Latest Mystery Books Podcast Episodes
The Sandwich Generation and Book Recommendations
Books Are My People - June 17, 2024 13:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 58 ratingsOn episode 128 I speak with author Catherine Newman about summer hair, humor as survival strategy and Catherine’s previous job working in a sandwich shop. This episode of Books Are My People is sponsored by Let Gravity Seize the Dead by Darrin Doyle. Sandwich by Catherine Newman We All Wan...
A West Wind
I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere - June 15, 2024 21:11 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 107 ratings“we turned our faces westward” [SIXN] While Sherlock Holmes is a perennial British subject, his influence in and by America cannot be denied. Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes were admirers of the United States, and A West Wind, a recent BSI Press book, delves into that relationship. Co-e...
What We Forgot About The Cartographers with Oak & Eden BBB Edition
Beards, Books, and Bourbon Podcast - June 14, 2024 21:41 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWe couldn't say enough about the Cartographers by Peng Shepherd. Well, if you think about it, we really had too much to say. After all, here we are with more to say! Tonight the boys are also going to check in with their specially ordered bottle of Oak & Eden customized with 4 grain bourbon w...
Celebrating the Anniversary of the Oldest Sherlock Holmes Podcast
I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere - June 14, 2024 17:06 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 107 ratings“seventeen years of age” [SIGN] Mycroft Holmes spoke for all of us in "The Greek Interpreter" when he greeted Dr. Watson with the fateful line: “I hear of Sherlock everywhere since you became his chronicler.” And yes, in our minds, we'll always hear that line in the voice of the inimitable Cha...
JM HEWITT & MELANIE GOLDING #OnTheSofa With Victoria
Crime Time FM - June 11, 2024 05:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsV6 E8 #OnTheSofa Victoria is joined by authors MELANIE GOLDING (LITTLE DARLINGS) and JM HEWITT (THE PERFECT VILLAGE) who use folklore as inspiration for their novels. Recommendations David L Jones - The Ipswich Witch Su Bristow - Seal Skin Catriona Ward Sally Magnusson - The Ninth Child, Th...
"Wherever you go, there you are." - The Cartographers & 5 Trail Whiskey
Beards, Books, and Bourbon Podcast - June 10, 2024 02:14 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsIn this week's episode, Stephen and Mark dive into a story about familes. The families you are born into, the familes you make, and the worlds you create together. Come explore with them as they find brave new worlds in Peng Shepherd's masterful novel, "The Cartographers". It's a long road, a...
David Ignatius, New York Times Bestselling Author and Washington Post Columnist
The Thriller Zone - June 07, 2024 09:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsOn today's 184th episode of The Thriller Zone, a BONUS episode at that, we're pleased to welcome Washington Post Contributor and New York Times Bestselling Author David Ignatius. On this podcast, David talks with us about his latest thriller, Phantom Orbit, and shares the inspiration a...
The Cat That Haunted the Mouse
Storyfeather - June 07, 2024 07:21 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsA mouse narrowly escapes a cat, and is later haunted by the ghost of the cat, who believes the mouse plays a part in the “unfinished business” of the cat’s life. Genre: Fable Excerpt: Two eyes, yellow with a green glow, hovered in the darkness. A shaft of soft light from a crack in ...
BEN PASTOR In Person With Paul
Crime Time FM - June 07, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsBEN PASTOR chats to Paul about her new literary historical crime novel THE VENUS OF SALÒ, Martin Bora, Totalitarianism, Rome, writing in English, growing up in a divided world, Shaun the Sheep. THE VENUS OF SALÒ October 1944, in the Republic of Salò, a German puppet state in the north of It...
Elderly in the Canon
Sherlock Holmes: Trifles - June 06, 2024 02:50 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 91 ratings“his age, and an affliction” [STOC] The panoply of elderly individuals in the Sherlock Holmes stories is impressive: Mr. Frankland, the old crank in The Hound of the Baskervilles, the miserly Josiah Amberley in "The Retired Colourman," Old Mr. Farquhar, the previous owner of Watson's practice....
Me, Myself and I: Celebrating Five Years of Podcasting with a Special Guest
Books Are My People - June 03, 2024 12:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 58 ratingsThese week, on episode 127 I take it back to the OG days of the podcast five years ago when I struggled to get a guest on the show. Now, I am so lucky to get to pick amazing guests! This episode of Books Are My People is sponsored by The Year We Danced: A Memoir by Stephen E. Smith Books R...
Ryan Steck is The Real Book Spy and author of Out For Blood
The Thriller Zone - June 03, 2024 09:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsOn today’s 183rd episode of The Thriller Zone we’ve a special treat. If you’re a fan of Thriller & Crime Fiction, then you’ve no doubt heard of The Real Book Spy. Well, today we sit down with Ryan Steck to discuss his latest thriller OUT FOR BLOOD. This latest entry picks up where the ...
Revision. Again.
Write On SC - June 01, 2024 07:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWe did some revision work last week and didn't get to this part of the show notes. So here we go, a whole episode on what would have been one segment last week. ::wideeyedemoji:: So how is it actually done? Well, here’s the link explaining what Six Pass Plan among others: The Framework Pass T...
Snowflakes and Spines
Write On SC - June 01, 2024 07:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWe’ve spent a few weeks on the various plot structures available and basically been working off this resource that gives us 11 basic structures: The Fichtean Curve The Three Act Structure The Hero's Journey Freytag's Pyramid The Five Act Structure Save the Cat Beats The Snowflake Method ...
Plot Structures with Proper Names
Write On SC - June 01, 2024 07:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSo two weeks ago, we talked about basic outlines and discussed the turning point method versus the beats method for figuring out the structure of the story. Then last week we went into the 3 Act Structure and basically whined about Aristotle. In searching for 3 Act Structure resources, I found ...
The Ubiquitous 3 Act Structure (thanks, Aristotle)
Write On SC - June 01, 2024 07:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSo last week we talked about basic outlines and discussed the turning point method versus the beats method for figuring out the structure of the story. We debated whether or not to write from a detailed outline in the initial draft – it provides direction, it stifles creativity – the age-old de...
Plot Arcs Revisited
Write On SC - June 01, 2024 07:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIt’s been more than a year since we studied plot arcs and even then we didn’t grab the recordings and add them to our podcast service. So we’re reviving those conversations for a few weeks to get some good episodes for the podcast. Missed a week of Write On SC? Nostalgic for those oldy-but-good...
Auroramorphosis
Storyfeather - June 01, 2024 00:54 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsA girl accidentally passes before a warlock who is laying a curse on someone, and wakes the next morning to find that the curse has fallen upon her instead. Genre: Fairy Tale Excerpt: I didn’t earn what happened to me. The curse that fell on me was meant for another. That’s what happens...
"No, we don't mean the CW" - The Relationship Theme Show with West Cork Irish Whiskey
Beards, Books, and Bourbon Podcast - May 31, 2024 16:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsHow does a story drive forward? How do the connections between the characters, the setting, the author, and the reader all work in concert to weave a tale that people want to read or tell or listen? We're waxing philosophical on tonight's episode, and appropriately enough, we're sampling some ...
Reading Each Other's Favorites
Read or Dead - May 31, 2024 10:40 - 49 minutes ★★★★ - 200 ratingsKatie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss books that they’ve recommended to each other! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! Make this your most bookish summer yet with p...
In Person With Paul - Slaughterfest Special
Crime Time FM - May 31, 2024 05:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsPaul Burke talks to SIMON TOYNE (host) and JANE CASEY (panellist) about the 5th SLAUGHTERFEST in London on 11th June, 2024. Panels The Art of Detection True Detectives Murderous Motives & Clare Mackintosh & Lucy Foley in conversation with Ryan Turbridy Event is sold out but will appear on ...
Clutches of a Fiend
I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere - May 31, 2024 03:28 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 107 ratings“do but get into the clutches” [BOSC] We've held off a bit on the traditional interview with the editor of the BSI Manuscript Series this season — not for any lack of interest, but simply for scheduling reasons — but we hope it's worth the wait. Steve Doyle, BSI ("The Western Morning New...
Linoleum
Sherlock Holmes: Trifles - May 30, 2024 02:10 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 91 ratings“the flooring was also thoroughly examined” [SPEC] Cocoanut matting, bearskin rug, carpets — there are a number of notable floor coverings mentioned in the Sherlock Holmes stories. But flooring itself is less notable. Case in point: linoleum, which appears as a passing mention in just th...
Claire McGowan & Claire Douglas #OnTheSofa With Victoria
Crime Time FM - May 28, 2024 05:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings#OnTheSofa Season 6 Episode 6. Closed Circle Mysteries and other puzzles. Victoria investigates how to craft the perfect puzzle with fellow authors, Claire Douglas The Wrong Sister and Claire McGowan Truth, Truth, Lie Recommendations and mentions: Wilkie Collins, Agatha Christie, John Creasey,...
John Katzenbach, #1 International Bestselling Author of Jack's Boys
The Thriller Zone - May 27, 2024 09:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsOn today's 182nd episode of The Thriller Zone, host David Temple interviews #1 International bestselling author John Katzenbach about his book Jack's Boys. They discuss the nature of storytelling in thrillers and the importance of creating complete and psychologically attuned characte...
To Make or Not to Remake
Write On SC - May 25, 2024 07:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSo we’re in the middle of the “Must Read” challenge and Rex has completed 50% of the recommended texts and Kasie has completed 0%. How should we punish her for not doing her homework? But really, why we’re here this week is to celebrate the new version of Road House being advertised. Haven’t se...
Changing the Lens
Write On SC - May 25, 2024 07:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSo we’ve been working on perspectives of the narrator the last few weeks and at the end of each episode we talked about how to choose. But today I thought we’d do something fun by imagining some pretty famous (well known) stories from someone else’s perspective. Segment 1 But first! We have tw...
On Someone's Shoulder
Write On SC - May 25, 2024 07:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsCouple of paired episodes last week and this one. Last week we took on first person narrators. Some good discussion (if I do say so myself) on collective first person (we, us) and the limitations of the first person narrator, including the establishment of unreliability. This week we take on th...
Screenwriting for Dummies
Write On SC - May 25, 2024 07:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOur first conversation about film adaptations of books happened way back in August 2019 with episodes 54 & 55 – we talked so much we had to continue it out the next week. But yesterday was National Screenwriters’ Day and so I delivered my five inimitable screenwriters on the morning show: Tina ...
Seeing Shadows & an Internet Grab Bag
Write On SC - May 25, 2024 07:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIs there any more arbitrary experience than Groundhog Day? It’s a day when an entire town lets a rodent predict the future. Or the weather anyway. Several questions: Is there any other profession besides weatherman insulted by the insinuation that an animal could do it as well or better than th...
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