Episodes

  • M.M. Deluca's The Divorce Party: A Toxic Friend Group, A Divorce Party, and A LOT of Secrets
    Jul 8 2025

    This week, I talk with M.M. Deluca about her new thriller The Divorce Party! We dive into why she wanted to write a thriller with some humor, how her trip to Vegas inspired the story, and the way well developed characters with complete character arcs improve thrillers.

    The Divorce Party Synopsis

    Savannah, Daisy, and Zoe haven’t spoken in almost twenty years, since the night that changed everything. But when an unexpected invitation arrives from Evie, the ruthless queen bee of their college clique, they have no choice but to reunite in Las Vegas for her lavish divorce party.

    Savannah, now a glamorous Vegas dancer, has spent years running from a past that refuses to stay buried. Daisy, a burned-out substitute teacher drowning in debt, is desperate for a second shot at the excitement she missed. Zoe, a respected paediatrician, has built a life of perfection. But perfection comes at a cost, and the cracks are starting to show.

    As the drinks flow and old resentments resurface, it becomes clear that Evie’s invitation isn’t just about celebrating her freedom. And when the weekend takes a deadly turn, the friends must confront their past to survive the present…

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    36 mins
  • ThrillerFest Recap with Sabrina Thatcher and Lori Brand
    Jul 4 2025

    Last year, Sabrina Thatcher (aka Olivia Day Wallce) and Lori Brand shared their experiences at ThrillerFest, and this year, since I got to go for the first time, we all get back together to discuss Thrillerfest 2025!

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Blue and Yellow Cover Thrillers with Gare and Steph
    Jun 28 2025

    This week, I shared a quick ThrillerFest Recap (more to come on that front), and then Gare and Steph and I shared some of our favorite iconically blue and yellow covered thrillers!

    Books We Talked About

    No Road Home

    Keep it in the Family

    Believe Me Now

    When No One is Watching

    The Pact

    Daughter of Mine

    Not a Happy Family

    What Have You Done

    Darling Girls

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    Gare Billings @gareindeedreads

    Steph Lauer @books.in.badgerland

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Rob Hart's The Medusa Protocol: Assassins In Recovery and Bad Guys Mining Memories
    Jun 24 2025

    This week, I got to talk with Rob Hart about the second book in his Assassins Anonymous Series The Medusa Protocol. We dive into the inspiration for the title, how he crafts action without letting his main characters kill anyone, and plans for the third book in the series.

    The Medusa Protocol Synopsis

    When Astrid, known in her assassin days as Azrael, stopped showing up to Assassins Anonymous, the group assumed her past had caught up with her. Only her sponsor Mark, formerly the deadliest killer in the world, holds out hope that she’s okay. Then, during a meeting, the group gets a sign, or rather, a pizza delivery. Is there another psychopath out there who actually likes olives on their pizza, or is Astrid trying to send Mark a message?

    Meanwhile, Astrid wakes up in the cell of a black site prison, on a remote island. A doctor subjects her to mysterious experiments, plumbing the depths of her memory and looking for a vital clue from her past. She’ll do anything to escape, except…killing anyone. Hmm. Turns out it’s not easy to blow this joint without blowing anything, or anyone up.

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    34 mins
  • Audiobooks Steph and I Love: Fiction, Non-Fiction and Memoirs
    Jun 20 2025

    This week, I was lucky enough to go to Chicago with Steph to see Julie Clark in conversation with Mary Kubica about her new thriller The Ghostwriter!! If you haven't seen the sprayed edges already, you need to. We had so much fun at the event, but also had the best time recording our first IRL episode! The reading gods smiled down on me and now specific fiction books work for me in audio form, so we decided to share some of our favorite audiobooks!

    Books We Talked About

    Finding Me by Viola Davis

    This American Woman by Zarna Garg

    Cue the Sun! by Emily Nussbaum

    Girl on Girl by Sophie Gilbert

    The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali

    Don't Tell Me How to Die by Marshall Karp

    The Good Sister Sally Hepworth

    Allegedly Tiffany D. Jackson

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    46 mins
  • Kimberly G. Giarratano's Make a Killing: P.I.s in Competition and Business Conspiracies
    Jun 17 2025

    This week, I got to talk with Kimberly G. Giarratano about her newest installation in the noir Billie Levine series, Make a Killing! We dive into what was different about writing this one, how she landed on a luxury luggage company for the story, and how capitalism has seeped into college.

    Make a Killing Synopsis

    Private Investigator Billie Levine should be ecstatic. She’s finally getting the cheating spouse cases she’s always wanted. Nothing to do but sit back, snap incriminating photos, and get paid. Except Jeremy Yang is competing for work with his own P.I. firm. Advertising himself as “the man to get the job done” (insert eyeroll), he keeps swooping in and stealing prospective clients. Not to be outmaneuvered, Billie has offered her services to scorned women everywhere.

    Their rivalry escalates when Billie and Jeremy are hired by an ultra wealthy couple on opposite sides of a corporate takeover. When the bodies start dropping, Billie and Jeremy will have to join forces if they are to come out unscathed; they can kill each other later.

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    48 mins
  • It's So Gay And I Love It with Gare and Steph
    Jun 15 2025

    This week, Gare, Steph and I share some of our favorite LGBTQIA+ books for Pride Month! Also, don't forget you can #ReadQueerAllYear!

    Books We Talked About

    Harriet Tubman Live in Concert

    Winging it With You

    We Are Never Meeting in Real Life

    Glitter in the Dark

    Game Changer

    One Killer Problem

    This Violent Heart

    Just By Looking At Him

    House of Hunger

    The Snow Garden

    The Honeys

    Extras

    These Violent Delights

    Hidden Scars

    Providence

    The Shards

    Young Mungo

    The Three Lives of Cate Kay

    Chain Gang All Stars

    Mad Honey

    No Road Home

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    Gare Billings @gareindeedreads

    Steph Lauer @books.in.badgerland

    Halley Sutton @halleysutton25

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    1 hr and 19 mins