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Take What You Can Get Aug 14, 2020

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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.

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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

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Nothing Better Than a Time-Traveling Serial Killer Jul 31, 2020

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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.

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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

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Here's to an Uneventful Year Jul 17, 2020

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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.

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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

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The Year of the Staycation Jun 19, 2020

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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.

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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

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Just An Episode of the West Wing Jun 05, 2020

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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.

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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

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The Quarantine Doldrums May 22, 2020

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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.

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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

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Experiencing My Muppet Arming Mood May 08, 2020

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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.

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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