Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! Who wouldn’t want to visit a library made up of first editions from Golden Age authors? That’s the premise of The First Edition Library series by Marty Wingate. Haley is a curator at the unique private library in Bath. The third book in the series, “The Librarian Always Rings Twice” delves into the fun Books About Books trope. It’s a story rich in layers with mysteries in the main storyline as well as in the story within the story.Read-alike recommend...
Jul 14, 2022•9 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! 🗝 Locked rooms, secret staircases, and a family curse–-three things a mystery reader can’t resist! 🔎Join me as I delve into Gigi Pandian’s modern day locked room mystery, "Under Lock and Skeleton Key." With plenty of nods to Golden Age mysteries, this book will appeal to fans of classic crime as well as contemporary traditional mysteries. 📚Read-alike suggestions include more locked room mysteries as well as multi-cultural protagonists. ❓Have you re...
Jun 30, 2022•9 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! Do you have a fondness for lady scientists of the early 20th century who encounter mysteries? Then you'll want to read “A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons” by Kate Khavari. 🔬 Research assistant Saffron Everleigh wants to follow in her father's footsteps and teach botany at University College London, but a poisoning threatens to upset her plans. Besides the gorgeous cover, the exploration of the impacts of The Great War along with the academic ...
Jun 16, 2022•10 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! Do you enjoy enjoy the “Upstairs, Downstairs” contrasts of Downton Abbey, but wish it had the added element of a murder mystery? Then you’ll want to check out "Murder at Mallowan Hall" by Colleen Cambridge, which features a mashup of fiction and real life as it considers the the question, "What if Agatha Christie’s housekeeper had to solve a murder?" My read-a-like book recommendations include lists of country home mysteries, “Upstairs, Downstairs” my...
Jun 02, 2022•11 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! If you’d like a fresh take on 1920s historical mysteries, check out “The Bangalore Detectives Club” by Harini Nagendra, which takes readers to India. Newly married to a doctor, Kaveri is juggling her own ambitions to get a degree in mathematics with society’s pressure to be a good wife. When a murder occurs, Kaveri is compelled to investiagate. Besides catching the culprit, she also creates a unique position for herself in her new world. Support the s...
May 19, 2022•11 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! Mystery Books Podcast is back with a new season of spoiler-free discussions of mystery fiction along with “read-alike” book recommendations to keep your TBR (to be read) pile stocked. 🔎📚✨ Support the show 📚 Buy Sara's books: SaraRosettBooks.com 🔎 Get more mystery in your life when you sign up for Sara's updates ....
May 05, 2022•2 min0
Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! S3 E20 / If you enjoy eccentric sleuths of a certain age, crosswords, and ensemble cast mysteries, you'll want to check out The Marlow Murder Club . 👩🦳Seventy-seven year old Judith Potts is just fine on her own, thank you very much. That is, until she overhears a murder. Her questions bring her into contact with two women who are quite different from her. 🧐The three ladies set out to discover the truth and find friendship along the way. If you're ...
May 05, 2022•13 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! S2 E19 / We return to Singapore for Revenge in Rubies by A. M. Stuart, but this time we're seeing things through the British Colonial perspective. 👒The 1910s are a bit of an underserved time period for historical readers, so if you're fond of books set during the Edwardian era you'll want to check this novel with a sleuthing couple. 🙂However, this time the pairing is more platonic than romantic (at least for now). Support the show 📚 Buy Sara's book...
Oct 07, 2021•12 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! S2 E18 / Travel to romantic Hawaii in the 1920s for Charlie Chan's first case in The House Without a Key by Earl Derr Biggers. 🏝️Chan’s "Watson" is a stuffy Bostonian who thaws out in the tropics. 🔺→ 🟥 We have another exotic locale for a murder plus a black sheep victim trope along with something a bit different from the usual love triangle subplot— a love rectangle. Support the show 📚 Buy Sara's books: SaraRosettBooks.com 🔎 Get more mystery in y...
Sep 30, 2021•15 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! S2 E17 / If you want a look at a little-known aspect of World War II, check out the historical mystery Olive Bright, Pigeoneer by Stephanie Graves. 🏡 It's got an English village full of quirky characters, a romantic subplot with a pretend relationship, and the classic trope of a name spoken as the victim dies. Poirot references also abound! Support the show 📚 Buy Sara's books: SaraRosettBooks.com 🔎 Get more mystery in your life when you sign up for...
Sep 23, 2021•11 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! S2 E16 / If you like to experience other cultures through reading, you'll enjoy The Mimosa Tree Mystery . 🌴Ovidia Yu gives us a look at Singapore in the 1930s during the Japanese occupation. 🤔 Her brainy young female protagonist must figure out not only codes and ciphers but also her place in society. Support the show 📚 Buy Sara's books: SaraRosettBooks.com 🔎 Get more mystery in your life when you sign up for Sara's updates ....
Sep 16, 2021•10 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! S2 E15 / Murder, Mystery, and . . . Subtitles! I've discovered two foreign language TV shows, Crimes of Passion and The Art of Crime, that I think mystery readers will enjoy. 🧩 Find out how the shows work in hints of Agatha Christie, Jurassic Park Syndrome, tension triangles, lost Old Masters, and the always popular tropes of crime in beautiful locations. 📺 One is a mid-century modern mystery (think Mad Men, but with murder). The other is art histor...
Sep 09, 2021•31 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! S2 E14 / Mix together a World War II setting and a heist story, and you’ve got the very entertaining novel, A Peculiar Combination by Ashley Weaver. 🔒This book has so many twists on tropes--cat burglars, Cinderella, and opposites attract, to name just a few. Plus, a safecracker protagonist torn between loyalty and revenge. So much to unlock! See what I did there? :) Support the show 📚 Buy Sara's books: SaraRosettBooks.com 🔎 Get more mystery in your...
Sep 02, 2021•7 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! S2 E13 / If you have a soft spot for rather dense sidekicks and you miss detectives from the 1920s, you'll enjoy The Sloane Square Mystery , a novel from one of Golden Age fiction's prolific writers, Herbert Adams. 🕵 Published in 1925, The Sloane Square Mystery gives us a look at how the Bright Young People lived in High Society, and how they handled the stress of the Great War. Plus we get a look at a well-rounded female secondary character who embo...
Aug 26, 2021•10 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! S2 E12 / The Thursday Murder Club was the feel-good hit of 2020—and we certainly needed that in 2020! 📖 I think the novel is also an example of a new type of subgenre, upscale mystery book club fiction. 🔎 Join me for a look at this new subgenre, plus an exploration of the Gang of Misfits trope and what it all has to do with yet another possible new trope, retirement club fiction. #SoManyTropes Support the show 📚 Buy Sara's books: SaraRosettBooks.co...
Aug 19, 2021•10 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! Mystery Books Podcast is back (finally!) with Season Two. 😀🔎📚 Support the show 📚 Buy Sara's books: SaraRosettBooks.com 🔎 Get more mystery in your life when you sign up for Sara's updates ....
Aug 19, 2021•2 min0
Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! S1 E11 / Are you fond of a jolly little Christmas mystery? I certainly am. Join me for a look at the inspiration and research behind Murder on a Midnight Clear , a 1920s Christmas mystery. ❄️ I can’t pass up a mystery set at a snowbound country estate, so that’s exactly the situation I put my characters in for the sixth book in the High Society Lady Detective series. 🧳 In this episode I delve into the wonderful world of vintage luggage, American slan...
Dec 10, 2020•17 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! S1 E10 / Love 1920s mysteries? Ready for a fresh setting? Maia Chance's Come Hell or High Ball is just what you're looking for. 🥂This American-set 1920s mystery with an odd-couple pairing is a madcap twist on Downton Abbey , with a murder added, of course. Full show notes at https://www.sararosett.com/mbps1e10 Support the show 📚 Buy Sara's books: SaraRosettBooks.com 🔎 Get more mystery in your life when you sign up for Sara's updates ....
Dec 03, 2020•11 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! S1 E9 / A small town cozy with plenty of humor and lots of Southern tropes? Yes, please! 🗞️ In this episode, we take a look at the clever set-up of this amateur sleuth mystery that features an obit writer who suspects the death of her old school friend wasn't suicide, but murder. Full show notes at https://www.sararosett.com/mbps1e9 Support the show 📚 Buy Sara's books: SaraRosettBooks.com 🔎 Get more mystery in your life when you sign up for Sara's ...
Nov 26, 2020•14 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! S1 E8 / If you like Agatha Christie's mystery The Secret Adversary , you'll want to check out Patricia Wentworth's The Astonishing Adventure of Jane Smith . 🕵️♀️ It features a plucky young woman set on adventure, a dashing Scotland Yard man, and a mansion on a cliff by the sea. Gothic tropes abound! 🔎 Plus find out the connection between Jane Smith and Ethan Hunt of the Mission Impossible franchise. #BonusTrivia Full show notes at https://www.sarar...
Nov 19, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! S1 E7 / Sara pivots to look at mystery television in this episode. 🌴 By-the-book British detective Miranda Blake goes to sunny Mallorca to escort a prisoner back to the UK, but things go very wrong. She must work with a relaxed German detective to solve the case, which results in some funny scenes and an enteratining odd couple pairing. Full show notes at https://www.sararosett.com/mbps1e7 Support the show 📚 Buy Sara's books: SaraRosettBooks.com 🔎 ...
Nov 12, 2020•12 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! S1 E6 / If you love Downton Abbey, Miss Fisher, and The Crown, this episode is for you. Her Royal Spyness is a historical mystery set in the 1930s London with fun tidbits of royal trivial and intrigue. 🏛️ Why are country house mysteries such an enduring trope and what is a discreet sleuth? 🔎 Find out in this episode of Mystery Books Podcast. Support the show 📚 Buy Sara's books: SaraRosettBooks.com 🔎 Get more mystery in your life when you sign up f...
Nov 05, 2020•18 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! MBP S1 E5 / Does the world need another Sherlock Holmes spinoff? If the answer involves Enola Holmes, the answer is yes. Join USA Today mystery author Sara Rosett for an in-depth look at the much younger sister of Sherlock Holmes. Discover the secret language of Victorian women and how Enola co-ops fashion for her own ends. Plus, find out what Enola Holmes has in common with A Series of Unfortuante Events and Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Full show notes ...
Oct 29, 2020•19 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! S1 E4 / Escape to Crete and delve into one of Sara's favorite tropes, the travel mystery. Adventure, intrigue, and romance abound in Mary Stewart's classic romantic suspense novel, The Moonspinners. Full show notes at https://www.sararosett.com/mbps1e4 Support the show 📚 Buy Sara's books: SaraRosettBooks.com 🔎 Get more mystery in your life when you sign up for Sara's updates ....
Oct 22, 2020•19 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! S1 E3 / What do you get when you set a World War II novel in a sleepy English village, add a plucky Air Raid Warden, then mix in an influx of American fly boys stationed at the nearby air base? A perfect set up for a historical mystery, Poppy Redfern and the Midnight Murders. Full show notes at https://www.sararosett.com/mbps1e3 Support the show 📚 Buy Sara's books: SaraRosettBooks.com 🔎 Get more mystery in your life when you sign up for Sara's updat...
Oct 15, 2020•10 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! S1 E2 / Join Sara for a look at the cozy mystery about a quirky and abrasive (yet loveable) former PR excutive who moves to an English village and just can't quite fit in. It's a cozy mystery with a serving of a fish-out-of-water trope added to the mix. Full show notes at https://www.sararosett.com/mbps1e2/ Support the show 📚 Buy Sara's books: SaraRosettBooks.com 🔎 Get more mystery in your life when you sign up for Sara's updates ....
Oct 08, 2020•17 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! S1 E1 / Welcome to Mystery Books Podcast, a podcast covering mysteries in all of their forms from classic Golden Age novels to contemporary cozies. I’m mystery author Sara Rosett and this is Season One, Episode One, and it's all about Murder on the Orient Express. Full show notes at https://www.sararosett.com/mbps1e1/ This is probably the most famous traditional mystery out there. It was written by Agatha Christie and published in 1934 with many, many...
Oct 01, 2020•13 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! Hello and welcome to Mystery Books Podcast. I'm mystery author Sara Rosett, and this is a short introduction to Mystery Books Podcast. This podcast will cover mysteries in all of their forms from classic golden age novels to contemporary cozies. In each podcast, I'll focus on one mystery. I'll give you a quick overview of the book, but there will be no spoilers, I promise. No spoilers! My hope for the podcast is that it will either help you find a new...
Sep 04, 2020•8 min0
