Episode 264: Sharon Short

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Sharon Short first heard the story of Great Aunt Ruth—the inspiration for Aurelia Escalante, the protagonist of Trouble Island—right before her wedding when she was gifted Aunt Ruth’s ring, which she’s wearing in her photo. When Sharon’s soon-to-be sister in law suggested a trade for another family heirloom, Sharon’s response was to decline because, “What’s better than a big diamond? An incredible story!” Which is an extremely apt description of Trouble Island, an Agatha Christie-esque And Then There Were None tale of deception, murder, isolation and bad weather set in the 1930’s on a small island in Lake Erie at the beginning of winter

 

 

 

 

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Episode 263: Margaret Mizushima

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In Gathering Mist, the ninth installment in Margaret Mizushima’s engaging series featuring Deputy Mattie Wray and her K-9 partner, Robo, both Mattie and Robo find themselves seconded from the Colorado Rockies to a search-and-rescue operation in the forests of Washington State’s Olympic peninsula. A nine-year-old boy—the son of a movie star—is missing from a remote location set. It doesn’t matter whether he wandered off or was taken, battling unfamiliar terrain, and utilizing  new skills, Mattie and Robo are tasked with finding him

 

 

 

 

 

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Episode 261: Taylor Moore

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There’s a blizzard on its way—and not just the snow and ice kind—in Cold Trail, the fourth installment in Taylor Moore’s series featuring Garrett Kohl. Someone is blowing up natural gas facilities and it may—or may not—have something to do with the ecological demonstrators who have shown up. Oh, and environmental activists aren’t the only unexpected visitors: Grace, Garrett’s estranged sister, shows up out of the blue, and a man who is a painful reminder of Garrett’s past in Afghanistan, is also on the scene

 

 

 

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Episode 260: Nicholas Meyer and Les Klinger

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Renowned Sherlockian, Les Klinger discusses Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell, with Nicholas Meyer, his sixth”edit” of a heretofore undiscovered manuscript by John H. Watson M.D. The stakes are always high, but especially so in tracking down the Zimmerman telegram. Should it not be intercepted the consequences could be nothing less than Great Britain’s loss in the War to End All Wars

 

Nicholas Meyer will be touring coast to coast—from Los Angeles to Boston, New York City, Washington D.C. and points in between—to talk about Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell.

Check here to see if Nicholas Meyer is coming to a city near you!

 

 

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Episode 259: Karin Slaughter

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Everyone needs more Will Trent in their lives. In This Is Why We Lied, Karin Slaughter’s 12th Will Trent mystery, Will and his bride Sara Linton are off on their honeymoon at the off-the-grid McAlpine Lodge. It’s an idyllic setting—until the screams start when the manager of the lodge is brutally murdered

 

 

 

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Episode 258: Tom Straw

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Tom Straw’s The Accidental Joe: The Top Secret Life of a Celebrity Chef, blends murder, mirth, high-stakes espionage, gastronomic highs and lows and killer locales for an appetizing thriller that launches a new series featuring peripatetic bad boy chef Sebastian Pike and his CIA handler Cammie Nova. Tasty, indeed

 

 

 

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Episode 257: Don Winslow

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Fans of Don Winslow are—understandably—in denial that City in Ruins is his final crime fiction novel. But if it’s true, if Don has put away the keyboard to devote himself to political activism, City in Ruins, the third and final installment of his Danny Ryan trilogy, just might prove that he saved the best for last. And to also leave the audience wanting more…

 

 

 

 

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Episode 256: Val McDermid

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In Past Lying, the seventh novel in Val McDermid’s series featuring Karen Pirie, the action—or restriction thereof—is in and about Edinburgh during lockdown in Spring 2020, as Karen and her team investigate whether or not a partial manuscript found in the papers of a recently deceased crime fiction writer is a roadmap to the disappearance of college student Lara Hardie the previous year

 

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Episode 255: Tess Gerritsen

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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, Maine. And, while members of the Martini Club—as the ex-spooks call themselves—may be retired from active duty, their combined skills are formidable. And they’ll need them when the past comes calling in the form of the corpse of a young woman on Maggie’s doorstep

 

 

 

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