KPL Podcast

This week on the KPL Podcast, we have bestselling author Nalini Singh.  We spoke to her about her latest thriller, There Should Have Been Eight.  The novel is set in a remote location in the New Zealand Andes.  Old friends gather for a reunion but things go begin to go wrong from the beginning.  Listen to learn more.
Author Recommendations
Salvage Right by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
Payback in Death by JD Robb
Midnight by Amy Mcculloch

This week on the KPL Podcast, we have returning author Alexa Martin to tell us about her newest romance novel, Next Door Nemesis.  This is a funny, laugh out loud romantic comedy about two people competing for a new position on an HOA Board.
Author Recommendation
Identity by Nora Roberts
Things We Left Behind by Lucy Score
Unrealistic Expectations by Andie J Christopher

This week on the KPL podcast, we have debut author Clementine Taylor speaking to us about the her amazing first novel, Something About Her.  This is a wonderful, emotional first novel.  Taylor hits it out of the park.
Author Recommendations
1. Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour
2. Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth
3. Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

This week on the KPL podcast we speak with bestselling author Vanessa Lillie about her new novel, Blood Sisters. The story is a compelling mystery about a Cherokee archeologist for the Bureau of Indian Affairs who is summoned to rural Oklahoma to investigate the disappearance of two women…one of them her sister.

Author Recommendations
1. Never Whistle at Night edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
2. And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliot
3. Bad Cree by Jessica Johns
4. A Calm and Normal Heart by Chelsea T. Hicks
5. Man Made Monster by Andrea L. Rogers

Welcome back.  This week on the KPL podcast we have bestselling author Edward Carey and we will be discussing his latest novel Edith Holler. A witty and entrancing story of a young woman trapped in a ramshackle English playhouse—and the mysterious figure who threatens the theater's very survival.
Author Recommendations
The Swallowed Man by Edward Carey
Kappa by  Ryūnosuke Akutagawa,
Seeking Fortune Elsewhere by Sindya Bhanoo
Golem Girl by Riva Lehrer

This week on the podcast we have USA bestselling author, Ashley Herring Blake to discuss her latest novel, Iris Kelly Doesn't Date. A book about a group of ride-or-die friends who have become family. “Found family” is available to everyone, but it’s a source of salvation for those within a marginalized community, particularly if you identify as queer.  This the third book in a heartwarming and inclusive series that proves there is a love out there for everyone.

Author Recommendations:
1. Witch of Wild Things by Raquel Vasquaz Gilliland
2. Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner

We are back with a new episode of the KPL Podcast.  Do you enjoy a good heist book or movie?  Then I highly recommend, The Housekeepers by Alex Hay.  It's Ocean's 8 meets Downton Abbey. 
1. The Last Bookaneer by Matthew Pearl
2.  A Lady's Guide to Fortune-hunting by Sophie Irwin
3. Ocean's 8
4. Death Below Stairs by Jennifer Ashley 

It is hard to believe but we have 200 episodes of the KPL Podcast.  This week Ryan and Jigisha talk about a few of the memorable guests that we interviewed in the last few years. Links for the episodes are included.
1. Erik Larson, Splendid and the Vile
2. Clint McElroy, Petals to the Metal
3. Nalini Singh, Archangel's Light
4. Elliot Kalan, Sharko and Hippo
5. Richard Osman, The Bullet that Missed
6. Amanda Tyler, Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue: A Life's Work Fighting for a More Perfect Union.
Honorable Mentions
7. Becky Chambers, The Galaxy and the Ground Within
8. Anna North, Outlawed
9. John Allison, Giant Days
10. Anthony Daniels, I am C3PO
11 Jared Reinmuth and Ameziane, Big Black: Stand at Attica
12.  Laurell K. Hamilton, Smolder

This week on the KPL podcast we have bestselling author Kerri Maher.  We talked about her latest novel, All You Have To Do Is Call.  A fascinating new historical fiction set in 1970 about the Jane Collective.
Other Book by Kerri Maher
1. The Paris Booksellar
2. The Girl in  White Gloves: A Novel of Grace Kelly
3. The Kennedy Debutante

Welcome Back to the KPL podcast.  This week we have Pen Award winning Mona Susan Power.  We discuss her latest novel, A Council of Dolls. Mona was a delight to speak with and we had fun talking about her book. 
Author Reads
Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah
Swim Home to the Vanished by Brendan Shay Basham
Never Whistle At Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology