Tune in as Katie and Nusrah celebrate the 100th episode of Read or Dead, and talk about books that shaped them as mystery readers. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. News Links ITW Thriller Awards Nominees BOOKS DISCUSSED Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Moonlight Becomes You by Mary Higgins Clark The Silent Scream (Nightmare Hall #1) by Diane Hoh Baltimore Blues by Laura Lippman Jade Green by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie NEW RELEASES The Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hur Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto If you want to send us an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com Otherwise you can:  Find Nusrah on Twitter @JavedNusrah Find Katie on Twitter @ kt_librarylady See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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E100: Celebrations, Nostalgia, and Questionable Fashion

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah discuss the Edgar Award Nominees and recommend books for you to prioritize from the list. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! Have a look at all the categories and nominees! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Books Discussed Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara The Missing American by Kwei Quartey These Women by Ivy Pochoda Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole East of Hounslow by Khurrum Rahman The Third Rainbow Girl by Emma Copely Eisenberg Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock by Christina Lane From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks The Companion by Katie Alender The Cousins by Karen M. McManus If you want to send us an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com Otherwise you can:  Find Nusrah on Twitter @JavedNusrah Find Katie on Twitter @ kt_librarylady See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Edgar Awards Season!

This week Katie and Nusrah talk about mystery/thrillers that transport you to a particular time and place. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! Find some fantastic reads to combat AAPI racism and educate yourself on its long history in the US in our Audiobooks Newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Books Discussed The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-eun Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips The Split by Sharon Bolton Overkill by Vanda Symon Beneath the Mountain by Luca D’Andrea Red Widow by Alma Katsu The Lost Village by Camilla Stein Currently Reading Anxious People by Fredrick Backman If you want to send us an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com Otherwise you can:  Find Nusrah on Twitter @JavedNusrah Find Katie on Twitter @ kt_librarylady See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

E98: Mystery and Suspense In A Land Far Away

This week Katie and Nusrah talk about mystery/thrillers that feature revenge and serial killers, and how these narratives uncover stories that often go unheard. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Books mentioned in the news segment Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll Gone Bamboo by Anthony Bourdain The Marsh King’s Daughter by Karen Dionne We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker Books mentioned Trigger warning: The books talked about do talk about sexual assault, violence towards women and children and murder. America’s First Serial Killer by Mary Kay McBrayer The Fiveby Hallie Rubenhold They Never Learn by Layne Fargo Out by Natsuo Kirino New Releases Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boully The Jigsaw Man by Nadine Matheson If you want to send us an email with feedback or show suggestions, you can reach us at readordead@bookriot.com Otherwise you can:  Find Nusrah on Twitter @JavedNusrah Find Katie on Twitter @ kt_librarylady See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

E97: Revenge Of The Silenced

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about mystery and thriller reads featuring romance gone right, and romance gone very wrong. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

E96: Never Too Late for Some Romantic Reckoning

Tune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about reads that feature true crime and social justice honoring Black History Month. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! Books Mentioned honoring Black History Month A Knock at Midnight – Brittany K. Barnett Beneath a Ruthless Sun: A True Story of Violence, Race, and Justice – Gilbert King Leaving Atlanta – Tayari Jones The Black and the Blue: A Cop Reveals the Crimes, Racism, and Injustice in America’s Law Enforcement – Matthew Horace & Ron Harris NEW RELEASES Blood Grove – Walter Mosley The Kindest Lie – Nancy Johnson Children of Chicago – Cynthia Pelayo The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing – Sonia Faleiro currently reading Fortune Favors the Dead– Stephen Spotswood Widows of Malabar Hill– Sujata Massey The Lost Man – Jane Harper Write to us with any feedback, requests, or recommendations at readordead@bookriot.com Find us on social: Nusrah: @JavedNusrah Katie: @kt_librarylady See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

E95: True Crime and Racial Injustice

Katie and Nusrah talk about books that make use of unique formats to tell their story. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Books Mentioned Night Filmby Marisha Pessl American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson Whisper Networkby Chandler Baker NEW RELEASES If I Disappear by Eliza Jane Brazier Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano CURRENTLY READING Fortune Favors the Dead by Stephen Sportswood See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

E94: Letters, Journals, and Intrigue

Katie and Nusrah talk about their most anticipated releases of 2021 and only get to July before they are out of time. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Newsletters, A Mistake Incomplete by Lorenzo Petruzziello, and Bloodline by Jess Lourey. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. BOOKS MENTIONED IN ANTICIPATED RELEASES The House on Vesper Sands – Paraic O’ Donell Girl A – Abigail Dean (January 25, 2021) Children of Chicago – Cynthia Pelayo (February 9, 2021) Quiet in Her Bones – Nalini Singh (February 23rd, 2021) The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing – Sonia Faleiro (February 23, 2021) Dial A for Aunties– Jesse K Sutanto (April 27, 2021) The Other Black Girl – Zakiya Dalila Harris (June 2021) The Turnout– Megan Abbott (July 6, 2021) CURRENTLY READING Pretty Things – Janelle Brown The Nothing Man – Catherine Ryan Howard These Women – Ivy Pochoda See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

E93: Most Anticipated Releases of 2021

It is the last episode of 2020 and Rincey’s last episode of Read or Dead! To commemorate, they talk about their favorite reads of the year. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! Show Notes John le Carré, Best-Selling Author of Cold War Thrillers, Dies at 89 Books Mentioned Long Bright River by Liz Moore The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper  Shelter by Jung Yun The Return by Rachel Harrison Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden The Only Child by Mi-ae Seo The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

E92: Our Favorite Books of 2020

Katie and guest host Nusrah talk about genre-bending mysteries, the upcoming adaptation of Forty Acres, and some really exciting new releases that you need to add to your TBR ASAP! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! Show Notes Netflix is working on an adaptation of Forty Acres by Dwayne Alexander Smith. Watch the trailer for Tiny Pretty Things. The Mystery Writers of America announced its 2021 Grand Master and Raven Award recipients. Books Mentioned Deadly Sexy by Beverly Jenkins Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey Even As We Breathe by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurdardottir The Arctic Fury by Greer Macallister Take it Back by Kia Abdullah Snow Drift by Helene Tursten; translated by Marlaine Delargy Three by D.A. Mishani; translated by Jessica Cohen The Eighth Detective by Alex Pavesi When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

E91: That Rings All My Bells

Katie and Rincey get geared up for the holiday season with a giant pile of books that you could give to someone (or yourself). This episode is sponsored by TBR, Elsewhere by Dean Koontz and Ink by Jonathan Maberry. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! Books Mentioned The Golden Thread: The Cold War and the Mysterious Death of Dag Hammarskjöld by Ravi Somaiya IQ by Joe Ide The Woman Who Stole Vermeer: The True Story of Rose Dugdale and the Russborough House Art Heist by Anthony M. Amore The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby White Rabbit by Caleb Roehrig Mimi Lee Gets a Clue by Jennifer J. Chow (A Sassy Cat Mystery #1) In the Hall With the Knife by Diane Peterfreund The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America’s First Serial Killer by Skip Hollandsworth America’s First Female Serial Killer: Jane Toppan and the Making of a Monster by Mary Kay McBrayer Perfect Days by Raphael Montes The Kill Club by Wendy Heard See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

E90: Inaugural Serial Killers

Katie and Rincey celebrate Nonfiction November with some great nonfiction reads, talk about the great casting in the new Jane Harper adaptation, and are pleasantly surprised by the Goodreads Choice Awards. This episode is sponsored by TBR, The Gift of the Magpie by Donna Andrews, and VJ Books. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! Show Notes Rachel Howzell Hall’s Lou Norton series has been optioned to Lionsgate Television Watch the first trailer for The Dry Voting for the Goodreads Choice Awards has begun [Book Riot] Books Mentioned Unspeakable Acts: True Tales of Crime, Murder, Deceit, and Obsession by Sarah Weinman American Sherlock by Kate Winkler Dawson No Place to Hide by Opa Hysea Wise The Preserve by Ariel S. Winter We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence by Becky Cooper The Woman Who Stole Vermeer: The True Story of Rose Dugdale and the Russborough House Art Heist by Anthony M. Amore After She Wrote Him by Sulari Gentill See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

E89: A Mood and a Half

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Katie and Rincey mourn the ending of The President is Missing adaptation, celebrate some revivals and reboots and talk about their love of audiobooks. This episode is sponsored by TBR, In the Study with the Wrench by Diana Peterfreund, and Nightfire. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! Show Notes Showtime is no longer moving forward with James Patterson’s and Bill Clinton’s The President is Missing [Deadline] I Know What You Did Last Summer is headed to Amazon as a TV series [Hollywood Reporter] Showtime revives Dexter as a limited series, and Michael C. Hall is returning [Deadline] Netflix is adapting Rumaan Alam’s new thriller, Leave the World Behind. [Hollywood Reporter] Stacey Abrams has a political thriller coming out next spring called While Justice Sleeps [Hollywood Reporter] In Virtual Event, Bouchercon 2020 Picks Year’s Best [Publisher’s Weekly] Books Mentioned The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas The Searcher by Tana French, narrated by Roger Clark Beneath the Mountain by Luca d’Andrea, narrated by Charles Constant Fortune Favors the Dead by Stephen Spotswood A Solitude of Wolverines by Alice Henderson And Now She’s Gone by Rachel Howzell Hall The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

E88: Sad News for Jimmy P.

Katie and Rincey appreciate talking about some good news and get into the fall spirit with some dark, creepy campus novels. This episode is sponsored by TBR, And Now She’s Gone by Rachel Howzell Hall and Chaos by Iris Johansen. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! Show Notes Jordan Harper, author of She Rides Shotgun, tweeted that he’s turned in the manuscript for his second novel Layne Fargo’s novel They Never Learn is being adapted for TV Zac Efron is going to star in the new adaptation of Firestarter [Deadline] Amazon is adapting the forthcoming Jo Nesbo book, The Jealousy Man [Deadline] James Patterson donates $2.5 million to teachers to help them create classroom and at-home libraries for students [Publisher’s Weekly] Books Mentioned Dead Scared by Sharon Bolton Long Black Veil by Jennifer Finney Boylan Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam Snow by John Banville They Never Learn by Layne Fargo In the Study with the Wrench by Diana Peterfreund Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden Vera Kelly is Not a Mystery by Rosalie Knecht See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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