthony Award Nominations Announced Books Mentioned Miracle Creekby Angie Kim The Frangipani Tree Mysteryby Ovidia Yu Newcomer by Keigo Higashino, translated by Giles Murray The Favorite Daughter by Kaira Rouda The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Mythby Josh Levin Into the Jungleby Erica Ferencik The Book Case by Dave Shelton Cari Mora by Thomas Harris The Sentence is Deathby Anthony Horowitz Evil Things by Katja Ivar See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about the Edgar Awards, the Agatha Awards, and infuriating cookie giving This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Westsideby W.M. Akers, and The Fifth Doctrineby Karen Robards Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! Show Notes Trailer for We Have Always Lived in the Castle Is the hipster mystery a thing? Simon Pegg & Nick Frost’s Stolen Picture To Adapt Ben Aaronovitch’s Epic Fantasy Drama ‘Rivers of London’ Edgar Award Winners Agatha Award winners The Writer's Mag tweet Lee Child and Paul Doiron on strong, interesting, complex female characters Books Mentioned Tiny Pretty Thingsby Sona Charaipotra & Dhonielle Clayton My Sister, the Serial Killerby Oyinkan Braithwaite; See What I Have Doneby Sarah Schmidt Girl Waits With Gunby Amy Stewart A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Leeby Casey Cep If She Wakesby Michael Koryta The Satapur Moonstoneby Sujata Massey The Things She’s Seenby Ambelin & Ezekiel Kwaymullina Billion Dollar Whaleby Tom White & Bradley Hope The Frangipani Tree Mysteryby Ovidia Yu An Elderly Woman Is Up To No Good by Helene Tursten and Marlaine Delargy Newcomerby Keigo Higashino Miracle Creekby Angie Kim Evil Thingsby Katja Ivar See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey catch up after an episode apart and pick up books from some new-to-them authors. This episode is sponsored by Libro fm, Flatiron Books, publishers of I Know Who You Areby Alice Feeney, and The Hummingbird Daggerby Cindy Anstey from Swoon Reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspectsnewsletter! Show Notes ‘The Last Mrs. Parrish’: Drama Series Based On Novel In Works At Amazon With Cathy Schulman & Jeff Gaspin Producing ‘Doctor Foster’ Producer Drama Republic To Adapt Sara Collins’ Period Novel ‘The Confessions of Frannie Langton’ For TV Skyhorse forms Arcade CrimeWise imprint Law & Crime partners with Simon & Schuster Books Mentioned They All Fall Downby Rachel Howzell Hall 99 Ways to Dieby Ed Lin The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth The Invited by Jennifer McMahon Little Darlings by Melanie Golding At Home in the Darkedited by Lawerence Block
A Deadly Divideby Ausma Zehanat Khan The Frangipani Tree Mysteryby Olvidia Yu The Satapur Moonstoneby Sujata Massey As Long As We Both Shall Liveby Joann Cheney See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and guest host Vanessa Diaz talk about book-to-movie adaptations, their mutual love for the movie Clue, and more! This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, The Center of the Universe by Ria Voros, and Redemption Point by Candice Fox. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! Show Notes Paramount TV, Anonymous to Adapt Susan Orlean’s ‘The Library Book’ Netflix Makes Film Deal For Mary Kubica Novel ‘The Other Mrs.’ ‘Black Mass’ Writer Tackling ‘Conan Doyle for the Defense’ Adaptation ‘Death in Paradise’ Producer Red Planet Pictures To Adapt Louise Candlish’s Real-Estate Nightmare Novel ‘Our House’ For TV A ‘Clue’-Inspired YA Novel Is Coming Out This Year — Start Reading ‘In The Hall With The Knife’ Now Books Mentioned The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper – Hallie Rubenhold In a Dark Dark Wood – Ruth Ware They All Fall Down – Rachel Howzell Hall Confessions of an Innocent Man – David R. Dow The Last – Hanna Jameson Diary of a Murderer: And Other Stories – Young-Ha Kim The Satapur Moonstone – Sujata Massey Murder By the Book – Claire Harman Blood Harvest – S.J. (Sharon) Bolton
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This episode, Katie and Rincey pick up mystery books featuring disabled protagonists. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders and The Perfect Girlfriendby Karen Hamilton. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspectsnewsletter! Show Notes Hot Series Package: Steve Zaillian Meets Patricia Highsmith’s Sociopath Tom Ripley Coming soon: Winter Countsby David Heska Wanbli Weiden to your lists: an #ownvoices Native American thriller! Dan Mallory, Author Who Once Faked Being British, Nominated for British Book Award Damien Power Tapped To Direct ‘No Exit’ Thriller For 20th Century Fox Crime Fiction Book List: Disabled isn’t Unable Books Mentioned Blood Harvest by S.J. Bolton Blackman’s Coffinby Mark De Castrique My Lovely Wifeby Samantha Downing Murder Lo Meinby Vivien Chien Murder by the Book: The Crime That Shocked Dickens's London by Claire Harman The Spectatorsby Jennifer DuBois Ask Me No Questions: A Lady Dunbridge Mystery by Shelley Noble Frangipani Tree Mystery by Olvidia Yu The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about the big college admissions scam (because how could they not?) and provide some creepy book picks for a reader's book club. This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm, The Huntressby Kate Quinn, and Save Me From Dangerous Menby S.A. Lelchuk. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspectsnewsletter! Show Notes Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories to Develop Miss Marple Series From Agatha Christie Novels FX To Turn Don Winslow’s Epic Cartel Drug War Novel Trilogy Into TV Series Russell Hornsby To Headline ‘Lincoln’ NBC Pilot Based On ‘The Bone Collector’ Books Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin among 50 charged in college admissions scam for unworthy kids, prosecutors say Books Mentioned Bad Bloodby John Carreyrou The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastleby Stuart Turton Forty Acresby Dwayne Alexander Smith The Good Houseby Tananarive Due My Sister Rosaby Justine Larbalestier The Trial of Lizzie Bordenby Cara Robertson A Dangerous Collaborationby Deanna Raybourn House on Fireby Bonnie Kistler The Plottersby Un-Su Kim Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escapeby Jenna Miscavige Hill See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about the history of mysteries and thrillers and espionage novels. This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm, What We Buriedby Kate A. Boorman, A Justified Murderby Jude Deveraux Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspectsnewsletter! Show Notes Mila Kunis Snaps Up TV Rights to Journalist Andrea Bartz's New Thriller, The Lost Night Men and Women - Thrillers and Mysteries Vanity Fair’s Gwyneth Hughes is writing a new drama about Jack the Ripper’s victims Martin Scorsese & Leonardo DiCaprio Developing ‘The Devil in the White City’ At Hulu With Paramount TV Books Mentioned An American Spyby Lauren Wilkinson Liar’s Candleby August Thomas Hunting Gameby Helene Tursten Smoke and Ashesby Abir Mukherjee A Question of Holmesby Brittany Cavallaro The Devil Aspectby Craig Russell Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller We Have Always Lived in the Castleby Shirley Jackson The Descentby Tim Johnston The Perfect Nannyby Leila Slimani Baby Teethby Zoje Stage See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk adaptations coming of Karin Slaughter and Bill Clinton's books, and the ridiculous story about Dan Mallory a.k.a. AJ Finn. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Never Let Goby Elizabeth Goddard and Revell Books, and Bookclubbish. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspectsnewsletter! Show Notes Christopher McQuarrie is bringing Bill Clinton's ridiculous mystery novel to Showtime ‘Pieces Of Her’: Netflix Orders Novel-Based Series From Lesli Linka Glatter, Charlotte Stoudt & Bruna Papandrea Hulu's The Act shares trailer for its Mommy Dead And Dearest adaptation Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter To Be Sick, Gypsy Wanted Her Mom Murdered A Suspense Novelist’s Trail of Deceptions Can we still enjoy The Woman in the Window? What will happen to Dan Mallory? Books Mentioned Felicity Carrol and the Perilous Pursuitby Patricia Marcantonio The Black Coatsby Colleen Oakes Good Kids, Bad City: A Story of Race and Wrongful Conviction in Americaby Kyle Swenson The Birds That Stayby Ann Lambert A Deadly Divide by Ausma Zehanat Khan The Reckoningby Yrsa Sigurdardottir Liar’s Candleby August Thomas Bitter Orangeby Claire Fuller Force of Natureby Jane Harper American Spyby Lauren Wilkinson We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson; The Descentby Tim Johnston See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about the Agatha awards and Edgar Award nominees, more adaptation news and some mysteries written by Black authors. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, Bookclubbish, Fate: An Uncle Chow Tung Novelby Ian Hamilton To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! Show Notes The Agatha Award nominees The Edgar Award nominees Netflix Begs People to Stop Calling Serial Killer Ted Bundy ‘Hot’ ‘Dare Me’ Gets USA Series Order With Netflix Coming In As International Distributor Books Mentioned A Dark & Deadly Deceptionby Eleanor Taylor Bland August Snowby Stephen Mack Jones Death Prefers BlondesbyCaleb Roehrig SpinbyLamar Giles Evil ThingsbyKatja Ivar The Silent PatientbyAlex Michaelides The Hiding PlacebyCJ Tudor The PlottersbyUn-Su Kim Come Find MebyMegan Miranda The Lost ManbyJane Harper Sweet Little Liesby Caz Fear Lethal WhitebyRobert Galbraith Force of NaturebyJane Harper See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about mysteries books written by Native and Indigenous authors. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, Last Woman Standingby Amy Gentry, As Long As We Both Shall Liveby JoAnn Chaney To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! Show Notes Bluebird Bluebird sequel! Sarah Michelle Gellar To Star In ‘Sometimes I Lie’ Limited Series From Ellen DeGeneres & Warner Bros TV 5 books about missing & murdered indigenous women in Canada How Indigenous Writers are Elevating True Crime Books Mentioned Murder on the Red Riverby Marcie Rendon Girl Gone Missingby Marcie Rendon Deception on All Accountsby Sara Sue Hoklotubbe That Lonely Section of Hell: The Botched Investigation of a Serial Killer Who Almost Got Awayby Lorimer Shenher Duped: Double Lives, False Identities, and the Con Man I Almost Marriedby Abby Ellin No Exitby Taylor Adams The Nowhere Child by Christian White The Golden Tresses of the Deadby Alan Bradley The Vanishing Stairby Maureen Johnson I’ll Be Gone in the Darkby Michelle McNamara The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastleby Stuart Turton See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about the 2019 mysteries and thrillers that they are most excited for! This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, KissConand Before We Were Strangersby Brenda Novak. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey run down their favorite mystery, thriller and true crime books of the year! This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal and Before We Were Strangers by Brenda Novak. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
While Katie is off honeymooning, Rincey is joined by Liberty Hardy and rave about the amazingness that is Agatha Christie. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, In Too Deep by Lynn H. Blackburn and The Kingfisher Secret from McClelland & Stewart See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about a very cool program Stephen King runs and some of the upcoming releases that they are very excited about. This episode is sponsored by Death by the River by Alexandrea Weis and Lucas Astor and Good Me Bad Me by Ali Land See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about some casting news, other exciting podcasts, lots of Tana French mentions, plus some book recommendations for Hispanic Heritage Month! This episode is sponsored by TBR, Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand, and Broken Things by Lauren Oliver See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey have some fun discussing some mystery adaptations and read and recommend books with LGBTQ protagonists. This episode is sponsored by TBR, The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton, I Know You Know by Gilly Macmillan See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey discuss historical mysteries, Serial season 3 and more. This episode is sponsored by TBR, The Boy at the Keyhole by Stephen Giles and Hollywood Dead by Richard Kadrey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Rincey and Katie tackled two presidential-adjacent mystery books and talk about their experiences with such different mystery novels. This episode is sponsored by Her Pretty Face By Robyn Harding and The Con Artist by Fred Van Lente. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Rincey and Katie decide to do a little bit of catch up on some series books that they've been meaning to pick up. This episode is sponsored by Notes from My Captivity By Kathy Parks and Book Riot's $500 YA Giveaway. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey discuss their "wheelhouse phrases", or the words or descriptions will immediately will cause them to pick up a book. This episode is sponsored by Hangman by Jack Heath, new from Hanover Square Press. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In honor of the one year anniversary of the podcast, Katie and Rincey reminisce a bit and each pick up a book that they heard about because of the podcast. This episode is sponsored by Hangman by Jack Heath, new from Hanover Square Press See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about books by Asian and Asian American writers in honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. This episode is sponsored by Exit Strategy by Charlton Pettus, new from Hanover Square Press and The 49th Mystic by Ted Dekker. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Please enjoy this bonus excerpt, courtesy of the Recommended podcast, featuring Attica Locke recommending Jane Smiley's 13 Ways of Looking at the Novel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about the shocking developments with the Golden State Killer case, how Amy Adams is starring in all the adaptations and discuss the Edgar Awards. This episode is sponsored by If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio and Enigma by Catherine Coulter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about lots of exciting news (including a new Tana French book!!) and discuss the trope of the unreliable, often female, narrator. This episode is sponsored by Force of Nature by Jane Harper and Enigma by Catherine Coulter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about The Woman in the Window movie adaptation, a new Cormoran Strike book and do a bit of a backlist dive. This episode is sponsored by Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney and Libby. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Rincey and Katie flail over the potential of new Gillian Flynn books, the new Obama/Biden buddy mystery and talk about some great mystery comics. This episode is sponsored by Beneath the Surface by Lynn H. Blackburn and Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney.
Show Notes Reese Witherspoon & New Line Set ‘A Private War’ Scribe For ‘In A Dark Dark Wood’ Adaptation Gillian Flynn is writing a new book, and so far we know nothing, but that’s okay Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer Books Mentioned My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris Green River Killer: A True Detective Story by Jeff Jensen & Jonathan Case My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf Goldie Vance by Hope Larson, illustrated by Brittney Williams The Fade Out by Ed Brubaker, illustrated by Sean Phillips The Neighbors by Hannah Mary McKinnon A Guide for Murdered Children by Sarah Sparrow The Broken Girls by Simone St. James Death Comes in Through the Kitchen by Teresa Dovalpage A False Report: A True Story of Rape in America by T. Christian Miller & Ken Armstrong See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt The Hunger by Alma Katsu There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk all about all things noir: what’s considered noir, classic noir and more modern noir books. This episode is sponsored by Libby and the Read Harder 2018 Challengeand Mister Tender’s Girl by Carter Wilson Enter the Penguin Clothbound Giveaway on Instagram. Show Notes Chicago attorney, Ohio filmmaker working on follow-up to ‘Making a Murderer’ Books Mentioned The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett The Gun by Fuminori Nakamura Dragonfish by Vu Tran Queenpin by Megan Abbott Akashic Noir series: Tel Aviv Noir, New Orleans Noir, Brooklyn Noir Chicago by David Mamet Bone Music by Christopher Rice Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life by Laura Thompson The Hunger by Alma Katsu I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara A Dangerous Crossing by Ausma Zehanat Khan Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In honor of Valentine's Day, Katie and Rincey talk about romantic mysteries, with quick mentions of the Audie awards and some Stephen King news. This episode is sponsored by It Should Have Been You by Lynn Slaughter from Page Street Publishing and The Honorable Traitors by John Lutz.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about the Edgar Awards nominees, the new Staunch book prize, and talk about books by black authors to kick off Black History Month. This episode is sponsored by Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp and Girl Unknown by Karen Perry.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about their experiences reading young adult mysteries and thrillers and highlight some of their favorites in the genre This episode is sponsored by Walking The Bones by Randall Silvis and The Night Market by Jonathan Moore.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey highlight some of their most anticipated new mysteries coming this year! This episode is sponsored by Book Riot's Top 20 Giveaway.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about their favorite mystery, thriller and true crime books that were released this year along with one backlist favorite. This episode is sponsored by Imperfect Justice by Cara Putman and Book Riot Top 20 Giveaway.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Before the end of the year, Katie and Rincey squeeze in a 2017 mystery book of their choice that they've been wanting to read all year but hadn't gotten around to. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Rincey and Katie discuss Agatha Christie and the latest adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express! This episode is sponsored by Penguin Random House Audio and Book Riot's $500 Giveaway.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about the Goodreads Choice Awards, John Grisham's latest book and true crime books. This episode is sponsored by Murderer’s Maid by Erika Mailman and Haven by Mary Lindsey.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about how horrible the new Snowman adaptation seems to be and give some Halloween recommendations. This video is sponsored by Book Riot's $500 bookstore gift card giveaway!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey use the news about the upcoming Tana French BBC adaptation to fawn over her books. This episode is sponsored by Gangster Nation by Tod Goldberg and Lit Chat.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about the Miss Fisher film Kickstarter and the updated adaptation news for the Bill Clinton, James Patterson thriller. This episode is sponsored by Lit Chat, Trell by Dick Lehr, and Copycat by Alex Lake.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey do a Stephen King themed episode! They talk about adaptations - including the new release of IT - their favorite books and more. This episode is sponsored by Good Me Bad Me by Ali Land and Dead in the Water by Denise Swanson.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about real life mysteries that have surrounded mystery writers. This episode is sponsored by The Blind and the Unusual Suspects newsletter.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey run through a few mystery and thriller adaptations and talk about cozy mysteries that they've recently read. This episode is sponsored by Gone to Dust and Portrait of Vengeance.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about James Patterson and Bill Clinton joining forces, The Snowman movie trailer, and provide some Scandinavian book recommendations. This episode is sponsored by The Dying Game and Leona.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey talk about male writers taking on ambiguous pseudonyms, more adaptations and give true crime recommendations. This episode is sponsored by Libby and Blackstone Publishing.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katie and Rincey go over the mystery and thriller books in Amazon's Best Books of 2017 so far list and question if some of the books on there are actually mysteries. This episode is sponsored by Libby and Blackstone Publishing.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Rincey and Katie talk about the difference between mysteries, thrillers, and suspense books and provide some recommendations for each genre and sub-genre. This episode is sponsored by The Outliers by Kimberly McCreight and The Pierre Hotel Affair by Daniel Simone with Nick Sacco.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Rincey and Katie kick off the first episode by talking about some adaptations they are excited to see and upcoming releases they can't wait to read. This episode is sponsored by We Are Holding the President Hostage by Warren Adler and The Outliers by Kimberly McCreight.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this episode Katie and Rincey introduce themselves and discuss how they came to love the genre, along with a few of their favorite books to recommend.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.