It Was A Dark And Stormy Book Club

Claire DouglasShow NotesOn today's episode we visit with Claire Douglas, the author of The Girls Who DisappearedHarper Collins (1/2023)A car accident.Three missing girls.A twenty-year mystery.A woman on the verge of discovering the truth . . .In a rural Wilshire town lies the Devil’s Corridor—a haunted road which has witnessed eeriehappenings, from unexplained deaths to the sounds of a child crying in the night.In this bucolic stretch of Southwest England famous for its otherworldly sites, nothing is morepuzzling than the Olivia Rutherford case. Four girls were driving home. After their car crashedonly one—Olivia—was found.What happened to the girls who disappeared? On the twentieth anniversary of the tragedy,journalist Jenna Halliday has arrived in Wiltshire to cover the case. The locals aren’t happy withthis outsider determined to dig into the past. Least of all Olivia.Soon, Jenna starts receiving menacing notes. The locals have made it clear she’s not welcome.But someone is going to make her leave one way

Death and the Conjurorby Tom MeadShow NotesMysterious Press July 2022ON episode 242 and we are finally back after our holiday hiatus. We are fiinally reporting on the book Deathand the Conjuror: A Locked Room Mystery by Tom Mead. We assigned this book back in September buthave not been able to publish our findings until now.This a throwback locked room mystery set in 1936 London. Renowned psychiatrist Anselm Rees is founddead in his study.The cast of characters includes his adult daughter who he trained in the field, her fiancé, the housekeeper,Detective Flint, Spector the conjurer, along with a variety of interesting character walk-ons and Patients 1, 2and 3, all successful in the arts.There's an actress, a writer and a famed musician and the notes on their sessions reveal much. Having beena fan in my earliest years of mystery ready of the classic authors to produced these confections, this hadgreat characters and was well plotted. A bit of magic and old fashioned police work save the day.At the time of his

Anthony HorowitzShow NotesOn episode 222, we visit with the wonderful author, Anthony Horowitz. We talked abouthis new James Bond book, “With a Mind to Kill” which was published by Harper on May24. This is internationally bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s third and final JamesBond novel, after “Forever and a Day.”It is M's funeral. One man is missing from the graveside: the traitor who pulled the triggerand who is now in custody, accused of M's murder - James Bond.Behind the Iron Curtain, a group of former Smersh agents want to use the British spy inan operation that will change the balance of world power. Bond is smuggled into thelion's den - but whose orders is he following, and will he obey them when the moment oftruth arrives?In a mission where treachery is all around and one false move means death, Bond mustgrapple with the darkest questions about himself. But not even he knows what hashappened to the man he used to be.Anthony resides in England with his wife and his website is https://anthonyhorowit

We are taking a few weeks off to spend the holidays with our families. During this time, we will be replaying a few of our favorite episodes from this year. The first will be a recast of episode 210 and we visited with Joel Schwartz. He is an attorney and the author of “Bone Deep: Untangling the Twisted True Story of the Tragic Betsy Faria Murder Case.” He wrote the book with Charles Bosworth Jr. and it was published February 22, 2022 by Citadel Press. On December 27th, 2011, Russell Faria returned to his Troy, Missouri, home after his weekly game night with friends to an unthinkable, grisly scene: His wife, Betsy, lay dead, a knife still lodged in her neck. She’d been stabbed fifty-five times.First responders concluded that Betsy was dead for hours when Russ discovered her. No blood was found implicating Russ, and surveillance video, receipts, and friends’ testimony all supported his alibi. Yet incredibly, police and the prosecuting attorney ignored the evidence. In their minds, Russ was guilty. But prominen

WWAR for DecemberPart 2Show NotesOn this episode of Dark and Stormy Book Club, we have the second part of our WWAR forDecember.Tracey reported on “The Christmas Scarf Murder” anthology by Carlene O'Connor, Maddie Day,and Peggy Ehrhart. (Kensington Cozies 9/22)They’re coziest of wintertime accessories...unless, of course, they become accessories tomurder! USA Today bestselling author Carlene O’Connor teams up with Maddie Day and PeggyEhrhart for a holly jolly Christmas collection of seasonal stories, as their beloved series sleuthseach solve cases revolving around handknit Christmas scarves.CHRISTMAS SCARF MURDER by CARLENE O’CONNORWhen grinchy thefts steal the good cheer at a local nursing home, Siobhan O’Sullivan managesto identify one missing item before Kilbane, Ireland’s Christmas tractor parade—a hideousshamrock scarf wrapped around a very dead body. Now, with her holiday farmhouse bashapproaching, Siobhan must dash to stop a deadly Secret Santa from gifting another unwantedsurprise.SCARFED DOWN by MADDI

The Dark and Stormy Elves settled in for a long winters tale and shared what they read.The Case of the Ghost of Christmas Morning (Anty Boisjoly Mysteries #2)by P.J. Fitzsimmons Published July 2022 by Indefensible PublishingAnty Boisjoly tackles the strange case of a war hero who visits his old friends on Christmas morning — after being murdered on Christmas Eve.In The Case of the Ghost of Christmas Morning, Wodehousian clubman, flaneur, idler and sleuth Anty Boisjoly pits his sardonic wits against another pair of impossible murders. This time, Anty Boisjoly’s Aunty Boisjoly is the only possible suspect when a murder victim stands his old friends a farewell drink at the local, hours after being murdered.What Child is This? (A Sherlock Holmes Adventure #5)by Bonnie MacBird Published October 13th 2022 by Collins Crime Club It’s the season of peace and goodwill, but a Victorian Christmas is no holiday for the world’s most popular detective in this new book from Bonnie MacBird, author of the bestselling Sherlock

The New Annotated Strange Case ofDr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeEdited by Leslie S. KlingerForward by Joe HillMysterious Press 10/18/22Show NotesThe definitive edition of Robert Louis Stevenson’s immortal tale of depraved murder andunrelenting horror, introduced by Joe Hill, annotated by Edgar-winner Leslie S. Klinger, &illustrated with over 100 color imagesThere’s no question that The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is one of the mostinfluential texts of all time. The now-iconic tale, which has confounded and thrilled readers formore than a century, was described by one scholar as the only detective-crime story in whichthe solution is more terrifying than the problem. And even as its plot gets continuallyreinterpreted and reimagined in literature, film, and theater, the main themes persist, as do thetitular characters, now so familiar as to have become a part of the English language.This new edition gives the classic tale of depraved murder and unrelenting horror its mostcomplete and illuminating present

On today's episode we finish the WWAR for November that we started last week.Ann reported on the book “Cleopatra's Dagger” a historical novel by Carole Lawrence. It waspublished by Thomas & Mercer in April of 2022Is New York, 1880. and Elizabeth van den Broek is the only female reporter at the Herald, thecity’s most popular newspaper. Then she and her friend find a woman’s body wrapped like amummy in a freshly dug hole in Central Park―the intended site of an obelisk called Cleopatra’sNeedle. The macabre discovery takes Elizabeth away from the society pages to follow aninvestigation into New York City’s darkest shadows.When more bodies turn up, each tied to Egyptian lore, Elizabeth is onto a headline-makingscoop more sinister than she could have imagined. Her reporting has readers spellbound, andeach new clue implicates New York’s richest and most powerful citizens. And a serial killer iswatching every headline.Now a madman with an indecipherable motive is coming after Elizabeth and everyone sheloves. She

WWAR w/Misty Part 1Show NotesOn today's episode, we welcome the wonderful Misty Night, the newest member of our club.Misty lives in central Pennsylvania and has been writing for a long time. She has over 50 bookspublished in several genres. She started out writing greeting cards and then went on to write children'sbooks with little or no success. She began to write romance novels but soon gravitated to the world ofmysteries. She writes the Ivy Morris series as well as the Tallie Graver and her latest is the Whit andWhiskers series (under the name Gabby Allen). Her other series include the Adventures in Ghosisitting,Magically Suspicious Mystery, and the Kissinger Killes series.We are thrilled to have Misty join us and look forward to visiting with her whenever she can join us.In duscussing things our listeners might not know about us....Ann talked about her dream of becoming aRockette dancer. She was crushed to learn that there was a strict height limit and her own measurementof 5'0” would not make the grade.

A rebroadcast of an interview from July 2019. We are introducing Misty Simon as the 4th member of our book club and the episode is the first time we met Misty and interviewed her.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of If You Tell comes the absolutely unputdownable and chilling true-crime story of Stella Nickell—a mother and wife who did the unthinkable… and the unforgiveable. At 5.02 pm on June 5, 1986, an emergency call came into the local sheriff’s office in the small town of Auburn, Washington State. A distressed housewife, Stella Nickell, said her husband Bruce was having a seizure. Officers rushed to the Nickell’s mobile home, to find Stella standing frozen at the door… Bruce was on the floor fighting for his life. As Stella became the beneficiary of over $175,000 in a life insurance pay-out, forensics discovered that Bruce had consumed painkillers laced with cyanide. A week later, fifteen-year-old Hayley was getting ready for another school day. Her mom, Sue, called out ‘I love you’ before heading into the bathroom and moments later collapsed on the floor. Sue never regained consciousness, and the autopsy revealed she had been poisoned by cyanide tainted headache pil

Liz Decker from Caprichos Books talks gift giving and digs deep for ideas. Never too early to start buying and what better way than ordering from an independent book store!Caprichos Books - a mobile bookshop now serving the Delmarva Peninsula and beyond -books@caprichosbooks.com 410-929-6081 Opening soon in Ocean Pines MD!

We do some down and dirty reviews A Margin for Murder- Lauren ElliottThe Prison Minyan - Jonathan StoneThe Falling Girls- Hayley KrirctherOur Little World - Karen WinnAll the Broken Girls - Linda Hurtado Bond

We ask our favorite detective Bruce Robert Coffin about his opinion of the accuracy of Police Procedurals.Bruce Robert Coffin is a retired police detective sergeant and bestselling author of the Detective Byron Mysteries. He lives and writes in Maine. He is currently working on several new projects.brucerobertcoffin.com

WE LOVE OUR PATRONS!!! Tame Prince has been with us from the beginning. She is a busy Doctor from Arizona who finds time to listen to all of our episodes. We asked Tame what she likes to read and she chose Charles Todd as her favorite author,

An interview with author Eileen McIntire and then recap of the Dark and Stormy team's visit to Fright Reads 2 in Annapolis, MD

Fright Reads Book FestivalRosalie SpielmanOriginally from a tiny town in the Palouse region of Idaho, as a military brat, veteran and military spouse (retired), I've moved more times than I have fingers to count on! I hope to break my record of six years at one address...someday. Somewhere along the way, I discovered that I could make other people laugh with my writing. I enjoy reading to escape from the real world and hope to give you the same with my stories. She writes the Hometown Mysteries and she is a contributing author for Aloha Lagoon Mystery series. Jenny AllenAuthor of Blood Lily and Rose of Jericho as well as several published poems and short stories in University journals. She also spent time as a reporter and photographer for the Chattanooga State College newspaper. Ms. Allen has studied forensic science, done extensive research in world cultures and myths, and is currently pursuing a degree in Registered Nursing. Her background as a published photographer and an award winning artist helps her

A recast of the episode introducing authors from the Fright Reads Book Conference in October 0f 2021.

Enjoy a recast of a spooky roundup of ghosts and goblins. We will return next week with a new episode.

We Spill all the T on this amazing book. Spoiler alert!!On a Quiet StreetSeraphina Nova GlassMay 17, 2022 by Graydon HouseThe perfect neighborhood can be the perfect place to hide…Who wouldn’t want to live in Brighton Hills? This exclusive community on the Oregon coast is the perfect mix of luxury and natural beauty. Stunning houses nestle beneath mighty Douglas firs, and lush backyards roll down to the lakefront. It’s the kind of place where neighbors look out for one another. Sometimes a little too closely…Cora thinks her husband, Finn, is cheating—she just needs to catch him in the act. That’s where Paige comes in. Paige lost her son to a hit-and-run last year, and she’s drowning in the kind of grief that makes people do reckless things. Like spying on the locals, searching for proof that her son’s death was no accident. And agreeing to Cora’s plan to reveal what kind of man Finn really is. All the while, their reclusive new neighbor, Georgia, is acting more strangely every day. But what could such a love