KPL Podcast

This week on the KPL Podcast, we have author Lori Gold.  Her new book, Kiss Marry Kill, takes a new spin on the conversation game.  Three women play the game and end up in a slightly altered reality but are given the chance to make necessary changes to their lives. Listen to learn more. 

Author Reads

Take Me With You by Steven Rowley

The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett

This week on the KPL podcast we spoke with author Sara Levine about her fun and zany book, The Hitch.  Imagine babysitting your nephew while his parents are away for week. You setup a room for him, plan meals and activities and are excited to get to spend time with him. One day you and the nephew take the dog for a walk.  The dog kills a corgi and the spirit of the corgi possesses your nephew. Chaos ensues and there's les than a week to exorcise the corgi.

Author Reads

One Son Only by Camille Bordas

On Morrison by Namwali Serpell

Afternoon Hours of a Hermit by Patrick Cottrell

Leave it to Psmith by PG Woodhouse

This week on the KPL Podcast we have Nina McConigley, telling us about her novel, How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder.  This a story, about sisters who decide to murder their abusive uncle.  Set in the mid 80's the novel explores themes, of sisterhood, abuse, and growing up in Wyoming as a biracial person. Listen to learn more. 

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Author reads

Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park

Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

The Collected Works of Billy the Kid: Left Handed Poems by Michael Ondaatje

The Diaspora Sonnets by Oscar De La Paz

This week on the KPL Podcast we have author Moorea Corrigan to discuss her cozy historical fantasy, Thistlemarsh.  Think Downton Abbey with Faeries. The book is set post WW1 in England. A young women inherits a manor house with certain conditions.  She must renovate the house in one month or lose it.  The renovations aren't simple and cannot be done in the short timeframe. So she makes a bargain with a Fae lord to help restore house.  Challenges arise as the two discover that Thistlemarsh is resistant to Fae magic. 

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Author Reads

A Far Better Thing by HG Parry

Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett

This week on the KPL podcast we have author Joan F. Smith and we discuss, Your Soulmail is Attached. A speculative fiction novel about how the world would change after every adult is told the name of their soulmate.  Marriages break apart in some cases and in other situations relationships are stronger. Dating, social media, and even religion are changed. Listen to learn more.

Author reads

This Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum

This week on the KPL podcast we have author duo Jo Dinkin and Catherine Brinkworth.  Their first novel together is The Pie and Mash Detective Agency.  The book is about two newbie private detectives assigned to solve the recurring disappearance of a woman named Nellie Thorn.  A wonderful addition to the cozy genre.

Author Reads

A Murder in Eight Cocktails by Kelly Mullen

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

Spoon Full of Murder by JM Hall

This week on the KPL Podcast we have bestselling author Shelley Noble telling us about The Sisters of Book Row.   A historical fiction novel that explores Anthony Comstock and his ruthless campaign against Manhattan’s “Book Row.” Three sisters band together to challenge censorship and fight to preserve the heart of the city’s literary world. 

Author Reads

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

1984 by George Orwell

Last Twilight In Paris by Pam Jenoff

A Founding Mother by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie

Bestselling author Marie Benedict is back with another wonderful historical fiction, titled Daughter of Egypt.  We are introduced to two remarkable women whom history nearly erased. One is Evelyn Herbert, who was present at the archaeological discovery of Tutankhamun’s burial site, and the other is Hatshepsut, a powerful woman who ruled as Pharaoh during the 18th dynasty

Author Reads

What We Can Know by Ian McEwan

This week on the KPL Podcast we have local Missouri author and historian Sean Rost.  We discuss his new book, Catching Hell from All Quarters: Anti-Klan Activists in Interwar Missouri.  He's taken a deep dive into rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan during interwar Missouri.  Rost will focus on several notable figures who comprised an interracial, interdenominational, and bipartisan anti-Klan coalition whose opposition to the hooded order largely stymied the Klan’s efforts to wield substantial influence and political power in Missouri. 

This week on the KPL Podcast, we spoke with bestselling author Elizabeth Arnott Her latest novel, The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives tells the story from the perspective of 3 women after their husbands are arrest for murder.  When women begin dying in similar circumstances, they band together to catch the killer.

Author Reads

Wild Dark Shore by McConaghy