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Tune in as Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss true crime for a (belated) Nonfiction November. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York – Elon Green The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing – Sonia Faleiro American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land – Monica Hesse The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of Double Murder in Appalachia – Emma Copley Eisenberg Interview with Emma Copley Eisenberg Eisenberg’s Articles “Fact Checking Is the Core of Nonfiction Writing. Why Do So Many Publishers Refuse to Do It?” (Esquire) “The Tale of Queer Appalachia: A popular Instagram account raises funds for LGBTQ people in Appalachia. But does the money really go where it’s supposed to?” (Washing

Tune in as Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss their gift guide for the holidays. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York – Elon Green Her Name is Knight – Yasmin Angoe Death in the Family – Tessa Wegert Ghost Squad – Claribel A. Ortega Sadie – Courtney Summers The Widows of Malabar Hill – Sujata Massey The Satapur Moonstone – Sujata Massey The Bombay Prince – Sujata Massey The Mistress of Bhatia House – Sujata Massey If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com. Otherwise you can: Find Kendra on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about

Tune in as Katie McLain and Kendra Winchester discuss mysteries and thrillers for Indigenous Heritage Month. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED My Heart Is a Chainsaw – Stephen Graham Jones Shutter – Ramona Emerson Winter Counts – David Heska Wanbli Weiden Moon of the Crusted Snow – Waubgeshig Rice Firekeeper’s Daughter – Angeline Boulley The Resemblance – Lauren Nossett The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2022 – edited Jess Walter and Steph Cha If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com. Otherwise you can: Find Kendra on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tune in as Katie and Kendra discuss novels with villain POV characters! Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS Angela Lansbury, who played Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote, has died at 96 (Book Riot) Devil in the White City loses its director and Keanu Reeves in the same week (Indie Wire) Kenneth Branagh is making a third Poirot mystery, which will be based on the novel Hallowe’en Party  (People) Reading the Stars by us, Book Riot, will help you better understand how your zodiac sign shapes your reading life. Check out our giveaway! BOOKS DISCUSSED Black Folk Could Fly – Randall Kenan Out – Natsuo Kirino; transl. Stephen Snyder The Dinner – Herman Koch; transl. Sam Garrett My Sister the Serial Killer – Oyinkan Braithwaite For Your Own Good – Samantha Downing Anywhere You Ru

Tune in as Katie and Kendra discuss witchy books perfect for spooky season! Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news! THINGS MENTIONED Reading the Stars by us, Book Riot, will help you better understand how your zodiac sign shapes your reading life. Check out our giveaway! “Hurricane Ian relief: How to donate, volunteer and more” (NBC WPTV) Dylan in His Raincoat This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Shrines of Gaiety – Kate Atkinson What’s Done in Darkness – Laura McHugh The Lighthouse Witches – CJ Cooke The Year of the Witching – Alexis Henderson The Women Could Fly – Megan Giddings The Witches: Salem, 1692 – Stacy Schiff Blackmail and Bibingka – Mia P. Manansala Jackal – Erin E. Adams If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com. Otherwise yo

Tune in as Katie and Kendra discuss books for Banned Books Week! Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS Anthony Award Winners Announced (Bouchercon 2022) Banned in the USA: The Growing Movement to Censor Books in Schools (Pen America) “Lechelt: On banning books. Specifically, ‘Monday’s Not Coming’” (London Times-Mirror) “‘It’s surreal’: Collierville Schools removes LGBTQ+ books from library shelves” (ABC) “Indian River County School Board refuses to ban most of the 156 books on group’s hit list” (TCPalm.) “‘This is wrong’: Central York students protest ban on books about racism” (ABC) “Klein Independent School District Book Removals” (IDRA) BOOKS DISCUSSED Revelator – Daryl Gregory The Jigsaw Man – Nadine Matheson Monday’s Not Coming – Tiffany D. Jackson White Rabbit – Caleb Roe

Tune in as Katie McClain and new co-host Kendra Winchester discuss some of their recent favorites. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS Inventing Anna ignites a defamation lawsuit against Netflix. by Winston Cho (Hollywood Reporter) Natalie Portman series Lady in the Lake hits pause after threats of violence and extortion by Nick Romano (Entertainment) Val McDermid reveals ‘Queen of Crime’ legal threat from Agatha Christie estate by Brian Ferguson (The Scotsman) BOOKS DISCUSSED The Jigsaw Man – Nadine Matheson Perfect Days – Raphael Montes, transl. Alison Entrekin The Widows of Malabar Hill – Sujata Massey Quicksand – Malin Persson Giolito, transl. Rachel Willson-Broyles A Death in Door County – Annelise Ryan The Enigma of Room 622 – Joël Dicker, transl. Robert Bononno If you

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about domestic suspense and its continuing appeal. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED My Sister Rosa – Justine Larbalestier More Than You’ll Ever Know – Katie Gutierrez Good Neighbors – Sarah Langan Little Fires Everywhere – Celeste Ng Murder in Westminster – Vanessa Riley Real Bad Things – Kelly J. Ford If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com Otherwise you can:  Find Nusrah on Instagram @wellreadbrowngirl Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tune in as Nusrah and guest host, Kendra talk about mystery and suspense works in translation in honor of Women in Translation Month. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news! https://www.womenintranslation.org This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED A Master of Djinn by P.Djeli Clark Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, Translated from Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones Out by Natsuo Kirino, Translated from Japanese by Stephen Snyder The Old Woman with the Knife by Gu Byeong-mo, Translated by Chi-Young Kim People Like Them by Semira Sidra, Translated by Lara Vergnaud Shutter by Ramona Emerson Kismet by Amina Akhtar If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com Otherwise, you can:  Find Nusrah on Instagram @wellreadbrowngirl Find

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about books you should take on your vacation and ones you should skip. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED The Chain by Adrian McKinty The Getaway by Lamar Giles One by One by Ruth Ware Pretty Things by Janelle Brown The Sentence by Louise Erdrich  Into the Sublime by Kate A. Boorman The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com Otherwise you can:  Find Nusrah on Instagrram @wellreadbrowngirl Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about mysteries that feature all sorts of games. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Good Rich People – Eliza Jane Brazier The Devotion of Suspect X – Keigo Higashino Never Have I Ever – Joshilyn Jackson Under Lock and Skeleton Key – Gigi Pandian We Lie Here – Rachel Howzell Hall Helltown: The Untold Story of a Serial Killer on Cape Cod – Casey Sherman If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com Otherwise you can:  Find Nusrah on Twitter @JavedNusrah Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about mystery and suspense reads to keep Pride alive all year long. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Echo Wife – Sarah Gailey Death Prefers Blondes – Caleb Roehrig Ace of Spades – Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé The Verifiers – Jane Pek Harlem Sunset – Nekesa Afia Unnatural Ends – Christopher Huang If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com Otherwise, you can:  Find Nusrah on Twitter @JavedNusrah Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about their anticipated mystery and suspense reads for the second half of 2022. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter to get even more mystery/thriller recs and news! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Vicious Creatures – Ashton Noone Hokuloa Road – Elizabeth Hand Kismet – Amina Akhtar The Hacienda – Isabel Canas Siren Queen – Nghi Vo The Cherry Robbers – Sarai Walker The Woman in the Library – Sulari Gentill Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America’s Woods – Lyndsie Bourgon Vera Kelly: Lost and Found – Rosalie Knecht If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com Otherwise, you can:  Find Nusrah on Twitter @JavedNusrah Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about mystery series you can dive into. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Final Girls by Riley Sager Widows of Malabar Hill (Perveen Mistry #1) by Sujata Massey My Heart is a Chainsaw (The Lake Witch Trilogy #1) by Stephen Graham Jones Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder (A Marion Lane Mystery) by T.A.Willberg New Books More Than You’ll Ever Know – Katie Gutierrez Counterfeit – Kirstin Chen If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com Otherwise you can:  Find Nusrah on Twitter @JavedNusrah Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about mysteries featuring some kind of time and inter-dimensional travel. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Shining Girls – Lauren Beukes Dark Matter – Blake Crouch The Anamoly– Herve Le Tellier The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August – Claire North With Prejudice – Robin Peguero Hide – Kiersten White If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com Otherwise you can:  Find Nusrah on Twitter @JavedNusrah Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah take their picks from Edgar Award Nominees and talk you through them. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Razorblade Tears – S.A. Cosby Two Truths and a Lie: A Murder, a Private Investigator, and Her Search for Justice – Ellen McGarrahan The Forest of Stolen Girls – June Hur Never Saw Me Coming – Vera Kurian The Firekeeper’s Daughter – Angeline Boulley Clark and Division – Naomi Hirahara Trailed: One Woman’s Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders – Kathryn Miles The Hacienda – Isabel Cañas If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com Otherwise you can:  Find Nusrah on Twitter @JavedNusrah Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time!

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah reminisce about their favorite debuts by mystery authors. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.  Razorblade Tears – S.A. Cosby  The Conductors – Nicole Glover The Intuitionist– Colson Whitehead Tangerine by Christine Mangan Miracle Creek – Angie Kim Sharp Objects – Gillian Flynn Her Name is Knight – Yasmin Angoe I’ll Be You – Janelle Brown The Wild Girls – Phoebe Morgan If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com Otherwise you can:  Find Nusrah on Twitter @JavedNusrah Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about locked room mysteries and all that the sub-genre has to offer. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed A Death in the Family – Tessa Wegert Under Lock & Skeleton Key – Gigi Pandian Eighth Detective – Alex Pavesii They All Fall Down – Rachel Howzell Hall New Releases Portrait of a Thief – Grace D. Li Sense and Second-Degree Murder – Tirzah Price If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com Otherwise you can:  Find Nusrah on Twitter @JavedNusrah Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time!

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about some of their favorite TV shows and give read-a-likes for them. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Red Widow by Alma Katsu Her Name is Knight by Yasmin Angoe The Given Day by Dennis Lehane The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh Empire of the Wild by Cherie Demaline The Appeal by Janice Halett Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara Her Last Affair by John Searles Four Aunties and a Wedding by Jesse Q. Sutanto (release date March 29th) If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com Otherwise you can:  Find Nusrah on Twitter @JavedNusrah Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady And we will talk to you all next time!

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about short reads to meet your reading goals, read during lunch, and everything in between. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Red Widow by Alma Katsu The Grownup by Gillian Flynn Confessions by Kanae Minato The Hours Before Dawn by Celia Fremlin Moon of the Crusted Snow Waubgeshig Rice The Secret Talker by Geling Yan Like a Sister by Kellye Garrett If you want to send an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com Otherwise, you can:  Find me on Twitter @JavedNusrah Find Katie on Twitter @kt_librarylady