Hitting All My Terrifying Buttons

Katie and Rincey talk about controversy around the Staunch Prize, James Patterson’s book about Jeffrey Epstein and pick up some 2019 release that they haven’t gotten to yet. This episode is sponsored by Everything Trying to Kill You, Book Riot Insiders, Libro.fm. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more mystery/thriller recs and news, sign up for our Unusual Suspects newsletter! Show Notes Author James Patterson on Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘Unbelievable’ Crimes Film adaptation for Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage Organisers of the Staunch Prize, which honors books that don’t contain violence against women, have claimed that fictional depictions of sexual assault may influence the outcome of rape cases Fotis Dulos, a defendant in a missing person’s case involving his estranged wife, is trying to argue that this is a real-life Gone Girl situation. Books Mentioned Spin by Lamar Giles The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides Beijing Payback by Daniel Nieh Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman  Theme Music by T. Marie Vandelly My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress by Rachel DeLoache Williams An American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson Lock Every Door by Riley Sager The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani The Need by Helen Phillips