Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss dark academia novels.
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Things Mentioned:
Obama’s Summer Reading List 2025
Books Discussed:
The Fiend - Alma Katsu
White Ivy - Susie Yang
They Never Learn - Layne Fargo
The Library at Hellebore - Cassandra Khaw
Bunny - Mona Awad
Sisters in the Wind - Angeline Boulley
The Belles - Lacey N. Dunham
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Historical Crime and Horror Novels
Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss historical crime and horror novels!
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News
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Noir at the Bar Kentucky Tour
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Books Discussed
Burn Baby Burn - Meg Medina
Mrs. Poe - Lynn Cullen
The Possession of Alba Díaz - Isabel Cañas
Little Deaths - Emma Flint
Your Favorite Scary Movie: How the Scream Films Rewrote the Rules of Horror - Ashley Cullins
Five Found Dead - Sulari Gentill
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Let's Celebrate Women in Translation Month!
Month!
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Things Mentioned
Murder, She Wrote is getting a film adaptation with Jamie Lee Curtis starring as Jessica Fletcher
Women in Translation Month
Books Discussed
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The Woman in the Purple Skirt - Natsuko Imamura; transl. by Lucy North
I Remember You - Yrsa Sigurdardottir; transl. by Philip Roughton
Thing We Lost in the Fire - Mariana Enriquez, transl. by Megan McDowell
Death Takes Me - Cristina Rivera Garza, transl. by Sarah Booker and Robin Myers
The Faceless Thing We Adore - Hester Steel
The Dead Husband Cookbook - Danielle Valentine
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Books That Have Been on Our TBRs for Far Too Long
Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss books that they’ve been meaning to get to for far too long. No time like the present!
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The CWA Dagger Awards
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The Good Daughter - Karin Slaughter
While Justice Sleeps - Stacey Abrams
Kala - Colin Walsh
Natural Beauty - Ling Ling Huang
The Confessions - Paul Bradley Carr
A Twist of Fate - Se-Ah Jang, Trans. S. L. Park
The Hunger - Alma Katsu
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Books Discussed
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Our Most Anticipated Mysteries and Thrillers of 2025 Pt. 2
Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss their most anticipated book for the second half of 2025.
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Crime Reads Most Anticipated Books of Summer 2025
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An Evil Premise - T. Marie Vandelly (August 12th)
The Possession of Alba Díaz - Isabel Cañas (August 19)
You Weren’t Meant to Be Human - Andrew Joseph White (September 9)
Fiend - Alma Katsu (September 16th)
We Love You, Bunny - Mona Awad (September 23rd)
Dead Man Blues - S.D. House (October 14th)
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Books Discussed
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