Suit Up! With Terrance Layhew

"Brandt and Andrea escape the corporate world to make their fortune in the wilds of Alaska. Little do they know that fortune might come from the heavens and not the land, in the form of an amazing, seemingly impossible diamond." Rodger Carlyle joins the show to discuss his latest book, Echoes in a Stone. We also talk about his background in aviation and international business, and his philosophy o...

"The Body Man role protects the secrets of the President of the United States. What happens when those who previously held the role disappear. Which secrets are the abductors after?" Eric P. Bishop returns to Suit Up! to talk about Downfall, the latest of the Bodyman series. We also talk about his creative process for building the "Bodyman" universe, and his upcoming personal and professional mile...

"Step into an age of adventure where a mysterious artifact can unleash an ancient evil, an expedition can uncover something that was never meant to be found, and the line between legend and reality can disappear in the dead of night." Jeff Pintabona joins the show to talk about the horror genre and the creative process behind his books, Night Horrors and Pulp Terrors. The conversation highlighted...

"Jack Hillman is divorced, missing a leg, and feeling like a stranger in his own hometown. When word comes that his childhood friend vanished while chasing work in Idaho's Panhandle, Jack doesn't hesitate. He loads up the Silverado, tucks his 1911 into his waistband, dusts off his Special Forces training, and heads west looking for a man he hasn't spoken to in a decade." Josh Jensen joins the show...

Justin Scott joins the show as we discussed the release of the  Down in Flames: A Mitch Mayhew Story and the Veritas Entertainment Collection for Swashbuckling September. The conversation explored the "swashbuckler" genre's influence on modern media, the importance of serialized storytelling, and our picks for the best swashbucklers across entertainment.   Order Down in Flames: A Mitch Mayhew Stor...

"Dorothy Wagner has spent her whole life wanting nothing more than to be seen. But after failing to make her mark as an influencer, she takes a job working for a brilliant coder whose company is focused on cutting-edge deepfake technology. And there, in secret, is where she creates her salvation."   Alma Katsu joins the Podcast to talk about  Incarnate , a horror story exploring the dark side of s...

"Thomas Malloy has just witnessed the worst trauma a child can suffer. With nowhere to turn he seeks out the only man he feels can help him, The Scarlet Scrapper! The trouble is that Frank Hodge is no kind of hero, he just plays one on the radio. Hodge, a veteran who drinks too much, is dealing with his own inner demons." Leonard Apa joins the Podcast to talk about the creation, themes, and future...

"When Nate Colt finds out that one of his men is double-dealing weapons to a dangerous third party, he decides he's going to get to the bottom of it. Before he can face the man down, he is confronted by a beautiful CIA operative. Under tense strain, Nate agrees to work as a contractor for the CIA to run to ground the identity of this third party and exactly what his plans are." Nathanael Hummel jo...

"To solve a double murder in Cuba, US Army Captain Billy Boyle will need to build unlikely alliances with Havana's underworld and British intelligence, including Lieutenant Commander Ian Fleming, whose naval wartime service would later inspire the James Bond novels." Terrance Layhew interviews author James R. Benn about the 21st Billy Boyle WWII mystery novel, The Ninth Circle, set in Cuba. The co...

Winter Austin, an Iowa-based thriller author, discusses her Bounty of Shadows series — anchored by protagonist Dot Ybarra, a female bounty hunter with Basque heritage set in modern Idaho. The conversation covers the series' origins, her publishing journey with Tule Publishing, craft philosophy around authentic voice and lean storytelling, and personal influences including family oral tradition and...

Terrance Layhew hosted August and Margaux of A Good Squeeze to discuss Castle in the Sky (1986). This was Terrance's first Studio Ghibli film; both guests consider it their all-time favorite movie and shared deeply personal connections to it. The conversation covered the film's themes, influences, voice cast, score, and its broader place in Ghibli's legacy.   Check out A Good Squeeze - https://ope...

"Jamie Pierce was supposed to be passing through. A snowstorm forces him into the quiet town of Straten, a place of flickering neon lights, empty roads, and unanswered questions. One night at a roadside motel puts him in the wrong place at the wrong time. By morning, a woman is dead and Jamie's wallet is found at the scene."   London Baker joins Suit Up! With Terrance Layhew to talk about his nove...

Terrance Layhew and Blake Powers (Bond Life Chicago) complete their multi-year review of Raymond Benson's Union Trilogy with Never Dream of Dying .   Order The Midas Game - https://a.co/d/0aClywcB Order my medieval swashbuckler,  Thorn https://a.co/d/04i4kDUi Order my crime adventure,  Diamonds in Denver  https://a.co/d/aHi7p9z Order my 1920's Aviator novella, Unwanted Passenger   https://a.co/d/5...

"A former Green Beret and aspiring archaeologist's expedition to uncover a long-lost ancient civilization turns deadly in this explosive thriller teeming with adventure and discovery." Alex Dekker joins Suit UP! to talk about his upcoming debut novel: Desert Heist . The conversation covers Dekker's 20-year Special Forces career as the foundation for the book, the warrior-scholar theme central to p...

"They're criminals, outcasts, and broken souls. They're also England's last hope. THE MISSION: Chase McQuillen across Europe. Survive mechanical death-traps that blend Victorian engineering with mathematical precision. Stop the doctor before he reduces civilization to calculation and ash. THE COST: Everything. Adventure demands courage. Heroism demands sacrifice. England demands the Aeronauts." Ja...

"When a team of archaeologists unearth a palace belonging to a mythical king, they don't just rewrite history - they paint a target on their backs." Parker Jamison (pen name Ox Devere) joins the show to talk about her thriller Gorgons , the third book in her Ridley series. The conversation covers the book's Greek mythology foundations, Ridley's character design, Parker's research and plotting meth...

"With the empire on the brink of war, Connor Balcazar never expected to have a destiny. Though his family has served the galactic empire for generations, his older brother Adam has always outshone him in combat abilities and natural charisma. But Connor is determined to prove himself and master his hidden ability to see the future to assist Emperor Esteban any way he can." In this episode, Terranc...

"When a British agent is killed in Slovakia, Nathan Rocke is sent to finish what he started. A Russian nuclear threat has surfaced. Operation  Stribog's Victory . Named after the Slavic god of sudden storms. But intelligence is sketchy. The clock is ticking. And the GRU has a traitor inside MI6, making Rocke a target before he even arrives. Cut off from headquarters and forced off the radar, Rocke...

"Professional treasure hunter and adventurer Ethan Cain is working on the Mekong River in Vietnam when the massive waterway suddenly goes dry. It's a stunning ecological disaster. One that Ethan can't ignore. His quest for answers will lead him to Zhang and ultimately a confrontation from which only one of them will emerge." Ryan Pote returns to Suit Up! With Terrance Layhew to discuss The Ghost C...

"When Valencia receives troubling news that her brother has gone missing, she wants rush off to LA to find him. But she can't bring her baby girl, Lucia. Enter the other members of Assassins Anonymous—Mark, Astrid, and Booker, who offer to watch the toddler while she's gone. After all, they're three of the deadliest, most highly skilled people on the planet; what could go wrong?" On this episode o...

"Sonny Haynes finds himself traveling between a western movie set in Twentynine Palms, CA, where an actress has been assaulted, and his own Starlite Hotel & Resort, where two visitors are found dead in their room. What follows is a race against time, the culmination of which leads to the heart of darkness itself in the Southern California desert." Brian Townsley joins the show to talk about his lo...

"In the Old World history of The Cosmic Wheel, Eula McDowell is a veteran demonologist who has seen just about everything—or so she thinks. But lately, in her home city of Louisville, Kentucky, things have grown disturbingly strange, even by her standards." Suit Up! With Brian Rodman, an award-winning illustrator and creator. In this episode, we discuss his transition from comic books to new pulp...

"Louis and Beau L'Amour present a collaboration across time, an epic novel of Cold War suspense, as a pair of unlikely heroes, a woman without a name, and the undefeated agents of the Third Reich find themselves locked in a deadly race to control the greatest secret of the 20th century." Suit Up! With Beau L'Amour! In this interview, we discuss Skyring Water , researching historical fiction, chang...

"When a serial killer credits his therapist, Lucas O'Rourke, for guiding his murders, Lucas's career ends overnight. Suspended and branded the psychologist who shaped a killer, he refuses to accept it. His sister Amara, an investigative journalist, is chasing the suspicious death of a neuroscientist. As she gets closer to the truth, she can't tell whether she's the one doing the investigating or t...

"Welcome to WONDERLAND CITY,  By, day, Alice Gilmore is a society journalist for Savoir Magazine. But when night calls? She protects the city as the elusive crime-fighter known as... The Blue Lotus!"   Suit Up! With Des Taylor (Des Pop), a UK-based comic artist, illustrator, and designer known for creating retro-styled action characters like Scarlet Couture, Eva Strongbird, and Blue Lotus. We chat...