Grab your magnifying glass, don your monocle and trench coat, because we're talking murder mysteries today! First, Shoshana and Mariquita define the mystery genre, subgenres, and key terms. They also share some of their favorite mystery books for your TBR. Then Renee dives into her favorite sub-sub-genre of mysteries: cozy food mysteries by and about women of color. Happy reading!

Books and Resources Mentioned:

The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey

Fortune Favors the Dead by Stephen Spotswood

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

The Maid by Nita Prose

Sex, Murder, and a Double Latte by Kyra Davis

Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke

The Princess of Burundi by Kjell Eriksson

All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby

To Have and to Heist by Sara Desai

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano

Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton

Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen

Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker

We Don't Talk About Carol by Kirsten L. Berry

Murder with Peacocks by Donna Andrews

The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz

IQ by Joe Ide

Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala

Mango, Mamba, and Murder by Raquel V. Reyes

Against the Currant by Olivia Matthews

Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes by Sandra Jackson-Opoku

Detective Auntie by Uzma Jalaluddin

Ill-Fated Fortune by Jennifer J. Chow

Death by Dumpling by Vivien Chen

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This episode was edited and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.

Original music by Amarissa

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