Grab your magnifying glass, don your monocle and trench coat, because we’re talking murder mysteries today! First, Shoshana and Mariquita define the mystery genre, subgenres, and key terms. They also share some of their favorite mystery books for your TBR. Then Renee dives into her favorite sub-sub-genre of mysteries: cozy food mysteries by and about women of color. Happy reading!
Books and Resources Mentioned:
The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
Fortune Favors the Dead by Stephen Spotswood
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Sex, Murder, and a Double Latte by Kyra Davis
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
The Princess of Burundi by Kjell Eriksson
All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
To Have and to Heist by Sara Desai
Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker
We Don’t Talk About Carol by Kirsten L. Berry
Murder with Peacocks by Donna Andrews
The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz
Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala
Mango, Mamba, and Murder by Raquel V. Reyes
Against the Currant by Olivia Matthews
Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes by Sandra Jackson-Opoku
Detective Auntie by Uzma Jalaluddin
Ill-Fated Fortune by Jennifer J. Chow
Death by Dumpling by Vivien Chen
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This episode was edited and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.
Original music by Amarissa
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