KPL Podcast

This week on the KPL Podcast, we spoke with Nancy Foley.  She is the author of I Am Agatha , a novel about a woman navigating life after her partner develops dementia.  The novel explores themes of family, grief, memory, art, and family secrets. True Grit by Charles Portis Orange is Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Wilson  Lives of the Saints by Nancy Lemann and Geoff Dyer They by Helle Helle

This week on the KPL podcast we welcome back author, Liza Tully.  The Forty-Year Grudge is the second book in the Merritt & Blunt series.  The two women are back to solve a murder at a reunion for Aubrey Merritt's sorority.  Great pacing and well-plotted, the book will keep you guessing until the end.  The Job: True Tales from the life of a New York City Cop by Steve Osborne

This week on the KPL Podcast, we spoke with Edward Schmit about his debut novel, The Open Era .  The story is about two pro tennis players who begin a romance during the US Open.  One is openly gay and the other is not.  The two must navigate their feelings while still playing a match against each other. The book also delves into mental health and the toll it can take on a person.  Author Reads De...

The KPL Podcast is back with another great episode. This week we spoke with Wade Rouse about his first novel under his own name.  He also writes under the pen name Viola Shipman.  That's What Friends Are For pays homage to the Golden Girls but also takes on heavy topics, such as aging, homosexuality, the importance of the gay community, and grief with wit and humor.  Author Reads The Lost Boo...

This week on the KPL podcast we spoke with bestselling author Ruta Sepetys about her latest novel, A Fortune of Sand . Set in 1920s Detroit, about Marjorie Lennox, the youngest daughter of a wealthy automotive family, who joins a mysterious arts program and uncovers dark secrets about her family and the program itself, inspired by real events. Author Reads Whistler by Ann Patchett Scar Island by D...

This week on the KPL Podcast, we spoke with Laura Kamoie, the coauthor of A Founding Mother: A Novel of Abigail Adams .  This historical fiction takes leads you through Abigail Adam's life as is goes from wife to mother, to first lade, and then founding mother.  This book is an eye opening study of the women of the American Revolution.  Author Reads Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru by Olesya Salni...

The KPL Podcast is back with another great episode with historical fiction writer Donna Jones Alward.   Her latest novel, Ship of Dreams , is set aboard the Titanic  and follows two passengers as they navigate complicated relationships and dream of brighter futures. But when the Titanic strikes disaster, their lives and their plans are forever changed.   Author Reads and other books  When the Worl...

On this week's episode of the KPL Podcast we have Rachel Moore.  Her latest novel Safari Murder Party is fun, fast paced ride through both the corporate world and the natural world.  A billionaire media mogul dies and his will states that his company and wealth will go to the last survivor of the corporate retreat group. Author Reads Half City by Kate Golden

This week on the KPL Podcast, we have author Lori Gold.  Her new book, Kiss Marry Kill , takes a new spin on the conversation game.  Three women play the game and end up in a slightly altered reality but are given the chance to make necessary changes to their lives. Listen to learn more.  Author Reads Take Me With You by Steven Rowley The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett

This week on the KPL podcast we spoke with author Sara Levine about her fun and zany book, The Hitch.  Imagine babysitting your nephew while his parents are away for week. You setup a room for him, plan meals and activities and are excited to get to spend time with him. One day you and the nephew take the dog for a walk.  The dog kills a corgi and the spirit of the corgi possesses your nephew. Cha...

This week on the KPL Podcast we have Nina McConigley, telling us about her novel, How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder .  This a story, about sisters who decide to murder their abusive uncle.  Set in the mid 80's the novel explores themes, of sisterhood, abuse, and growing up in Wyoming as a biracial person. Listen to learn more.  To win a copy of The Survivalist, write to me at podcast@kplmo....

This week on the KPL Podcast we have author Moorea Corrigan to discuss her cozy historical fantasy, Thistlemarsh .  Think Downton Abbey with Faeries. The book is set post WW1 in England. A young women inherits a manor house with certain conditions.  She must renovate the house in one month or lose it.  The renovations aren't simple and cannot be done in the short timeframe. So she makes a bar...

This week on the KPL podcast we have author Joan F. Smith and we discuss, Your Soulmail is Attached . A speculative fiction novel about how the world would change after every adult is told the name of their soulmate.  Marriages break apart in some cases and in other situations relationships are stronger. Dating, social media, and even religion are changed. Listen to learn more. Author reads This S...

This week on the KPL podcast we have author duo Jo Dinkin and Catherine Brinkworth.  Their first novel together is The Pie and Mash Detective Agency .  The book is about two newbie private detectives assigned to solve the recurring disappearance of a woman named Nellie Thorn.  A wonderful addition to the cozy genre. Author Reads A Murder in Eight Cocktails by Kelly Mullen The Silent Patient by Ale...

This week on the KPL Podcast we have bestselling author Shelley Noble telling us about The Sisters of Book Row .   A historical fiction novel that explores Anthony Comstock and his ruthless campaign against Manhattan’s “Book Row.” Three sisters band together to challenge censorship and fight to preserve the heart of the city’s literary world.  Author Reads Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 1984 by Ge...

Bestselling author Marie Benedict is back with another wonderful historical fiction, titled Daughter of Egypt .  We are introduced to two remarkable women whom history nearly erased. One is Evelyn Herbert, who was present at the archaeological discovery of Tutankhamun’s burial site, and the other is Hatshepsut, a powerful woman who ruled as Pharaoh during the 18th dynasty Author Reads What We Can...

This week on the KPL Podcast we have local Missouri author and historian Sean Rost.  We discuss his new book, Catching Hell from All Quarters: Anti-Klan Activists in Interwar Missouri .  He's taken a deep dive into rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan during interwar Missouri.  Rost will focus on several notable figures who comprised an interracial, interdenominational, and bipartisan anti-Klan coalit...

This week on the KPL Podcast, we spoke with bestselling author Elizabeth Arnott Her latest novel, The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives tells the story from the perspective of 3 women after their husbands are arrest for murder.  When women begin dying in similar circumstances, they band together to catch the killer. Author Reads Wild Dark Shore by McConaghy

This week on the KPL Podcast we spoke with Izzy Broom about The House of Hidden Letters.   A dual timeline story set on a small Greek Island.  A woman wins a contest to purchase a home on Folegandros for 1 Euro.  As she begins renovations she finds letters belonging to the previous owner from 1940s during the German and Italian occupation.  Author reads The One Day You Were My Husband by Rosie Wal...

This week on the KPL podcast we are speaking with author Michelle Maryk about her debut novel, The Found Object Society .  Imagine a secret society that holds thousands of objects from all over the world and from different time periods.  Each object can take you on a voyage to relive the last moments of the person who died holding it. Listen to learn more. Author Reads Pinky Swear by Danielle Gira...

This week on the KPL podcast we spoke with author Janie Chang about her latest novel, The Fourth Princess.   This is a gothic mystery set in Shanghai China during the early 1900's about two woman, Lisan comes to work for Caroline.  Slowly, things begin to unravel as both women learn about the people in their lives.  Author Reads Ithica by Claire North House of Odysseus by Claire North The Las...

Another exciting week on the KPL Podcast.  This week we spoke with author/attorney Yosha Gunasekera about her debut whodunit, The Midnight Taxi.  The story is about a female Sri Lankan-American taxi driver in NYC.  She picks up a fare late night and he is murdered in the backseat while she is driving the taxi.  Automatically, she becomes the prime suspect and has to solve the murder herself.  Auth...

This week on the KPL Podcast we have author Kashana Cauley telling us about her latest novel The Payback .  This story is an funny, satirical look at the student system in our country.  Three women are stuck with massive student loan debt that is difficult to pay on their low income retail jobs.  They are stalked by debt police and see no hope at ever repaying their student loans.  They hatch out...

This week on KPL Podcast we have author LS Stratton with her first YA novel Sundown Girls .  The story focuses on a teenage girl named Naomi who was kidnapped as a toddler.  She is now back with her family and the woman who raised is in jail for kidnapping. Her family goes on a weekend getaway in a former sundown town.  Mysterious things begin to happen.  Daughter of the Merciful Deep by Leslye Pe...

This week on the KPL Podcast we spoke with Lynn Cullen about her latest historical fiction, When We Were Brilliant .   The book explores the friendship between Marilyn Monroe and Eve Arnold, the only woman to photograph Marilyn. Written from Eve’s perspective as if she were writing directly to Marilyn, the novel reveals intimate and lesser-known moments from both women’s lives, offering a fresh an...