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Katie and Rincey run down their favorite mystery, thriller and true crime books of the year!

This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal and Before We Were Strangers by Brenda Novak.

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Show Notes

True Detective Season 3 Premiere Date Announced

Roxane Gay announces upcoming crime graphic novel

Hulu to create a John Grisham universe

Books Mentioned

My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

The Witch Elm by Tana French

The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey

The Feather Thief by Kirk Johnson

The Hunger by Alma Katsu

A False Report by T. Christian Miller & Ken Armstrong

Beneath the Mountain by Luca d’Andrea

Two Girls Down by Louisa Luna

Bad Blood by John Carreyrou

The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

Lethal White by Robert Galbraith