Katie and Rincey talk Stephen King’s writers’ retreat, get confirmation on Tana French being the best living mystery writer, and more!

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s Blind Date, Dark Pattern by Andrew Mayne and Death & Conspiracy by Seeley James.

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SHOW NOTES

Women’s untold stories dominate Baillie Gifford prize shortlist

Stephen King’s House to Become Archive and Writers’ Retreat

David Oyelowo is starring in the series adaptation of The President is Missing.

Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House is being adapted as a TV series by Amazon Studios

Tana French is our best living mystery writer

Books Mentioned

The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan

Little Deaths by Emma Flint

It All Falls Down by Sheena Kamal

The Lost Ones by Sheena Kamal

The Lost Brothers: A Family’s Decades-Long Search by Jack El-Hai

The Fragility of Bodies by Sergio Olguin, translated by Miranda France

Strangers at the Gate by Catriona McPherson

All the Things We Do in the Dark by Saundra Mitchell

Heaven My Home by Attica Locke

The Whisper Man by Alex North

Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha

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