Speaking of Mysteries
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Episode 255: Tess Gerritsen
Crime fiction fans rejoice: with The Spy Coast, Tess Gerritsen launches a new series featuring retired CIA Maggie Bird and her fellow former intelligence officers, all of whom now reside in Purity, Ma
Episode 254: Rebecca Hanover
In The Last Applicant, Rebecca Hanovers debut adult thriller, a parent desperate to secure her sons admission to an exclusive Manhattan private school, in Rebeccas words, goes there and stalks th
Episode 253: Lynn Hightower
The stakes couldnt be higher for Junie Lagarde, the protagonist in The Beautiful Risk, Lynn Hightowers new thriller. Her dog Leowho, as Junies hearing dog, is much more than a petsurvived the pla
Episode 252: Denise Mina
In a case of Herculean wordsmithing, Denise Mina is scheduled to publish two novels on August 1, 2023: The Second Murderer, which continues the story of Raymond Chandlers immortal Philip Marlowe; and
Episode 252: Denise Mina
Not to put too fine a point on it, but having two titles published on the same day is a Herculean authorial accomplishment. But such feats of wordsmithing are not surprising to fans of Denise Mina, wh
Episode 251: S.A. Cosby
Sheriff Titus Crown, the protagonist in All the Sinners Bleed, S.A. Cosbys recently published thriller, is not a man to be trifled with. Hes a man who, when he ran andsurprising himself, wonthe el
Episode 250: Alison Gaylin
Fans of Robert B. Parkers extensive crime fiction universe, rejoice! Alison Gaylin is continuing the story of PI Sunny Randall, in Robert B. Parkers Bad Influence. And in Bad Influence, Sunnywhos
Episode 249: Jordan Harper
In Jordan Harpers Everybody Knows, black-bag publicist Mae Pruett doesnt worry about the truth, only The Story, because whether you call what she does picking up the pieces or placating The Beast, w
Episode 248: Alma Katsu
Part domestic suspense, part espionage thriller, Alma Katsu’s Red London—the follow-up to Red Widow—is all tension. Mildly disgraced CIA agent Lyndsey Duncan is working to rehabilitate her reputation
Episode 247: Cara Black
Cara Black took a break from her book tour to talk about Night Flight to Paris, the follow up novel to Three Hours in Paris, which introduced us to Kate Rees, the Oregonian sharpshooter whose consider