This week Tayla is joined by mystery authors Frances McNamara and Joanna Schaffhausen from the Sisters in Crime New England. Frances and Joanna share what mystery writers inspire their work and what TV they’ve been watching to past the time. Then they discuss their books and how their main characters embody the idea of the modern heroine. Today’s heroines balance relationships and careers, leap over sexist obstacles, and rescue themselves from danger. Our guests discuss how they and many other women authors are redefining the genre by creating strong women characters.

You can find our guest authors at francesmcnamara.com and www.joannaschaffhausen.com

Joanna’s books

Frances’s books

Our theme music is Day Trips by Ketsa and our ad music is Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes. Thanks for listening!

BooksDeath of an American Beauty by Mariah Fredericks

A Burning by Megha Majumdar

Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby

Roma Sub Rosa series by Steven Saylor

Deborah Crombie novels in the eZone

Riviera Gold by Laurie King

The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty

It Ain't So Awful, Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas

AVThe Alienist (2018-2020)

Bramwell (1985-1998)

Bordertown (2016-2020)

Sniffer (2013- )

Beat Bob Flay (2013- )

Veronica Mars (2004-2019)

Never Have I Ever (2020 - )

Chernobyl (2019)

Schitt’s Creek (2015-2020)