KPL Podcast

This week on the KPL podcast we have author Deanna Raybourn telling us about her new novel, "Killers of a Certain Age".  After decades of service, four covert assassins are about to retire, but then their own organization puts a hit on them.  A great, fast-paced read.  Also an update about the Home Borrowers service at the Kirkwood Public. Library.  Listen to learn more!
Kismet by Amina Akhtar
My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Welcome to another amazing episode of the KPL Podcast.  This week we have bestselling author Angie Cruz to tell us about her latest novel, "How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water".  Learn more about her wonderful protagonist Cara Romero.
Recommendations
1. Dominicana by Angie Cruz
2. The Man Who Could Move Clouds by Ingrid Rojas Contreras

A different episode this week on the KPL podcast.  We have Professor Jill Peterfeso here for a fascinating theological discussion about her novel Womanpriest: Tradition and Transgression in the Contemporary Roman Catholic Church.  You can download a free ebook copy from Amazon. 

1. Dream It! Do It! My Half-Century Creating Disney's Magic Kingdoms by Marty Sklar
2.  A History of Christianity by Owen Chadwick
3. Taking America Back for God by Samuel Perry and Andrew Whitehead

This week on the podcast we have bestselling author of The Sanatorium, Sarah Pearse.  She is here to tell us all about her second novel, The Retreat.  If you enjoyed her first novel, then you'll love her latest.  Elin Warner is back to uncover the truth behind suspicious deaths on a luxury island getaway.

Recommendations
1. All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
2. Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong 

This week on the KPL Podcast, we had the pleasure of interviewing bestselling author Madeline Martin about her new book, The Librarian Spy.  We talk about World War II, librarians, French Resistance, and spies!
Recommendations
1. The London Seance Society by Sarah Penner (publishes April 2023)
2. Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn 

Families are the topic of this week's KPL podcast.  Our author guest is Eleanor Brown and her latest novel, Any Other Family,  is about an unusual family.  Three sets of adoptive parts are raising four siblings together.  As you can imagine things get complicated from the start and then the biological mother is pregnant again and wants the parents to find her parents for the new baby. 

1. The Displacements by Bruce Holsinger
2. An Immense World by Ed Yong
3. The Foundling by Ann Leary

This week on the podcast we have author Addison Armstrong telling us about her new novel, "The War Librarian."  The novel is a historical fiction with dual timelines, one during World War I and the other is 1976 when the  first female students admitted to the US Naval Academy.  The more recommendation with libraries and librarians.
The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
Rex Libris volume 1: I, Librarian by James Turner
Rex Libris volume 2 Book of Monsters
Book Hunter by Jason Shiga
The world's strongest librarian : a memoir of Tourette's, faith, strength, and the power of family by Joshua Hanagarne
The Public

This week on the podcast we pay homage to ghost romances. Our guest is Ashley Poston talking about her novel, "The Dead Romantics," and then a short discussion on other ghost romances written by Jude Deveraux and Nora Roberts.
1.  The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannon
2. Someone to Love by Jude Deveraux
3. Blue Dahlia by Nora Roberts
4. Black Rose by Nora Roberts
5. Red Lily by Nora Roberts
6. The Next Always by Nora Roberts
7. The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts
8. The Perfect Hope by Nora Roberts

Viva La Revolution!  This week on the podcast we have debut author Zoe Sivak telling us about her first novel, Mademoiselle Revolution.  Listen and learn about the Haitian Revolution and the French Revolution.
Circe by Madeline Miller

Do you love a good thriller with a surprising twist?  You will love Riley Sager's new novel, The House Across the Lake.  There's more as our hosts present a list of other great thriller writers.
Recommendations
1. Hidden Pictures by Justin Rekulak
2. Someone We Know by Shari LaPena
3. Unwanted Guest by Shari LaPena
4. The Couple Next Door by Shari LaPena
5. One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus
6. Two can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus
7.  A Perfect Evil by Alex Kava
8.  Sadie by Courtney Summers