Ann Parker is the award-winning author of the Silver Rush mystery series set in 19th century Colorado. And yes, that is Silver Rush as distinct from the possibly more well known Gold Rush. Hi there I’m your host, Jenny Wheeler and today Ann talks about how a close family relationship led to her writing the […]
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Melody Carlson – Inspirational Christmas
Melody Carson is an award-winning author of inspirational romance with more than 200 books and 6.5 million copies sold. She certainly knows what she’s doing. Included in that backlist is a goodly number of Christmas novellas. Hi there. I’m your host, Jenny Wheeler and to celebrate the season we featuring authors who’ve made Christmas books […]
Binge Reading – Best of 2021 – Top Ten
Welcome to the Best Of The Joys of Binge Reading podcast 2021 – The Top Ten most listened to episodes of the year! I hope you had a happy Christmas and that 2022 will be rather less turbulent than the one we are leaving behind us! I know I said last year that New Zealand […]
Sara Sue Hoklotubbe – Cherokee Nation Mysteries
Sara Sue Hoklotubbe writes contemporary mysteries from a unique Cherokee Nation viewpoint. She is a member of the Cherokee Nation herself and so is her lead character, Sadie. Sadie is an independent-minded entrepreneur with a keen sense of justice that gets her caught up in all sorts of tricky situations. Hi there, I’m your host […]
Reavis Z. Wortham – Texas Red River Mysteries
Reavis Z. Wortham’s Red River mysteries have been favorably compared to extraordinary talents like Harper Lee and Elmore Leonard, but he says the most important thing for him is to tell a good story. With his books making Best Mass Market Paperback Awards two years running, Reavis is certainly doing that well. Hi there, I’m […]
Melissa Lenhardt – Feminist Westerns
Melissa Lenhardt’s Sawbones trilogy is a continuous adventure – one critic advised “consider the series like reading one as a 1200 page epic “ with a difference – it’s the historic Western frontier told from a woman’s viewpoint. That’s unusual in a genre once described to Melissa as “romance for men.” Hi there, I’m your […]