Before He Finds Her features the well-cultivated “creep factor” that every psychological suspense novel needs Ramsey Miller’s plan to have a block party for the end of the world sounded like a good one, at least to him. Until his wife and—at least everyone thought—his daughter were murdered. Except his daughter survived and has… Read more »
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Episode 36: Sophie Hannah
Justice, poetic and otherwise, is one of the things being sought in The Carrier, the most recent addition to Sophie Hannah’s Zailer and Waterhouse series of crime novels Sophie Hannah, a self-described “structure freak,” talks about the common ground shared by poetry and crime fiction, an event that happened to her that inspired part… Read more »
Episode 35: Ned Beauman
What could possibly go wrong when Raf—who happens to suffer from a circadian rhythm disorder—the world of pirate radio and the drug-infused world of dance raves in South London find themselves caught in the crossfire between an unscrupulous mining company and a cadre of Burmese revolutionaries? In Glow, lots. Ned thoughtfully provided an… Read more »
Episode 34: Thomas Perry
Jane Whitefield is back in A String of Beads, the latest installment in the Edgar Award winning author’s series about the woman who helps people disappear Find out more about Tom and his novels at his website. Photo of Thomas Perry ©Jo Perry
Episode 33: Christopher Fowler
A special Christmas edition with the author of Bryant & May and the Bleeding Heart, the most recent addition to the unique series of procedurals Photo of Christopher Fowler © En Route Photography
Episode 32: Val McDermid
The hunt for the identity of the skeleton of the title of The Skeleton Road, Val McDermid’s newest stand-alone novel, takes readers through both time and geography: from the ruins of a Victorian building in Edinburgh and Radcliffe Camera in Oxford to Zagreb, Croatia; from a contemporary United Kingdom to the bloody Balkan war of… Read more »
Episode 31: Sebastian Rotella
In The Convert’s Song, Sebastian Rotella picks up the story of Valentín Pescatore, first introduced in Triple Crossing With his time patrolling The Line, as the border between San Diego and Tijuana is known, now in the past, ProPublica.com’s award-winning investigative journalist Sebastian Rotella’s Pescatore has relocated to Buenos Aires and joined forces… Read more »
Episode 30: Steph Cha
Private investigator Juniper Song returns in Beware, Beware, Steph Cha’s second mystery novel Drugs, celebrities, artists and murder collide in Los Angeles’ neighborhoods from Hollywood and Beverly Hills to Koreatown in Steph Cha’s latest novel. Photo of Steph Cha ©Susie Cha
Episode 29: Craig Robertson
Scottish crime writer Robertson takes a break from the mean streets of Glasgow—the site of his series—for The Last Refuge, his stand alone mystery that takes place in the Faroe Islands Although Scotland has no shortage of remote islands battered by lashing seas, Craig Robertson sets his latest in the Faroes, hundreds of… Read more »
Episode 28: Tom Nolan
According to the critic of mysteries and thrillers for The Wall Street Journal, we are in a Golden Age of crime fiction Who better to discuss the state of mysteries and thrillers than a critic who specializes in the genre? The topics Tom discusses run the gamut:… Read more »
