KPL Podcast

This week on the KPL Podcast we spoke with Izzy Broom about The House of Hidden Letters.  A dual timeline story set on a small Greek Island.  A woman wins a contest to purchase a home on Folegandros for 1 Euro.  As she begins renovations she finds letters belonging to the previous owner from 1940s during the German and Italian occupation. 

Author reads

The One Day You Were My Husband by Rosie Walsh

This week on the KPL podcast we are speaking with author Michelle Maryk about her debut novel, The Found Object Society.  Imagine a secret society that holds thousands of objects from all over the world and from different time periods.  Each object can take you on a voyage to relive the last moments of the person who died holding it. Listen to learn more.

Author Reads

Pinky Swear by Danielle Girard

The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

This week on the KPL podcast we spoke with author Janie Chang about her latest novel, The Fourth Princess.  This is a gothic mystery set in Shanghai China during the early 1900's about two woman, Lisan comes to work for Caroline.  Slowly, things begin to unravel as both women learn about the people in their lives. 

Author Reads

Ithica by Claire North

House of Odysseus by Claire North

The Last Song of Penelope by Claire North

Another exciting week on the KPL Podcast.  This week we spoke with author/attorney Yosha Gunasekera about her debut whodunit, The Midnight Taxi.  The story is about a female Sri Lankan-American taxi driver in NYC.  She picks up a fare late night and he is murdered in the backseat while she is driving the taxi.  Automatically, she becomes the prime suspect and has to solve the murder herself. 

Author Reads

History Lessons by Zoe Wallbrook

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

Finlay Donovan Digs her Own Grave by Elle Cosimano

Missing White Woman by Kellye Garrett 

This week on the KPL Podcast we have author Kashana Cauley telling us about her latest novel The Payback.  This story is an funny, satirical look at the student system in our country.  Three women are stuck with massive student loan debt that is difficult to pay on their low income retail jobs.  They are stalked by debt police and see no hope at ever repaying their student loans.  They hatch out a plan to erase their student loans by breaking into the building and hacking the computers that store the student loan information.  Listen to learn more. 

The Survivialists

This week on KPL Podcast we have author LS Stratton with her first YA novel Sundown Girls.  The story focuses on a teenage girl named Naomi who was kidnapped as a toddler.  She is now back with her family and the woman who raised is in jail for kidnapping. Her family goes on a weekend getaway in a former sundown town.  Mysterious things begin to happen. 

Daughter of the Merciful Deep by Leslye Penelope

Horns by Joe Hill

This week on the KPL Podcast we spoke with Lynn Cullen about her latest historical fiction, When We Were Brilliant.   The book explores the friendship between Marilyn Monroe and Eve Arnold, the only woman to photograph Marilyn. Written from Eve’s perspective as if she were writing directly to Marilyn, the novel reveals intimate and lesser-known moments from both women’s lives, offering a fresh and deeply human portrait of unusual friendship. 

This week we spoke with Karen Winn about her latest novel The Society.  This story revolves around a secret society known as The Knox.  Two women's lives intertwine as they get involved with the Knox.  Vivian is searching for answers to her heritage and disappears as she digs deeper in her family's involvement with the Knox.  Another woman, Taylor, is pulled into the Knox's orbit when she searches for Vivian.  

Author recommendations

An Arcane Inheritance by Kamilah Cole

On this week’s episode of the KPL Podcast, we spoke with authors Pamela Samuels Young and Dwayne Alexander Smith about their latest novel, Sounds Like Trouble. We had a great time talking about their collaborative writing process and how they first began working together.

Sounds Like Trouble reunites readers with Mackenzie and Jackson, who have just opened a PI agency and are still figuring out the basics like how to furnish their new office when trouble comes knocking. A mob boss forces them into a high-stakes search for a file packed with dangerous blackmail information, quickly raising the tension. Fun, fast-paced and highly entertaining, this is a terrific read from two outstanding authors.  Check their first book in the series, Sounds Like a Plan

This week on the KPL Podcast, we’re joined by Tamara Berry to talk about her latest novel, Murder Runs in the Family. When a granddaughter comes to stay with her grandmother in a retirement community, she quickly finds herself helping Grandma dodge a very real murder charge. Packed with laugh-out-loud moments, quirky residents, and an unforgettable pet turtle, this cozy mystery is as charming as it is clever.

Author Recommendations

What Kind of Paradise by Janelle Brown