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Mysteries & Thrillers for Women in Translation Month!

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Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss books for Women in Translation Month!

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News

New S.A. Cosby Book with New Pine & Cedar Imprint

Things Mentioned

Women in Translation Month

Books Discussed 

Midnight Rooms – Danyae Coles

Butter – Asako Yuzuki, Translated from Japanese by Polly Barton

The Kamogawa Food Detectives – Hisashi Kashiwai, Translated from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood

The Night Guest – Hildur Knútsdóttir, Translated from Icelandic by Mary Robinette Kowal – out September 3rd, 2024

The Only Child – Mi-Ae Seo, Translated from Korean by Yewon Jung

The Devil Behind the Badge: The Horrifying Twelve Days of the Border Patrol Serial Killer –  Rick Jervis

Death at Morning House – Maureen Johnson

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