Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

 aired the week of October 7, 2024

Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney is a locked room mystery in the tradition of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. Daisy Darker's family is gathering at her Nana's cottage by the sea to celebrate Nana's 80th birthday.  Over dinner Nana drops the bomb that she is leaving everything to Daisy's 15-year-old niece.  Overnight family members start to be killed, one by one, but who could be doing it when no one from the outside can get to the house and everyone is in the same room together.  Everyone is hiding many secrets.  For fans of Ruth Ware, Paula Hawkins, Lucy Foley and B.A. Paris.

Tangled Vines by John Glatt

 *aired the week of September 30

Tangled Vines by John Glatt is a thrilling account of the history and downfall of the Murdaugh family. In 2022, Alex Murdaugh was convicted of first degree murder, after killing his wife and son. In this book, investigative journalist John Glatt researches the history of the family from 1793 when they first arrived in Hampton County, South Carolina to the trial in 2022. Through his investigation, Glatt uncovers a string of drug trafficking, substance abuse, and financial crimes that were covered up by the family for years, explaining how the family came to be known as a legal dynasty that everyone believed to be above the law itself.

Brave the Wild River: the Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon by Melissa Sevigny

 aired the week of September 23, 2024

Brave the Wild River by Melissa Sevigny is the story of Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter both botanists at the University of Michigan who undertake to catalogue the plants of the Grand Canyon during a 43 day boat journey down the Colorado River in 1938.  This work of narrative non fiction utilizes primary source materials including letters and diaries to bring the two women's story to life.  Recommended for fans of Empress of the Nile by Lynne Olson or Grandma Gatewood's Walk by Ben Montgomery