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Katie and Rincey talk about the Tiny Pretty Things adaptation, Tana French in the New Yorker, the real life Where the Crawdads Sing mystery and celebrate Women in Translation month.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot InsidersThirteen by Steve Cavanagh, and Libro.FM.

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Show Notes

Rufus Sewell, Kaya Scodelario to Star in Adaptation of Agatha Christie’s ‘The Pale Horse’

How Tana French Inhabits the Minds of Her Detectives

Netflix Orders Ballet School Drama ‘Tiny Pretty Things’

The Dark History Behind Where the Crawdads Sing

Books Mentioned

Betty Boo by Claudia Pineiro

The Whisperer by Karin Fossum

Miami Midnight by Alex Segura

Silent City by Alex Segura

The Swallows by Lisa Lutz

The Perfect Son by Lauren North

The Whisper Man by Alex North

American Spy by Lauren Wilkerson

Clue by Paul Allor, illustrated by Nelson Daniel

Theme Music by T. Marie Vandelly

Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King