Episodes

  • Saying goodbye to Ann Dark

    Saying goodbye to Ann Dark
    Mar 13 2024
    4 mins
  • A Special Announcement

    A Special Announcement
    Feb 13 2024
    We need to step away for about a month our beloved Ann Dark needs to take some time to heal. She can't wait to return to the podcast. Please join her family and freinds in wishing her well. We will be posting further updates on here or our facebook page. Thank you for your continue support and understanding.
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    2 mins
  • Recommendations for your TBR list

    Recommendations for your TBR list
    Feb 6 2024
    Recommendations For Your TBR
    Show Notes
    On today's episode, we feature six books that we recommend for our listener's TBR. These are books that
    have been sent to us for review. There is no way we can read every book but we want to make sure they
    are highlighted in some way.
    Ann reported on Good Girls Don't Die by Christina Henry (Berkeley 11/23). This is the story of three
    woman with one way out.
    Tracey reported on The Repurposed Spy by Oliver Dowson (self 3/22) A modern spy novel filled with
    humor and intrigue.
    Misty had Miss Blaine, The Prefect & the Weird Sisters by Olga Wojtas (Felony & Mayhem Press 3/23) A
    prefect who time travels to help people.
    Ann's second book is The Murder of Andrew Johnson by Burt Solomon (Forge Books 10/23) An inspector
    looks to see if the president was killed in his home state of Tennessee
    Tracey 's second book is Anna-O by Matthew Blake (Harper 1/24) The story of a woman who commits
    two murders while sleepwalking and then never wakes up again.
    Misty's second book is The Lies I tell by Julie Clark (Source books 12/22) The story of a con woman who
    becomes what her mark needs her to be.
    Tracey is currently reading “the Carrow Haunt” by Darcie Coates and the “Night Circus” by Erin
    Morgenstern
    Ann is currently reading “The Deepest Kill” by Lisa Black, “The Waxworks Man” by J.C. Briggs, and
    “The Huntress” by Kate Quinn.
    Misty is currently working on her new mystery series based on a diner with dead people.
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    19 mins
  • What We Are Reading January 2024

    What We Are Reading January 2024
    Jan 30 2024
    1-24 WWAR
    New Beginnings
    Show Notes
    For our first WWAR for 2024, we discussed three books that feature new beginnings for the protagonist or
    storyl
    Misty reported on her book “Poison Ivy” by Misty Simon. This is the first book she had published in
    2004. It has been re-released two more times since then and has just been again re-released. She says the
    book is still a lot of fun to read.
    Tracey reported on her book “What Waits In the Woods.” by Kieran Scott It features a ballerina who has
    to begin over when she damages her leg and has to give up her dream of ballet. On the day she arrives
    back in her hometown in rural Pennsylvania, a body is found behind her father's house.
    Ann reported on “Conflicting Loyalties: My Life As A Mob Enforcer turned DOJ Informant” by Aiden
    Gabor. It is a true story of a teenager who is forced to become an informant for the Justice Department in
    order to stay out of jail. He remained an informant for almost 20 years when he got out. He then has to
    start his life over a second time when he was diagnosed with ALS.
    We also reported on the books we are currrently reading.
    Misty is reading “Writing A Cozy Mystery” by Nancy J. Cohen, and says she reads it often to make sure
    she is including everything in her books.
    Tracey is reading “A Good House For Children” by Kate Collins
    Ann is currently reading “Seed” by Anya Allborne and “Calico” by Lee Goldberg.
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    25 mins
  • Who to Believe - Edwin Hill Interview

    Who to Believe - Edwin Hill Interview
    Jan 23 2024
    Edwin Hill
    Show Notes
    Today we talk with Edwin Hill about his book Who To Believe. It will release today from Kensington
    Books.
    Monreith, Massachusetts, was once a small community of whalers and farmers. These days it’s a well-to-do
    town filled with commuters drawn to its rugged coastline and country roads. A peaceful, predictable place—
    until popular restaurateur Laurel Thibodeau is found brutally murdered in her own home. Suspicion naturally
    falls on Laurel’s husband, Simon, who had gambling debts that only her life insurance policy could fix. But
    there are other rumors too . . .
    Among the group of six friends gathered for Alice Stone’s fortieth birthday, theories abound concerning
    Laurel’s death. Max Barbosa, police chief, has heard plenty of them, as has his longtime friend, Unitarian
    minister Georgia Fitzhugh. Local psychiatrist Farley Drake is privy to even more, gleaning snippets of gossip
    and information from his patients while closely guarding his own past.
    But maybe everyone in Monreith has something to hide. Because before this late-summer evening has come
    to a close, one of these six will be dead. And as jealousy, revenge, adultery, and greed converge, the
    question becomes not who among these friends might be capable of such a thing, but—who isn’t?
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    18 mins
  • Dark & Stormy's Top 5 Books of 2023

    Dark & Stormy's Top 5 Books of 2023
    Jan 16 2024
    Top Five Rundown
    Show notes
    On today's episode we review our top 5 books we read over the past year.\
    5
    Ann – The Last Orphan by Greg Hurwitz
    Tracey – The Devil's Chew Toy by Rob Osler
    4
    Ann - Last Known Port by Sue Anger
    Tracey - Bone Rattler by Elliot Pattison
    3
    Ann – The Hunter by Jennifer Herera
    Tracey – The Camp by Nancy Bush
    2
    Ann – Malibu Burning by Lee Goldberg
    Tracey – Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey
    1
    Ann – The Bones of Birka by Cynthia Surrisi
    Tracey – Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby
    We had a few honorable mentions of books that we did not cover on the program but were so good they
    deserve a mention
    Ann's list
    The Girl in the Eagle's Talons by Karen Schmirnoff
    The Road To Station X by Sarah Baring
    Holly by Stephen King
    Tracey's list
    The Only One Left by Riley Sager
    Verity by Coleen Hoover
    Carrie by Stephen King
    TRIVIA
    Last week's question
    Which mystery author has a span of 29 years between the publishing of one of her mysteries?
    a. Mary Roberts Reinhart
    b. Ruth Rendell
    c. Mildred Davis
    d. Amanda Cross
    The answer is c. Mildred Davis. She wrote 18 mystery novels between the years 1948 and 1977. She
    didn't publish another until 2006 when she began the Murder in Maine mystery series with her daughter
    Katherine Roome.
    This week's question is:
    Author Robert Barnard wrote over 40 mysteries. He wrote 4 mysteries under the name Bernard Bastable.
    Who was his famous protagonist?
    a. Wolfgang Mozart
    b. Thomas Wolfe
    c. Agatha Christie
    d. Robert Barnard
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    20 mins
  • David Simmons Interview - Ghosts of East Baltimore

    David Simmons Interview - Ghosts of East Baltimore
    Jan 9 2024
    David Simmons
    Ghosts of E#ast Baltimore
    Show Notes
    On the first official episode of 2024, we talked with David Simmons about his book “Ghosts of East
    Baltimore.: David was delightful. Worm, fresh out of jail, tries to make a little money to get back on his feet,
    and make it back to the halfway house before his 9 pm curfew. But what should be a simple drop-off, spirals
    into a nightmare. Worm is faced with a number of obstacles like Greek gangsters, gimps, mecha suits, wild
    drugs, and more. This feels like the perfect cross-genre book written for me especially with the clone
    conspiracy theory sprinkled in.
    Ghosts of East Baltimore is a wild ride and the perfect mix of elegant yet literary cosmic hood horror with
    textured prose that not many could pull off. Rich with history, and a deep-seated love for Baltimore, this is a
    fantastic crime fiction debut.
    TRIVIA
    Author Gary Phillips has edited several anthologies over the years. One that won particular accolades was
    one that paid homage to a past president. Which one?
    a. Nixon
    b. Bush
    c. Washington
    d. Obama
    Phillips has edited a number of anthologies including Orange County Noir and The Obama Inheritance:
    Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noir, with the latter receiving the 2018 Anthony Award for Best Anthology. The
    Obama Inheritance was inspired by the many conspiracy theories generated about President Barack Obama.
    Each story in the anthology focused on one conspiracy theory as a means to "Riff on it, take it apart and turn it
    on its head, and give the reader a thrill ride of weirdo, noirish, pulpy goodness
    Which mystery author has a span of 29 years between the publishing of one of her mysteries?
    a. Mary Roberts Reinhart
    b. Ruth Rendell
    c. Mildred Davis
    d. Amanda Cross
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    31 mins
  • St Nicholas -Short Story by Bruce Robert Coffin

    St Nicholas -Short Story by Bruce Robert Coffin
    Jan 2 2024
    In the last of our Holiday Break short stories We read a story that Bruce Robert Coffin sent to us. It is a perfect story to end this season of giving and caring. Please enjoy!! Tune in next week for our regularly scheduled episodes.
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    14 mins