Crime and Wine: Novelist Chats with Pamela Fagan Hutchins

What a treat — enjoy a delightful conversation between aspiring writer and high school student Ian, award-winning thriller and former teacher Ken Oder, and me, on Crime & Wine.

Last summer, I had the pleasure of brunching with Matty Dalrymple, where we bonded over the fact that she put up with three wild and wooly Hutchins dogs, regaled me with stories of her own, and shared some about her writing with me. I went home and started reading the Ann Kinnear and the Lizzy Ballard series immediately, and I've been hooked ever since. I cannot wait to have her on the show an...

Join these two Wyoming authors as they talk about C.J. Box's #1 NYT-bestselling novel, STORM WATCH, and his feelings about being named National Guest of Honor for Bouchercon San Diego 2023. About C.J.: C. J. Box is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 30 novels including the Joe Pickett series. He won the Edgar Alan Poe Award for Best Novel (Blue Heaven, 2009) as well as the Anthony Award,...

Roger Stelljes discusses his 5th Tori Hunter thriller, THE SNOW GRAVES, and much more with Pamela Fagan Hutchins, on Crime & Wine. About Roger Stelljes: A proud native of Minnesota and a voracious reader of novels, Roger is also an avid sports fan, particularly of the Minnesota Golden Gopher hockey team as well as the Minnesota Twins, Vikings and the Wild. If you can't find him at a game, you...

Join Pamela for a very funny chat with the woman who took two books to the top of both the Amazon and Wall Street Journal charts with the release of THE HOUSEMAID'S SECRET, Freida McFadden.   About Freida:   #1 Amazon, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publisher's Weekly bestselling author Freida McFadden is a practicing physician specializing in brain injury who has penned multiple be...

Join Pamela Fagan Hutchins with B.R. Spangler in discussion about his 8th Detective Casey White crime thriller, THEIR RESTING PLACE... and more! B.R. Spangler is a USA TODAY Bestselling Author of Mysteries and Crime Thrillers. A resident of Virginia with a wonderful family, including five cats, two birds and a lizard. During the day, the hours are filled with engineering work. Off hours, time is s...

Join Pamela Fagan Hutchins in a chat with Jennifer Chase about THE ROSE GIRLS, her latest Detective Katie Scott crime thriller.   Like a precious doll, the girl leans against the towering pine tree with her long bare legs stretched out and her hands folded neatly in her lap. Her head tilts towards the sky, but this innocent child will never feel the warm glow of morning sun again; her fragile...

Pamela Fagan Hutchins chats with Shannon Hollinger, Author about new release BEST FRIENDS FOREVER as well as the super creepy secret career goal Shannon has, the best happy hour drink, characters who misbehave, and much more! With degrees in Crime Scene Technology & Physical Anthropology, Florida author Shannon Hollinger hasn't just seen the dark side of humanity - she's been elbow deep inside...

Join Pamela Fagan Hutchins in conversation with Holly S. Roberts about ONLY GIRL ALIVE, her first Detective Eve Bennett crime thriller! As day breaks over the Tanner family home, the house is deadly silent and the door is firmly closed. Upstairs, the whole family lie cold and lifeless in their beds. All with the same look of fear in their unblinking eyes…  Detective Eve Bennet takes a steadyi...

The most dangerous adversary has nothing left to lose... Join Pamela Fagan Hutchins in conversation with crime thriller author Terry Shepherd talking about his new Jessica Ramirez release CHASING KARMA, and much more! Jess feels Karma's sting in the third entry in Terry's Jessica Ramirez Thriller series. Here's what advance readers are saying... Jessica Ramirez’s past catches up with her in Chasin...

Lisa Regan is back with THE INNOCENT WIFE, and she's talking with Pamela Fagan Hutchins about it on Crime & Wine. That and the Phillies, her status as a converted plotter, and what's up next for Josie... with a surprise guest appearance from Mr. Phillip, her Boston terrier!   Candles are lit and their rich vanilla scent twists its way through the cabin. The table is set for a romantic ann...

Join D.K. Hood in conversation with Pamela Fagan Hutchins on Crime & Wine talking about new crime thriller CHASE HER SHADOW, her endless ideas, writing outfit, and the silliest thing she keeps in her office (it will surprise you!). D.K Hood is THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, USA TODAY, and AMAZON Bestselling Author of the Montana-based Detective Kane and Alton Series, with over one million copies sol...

Fun conversation wtih M.M. Chouinard about her latest Jo Fournier crime thriller, WHAT THEY SAW, which may or may not include creepy feet washing up on a beach, pizza & sushi dinners, and the ghost of Ernest Hemingway haunting Michelle's office. Stay tuned to the end for the hilarious speed round...oh my!

Million+ seller Angela Marsons talks with Pamela Fagan Hutchins about the release of HIDDEN SCARS, the 17th DI Kim Stone crime thriller, plus Golden Retriever hugs, naughty protagonists, and how she overcomes the nerves she gets when writing every one of her fantastic books.

Elena Hartwell was born in Bogota, Colombia, while her parents were in the Peace Corps. Her first word was "cuidado." At the age of nine months, she told two men carrying a heavy table to be careful in their native tongue. She's been telling people what to do ever since. After almost twenty years in the theater, Elena turned her playwriting skills to novels About Three Strikes, You're Dead: Privat...

Linda Rae is one of the architects behind reader/author getaway experience, Wild Deadwood Reads, which in turn led to the spin off WILD DEADWOOD TALES ANTHOLOGY, from bestselling Wild Deadwood Reads authors, benefitting Western Sports Foundation. Wine Women & Writing Radio with Pamela Fagan Hutchins is serving Calamity Jane red table wine from Black Hills' Prairie Berry Winery. "Calamity Jane...

Mary Alice Monroe and BEACH HOUSE REUNION have inspired us to pour Magnolia from Deep Water Vineyard in South Carolina for this episode of Wine Women & Writing. Magnolia is a sweet white that's like kicking your shoes off and enjoying an endless summer. It pairs well with the BEACH HOUSE REUNION, a novel beautifully wrought and rich with keen insight; an illuminating tale of new beginnings, re...

In honor of C.C. Hunter and THIS HEART OF MINE, Wine Women & Writing Radio is serving up a Lewis Wines 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon-Tempranillo from Texas's Newsom Vineyards. NYT-bestseller C.C.—aka Christie Craig—calls this haunting, poignant novel "the book of her heart." C.C. grew up in Alabama, where she caught lightning bugs, ran barefoot, and regularly rescued potential princes, in the form o...

Jaye Viner, debut author of JANE OF BATTERY PARK, joins Pamela Fagan Hutchins on Wine Women & Writing as the two women chat about the flyover states, terrorism, religious extremism, disabilities, celebrity, and women. Yeah, all of that. And you don't want to miss it! Jaye Viner lives on what used to be the plains of eastern Nebraska with two feline fur bombs and a very tall man. She knows just...

Join the chat as the very funny Cherie Priest visits Wine Women & Writing with Pamela Fagan Hutchins to discuss her new release, GRAVE RESERVATIONS, along with dogs, cats, and comfort TV. A psychic travel agent and a Seattle PD detective solve a murder in this quirky mystery in the vein of Lisa Lutz’s The Spellman Files and Charlaine Harris’s Aurora Teagarden series. About Cherie: I write nove...

Lisa Unger and Pamela Fagan Hutchins talk about LAST GIRL GHOSTED, online dating, ghosting, and the ageless pursuit of relationships on Wine Women & Writing. Lisa Unger is a New York Times and internationally bestselling author. With books published in thirty languages and millions of copies sold worldwide, she is widely regarded as a master of suspense. Her latest novel is LAST GIRL GHOSTED....

Join Pamela Fagan Hutchins for Part 2 of a hilarious "Micki says, Pamela says" segment in her chat with ME "Micki" Browning, author of the Jo Wyatt series and new release MERCY CREEK, as the two Mountain West mystery writers go head to head on "Confidential Never Asked Questions." M.E. BROWNING writes the Jo Wyatt Mysteries. The first in the series, Shadow Ridge, won the Colorado Book Award for My...

Join Pamela Fagan Hutchins as she chats with ME "Micki" Browning about Jo Wyatt in MERCY CREEK, what is and is not borrowed from Micki's own 22 years as a police officer, becoming a dive master in her "retirement," and learning to write police procedurals. This is Part 1 of a 2 part series with Micki. M.E. BROWNING writes the Jo Wyatt Mysteries. The first in the series, Shadow Ridge , won the Colo...

Join Pamela Fagan Hutchins in conversation on Wine Women & Writing with Marcie Maxfield about her novel, EM'S AWFUL GOOD FORTUNE—with cameos by their French bulldog and Boston terrier! Marcie Maxfield’s voice is fierce, authentic, and personal. Her debut novel, Em’s Awful Good Fortune, is based on her experiences living overseas as a tagalong wife. Her play Girls Together Always—a collection o...

Join friends Kerry Anne King and Pamela for what is always a lively, laughter-filled, and thoughtful discussion, on Wine Women & Writing. Pamela's rating for OTHER PEOPLE'S THINGS 5 enthusiastic stars! Kerry Anne King (who also writes as Kerry Schafer) is a Washington Post and Amazon charts bestselling author who writes compelling and transformational stories about family and personal growth....