aired the week of November 16, 2015

The Thin Woman by Dorothy Cannell follows plus size interior decorator Ellie Simons as she receives an invitation to the ancestral family home.  She takes an escort, Ben, not realizing how that decision will affect her future.  When her uncle passes away and leaves the bulk of the inheritance to her and her fictitious fiance, provided some stipulations are met, the games are on.  The rest of the family will stop at nothing including murder to make sure she and Ben do not fulfill their obligations and locate the hidden treasure.

aired the week of November 9, 2015

Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf is the author's final novel before passing away last October.  The book like all of his others is set in the fictional town of Holt, Colorado.  Widow Addie Moore has a proposition for her widower neighbor Louis. Would Louis be interested in in coming over and sleep in the night with her.  And talk.  Imagine the ripple effect in their small community.

aired the week of November 2, 2105

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Amiee Bender is filled with magical realism.  When Rose Edelstein turns nine she realizes that food tastes like feelings.  She can taste people's emotions in the food they cook.  But, what will she do with this new found knowledge?

aired the week of October 26, 2015

The Truth According to Us by Annie Barrows is set in Depression Era West Virginia.  Layla Beck is working for the WPA's Federal Writer's Project compiling the history of Macedonia, West Virginia for the town's sesquicentennial.  She is boarding with the Romeyn family whom she finds very intriguing, especially as she uncovers long buried family secrets.

aired the week of October 19, 2015

Yesterday's Echo by Matt Coyle introduces former cop Rick Cahill who is just trying to keep a low profile running a steakhouse in La Jolla, California.  He's doing a good job until a beautiful reporter sweeps him into a mystery surrounding a dead man in a hotel.  Now Rick is the number one suspect and he'd better find out who really did it before he ends up behind bars.

aired the week of October 12, 2015

Jump the Gun by Zoe Burke features Annabelle Starkey who is a little like Stephanie Plum.  Annabelle gets herself into a situation when she agrees to a trip to Las Vegas with a man she has just met.  Now they are being chased by a man who says he's a cop and she can't figure out why he is after her.