We get into the holiday spirit with the charming new Christmas rom-com from Amy Reichert. Then Viola Shipman shares why it's ok if Christmas doesn't feel like a tv holiday movie. For more podcasts like this one head to lisatbooks.com

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Alice Henderson introduces to the plight of the mountain caribou in her usual entertaining way. And the new crime novel from Jacqueline Bublitz confronts the genre's usual tropes.

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We meet a young Jewish matchmaker with a gift for connecting people in the early 1900s in what Lynda Cohen Loigman calls her most joyful novel. Christine Wells introduces us to the real-life woman who inspired the James Bond character of Miss Moneypenny.

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We catch up with a couple of authors who were some of our very first guests when we started this podcast 5 years ago. Come along with us as we check out what contemporary mystery writer Daniella Bernett and award-winning journalist Alison Gilbert have been up to.

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Deanna Raybourne gets her rage out on the page in her new novel "Killers of a Certain Age". And Leslie Klinger walks us through his new annotation of the classic story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

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Two new novels explore the darker side of New York City. We chat with Louisa Trager about trailblazing journalist Nellie Bly. Then Ellen Marie Wiseman shares the horrors that occurred at the old Willowbrook State School on Staten Island.

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Catherine McKenzie invites us to join her secret all-women collaborative where things, of course, are too good to be true. Karen Rose shares why New Orleans was the perfect location for her new crime series.

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A dream wedding turns into a nightmare in the new thriller from Amanda Jayatissa. Then we find out if Nan Fischer is a believer or skeptic when it comes to psychics.

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Madeline Martin shares yet another untold story from World War II. And the writing team known as Ali Brady delivers the beachiest of beach read debuts.

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Ashley Poston's new novel combines the best parts of a love story, with the best parts of a ghost story. Barbara Bourland gives readers a modern princess fairytale. KJ Dell'Antonia puts her spin on the mother/daughter relationship dynamic.

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