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Who Doesn't Love a Sassy Cat? Mar 13, 2020

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Katie and Rincey talk about how the ghost of Agatha Christie might be haunting a museum, Snoop Dogg is adapting the IQ series, and read some backlist books.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Gone by Midnight by Candice Fox, and Bent Heavens by Daniel Kraus.

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Mega best-selling author Clive Cussler dies at age 88

Barbara Neely, author of first black female series sleuth Blanche White, dies at 78

Martin Edwards wins the 2020 Diamond Dagger from the Crime Writers’ Association

Snoop Dogg’s production company is executive producing a series based on Joe Ide’s IQ series

Rumor has it that the ghost of Agatha Christie is haunting the Torquay Museum and knocking her books (only her books!) off the shelves

Nicole Kidman’s production company acquires Samantha Downing’s bestselling psychological thriller My Lovely Wife

NBC is adapting Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol

Janet Evanovich and her Stephanie Plum series moves to Atria in an enormous 8-figure deal

Books Mentioned

The Last Rituals by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong

The Deep by Alma Katsu

Mimi Lee Gets a Clue by Jennifer J. Chow

The Bramble and the Rose by Tom Bouman

Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel

The Eighth Girl by Maxine Mei-Fung Chung

Sadie by Courtney Summers

Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh

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Judge These Books By Their Cover Feb 28, 2020

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Katie and Rincey give a rundown about the discussion around My Dark Vanessa and Excavation and then talk about some mysteries written by Latinx authors.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s Read Harder 2020 Challenge, The Lucky One by Lori Rader-Day, and Crooked River, the new Agent Pendergast novel from Preston & Child.

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Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne are starring in the film adaptation of the true crime book The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder by Charles Graeber

Graham Moore’s latest novel, The Holdout, has been optioned for a Hulu series

Hallie Rubenhold, author of The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper, is planning a Whitechapel mural to celebrate the lives of these women

Why cozy mysteries are the hottest TV genre of 2020

Crime Writers of Color has a great list of Black crime authors authors to read for Black History Month

What’s Going on With My Dark Vanessa and Excavation?

Books Mentioned

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

Excavation by Wendy C. Ortiz

Bloody Waters by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera

Untamed Shore by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Trouble Is What I Do by Walter Mosley

Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman’s Search for Justice in Indian Country by Sierra Crane Murdoch

Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson

The Sea of Lost Girls by Carol Goodman

Egg Drop Dead by Vivien Chien

The Majesties by Tiffany Tsao

Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha

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Tie Dye and an Armadillo Race Feb 14, 2020

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Katie and Rincey pick out some mysteries with a romantic element to them to celebrate Valentine’s Day!

This episode is sponsored by Get Booked: The Handsell, A Divided Loyalty by Charles Todd and Book Marks.

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SHOW NOTES

Mary Higgins Clark has died at 92

What happens to your brain when you read true crime

Walter Mosely is reportedly writing the film script for The Man in My Basement

Netflix has optioned The Last by Hanna Jameson

Matt Damon will star in the adaptation of Don Winslow’s The Force

Toni Collette To Star In ‘Pieces Of Her’ Netflix Drama Series

Trailer for The Undoing, which is based on the book You Should Have Known by Jean Hanff Korelitz

Trailer for Agatha Christie’s The Pale Horse

44 Mystery Romance Novels to Read Right Now

BOOKS MENTIONED

My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing

The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James

The Burn by Kathleen Kent

The Only Child by Mi-Ae Seo

Second Sister by Chan Ho-Kei

The Aosawa Murders by Riku Onda, translated by Alison Watts

The Holdout by Graham Moore

Death in the Family by Tessa Wegert;

Abbott by Saladin Ahmed, Sami Kivelä, Jason Wordie

If You Tell by Gregg Olsen

Untamed Shore by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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A Thing Happens and Then More Things Happen Jan 31, 2020

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Katie and Rincey talk about the Edgar Award nominees and some genre-crossing SFF mysteries.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s Read Harder 2020 Challenge
and Lost Hills by Lee Goldberg.

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SHOW NOTES

The Edgar Award nominees have been announced

Lee Child is passing on the Jack Reacher series to his brother Andrew Grant, with the requirement that Andrew change his last name to “Child.”

Amazon is planning an Alex Cross TV series based on the James Patterson books

Mindhunter Season 3 has been put on indefinite hold

Trailer for the upcoming Netflix film, Lost Girls, based on the true crime book Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery by Robert Kolker

BOOKS MENTIONED

Vessel by Lisa A. Nichols

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall

Hi Five by Joe Ide

The Other People by C. J. Tudor

The Look-Alike by Erica Spindler

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara

18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics by Bruce Goldfarb

Who is Vera Kelly? by Rosalie Knecht

The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson

Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel

If You Tell by Gregg Olsen

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The Nicole Kidman Segment Jan 17, 2020

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Katie and Rincey catch up after the new year and talk about their feelings on Dublin Murders, the TV adaptation of In the Woods and The Likeness by Tana French.

This episode is sponsored by Novel Gazing, The Lost Man by Jane Harper and Grace is Gone by Emily Elgar.

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Show Notes

Nicole Kidman’s next project in development is Kimberly McCreight’s upcoming domestic thriller, A Good Marriage

Melissa McCarthy is starring with Nicole Kidman in Hulu’s adaptation of Liane Moriarty’s Nine Perfect Strangers

Just Watch Me by Jeff Lindsay is on the way to its own TV series

Trailer for The Woman in the Window

Lee Child will be a judge for the 2020 Booker Prize

Books Mentioned

In the Woods by Tana French

The Likeness by Tana French

The Missing American by Kwei Qwartey

The Tenant by Katrine Engberg

The Janes by Louisa Luna

The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia by Emma Copley Eisenberg

The Majesties by Tiffany Tsao

The Hand on the Wall by Maureen Johnson

Long Bright River by Liz Moore

Ninja Daughter by Tori Eldridge

The Betel Nut Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu

The Body Lies by Jo Baker

Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel;

If You Tell by Greg Olsen

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Making Our TBRs Cry Jan 03, 2020

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Katie and Rincey celebrate the new year by talking about some of the books they are excited to pick up in the first half of 2020.

This episode is sponsored by Read Harder Journal and If You Tell by Gregg Olsen.

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Books Mentioned

Long Bright River by Liz Moore

The Hand on the Wall by Maureen Johnson

18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics by Bruce Goldfarb

The Burn by Kathleen Kent

The Majesties by Tiffany Tsao

Untamed Shore by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Only Child by Mi-ae Seo

Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country by Sierra Crane Murdoch

Second Sister by Chan Ho-Kei, translated by Jeremy Tiang

The Aosawa Murders by Riku Onda, translated by Alison Watts

The Deep by Alma Katsu

Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel

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'Tis the Season for Holiday Mysteries Dec 20, 2019

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Katie and Rincey get into the holiday spirit by reading some holiday mystery books.

This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, Ali Cross and Queen of the Conquered.

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Trailer for Promising Young Woman

Stephen King’s The Dark Half is getting adapted for the second time

MWA Announces the 2020 Grand Master, Raven and Ellery Queen Award Recipients

Books Mentioned

Mind of Winter by Laura Kasischke

Dying for Christmas by Tammy Cohen

The Kill Club by Wendy Heard

Good Girls Lie by J.T. Ellison

Give the Devil His Due by Sulari Gentill

Long Bright River by Liz Moore

The Boy in the Earth by Fuminori Nakamura

In the Woods by Tana French

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Time for Our 2019 Mystery Favorites! Dec 06, 2019

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Katie and Rincey talk about what mysteries they read this year that were their favorites.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot's Read Harder 2020 Challenge, Nine Elms by Robert Bryndza and If You Tell by Gregg Olsen.

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Books Mentioned

Miracle Creek by Angie Kim

The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey

Theme Music by T. Marie Vandelly

The Whisper Man by Alex North

His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet

Heaven My Home by Attica Locke

Force of Nature by Jane Harper

The Frangipani Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu

A Madness of Sunshine by Nalini Singh

Just Watch Me by Jeff Lindsay

The Dead Girls Club by Damien Angelica Walters

Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha

The Lost Man by Jane Harper

Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe

The Queen by Josh Levin

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Homicide for the Holidays Nov 22, 2019

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Katie and Rincey give some recommendations of books you can pick up during the holiday season to gift to the people in your life — or just get for yourself!

This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, Eye for Eye by J.K. Franko and Black Rock Bay by Brianna Labuskes.

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Lady Gaga to Star in Ridley Scott’s Gucci Murder Movie

Sarah Michelle Gellar to Star in Sometimes I Lie

Controversy at the Shamus Awards, plus the response from the Crime Writers of Color organization

The final round of the Goodreads Choice Awards is not terrible!

Books Mentioned

The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka

Pennance by by Clare Ashton

Mr. Churchill’s Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal