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Fatal Intrusion by Jeffery Deaver and Isabella Maldonado: A Serial Killer, Hackers and an Unlikely Duo
Episode 161
This week, I got to talk with Jeffery Deaver and Isabella Maldonado about their new action thriller Fatal Intrusion. We dive into their joint writin…
1 year, 6 months ago
Yapping About How Much We Love Books with MacKenzie Green
Episode 160
This week, MacKenzie Green joins the show, and we talk about our shared love for reading, how reading expands empathy, and five books that define her…
1 year, 6 months ago
How Reading Increases Empathy with Halley Sutton
Episode 159
This week, Halley Sutton and I dive into an NYU study that showed how reading raises empathy, and share books that have expanded our empathy as well.…
1 year, 6 months ago
2024 Fall Thrillers We Can't Wait to Read with Gare Billings
Episode 158
This week, Gare and I dive into our very long lists of fall books we can't wait to read!
Books We Talked About
Where They Last Saw Her
The Bachelorette …
1 year, 6 months ago
Eye of the Beholder by Emma Bamford: A Vertigo Retelling from the Female Gaze
Episode 157
This week, I talk with Emma Bamford about her thriller Eye of the Beholder, a feminist retelling of Hitchcock's Vertigo. We dive into what inspired …
1 year, 7 months ago
All the Missing Girls By Linda Hurtado Bond: A Missing Sister, Brujerias and Revenge
Episode 156
This week, I talk with Linda Hurtado Bond about her new action thriller All the Missing Girls. We dive into how her husband helps her write, and how…
1 year, 7 months ago
Books That Got Us Into Reading, Changed Our Life and Changed Our Brain Chemistry with Gare Billings and Steph Lauer
Episode 155
This week, Gare and Steph and I talk about books that got us into reading, changed our lives, and changed our brain chemistry!
Books That Got Us Into …
1 year, 7 months ago
What Makes Stories Scary with Halley Sutton
Episode 154
This week, I'm back with Halley Sutton and we dive into what makes something scary. We discuss different movie and book concepts and the way differe…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Outlier by Elisabeth Eaves: A Female Corrective to the Psychopath Thriller
Episode 153
This week, I talk with Elisabeth Eaves about her thriller The Outlier. We dive into what attracted her to writing an "unlikeable" female psychopath …
1 year, 7 months ago
Serial Killer Thrillers, Action Thrillers and Psychological Thrillers with Gare and Steph
Episode 152
This week, Gare and Steph are both on the podcast and we all talk about books from our favorite thriller sub-genres! Gare shares serial killer thril…
1 year, 7 months ago