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E112: Interview with Rachel Koller Croft, author of Stone Cold Fox
Three words for you all: STONE COLD FOX. STONE COLD FOX is a perfectly wicked debut thriller about an ambitious woman who, after a lifetime of conning alongside her mother, wants to leave her dark pa
E111: Interview with Johnny Compton, author of The Spite House
THE SPITE HOUSE by Johnny Compton has all the things and gives us all the things in this stunner by a horror master in the making. Think The Babadook meetsA Head Full of Ghosts in Texas Hill Country
E110: Interview with Tiffany Quay Tyson author of The Past Is Never
Tyson penetrates your imagination with characters and places in The Past is Never, so real they feel like your own suppressed memories. Ill never look at the Everglades the same way again. Carrie
E109: Interview with Allegra Goodman, author of SAM
One of the most evocative and tender examinations of youth that I have ever read. ~ Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Here Sam, the latest by Allegra Goodman knocked me sideways with how good i
E108: Interview with Scott Blackburn, author of It Dies With You
It Dies With You is a satisfying gut-punch of a story. Gritty and surprising, the small-town Southern mystery is populated with big characters that make this novel truly special. I cant wait to read
Episode 107: Interview with author Mark Westmoreland for A Violent Gospel and A Mourning Song
These two books by Mark Westmoreland? They are absolutely terrific. BothA Violent Gospel and A Mourning Song feature the Dooley brothers and if you can, start with A Violent Gospel. After the events
Episode 106: Interview with Gary Goldstein, author of The Mother I Never Had
Nates morning began like any other. So how could he possibly know that well before the day was over his life would never be the same? ~The Mother I Never Had by Gary Goldstein. Hook set! I loved ta
Episode 105: Interview with author Louise Kennedy for her debut novel, Trespasses
I had the absolute pleasure of hosting author Louise Kennedy for her debut novel, Trespasses. Set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, Trespasses is a shattering novel about a young woman caught b
Episode 104: Interview with Alice Elliott Dark author of Fellowship Point
Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark is the masterful story of a lifelong friendship between two very different women with shared histories and buried secrets, tested in the twilight of their lives,
Episode 103: Interview with Bobby Finger debut author of The Old Place
The Old Place by Bobby Finger is a bighearted, moving debut about a wry, retired schoolteacher whose decade-old secret threatens to come to light and send shock waves through her small Texas town and