Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss books for Latine Heritage Month!
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Books Discussed
The Guest List - Lucy Foley
Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Burn Baby Burn - Meg Medina
House of Bone and Rain - Gabino Iglesias
A Sunny Place for Shady People: Stories - Mariana Enriquez, Trans. Megan McDowell
The Hitchcock Hotel - Stephanie Wrobel
Ruin Road - Lamar Giles
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Must-Read Sequels
Friday, September 6, 2024 • Duration 58:36
Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss must-read sequels!
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News
Anthony Award winners
Books Discussed
Heaven My Home - Attica Locke
Dublin Murder Squad series - Tana French
Cult Following: the Extreme Sects That Capture Our Imaginations—And Take Over Our Lives - J.W. Ocker
Where They Last Saw Her - Marcie R. Rendon
Summers End - Juneau Black
The Restaurant of Lost Recipes - Hisashi Kashiwai, Trans. Jesse Kirkwood
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Let's Get Cultish
Friday, May 3, 2024 • Duration 45:22
Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss books about cults!
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Things Mentioned
Webster’s Dictionary defines “cult” as…
Books Discussed
Nine Perfect Strangers - Liane Moriarty
Bunny - Mona Awad
Catherine House - Elisabeth Thomas
Sorrowland - Rivers Solomon
Home Is Where The Bodies Are - Jeneva Rose
The Return of Ellie Black - Emiko Jean
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Welcome To Read Or Dead
Friday, October 30, 2020 • Duration 02:45
Read or Dead is a bi-weekly mystery fiction podcast dedicated to the worlds of mystery, thriller, and true crime literature. Join hosts Alice and Kim for lots of recommendations, news updates, and more!
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Sad News for Jimmy P.
Episode 88
Friday, October 23, 2020 • Duration 48:51
Katie and Rincey mourn the ending of The President is Missing adaptation, celebrate some revivals and reboots and talk about their love of audiobooks.
This episode is sponsored by TBR, In the Study with the Wrench by Diana Peterfreund, and Nightfire.
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Show Notes
Showtime is no longer moving forward with James Patterson’s and Bill Clinton’s The President is Missing [Deadline]
I Know What You Did Last Summer is headed to Amazon as a TV series [Hollywood Reporter]
Showtime revives Dexter as a limited series, and Michael C. Hall is returning [Deadline]
Netflix is adapting Rumaan Alam’s new thriller, Leave the World Behind. [Hollywood Reporter]
Stacey Abrams has a political thriller coming out next spring called While Justice Sleeps [Hollywood Reporter]
In Virtual Event, Bouchercon 2020 Picks Year’s Best [Publisher’s Weekly]
Books Mentioned
The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas
The Searcher by Tana French, narrated by Roger Clark
Beneath the Mountain by Luca d’Andrea, narrated by Charles Constant
Fortune Favors the Dead by Stephen Spotswood
A Solitude of Wolverines by Alice Henderson
And Now She’s Gone by Rachel Howzell Hall
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
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It's a Banner Day
Episode 87
Friday, October 9, 2020 • Duration 51:55
Katie and Rincey appreciate talking about some good news and get into the fall spirit with some dark, creepy campus novels.
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Show Notes
Jordan Harper, author of She Rides Shotgun, tweeted that he’s turned in the manuscript for his second novel
Layne Fargo’s novel They Never Learn is being adapted for TV
Zac Efron is going to star in the new adaptation of Firestarter [Deadline]
Amazon is adapting the forthcoming Jo Nesbo book, The Jealousy Man [Deadline]
James Patterson donates $2.5 million to teachers to help them create classroom and at-home libraries for students [Publisher’s Weekly]
Books Mentioned
Dead Scared by Sharon Bolton
Long Black Veil by Jennifer Finney Boylan
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
Snow by John Banville
They Never Learn by Layne Fargo
In the Study with the Wrench by Diana Peterfreund
Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
Vera Kelly is Not a Mystery by Rosalie Knecht
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Even Better Than Christmas
Friday, September 25, 2020 • Duration 55:16
Katie and Rincey pick up some fun Scooby-Doo themed books based on a listener request and get really excited about some recent reads.
This episode is sponsored by TBR, White Fox by Sara Faring and Size Zero by Abigail Mangin.
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Show Notes
National Book Foundation to present Lifetime Achievement Award to Walter Mosley
Westing Game’ Series Adaptation in the Works at HBO Max
Amazon gets the rights to All the Old Knives, a thriller by Olen Steinhaurer, and starring Chris Pine and Thandie Newton
Joe Ruby Dies: ‘Scooby Doo’ Co-Creator Was 87
Books Mentioned
Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
The Vanishing Girl by Josephine Ruby
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
And Now She’s Gone by Rachel Howzell Hall
The Book of Lamps and Banners by Elizabeth Hand
The Cabin on Souder Hill by Lonnie Busch
When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole
Diamond Doris by Doris Payne
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
The Real Lolita by Sarah Weinman
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My Sweatshirt's Public Debut
Episode 85
Friday, September 11, 2020 • Duration 56:57
Katie and Rincey talk about mysteries featuring technology and social media, along with some mixed feelings about adaptation news recently announced.
This episode is sponsored by TBR, Before She Was Helen by Caroline B. Cooney, and Shadows in Death by J.D. Robb.
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Show Notes
Steph Cha tapped as New American Mysteries anthology editor
HBO is doing a TV adaptation of Michael Crichton’s Sphere
Pretty Little Liars based on the books by Sara Shepard is being rebooted
Watch the trailer for I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Books Mentioned
Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight
Little Brother by Cory Doctrow
One by One by Ruth Ware
The Sleeping Nymph by Ilaria Tuti, translated by Ekin Oklap
Grown by Tiffany D Jackson
Don’t Look For Me by Wendy Walker
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
The Golden Thread by Ravi Somaiya
When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
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Sticking Houdini in the Bathroom
Episode 84
Friday, August 28, 2020 • Duration 56:07
Katie and Rincey talk adaptation news, including the Dan Mallory movie, and take a walk down memory lane with middle grade mystery books.
This episode is sponsored by TBR, Size Zero by Abigail Mangin, and Thick as Thieves by Sandra Brown.
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Show Notes
One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus is set for TV
Jade City by Fonda Lee is headed to Peacock
Apple+ has ordered the first ever animated adaptation of Harriet the Spy
Elisabeth Moss is starring in the adaptation of Virginia Feito’s upcoming thriller, Mrs. March
There’s going to be a TV show based on the New Yorker article that brought Daniel Mallory’s (aka AJ Finn) scams to light
Books Mentioned
In the Hall With the Knife by Diane Peterfreund
Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead
The Inugami Curse by Seishi Yokomizo, translated by Yumiko Yamakazi
Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole
Sins of the Bees by Annie Lampman
Blacktop Wasteland by SA Cosby
From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
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Take What You Can Get
Episode 83
Friday, August 14, 2020 • Duration 49:11
Katie and Rincey talk about a new Megan Abbott book, Unsolved Mysteries, cold cases and more!
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Show Notes
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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