On Binge Reading today, USA Today bestselling author A.W. Hartoin talks about her World War II, Stella Bled spy thriller series, and the young American honeymooner who becomes a double agent, trapped into working for both Germany and England.

Hi there. I'm your host, Jenny Wheeler, and on Binge Reading today, A.W. talks about the sixth book in the series, Her London Season.

It's 1940 and the Battle of Britain rages in the skies overhead. Stella is stuck, frustrated, in a lowly administrative job at the Special Operations Executive, the SOE. Until a mysterious set of orders arrives.

A.W. talks about crafting a story that challenges all the assumptions you may make about truth and power.

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Links to subjects mentioned in today’s episode

Kristallnacht: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/kristallnacht

(*See Editor’s note at the end of the transcript.)

Kelly Rimmer, The Paris Agent, https://www.kellyrimmer.com/books/the-paris-agent

Pam Jenoff, The Lost Girls of Paris, https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Girls-Paris-Pam-Jenoff/dp/0778308618

Martha Hall Kelly: Lilac Girls, https://marthahallkelly.com/books/lilac-girls/

Janet Evanovich:  https://evanovich.com/

Jana DeLeon:  https://janadeleon.com/

Brian Cann, photographer:  https://brian-cann.format.com/about

Laser guided bomb systems:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser-guided_bomb

The House Witch by Delemhach   https://www.amazon.com.au/House-Witch-Humorous-Romantic-Fantasy/dp/1039410251

Stephen King: The Shining, https://stephenking.com/works/novel/shining.html

EM Powell: Stanton and Barling series. https://www.empowell.com/stanton-and-barling-mysteries

Liane Moriarty: What Alice Forgot, https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781743535493/

The Splendid and the Vile by Eric Larson: https://www.amazon.com/Splendid-Vile-Churchill-Family-Defiance/dp/0385348711.

The Rape of Europa by Lynn K Nicholas: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/121563/the-rape-of-europa-by-lynn-h-nicholas/

Kristin Hannah The Nightingale:  https://www.amazon.com/Nightingale-Novel-Kristin-Hannah/dp/1250080401

Where to find A.W. Hartoin online

Website:  https://www.awhartoin.com/

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/A.W.Hartoin/

Introducing mystery author A. W. Hartoin

A.W. Hartoin - Best Selling mystery author.

Jenny Wheeler: But now here's A.W. Hello there, A.W. and welcome to the show. It's great to have you with us.

A.W. Hartoin: Hi Jenny. Thanks for having me.

Jenny Wheeler: You've done a remarkably wide range of genres. You've done fantasy, you've done YA.

But I think the bulk of your work has been in mystery, either Second World War, a series with Stella Bled, or a more contemporary cozy mystery series with Mercy Watts.

So we'll be focusing on those two today because most of our listeners are really interested in those mainstream genres. I wondered first what has attracted you to the mystery genre.

A.W. Hartoin: I've always loved my mystery since I was a child, but I think it's the puzzle pieces and how they come together, and planting little clues here and there. I've always loved plotting and mystery's all about the plotting And Cozy Mystery in particular is about characters and having really interesting people in t...