Synopsis
Read or Dead is a bi-weekly show dedicated to the worlds of mystery and thriller literature.
Episodes
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#47: Springtime, time to refresh or whatever
15/03/2019 Duration: 49minKatie and Rincey talk about the big college admissions scam (because how could they not?) and provide some creepy book picks for a reader's book club. This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm, The Huntressby Kate Quinn, and Save Me From Dangerous Menby S.A. Lelchuk. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspectsnewsletter! Show Notes Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories to Develop Miss Marple Series From Agatha Christie Novels FX To Turn Don Winslow’s Epic Cartel Drug War Novel Trilogy Into TV Series Russell Hornsby To Headline ‘Lincoln’ NBC Pilot Based On ‘The Bone Collector’ Books Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin among 50 charged in college admissions scam for unworthy kids, prosecutors say Books Mentioned Bad Bloodby John Carreyrou The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastleby Stuart Turton Forty Acresby Dwayne Alexander Smith The Good Houseby Tananarive Due My Sister Rosaby Justine Larbalestier The Trial of Lizzie Bordenb
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#46: In Like a Lion, Out Like Another Lion
01/03/2019 Duration: 46minKatie and Rincey talk about the history of mysteries and thrillers and espionage novels. This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm, What We Buriedby Kate A. Boorman, A Justified Murderby Jude Deveraux Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspectsnewsletter! Show Notes Mila Kunis Snaps Up TV Rights to Journalist Andrea Bartz's New Thriller, The Lost Night Men and Women - Thrillers and Mysteries Vanity Fair’s Gwyneth Hughes is writing a new drama about Jack the Ripper’s victims Martin Scorsese & Leonardo DiCaprio Developing ‘The Devil in the White City’ At Hulu With Paramount TV Books Mentioned An American Spyby Lauren Wilkinson Liar’s Candleby August Thomas Hunting Gameby Helene Tursten Smoke and Ashesby Abir Mukherjee A Question of Holmesby Brittany Cavallaro The Devil Aspectby Craig Russell Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller We Have Always Lived in the Castleby Shirley Jackson The Descentby Tim Johnston The Perfect Nan
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#45: Multiple Pairs of Banana Pants
15/02/2019 Duration: 55minKatie and Rincey talk adaptations coming of Karin Slaughter and Bill Clinton's books, and the ridiculous story about Dan Mallory a.k.a. AJ Finn. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Never Let Goby Elizabeth Goddard and Revell Books, and Bookclubbish. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspectsnewsletter! Show Notes Christopher McQuarrie is bringing Bill Clinton's ridiculous mystery novel to Showtime ‘Pieces Of Her’: Netflix Orders Novel-Based Series From Lesli Linka Glatter, Charlotte Stoudt & Bruna Papandrea Hulu's The Act shares trailer for its Mommy Dead And Dearest adaptation Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter To Be Sick, Gypsy Wanted Her Mom Murdered A Suspense Novelist’s Trail of Deceptions Can we still enjoy The Woman in the Window? What will happen to Dan Mallory? Books Mentioned Felicity Carrol and the Perilous Pursuitby Patricia Marcantonio The Black Coatsby Colleen Oakes Good Kids, Bad City: A Story of Race
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#44: Everyone Needs an Intervention
01/02/2019 Duration: 50minKatie and Rincey talk about the Agatha awards and Edgar Award nominees, more adaptation news and some mysteries written by Black authors. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, Bookclubbish, Fate: An Uncle Chow Tung Novelby Ian Hamilton To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! Show Notes The Agatha Award nominees The Edgar Award nominees Netflix Begs People to Stop Calling Serial Killer Ted Bundy ‘Hot’ ‘Dare Me’ Gets USA Series Order With Netflix Coming In As International Distributor Books Mentioned A Dark & Deadly Deceptionby Eleanor Taylor Bland August Snowby Stephen Mack Jones Death Prefers BlondesbyCaleb Roehrig SpinbyLamar Giles Evil ThingsbyKatja Ivar The Silent PatientbyAlex Michaelides The Hiding PlacebyCJ Tudor The PlottersbyUn-Su Kim Come Find MebyMegan Miranda The Lost ManbyJane Harper Sweet Little Liesby Caz Fear Lethal WhitebyRobert Galbraith Force of NaturebyJane Harper See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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#43: Reading Programs Require Reading
18/01/2019 Duration: 49minKatie and Rincey talk about mysteries books written by Native and Indigenous authors. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, Last Woman Standingby Amy Gentry, As Long As We Both Shall Liveby JoAnn Chaney To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! Show Notes Bluebird Bluebird sequel! Sarah Michelle Gellar To Star In ‘Sometimes I Lie’ Limited Series From Ellen DeGeneres & Warner Bros TV 5 books about missing & murdered indigenous women in Canada How Indigenous Writers are Elevating True Crime Books Mentioned Murder on the Red Riverby Marcie Rendon Girl Gone Missingby Marcie Rendon Deception on All Accountsby Sara Sue Hoklotubbe That Lonely Section of Hell: The Botched Investigation of a Serial Killer Who Almost Got Awayby Lorimer Shenher Duped: Double Lives, False Identities, and the Con Man I Almost Marriedby Abby Ellin No Exitby Taylor Adams The Nowhere Child by Christian White The Golden Tresses of the Deadby Alan Bradley The Vanishing Stair
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#42: The Crime World Took a Holiday
04/01/2019 Duration: 52minKatie and Rincey talk about the 2019 mysteries and thrillers that they are most excited for! This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, KissConand Before We Were Strangersby Brenda Novak. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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#41: Talking to the Guy at the Place about the Stuff
21/12/2018 Duration: 50minKatie 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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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#40: Magical Unicorn of a Mystery Writer
07/12/2018 Duration: 01h10minSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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#39: Poor Tom Cruise
23/11/2018 Duration: 59minSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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#38: All Agatha Christie All The Time
09/11/2018 Duration: 53minWhile Katie is off honeymooning, Rincey is joined by Liberty Hardy and rave about the amazingness that is Agatha Christie. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, In Too Deep by Lynn H. Blackburn and The Kingfisher Secret from McClelland & Stewart See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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#37 - The Points Don't Matter
26/10/2018 Duration: 01h01minKatie and Rincey talk about a very cool program Stephen King runs and some of the upcoming releases that they are very excited about. This episode is sponsored by Death by the River by Alexandrea Weis and Lucas Astor and Good Me Bad Me by Ali Land See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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#36 - Ticketmaster Master
12/10/2018 Duration: 48minKatie and Rincey talk about some casting news, other exciting podcasts, lots of Tana French mentions, plus some book recommendations for Hispanic Heritage Month! This episode is sponsored by TBR, Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand, and Broken Things by Lauren Oliver See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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#35: Give It A Try For Michael B. Jordan's Sake
28/09/2018 Duration: 58minKatie and Rincey have some fun discussing some mystery adaptations and read and recommend books with LGBTQ protagonists. This episode is sponsored by TBR, The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton, I Know You Know by Gilly Macmillan See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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#34: 9 Out of 10 People Have Died Laughing From This Tweet
14/09/2018 Duration: 56minKatie and Rincey discuss historical mysteries, Serial season 3 and more. This episode is sponsored by TBR, The Boy at the Keyhole by Stephen Giles and Hollywood Dead by Richard Kadrey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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#33: We Like New Blood
31/08/2018 Duration: 55minSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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#32 - Tana French Would Not Approve
17/08/2018 Duration: 01h04minSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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#31: Monster Book of Monsters
03/08/2018 Duration: 58minSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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#30: The McDonalds of Books
20/07/2018 Duration: 01h10minRincey and Katie tackled two presidential-adjacent mystery books and talk about their experiences with such different mystery novels. This episode is sponsored by Her Pretty Face By Robyn Harding and The Con Artist by Fred Van Lente. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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#29: We Don't Always Have Fireworks
06/07/2018 Duration: 55minRincey and Katie decide to do a little bit of catch up on some series books that they've been meaning to pick up. This episode is sponsored by Notes from My Captivity By Kathy Parks and Book Riot's $500 YA Giveaway. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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#28: Reading Scooby-Doo Mysteries
22/06/2018 Duration: 01h36sKatie and Rincey discuss their "wheelhouse phrases", or the words or descriptions will immediately will cause them to pick up a book. This episode is sponsored by Hangman by Jack Heath, new from Hanover Square Press. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.