Episode 127 - Crime Fiction

This episode we’re talking about Crime Fiction! We discuss the Venn diagram of crime, mysteries, and thrillers, teenage girls punching robots, whether superhero comics count as crime fiction, teen sleuths, whodunnits, howdunnits, hughdunnits, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Bull Mountain by Brian Panowich My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite Wicked Things by John Allison, Max Sarin, and Whitney Cogar Circus Windows by John Allison (webcomic) The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino, translated by Alexander O. Smith The Aosawa Murders by Riku Onda, translated by Alison Watts Criminal: Cruel Summer by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, andJacob Phillips Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden Police procedurals Meghan didn’t talk about Flowers Over the Inferno by Ilaria Tuti The Killing by David Hewson Natural Causes by James Oswald Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin Nightblind by Ragnar Jónasson Other Media We Mentioned Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Wikipedia) The Cold Vanish: Seeking the Missing in North America's Wildlands by Jon Billman These Women by Ivy Pochoda Case Histories by Kate Atkinson Into the Woods (Wikipedia) Sunday in the Park with George (Wikipedia) Duck Soup (1933 film) (Wikipedia) Ms. Marvel, Vol. 5: Super Famous by G. Willow Wilson and various artists (gentrification storyline) Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett Criminal Minds (Wikipedia) Murder, She Wrote (Wikipedia) Star Trek: The Next Generation (Wikipedia) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Wikipedia) Profiler (TV series) (Wikipedia) Inspector Morse (TV series) (Wikipedia) Lewis (TV series) (Wikipedia) Murdoch Mysteries (Wikipedia) The Littlest Hobo (Wikipedia) Thursday Next Series by Jasper Fforde Giant Days, Vol. 1 by John Allison and Lissa Treiman Bad Machinery, vol. 1: The Case of the Team Spirit by John Allison Steeple, vol. 1 by John Allison  Steeple webcomic Rashomon (Wikipedia) Criminal (comics) (Wikipedia) The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith Links, Articles, and Things Readers' Advisory for Library Staff Facebook group Episode 033 - Legal Thrillers Dan Brown (Wikipedia) Stephen Sondheim (Wikipedia) Squirrel Girl (Wikipedia) Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan) (Wikipedia) The Rhino (Wikipedia) Doctor Doom (Wikipedia) Desert Island Discworld Margaret Atwood's new work will remain unseen for a century Future Library project (Wikipedia) Episode 057 - Nordic/Scandinavian Noir Episode 110 - Comedic/Humorous Fiction Hark! Podcast Brubaker Discusses Creator-Owned Comics Love and Why He Doesn't Miss Superheroes Dimension 20: Mice & Murder Trailer 2021 Edgar Award Winners 18 Crime Fiction Novels by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. Easy Motion Tourist by Leye Adenle The Borrowed by Chan Ho-Kei, translated by Jeremy Tiang Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra If I Should Die by Grace F. Edwards Bad Men and Wicked Women by Eric Jerome Dickey The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen Malice by Keigo Higashino, translated by Alexander O. Smith A Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes IQ by Joe Ide Out by Natsuo Kirino, translated by Stephen Snyder The Brighton Mermaid by Dorothy Koomson Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke The Long Fall by Walter Mosley Nairobi Heat by Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ Wife of the Gods by Kwei Quartey Murder on the Red River by Marcie Rendon The Bone Readers by Jacob Ross Humane by Anna Marie Sewell Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Twitter or Instagram, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email! It’s almost time for our annual “We all read the same book” episode. So on Tuesday, June 15th we’ll each suggest and talk about one title and you’ll get to vote for which one we’ll read. Then on Tuesday, July 6th we’ll be reading Film/TV/Video/Movies non-fiction!