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Death in her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh

Take it Back by Kia Abdullah

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Cherish Farrah by Bethany C. Morrow

The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James

This Might Hurt by Stephanie Wrobel

Fervor by Alma Katsu

Our Little World by Karen Winn

Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Leigh Allen

Devil House by John Darnielle

The Great Mrs. Elias by Barbara Chase-Riboud

Homicide and Halo-Halo by Mia P. Manansala

The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd

Secret Identity by Alex Segura

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Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss books that they’ve recommended to each other!
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Make this your most bookish summer yet with personalized reading recommendations from Tailored Book Recommendations! Our bibliologists (aka professional book nerds) are standing by to help you find your next favorite read. Get your recommendations via email, or opt to receive hardcovers or paperbacks delivered right to your door. And with quarterly or annual plans available, TBR has something for every budget. Get started today from just $18! Head to mytbr.co to subscribe.
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Attica Locke is publishing the final book in her Highway 59 crime novel trilogy this summer!
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Books Discussed
The Hunter - Tana French 
The Woods All Black - Lee Mandelo
Things We Lost in the Fire - Mariana Enriquez 
City Under One Roof - Iris Yamashita 
The Only One Left - Riley Sager
Tell Me Who You Are - Louisa Luna
Looking for Smoke - K. A. Cobell 
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Reading Each Other's Favorites

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss mysteries and thrillers for AANHPI Heritage Month!
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Make this your most bookish summer yet with personalized reading recommendations from Tailored Book Recommendations! Our bibliologists (aka professional book nerds) are standing by to help you find your next favorite read. Get your recommendations via email, or opt to receive hardcovers or paperbacks delivered right to your door. And with quarterly or annual plans available, TBR has something for every budget. Get started today from just $18! Head to mytbr.co to subscribe.
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Edgar Award Winners 2024
Pango Books

Books Discussed
Alma Katsu
The Surgeon - Tess Gerritsen
The Return of Ellie Black - Emiko Jean 
The Spirit Glass - Roshani Chokshi 
Murder Casts a Shadow: A Hawai'i Mystery -  Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl
The Hunter’s Daughter - Nicola Solvinic
Woodworm - Layla Martínez
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Book Picks for AANHPI Heritage Month

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss books about cults!
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Things Mentioned
Webster’s Dictionary defines “cult” as…

Books Discussed
Nine Perfect Strangers - Liane Moriarty 
Bunny - Mona Awad 
Catherine House - Elisabeth Thomas 
Sorrowland - Rivers Solomon 
Home Is Where The Bodies Are - Jeneva Rose
The Return of Ellie Black - Emiko Jean 
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Let's Get Cultish

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss mysteries and thrillers nominated for the 2024 Edgar Allan Poe Awards!
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News
Edgar Awards Preview

Books Discussed
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers - Jesse Q. Sutanto
All the Sinners Bleed - S.A. Cosby
Tangled Vines: Power, Privilege, and the Murdaugh Family Murders - John Glatt
Murder By Degrees - Ritu Mukerji
One of Us Knows - Alyssa Cole 
Butter - Asako Yuzuki, trans. Polly Barton 
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The 2024 Edgar Allan Poe Awards

Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss some books with a perfect sense of humor!
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News
Netflix is planning to adapt Jo Nesbo’s Harry Hole series 
50 Cent is publishing a financial heist novel, which is not a sentence I ever expected to write
The 2024 ITW Thriller Award finalists have been announced

Things Mentioned
Pango Books

Books Discussed
Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone - Benjamin Stevenson
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers - Jesse Q. Sutanto 
Ghost Squad - Claribel A. Ortega 
The Screaming Staircase - Jonathan Stroud
Cold to the Touch - Kerri Hakoda 
A Better World - Sarah Langan

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Most Anticipated Reads of 2022

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