Episode 94: Craig Johnson

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Walt Longmire, accompanied by Henry Standing Bear and both volumes of The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories, returns in An Obvious Fact to investigate a suspicious motorcycle accident 

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Craig talks about the differences he and Walt have when it comes to motorcycles, how the Longmire series is so popular in France that Craig and his wife travel to Paris twice a year, and Sheriff Longmire’s existence in the two universes of the printed word and the Longmire series on Netflix.

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Episode 93: Gregg Sutter

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Who better to edit the third volume of Library of America’s anthology of Elmore Leonard than his long-time researcher, Gregg Sutter?

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Gregg talked to Les Klinger and Nancie Clare about his work with Leonard, the books and short stories that had found their way to film and TV productions and much more. To hear Gregg and Elmore talking about their work together, listen to the series of podcasts Gregg recorded.

 

 

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Episode 90: Cara Black

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Because it’s a prequel, Murder on the Quai—the sixteenth installment in Cara Black’s series of mysteries—is the perfect place to meet her protagonist, Parisian private investigator Aimee Leduc

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Cara is undertaking a marathon book tour in support of Murder on the Quai—as well as the other 15 Aimee Leduc novels—with stops from Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore in San Diego, CA to Titcomb’s Bookstore in Cape Cod, MA and points in between. Check to see if Cara is coming to an independent bookstore near you.

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Episode 88: Erik Axl Sund

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There’s creepy and than there’s Scandinavian creepy and The Crow Girl by Erik Axl Sund—the writing team of Jerker Erikksson and Håkan Axlander Sundquist—lives up to its expectations

 

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The Crow Girl is being published in the U.S. by Alfred A. Knopf, the American publisher of Stieg Larsson, Jo Nesbø, Henning Mankell and David Lagercrantz. As Sonny Mehta, Chairman and Editor in Chief of Knopf, points out, “we feel our track record for identifying smart Scandinavian crime fiction is pretty good.” An understatement if ever there was one.

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Episode 87: Steve Hamilton

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In The Second Life of Nick Mason, Steve Hamilton introduces a character who’s a good man in a bad situation. Yes, he may be in prison for a crime he did commit, but who wouldn’t make a deal with the devil to get out from under a 25 year sentence? Even if there’s a price to pay…

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Episode 85: Dan Fesperman

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The past is a different country: they do things differently there.* And how. In The Letter Writer, Dan Fesperman’s newest mystery that takes place in New York City, February 1942, there’s no shortage of intrigue—and murder

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*L.P. Hartley, The Hireling

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