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Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss books that feature super cold settings!

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NEWS

Attica Locke shared that the third book in her Darren Matthews trilogy will be coming out this year!

2024 Agatha Award Nominees

BOOKS DISCUSSED

City Under One Roof – Iris Yamashita

You Will Never Be Found – Tove Alsterdal

Village In the Dark – Iris Yamashita

The Warm Hands of Ghosts – Katherine Arden

Island Witch – Amanda Jayatissa

The Bad Ones – Melissa Albert 

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