Lone Women by Victor Lavalle

 aired the week of July 15, 2024

Lone Women by Victor Lavalle is a genre bending novel that is part historical fiction, part western and part horror.  The year is 1915 and 31-year-old Adelaide Henry has just left her home in the Lucerne Valley of California to homestead on the Montana prairie.  She leaves behind her parents corpses in their burning farmhouse but takes with her a heavy padlocked steamer trunk that has her secrets and past.  Adelaide may be making a new start but when someone opens that steamer trunk her whole world is turned upside down.  Recommended for fans of Stephen King and Joe Hill.

Happy Place by Emily Henry

 aired the week of July 8, 2024

Happy Place by Emily Henry is a good summer beach read.  Harriet has recently broken up with her fiance Win but neither of them have been brave enough to tell their college friend group.  When everyone gets together for their annual summer vacation in Maine it becomes increasingly difficult to keep their breakup a secret but neither Harriet or Win want to ruin their best friend's summer and surprise wedding plans. Recommended for fans of Tessa Bailey, Abby Jimenez, Susan Mallery and Jill Shalvis.

Democracy Awakening by Heather Cox Richardson

 aired the week of July 1, 2024

Democracy Awakening by Heather Cox Richardson is a historical perspective on America's relationship with authoritarianism and what Richardson calls the "liberal consensus."  Richardson explores the changes to the Republican party from the New Deal until present day and gives a historical perspective to the current political climate.  This book is suggested to those who are interested by history and politics.

Playing the Fool by Lina Chern

 aired the week of June 24, 2024

Playing the Fool by Lina Chern is the first in a new mystery series.  Katie True loves to read Tarot cards and sometimes talks people into reading their cards when they come into the import store where she works.  When a disheveled man walks in she offers to read his cards.  He leaves his phone unlocked on the counter while using the restroom.  Katie quickly takes a peak.  In the message thread open she sees the photo of her best friend Marley propped up against a dumpster with a bullet hole in her temple.  What should Katie do?  Why is this picture on his phone and how can she track down her friend's killer when they can't find a body?  For fans of Elle Cosimano and Darynda Jones.

1. Playing the Fool (2023)

2. Tricks of Fortune (2025)

The Wager: a tale of Shipwreck Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

 aired the week of June 17, 2024

The Wager: a tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann gives an accounting of what happened to the 28 gun warship that went aground off the coat of Chile after rounding Cape Horn in a storm.  There were varying accounts and the capability of Captain David Cheap was called into question.  A true story of historical intrigue by master storyteller David Grann.

The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan

 aired the week of June 10, 2024

The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan introduces Hannah Rokeby a law school student desperate to join The Innocence Project.  The group is working with convicted murderer Michael Dandridge and Hannah knows he isn't innocent.  What lengths will she go to to prove his guilt.?  For fans of Jane Harper, William Landy, Tana French and Karin Slaughter.