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Read or Dead is a bi-weekly show dedicated to the worlds of mystery and thriller literature.
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Books Old and New with Special Guest Liberty Hardy

Kendra Winchester and special guest Liberty Hardy talk about old and new books. “Something old and something new, one host borrowed, the other dressed in blue.” Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS Crime Reads Most Anticipated Books of 2024 New Louise Penny Book BOOKS DISCUSSED Smaller and Smaller Circles by F.H. Batacan Anywhere You Run by Wanda M. Morris Eggshell Skull by Bri Lee The Reformatory by Tananarive Due No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper Wander in the Dark by Jumata Emill The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez 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 Liberty on Instagram @franzencomesalive And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1/26/202442 minutes, 34 seconds
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Our Most Anticipated Books of the First Half of 2024

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester share the titles that they are most looking forward to in the first half of 2024! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS “Our Most Anticipated Crime Fiction Novels of 2024” (Novel Suspects) BOOKS DISCUSSED One of the Good Guys - Araminta Hall (January 9)  The Night of the Storm - Nishita Parekh (Jan. 16th) The Hunter - Tana French (March 5) Blessed Water - Margot Douaihy (March 12th) The Woods All Black - Lee Mandelo (March 19th) The Angel of Indian Lake - Stephen Graham Jones (March 26th) Butter: A Novel of Food & Murder - Asako Yuzuki, transl. Polly Barton (April 16) One of Us Knows - Alyssa Cole (April 16) Supplication - Nour Abi-Nakhoul (May 24th) Middle of the Night - Riley Sager (June 18) 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
1/12/202446 minutes, 11 seconds
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Rerun: Our Most Anticipated Books of 2023

Katie and Kendra are off this holiday week, but we thought it would be fun to share a rerun of our most anticipated books of 2023, which originally aired on January 13, 2023. Tune in as Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss their most anticipated book releases of 2023. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. 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 Age of Vice - Deepti Kapoor Black Dahlia, Red Rose: The Crime, Corruption, and Cover Up of America’s Greatest Unsolved Murder - Piu Eatwell All That Is Mine I Carry With Me - William Landay (March 7, 2023) Red London - Alma Katsu (March 14, 2023) Sing Her Down - Ivy Pochoda (May 23, 2023) The Only One Left - Riley Sager (June 20, 2023) Bad Cree - Jessica Johns (Doubleday, January 10th) All the Sinners Bleed - S.A. Cosby (Flatiron, June 6th) The Mistress of Bahtia House - Sujata Massey (Soho Press, July 11th Don't Fear the Reaper - Stephen Graham Jones (Saga Press, February 7th) VenCo - Cherie Dimaline (William Morrow, February 7th) 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
12/29/202350 minutes, 30 seconds
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Our Favorite Books of 2023

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss their favorite books of 2023! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you (or a reader you know and love) hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. The holidays are here, and we've got three different levels for gifting to suit every budget. Get all the details at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Red London - Alma Katsu Happiness Falls - Angie Kim Bright Young Women - Jessica Knoll All the Sinners Bleed - S.A. Cosby I Have Some Questions for You - Rebecca Makkai Our Share of Night - Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell 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
12/15/20231 hour, 1 minute, 13 seconds
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Indigenous Authors for Native American Heritage Month

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss books for Native American Heritage Month. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. You can also gift it (and the holidays, they are coming). Get all the details at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Things Mentioned Goodreads Choice Awards The Indigenous Reading Circle Book Club BOOKS DISCUSSED Twilight Falls - Juneau Black And Then She Fell - Alicia Elliott This Town Sleeps - Dennis E. Staples The Berry Pickers - Amanda Peters Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology - ed. Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. The Fiction Writer - Jillian Cantor The Folly - Gemma Amor Contact 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
12/1/202351 minutes, 55 seconds
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Holiday Gift Guide 2023

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss books perfect for holiday gifting! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! It's happening, readers—we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. You can also gift it (and the holidays, they are coming.) Get all the details at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed All the Fighting Parts - Hannah V. Sawyerr Happiness Falls - Angie Kim General Mystery: The Woman in the Library - Sulari Gentill Psychological suspense/horror crossover: Help for the Haunted - John Searles True crime: American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land - Monica Hesse Middle Grade: Spirit Hunters - Ellen Oh Literary Mystery: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - James McBride Cozy Mystery: Shady Hollow - Juneau Black 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
11/17/202353 minutes, 41 seconds
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All About Those Fangs — A Vampire Story

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester books about vampires! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. You can also gift it (and the holidays, they are coming). Get all the details at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED And Then She Fell - Alicia Elliot Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse / Southern Vampire Mysteries) A People’s History of the Vampire Uprising - Raymond A. Villareal Vampires of El Norte - Isabel Cañas Fangs - Sarah Andersen The Reformatory - Tananarive Due Blackwater Falls - Ausma Zehanat Khan Blood Betrayal - Ausma Zehanat Khan 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
11/3/202343 minutes, 58 seconds
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Fall Book Club Picks

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss great picks for book clubs. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! Autumn is here, which means it's time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it's romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist reads you crave, TBR can help you find the perfect books for your fall reading, with options curated to your specific reading tastes. Visit mytbr.co to find out more and sign up — it only takes a few minutes! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS Time Magazine - 100 best mystery and thriller books of all time.  Jessica Knoll’s latest novel, Bright Young Women, is getting a TV adaptation. BOOKS DISCUSSED Blackwater Falls - Ausma Zehanat Khan While Justice Sleeps - Stacey Abrams Vampires of El Norte - Isabel Cañas Anywhere You Run - Wanda M. Morris Mrs. Poe - Lynn Cullen Anoka - Shane Hawk Indigenous Reading Circle Firekeeper’s Daughter - Angeline Boulley Reese’s Book Club A Haunting on the Hill: A Novel - Elizabeth Hand Lay Them to Rest: On the Road With the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless - Laurah Norton 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
10/20/202350 minutes, 32 seconds
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Guest Post: The Reading Life of James McBride

Katie and Kendra are out this week, so we're sharing this episode of First Edition, where Jeff interviews James McBride on the occasion of the publication of his new novel, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. This book has a murder mystery at its core, so we know you will love it! Check out First Edition on Twitter, on Substack, and on Instagram. Autumn is here, which means it's time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it's romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist reads you crave, TBR can help you find the perfect books for your fall reading, with options curated to your specific reading tastes. Visit mytbr.co to find out more and sign up — it only takes a few minutes! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison Beverly Cleary The Autobiography of Malcolm X The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10/6/202336 minutes, 18 seconds
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Book Picks for Hispanic Heritage Month

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss book picks for Hispanic Heritage Month! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! Book Riot's editorial team is writing for casual and power readers alike over at The Deep Dive! During the month of September, all new free subscribers will be entered to win Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, plus 5 mystery books from The Deep Dive. To enter, simply start a free subscription to The Deep Dive. No payment method required! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS 2023 Anthony Awards BOOKS DISCUSSED Small Spaces - Katherine Arden The House in the Pines - Ana Reyes Untamed Shore - Silvia Moreno-Garcia Ghost Squad - Claribel A. Ortega Her Body and Other Parties - Carmen Maria Machado Never Whistle at Night edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. Black Sheep - Rachel Harrison 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
9/22/202339 minutes, 28 seconds
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Catching Up on Our Backlist TBRs!

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss catching up on their backlist TBRs!! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! Book Riot's editorial team is writing for casual and power readers alike over at The Deep Dive! During the month of September, all new free subscribers will be entered to win Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, plus 5 mystery books from The Deep Dive. To enter, simply start a free subscription to The Deep Dive. No payment method required! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS: Sister Holiday Sequel Announced BOOKS DISCUSSED: Blessed Water: A Sister Holiday Mystery - Margot Douaihy Happiness Falls - Angie Kim The Maid - Nita Prose Blackwater Falls - Ausma Zehanat Khan Catherine House - Elisabeth Thomas The Good House - Tananarive Due The Curious Vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby - G.Z. Schmidt Perfectly Nice Neighbors - 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
9/8/202350 minutes, 31 seconds
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Catching Up on 2023 Releases

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
8/25/202346 minutes, 58 seconds
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Women in Translation Month!

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
8/11/202351 minutes, 14 seconds
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Literary Crime Fiction

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 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
7/28/202357 minutes, 19 seconds
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Our Most Anticipated Releases for the Second Half of 2023!

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
7/14/202346 minutes, 36 seconds
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Summer Scaries

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
6/30/202344 minutes, 54 seconds
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Mysteries and Thrillers for Audiobook Month

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 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
6/16/202355 minutes, 21 seconds
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Pride Month Picks

Kendra Winchester and Katie McLain Horner discuss books for Pride 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 Megan Abbott’s Beware the Woman is being turned into a film. BOOKS DISCUSSED Mary Rose - Geoffrey Girard Reprieve - James Han Mattson Dirt Creek - Hayley Scrivenor  Nothing But Blackened Teeth - Cassandra Khaw Summer Sons - Lee Mandelo All the Sinners Bleed - S.A. Cosby Beware the Woman - Megan Abbott  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
6/2/202349 minutes, 39 seconds
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Mystery Novels for AANHPI Heritage Month!

Kendra Winchester and special guest Liberty Hardy discuss mystery and thrillers for AANHPI 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! BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world in the new podcast First Edition. Interviews, lists, rankings, retrospectives, recommendations, and much more, featuring people who know and love books. Subscribe to First Edition on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your podcatcher of choice. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS “A Utah mom wrote a kids’ book about grief after her husband’s death. Now she’s charged with his murder” (CNN) Books Mentioned All the Sinners Bleed - S.A. Cosby Cutting Teeth - Chandler Baker The Trauma Beat: A Case for Re-Thinking the Business of Bad News - Tamara Cherry  Your House Will Pay - Steph Cha Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers - Jesse Q. Sutanto Miracle Creek - Angie Kim Death by Dumpling - Vivien Chien The Lost Sons of Omaha: Two Young Men in an American Tragedy - Joe Sexton The Night Flowers - Sara Herchenroether 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
5/19/202341 minutes, 3 seconds
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Books Perfect for Road Trips!

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester talk about books perfect for reading on road trips! 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! Book Riot co-founder Jeff O’Neal explores the wide bookish world in the new podcast First Edition. Interviews, lists, rankings, retrospectives, recommendations, and much more, featuring people who know and love books. Subscribe to First Edition on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your podcatcher of choice. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS The 2023 Edgar Awards have been announced! BOOKS DISCUSSED Devolution – Max Brooks The Martian – Andy Weir The Hunger – Alma Katsu Scorched Grace – Margot Douaihy Mapping the Interior – Stephen Graham Jones Fixit – Joe Ide Warrior Girl Unearthed – Angeline Boulley 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
5/5/202353 minutes
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Young Adult Mystery Novels

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss YA mystery novels! 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 from experts in the world of books and reading? Subscribe to Book Riot’s newest newsletter, The Deep Dive, to get exclusive content delivered to your inbox. Subscribe and choose your membership level today at bookriot.substack.com. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS Anne Perry Dies at 84 (Book Riot) BOOKS DISCUSSED Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for Justice – Cristina Rivera Garza She Is a Haunting – Trang Thanh Tran The Getaway – Lamar Giles Firekeeper’s Daughter – Angeline Boulley Sadie – Courtney Summers Sisters of the Lost Nation – Nick Medina Searching for Savanna: The Murder of One Native American Woman and the Violence Against the Many – Mona Gable 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
4/21/202352 minutes, 31 seconds
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[UPDATED] Our Annual Edgar Awards Show!

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss novels nominated for the Edgar Awards! 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 from experts in the world of books and reading? Subscribe to Book Riot’s newest newsletter, The Deep Dive, to get exclusive content delivered to your inbox. Subscribe and choose your membership level today at bookriot.substack.com. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS “Oscar Isaac will play a sexy Kurt Vonnegut in a new crime series.” (Hey, I’m just quoting the experts here!) Amazon has canceled Three Pines after just one season. Amazon is adapting E. Lockhart’s We Were Liars as a series. BOOKS DISCUSSED The Woman in the Library – Sulari Gentill Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls – Kathleen Hale Shutter – Ramona Emerson Devil House – John Darnielle A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America and the Woman Who Stopped Them – Timothy Egan House of Cotton by Monica Brashears 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
4/14/202354 minutes, 26 seconds
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Noir Novels for Your TBR!

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss noir novels! 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 Resemblance – Laura Nossett The Devil Takes You Home – Gabino Iglesias Scorched Grace – Margaret Douaihy On the Savage Side – Tiffany McDaniel When These Mountains Burn – David Joy Red London – Alma Katsu We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America by Roxanna Asgarian 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
3/24/202349 minutes, 33 seconds
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Middle Grade Mysteries with Special Guest Liberty Hardy!

Since Katie McLain Horner is on vacation this week, Liberty Hardy joins Kendra Winchester to discuss middle grade mysteries! 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! NEWS Looking for fascinating stories, informed takes, useful advice, and more from experts in the world of books and reading? Subscribe to Book Riot’s newest newsletter, The Deep Dive, to get exclusive content delivered to your inbox. Subscribe and choose your membership level today at bookriot.substack.com This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS MENTIONED  I Have Some Questions for You – Rebecca Makkai The Secret History – Donna Tartt The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels – Beth Lincoln, Illustrated by Claire Powell Malamander (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea Book 1) – Thomas Taylor and Tom Booth The Dare: Friends, Family, and Other Eerie Mysteries by Cynthea Liu Spirit Hunters – Ellen Oh [ When You Reach Me – Rebecca Stead The Golden Spoon – Jess Maxwell  Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector – Amit Katwala 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 Liberty on Instagram @franzencomesalive And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3/10/202342 minutes, 2 seconds
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Black Crime Writers for the Win!

Tune in as Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester crime books by Black authors. 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! NEWS Walter Mosely has been awarded the 2023 CWA Diamond Dagger Award This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED How to Sell a Haunted House – Grady Hendrix The Violin Conspiracy – Brendan Slocumb All Her Little Secrets / Anywhere You Run – Wanda M. Morris My Darkest Prayer – S.A. Cosby S.A. Cosby on the New York Times Book Review podcast The Cutting Season – Attica Locke Scorched Grace – Margot Douaihy I Have Some Questions For You – Rebecca Makkai 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
2/24/202349 minutes, 39 seconds
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Sinister Vibes—and Opinions!

Tune in as Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss books with sinister vibes! 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 VenCo – Cherie Dimaline How to Sell a Haunted House – Grady Hendrix Jackal – Erin E. Adams See What I Have Done – Sarah Schmidt Devil House – John Darnielle Bad Cree – Jessica Johns Such Pretty Flowers – KL Cerra Harriet Spies – Elana K. Arnold  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
2/10/202350 minutes, 46 seconds
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Cozy Mystery Novels

Tune in as Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss cozy mystery novels! 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! NEWS Edgar Award Nominees! Crime Reads’ Most Anticipated Crime Novels of 2023 This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Finlay Donovan Is Killing It – Elle Cosimano Arsenic & Adobo – Mia P. Manansala Death by Dumpling – Vivien Chien The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie – Alan Bradley The Exiles – Jane Harper Promise Boys – Nick Brooks 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
1/27/202350 minutes, 57 seconds
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Our Most Anticipated Books of 2023

Tune in as Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss their most anticipated book releases 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! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Age of Vice – Deepti Kapoor Black Dahlia, Red Rose: The Crime, Corruption, and Cover Up of America’s Greatest Unsolved Murder – Piu Eatwell All That Is Mine I Carry With Me – William Landay (March 7, 2023) Red London – Alma Katsu (March 14, 2023) Sing Her Down – Ivy Pochoda (May 23, 2023) The Only One Left – Riley Sager (June 20, 2023) Bad Cree – Jessica Johns (Doubleday, January 10th) All the Sinners Bleed – S.A. Cosby (Flatiron, June 6th) The Mistress of Bahtia House – Sujata Massey (Soho Press, July 11th Don’t Fear the Reaper – Stephen Graham Jones (Saga Press, February 7th) VenCo – Cherie Dimaline (William Morrow, February 7th) 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
1/13/202352 minutes, 1 second
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Books We Wish We Read in 2022

Tune in as Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss books they didn’t manage to get to in 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! NEWS Trailer for 65 (Adam Driver + time travel + dinosaurs!!) This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Things We Found When the Water Went Down – Tegan Ni Swanson The House Across the Lake – Riley Sager Jackal – Erin Adams The Hacienda – Isabel Canas Hokuloa Road – Elizabeth Hand The Weight of Blood – Tiffany D. Jackson Devil House – John Darnielle The Violin Conspiracy – Brendan Slocum 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
12/30/202249 minutes, 25 seconds
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Our Favorite Books of 2022

Tune in as Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss their favorite mysteries and thrillers 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! NEWS Goodreads Choice Award Winners 2022 This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED They’re Going to Love You – Meg Howrey Hidden Pictures – Jason Rekulak Cherish Farrah – Bethany C. Morrow Hide – Kiersten White Red Widow – Alma Katsu Shutter – Ramona Emerson My Darkest Prayer – S.A. Cosby Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City – Tanya Talaga “Harvard announces return of Native hair samples” (Indian Country Today) 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
12/16/202255 minutes, 28 seconds
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True Crime for Nonfiction November

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 DISCUSSED Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York – Elon Green The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing – Sonia Faleiro American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land – Monica Hesse The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of Double Murder in Appalachia – Emma Copley Eisenberg Interview with Emma Copley Eisenberg Eisenberg’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 Talaga Protect ICWA Info 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
12/2/202255 minutes, 32 seconds
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2022 Holiday Gift Guide!

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! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. 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
11/18/202253 minutes, 34 seconds
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Let's Celebrate Indigenous Heritage Month!

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! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. 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
11/4/202245 minutes, 1 second
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Got Villains?

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
10/21/202252 minutes, 28 seconds
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Witchy Season

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 This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. 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
10/7/202251 minutes, 9 seconds
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Banned Books Week

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
9/23/202254 minutes, 30 seconds
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Meet Our New Co-host!

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
9/9/202250 minutes, 50 seconds
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Domestic Bliss or Doom?

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
8/26/202248 minutes, 52 seconds
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Mystery Reads for Women in Translation Month

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
8/12/202242 minutes, 40 seconds
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To Take or Not to Take?

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
7/29/202242 minutes, 44 seconds
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Let the Games Begin!

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
7/15/202250 minutes, 56 seconds
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Be Gay, Do Crimes

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
7/1/202242 minutes, 4 seconds
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Mid-Year Way Too Much to Read Freak Out

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
6/17/202246 minutes, 48 seconds
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A One, and a Two, and a Three

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
6/3/202254 minutes, 42 seconds
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Time and Time Again

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
5/20/202244 minutes, 58 seconds
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And The Award Goes To…

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 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
5/6/202254 minutes, 47 seconds
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You Never Forget Your First

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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
4/22/202247 minutes, 33 seconds
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Locked Up Tight

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 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
4/8/202238 minutes, 39 seconds
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Netflix and Read

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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3/25/202255 minutes, 18 seconds
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Short & Sweet

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3/11/202239 minutes, 57 seconds
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Mystery Reads by Black Authors

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about mystery and suspense reads by Black authors in honor of Black History Month. 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 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 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2/25/202249 minutes, 19 seconds
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What’s Love Got To Do With It?

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about cozy mysteries to stay in with this Valentine’s Day. 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 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 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2/11/202243 minutes, 57 seconds
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Murder, Menace, and Nuance

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about books featuring women who kill and the nuance that comes with it. 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! Edgar Award nominees! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Currently Reading 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1/28/202250 minutes, 25 seconds
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Most Anticipated Reads of 2022

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about their most anticipated releases for the upcoming year. 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. Currently Reading 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 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1/14/202247 minutes, 21 seconds
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Resolutions and Reflections

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about their year-end favorites and reflect on reading goals for 2022. 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. Currently Reading 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 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 And we will talk to you all next time! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12/17/202146 minutes, 43 seconds
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History’s Mysteries

Tune in as Katie and special guest velocireader Liberty talk about their favorite new and backlist historical mystery titles! 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!   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   If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com Otherwise you can:  Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady Find Liberty on Instagram @franzencomesalive And we will talk to you all next time! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12/3/202144 minutes, 54 seconds
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Like This, Try that

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. 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. Currently Reading 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 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 And we will talk to you all next time! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11/19/202155 minutes, 15 seconds
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Mysteries by Native American authors

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about mystery and suspense works by Native American authors in honor of National Native American Heritage Month. 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. 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 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 And we will talk to you all next time! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11/5/202144 minutes, 10 seconds
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Was that a creak or a scream?

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about horror and suspense reads set in haunted houses just in time for Halloween. 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 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 New Releases Five Strangers by E.V. Adamson Grave Reservations by Cherie Priest Otherwise, you can:  Find me on Twitter @JavedNusrah Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10/22/202148 minutes, 9 seconds
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Slipped Under the Radar

Tune in as All The Books host, Liberty, and Nusrah talk about mystery releases you may have missed in 2020 and 2021. 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. 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 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 Liberty on Instagram @franzencomesalive And we will talk to you all next time! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10/8/202143 minutes, 56 seconds
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You Will Never See It Coming

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about reads that took them on a twisty, turn-y journey. 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! 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 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
9/24/202147 minutes, 58 seconds
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Cults and Survivors

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about books featuring cults and people who become a part of 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. 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 If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.comOtherwise, you can:Find me on Twitter @JavedNusrahFind Katie on Twitter @ kt_librarylady See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
9/10/202150 minutes, 19 seconds
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Translated Works of Crime and Mystery

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about translated works of crime and mystery written by women authors for Women in Translation Month. 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. Currently Reading 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 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
8/27/202144 minutes, 4 seconds
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Was that for real?

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about mysteries based on real-life happenings. Not to be confused with our episode where we talk about mysteries we can’t believe are not based in reality. 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. 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 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
8/13/202147 minutes, 28 seconds
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Mystery reads for Disability Pride Month!

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about mystery reads featuring disabled characters or by authors with disabilities. 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 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 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
7/30/202147 minutes, 14 seconds
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Mid-Year Check-in!

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah answer some important questions in their mid-year check-in about their reading year so far. 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. 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 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
7/16/202151 minutes, 52 seconds
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You Gotta Listen For The Clues

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about mysteries that work great on audio for Audiobook Appreciation Month! 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 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 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
7/2/202150 minutes, 52 seconds
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Celebrating Pride Month

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. 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! 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 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
6/18/202149 minutes, 41 seconds
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Fiction Just As Strange As Reality

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about books that will appeal to readers of true crime, podcasts 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. 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 Currently Reading Girl A by Abigail Dean The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing by Sonia Faleiro See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
6/4/202152 minutes, 49 seconds
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Murder Is A Walk In The Park

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about reads set in the wilderness, particularly national parks. 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 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 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
5/21/202149 minutes, 41 seconds
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Dinner With A Side Of Death

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about reads that feature dinner parties gone wrong. 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 post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. 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 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
5/7/202151 minutes, 26 seconds
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Celebrations, Nostalgia, and Questionable Fashion

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah celebrate the 100th episode of Read or Dead, and talk about books that shaped them as mystery readers. 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! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. 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 If you want to send us 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
4/23/202155 minutes, 3 seconds
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Edgar Awards Season!

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah discuss the Edgar Award Nominees and recommend books for you to prioritize from the list. 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! Have a look at all the categories and nominees! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. 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 If you want to send us 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
4/9/202151 minutes, 31 seconds
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Mystery and Suspense In A Land Far Away

This week Katie and Nusrah talk about mystery/thrillers that transport you to a particular time and place. 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! Find some fantastic reads to combat AAPI racism and educate yourself on its long history in the US in our Audiobooks Newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. 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 If you want to send us 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3/26/202151 minutes, 14 seconds
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Revenge Of The Silenced

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. 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! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. 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 If you want to send us 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3/12/202151 minutes, 12 seconds
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Never Too Late for Some Romantic Reckoning

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about mystery and thriller reads featuring romance gone right, and romance gone very wrong. 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! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2/26/202154 minutes, 13 seconds
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True Crime and Racial Injustice

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about reads that feature true crime and social justice honoring Black History Month. 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 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 Write to us with any feedback, requests, or recommendations at readordead@bookriot.com Find us on social: Nusrah: @JavedNusrah Katie: @kt_librarylady See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2/12/202153 minutes, 42 seconds
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Letters, Journals, and Intrigue

Katie and Nusrah talk about books that make use of unique formats to tell their story. 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! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1/29/202146 minutes, 18 seconds
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Most Anticipated Releases of 2021

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. 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! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1/15/202147 minutes, 56 seconds
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Our Favorite Books of 2020

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. 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 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 The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12/18/202052 minutes, 48 seconds
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That Rings All My Bells

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! 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 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12/4/202049 minutes, 43 seconds
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Inaugural Serial Killers

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. 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 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11/20/202055 minutes, 31 seconds
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A Mood and a Half

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. 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 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11/6/202045 minutes, 13 seconds
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Welcome To Read Or Dead

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10/30/20202 minutes, 45 seconds
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Sad News for Jimmy P.

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. 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 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10/23/202048 minutes, 51 seconds
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It's a Banner Day

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. 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 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10/9/202051 minutes, 55 seconds
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Even Better Than Christmas

Katie and Rincey pick up some fun Scooby-Doo themed books based on a listener request and get really excited about some recent reads. This episode is sponsored by TBR, White Fox by Sara Faring and Size Zero by Abigail Mangin. 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 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
9/25/202055 minutes, 16 seconds
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My Sweatshirt's Public Debut

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. 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 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
9/11/202056 minutes, 57 seconds
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Sticking Houdini in the Bathroom

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. 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 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
8/28/202056 minutes, 7 seconds
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Take What You Can Get

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. 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 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
8/14/202049 minutes, 11 seconds
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Nothing Better Than a Time-Traveling Serial Killer

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. 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 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
7/31/202049 minutes, 9 seconds
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Here's to an Uneventful Year

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. 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 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
7/17/202054 minutes, 43 seconds
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The Year of the Staycation

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. 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 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
6/19/202047 minutes, 16 seconds
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Just An Episode of the West Wing

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. 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 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
6/5/202051 minutes, 57 seconds
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The Quarantine Doldrums

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. 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 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
5/22/202055 minutes, 22 seconds
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Experiencing My Muppet Arming Mood

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. 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 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
5/8/202057 minutes, 38 seconds
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Upright and Breathing

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. 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 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
4/24/202049 minutes, 33 seconds
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Teenagers with Dawson's Creek Syndrome

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. 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 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
4/10/202052 minutes, 25 seconds
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Banished to the Corner

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. 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 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3/27/202054 minutes, 27 seconds
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Who Doesn't Love a Sassy Cat?

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. 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 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3/13/202048 minutes, 37 seconds
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Judge These Books By Their Cover

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. 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 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2/28/202050 minutes, 10 seconds
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Tie Dye and an Armadillo Race

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. 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 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2/14/202053 minutes, 8 seconds
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A Thing Happens and Then More Things Happen

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. 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 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1/31/202046 minutes, 58 seconds
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The Nicole Kidman Segment

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1/17/202053 minutes, 30 seconds
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Making Our TBRs Cry

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1/3/202049 minutes, 10 seconds
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'Tis the Season for Holiday Mysteries

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12/20/201940 minutes, 58 seconds
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Time for Our 2019 Mystery Favorites!

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12/6/201953 minutes, 14 seconds
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Homicide for the Holidays

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11/22/201949 minutes, 30 seconds
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The Great Halloween Blizzard

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11/8/201948 minutes, 3 seconds
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UPDATED: Stephen King Scholar

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10/25/201945 minutes, 37 seconds
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And Then More Stuff Happens

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10/11/201950 minutes, 25 seconds
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Whales Can Have Bad Breath

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
9/27/201951 minutes, 16 seconds
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A Miniseries or a Regular Series for the BBC

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
9/13/201941 minutes, 10 seconds
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Sufficiently Wary of Going Outside

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
8/30/201946 minutes, 58 seconds
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Peaking in First Grade

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
8/16/201952 minutes, 53 seconds
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Looking For a Time Turner

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
8/2/201946 minutes, 31 seconds
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Hitting All My Terrifying Buttons

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
7/19/201946 minutes, 7 seconds
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The Perfect Blend of Structured Chaos

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
7/5/201952 minutes, 11 seconds
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#54: They Were Just Here a Minute Ago

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
6/21/201950 minutes, 15 seconds
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#53: I Found Something Weird

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
6/7/201944 minutes, 43 seconds
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#52: No People Were Harmed During the Reading of This Book

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
5/24/201954 minutes, 55 seconds
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#51: Don't Try This At Home

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
5/10/201951 minutes, 2 seconds
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#50: Recruiting people to the Sujata Massey fan club

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
4/26/201947 minutes, 23 seconds
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#49: Why Is No One Listening To the Person Who Watches Horror Movies?

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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
4/12/201948 minutes, 21 seconds
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#48: Couples That Slay Together, Stay Together

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3/29/201947 minutes, 40 seconds
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#47: Springtime, time to refresh or whatever

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3/15/201950 minutes, 16 seconds
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#46: In Like a Lion, Out Like Another Lion

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3/1/201947 minutes, 12 seconds
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#45: Multiple Pairs of Banana Pants

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2/15/201956 minutes, 16 seconds
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#44: Everyone Needs an Intervention

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2/1/201950 minutes, 45 seconds
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#43: Reading Programs Require Reading

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1/18/201950 minutes, 7 seconds
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#42: The Crime World Took a Holiday

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1/4/201953 minutes, 8 seconds
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#41: Talking to the Guy at the Place about the Stuff

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12/21/201850 minutes, 55 seconds
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#40: Magical Unicorn of a Mystery Writer

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12/7/20181 hour, 11 minutes, 10 seconds
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#39: Poor Tom Cruise

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11/23/20181 hour, 37 seconds
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#38: All Agatha Christie All The Time

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11/9/201854 minutes, 9 seconds
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#37 - The Points Don't Matter

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10/26/20181 hour, 2 minutes, 28 seconds
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#36 - Ticketmaster Master

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10/12/201849 minutes, 26 seconds
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#35: Give It A Try For Michael B. Jordan's Sake

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
9/28/201858 minutes, 48 seconds
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#34: 9 Out of 10 People Have Died Laughing From This Tweet

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
9/14/201857 minutes, 5 seconds
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#33: We Like New Blood

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8/31/201856 minutes, 32 seconds
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#32 - Tana French Would Not Approve

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8/17/20181 hour, 4 minutes, 50 seconds
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#31: Monster Book of Monsters

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8/3/201859 minutes, 19 seconds
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#30: The McDonalds of Books

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
7/20/20181 hour, 10 minutes, 45 seconds
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#29: We Don't Always Have Fireworks

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
7/6/201856 minutes, 23 seconds
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#28: Reading Scooby-Doo Mysteries

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
6/22/20181 hour, 1 minute, 21 seconds
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Ep #27: I need you to move out to make space for my books

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
6/8/20181 hour, 5 minutes, 46 seconds
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#26 - If James Patterson thinks about a book, we have a catalog entry for it

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
5/25/201856 minutes, 8 seconds
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#24 - Severed Finger Sense of Humor

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5/11/20181 hour, 3 minutes, 4 seconds
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Bonus: Attica Locke Recommends

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
5/4/20187 minutes, 26 seconds
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#24: Going Where the Amy Adams Train Takes Me

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
4/27/201850 minutes, 10 seconds
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#23: A Lot of AHHs and Screaming and GIFs

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
4/13/201857 minutes, 49 seconds
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#22: Using the same doorknobs as Lizzie Borden

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3/30/20181 hour, 2 minutes, 7 seconds
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A Glorious Piece of Fan Art

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3/16/201859 minutes, 51 seconds
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Exploring Noir

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3/2/201854 minutes, 49 seconds
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Read or Dead Ep #19: Speaking of Crazed Stalker Fans

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2/16/201854 minutes, 11 seconds
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Read or Dead Ep #18: You Had Me At Secret Society

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2/2/201857 minutes, 6 seconds
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Read or Dead Ep #17: Diving Into Young Adult Mysteries & Thrillers

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1/19/20181 hour, 4 minutes, 19 seconds
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Read or Dead Ep #16: Our Most Anticipated Mysteries of 2018

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1/5/201859 minutes, 50 seconds
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Read or Dead Ep #15: Our Favorite Mysteries of 2017

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12/22/20171 hour, 7 minutes, 33 seconds
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Read or Dead Ep #14: You Love Baby Elephants, I Love Severed Hands

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12/8/201749 minutes, 10 seconds
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Read or Dead Ep. #13: I Mustache You A Question

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11/24/20171 hour, 37 seconds
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Read or Dead Ep. #12: Why We Love True Crime

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11/10/201758 minutes, 2 seconds
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Read or Dead Ep. #11: The Snowman, slightly better than Gigli

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10/27/201751 minutes, 34 seconds
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Read or Dead Ep. #10: Geeking out on Tana French

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10/13/20171 hour, 3 minutes, 10 seconds
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Read or Dead Ep. #9: Can We Not

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
9/29/201753 minutes, 42 seconds
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Read or Dead Ep. #8: Worshipping the Ground Stephen King Walks On

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
9/15/20171 hour, 2 minutes, 19 seconds
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Read or Dead Ep. #7: Acting Like Veruca Salt With Adaptations

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
9/1/20171 hour, 2 seconds
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Read or Dead Ep. #6: Murder at a Chippendales

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
8/18/201746 minutes, 50 seconds
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Read or Dead Ep. #5: Crazy, Classified Antics

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
8/4/201749 minutes, 25 seconds
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Read or Dead Ep. #4: The Essence of a Woman is Not Contained in a Bra

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
7/21/20171 hour, 37 seconds
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Mysteries Surrounding Strange, Severed Hands

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
7/7/201754 minutes, 15 seconds
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Read or Dead Ep. #2: A Modern, Slightly Less Hairy, Sexy Hagrid

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
6/23/201757 minutes, 53 seconds
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Read or Dead Ep. #1: True Detective in 1890s New York City

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
6/9/201750 minutes, 56 seconds
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Read or Dead Ep. #0: Dark, Demented, And Disturbing

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
5/30/201714 minutes, 35 seconds