aired the week of May 16, 2022

Shadow Ridge by M.E. Browning opens with an apparent open and shut case of suicide.  But Detective Jo Wyatt has her doubts and the more she digs the more she realizes something sinister is going on with the group of college students who are working on their final project for their visual arts class.  Two have died of an apparent suicide and one of the others is receiving threatening emails.  A twisty police procedural for fans of Emily Littlejohn, John McMahon, Robert Dugoni and P.J. Tracy.

Jo Wyatt series

1. Shadow Ridge

2. Mercy Creek

 aired the week of May 9, 2022

Last Bus to Wisdom by Ivan Doig follows eleven-year-old Donal on his cross-country trip from Montana to stay with relatives in Wisconsin while his Gram is having surgery for female trouble.  Filled with an eclectic cast of characters that Donal meets along the way to what will be the adventure of a lifetime.  For fans of William Kent Krueger's coming of age stories.

 aired the week of May 2, 2022

Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson references a blog post that bookstore owner Malcolm Kershaw wrote years ago compiling a list of 8 books that he thinks exhibit the perfect murder.  Now it seems that someone is using his list to commit murder.  But does Malcolm know more than he is letting on to FBI Special Agent Gwen Mulvey?  Recommended for fans of A.J. Finn and B. J. Parris.