Dark and Stormy Book Club

We need to step away for about a month our beloved Ann Dark needs to take some time to heal. She can't wait to return to the podcast. Please join her family and freinds in wishing her well. We will be posting further updates on here or our facebook page. Thank you for your continue support and understanding.

Recommendations For Your TBR Show Notes On today's episode, we feature six books that we recommend for our listener's TBR. These are books that have been sent to us for review. There is no way we can read every book but we want to make sure they are highlighted in some way. Ann reported on Good Girls Don't Die by Christina Henry (Berkeley 11/23). This is the story of three woman with one way out....

1-24 WWAR New Beginnings Show Notes For our first WWAR for 2024, we discussed three books that feature new beginnings for the protagonist or storyl Misty reported on her book “Poison Ivy” by Misty Simon. This is the first book she had published in 2004. It has been re-released two more times since then and has just been again re-released. She says the book is still a lot of fun to read. Tracey rep...

Edwin Hill Show Notes Today we talk with Edwin Hill about his book Who To Believe. It will release today from Kensington Books. Monreith, Massachusetts, was once a small community of whalers and farmers. These days it’s a well-to-do town filled with commuters drawn to its rugged coastline and country roads. A peaceful, predictable place— until popular restaurateur Laurel Thibodeau is found brutall...

Top Five Rundown Show notes On today's episode we review our top 5 books we read over the past year.\ 5 Ann – The Last Orphan by Greg Hurwitz Tracey – The Devil's Chew Toy by Rob Osler 4 Ann - Last Known Port by Sue Anger Tracey - Bone Rattler by Elliot Pattison 3 Ann – The Hunter by Jennifer Herera Tracey – The Camp by Nancy Bush 2 Ann – Malibu Burning by Lee Goldberg Tracey – Just Like Home by S...

David Simmons Ghosts of E#ast Baltimore Show Notes On the first official episode of 2024, we talked with David Simmons about his book “Ghosts of East Baltimore.: David was delightful. Worm, fresh out of jail, tries to make a little money to get back on his feet, and make it back to the halfway house before his 9 pm curfew. But what should be a simple drop-off, spirals into a nightmare. Worm is fac...

In the last of our Holiday Break short stories We read a story that Bruce Robert Coffin sent to us. It is a perfect story to end this season of giving and caring. Please enjoy!! Tune in next week for our regularly scheduled episodes.

The Noir before Christmas written and read by Ang Pompano

The second in our Holiday Vacation series, Disappear is written and performed by the author, Sue Angejr. It tells the story of a sister's love and loss over the holidays.

Dark and Stormy is off enjoying the season. Please enjoy a few weeks of Holiday stories brought to you by some of our favorite authors. We will return in January with more original episodes.

Ann reported on The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon (Anchor 2015) West Hall, Vermont, has always been a town of strange disappearances and old legends. The most mysterious is that of Sara Harrison Shea, who, in 1908, was found dead in the field behind her house just months after the tragic death of her daughter. Now, in present day, nineteen-year-old Ruthie lives in Sara’s farmhouse with her mot...

Jersey Ghouls Show notes Today we talked with Marissa and Jacki, two women we met at Fright Reads They host the Jersey Ghouls podcast which features horror movies with a feminist twist. We Are in the process of planning a collaboration with them. They primarily feature movies in the horror genre and we will do a book versus movie episode of Dark and Stormy Book Club. We are happy we met up with th...

Rapid Reads Show Notes For our first Rapid Reads episode we gave short reviews of six different books: Militia House by John Milas “This is a beautiful horror story told masterfully and elegantly. It is a brilliant, different kind of war novel, one that reveals the insidious ways the violences of war can tear people apart from the inside out. “ Midnight is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead “a go...

Lee Goldberg Malibu Burning Show Notes Today we talked with our old friend Lee Goldberg about his bool Malibu Burning. It is the first in his new seriues featuring arson investigators Walter Sharpe and Andrew Walker. It is published by Thomas & Mercer and was released on September 1 of this year. Hell comes to Southern California every October. It rides in on searing Santa Ana winds that blast...

WWAR October Show Notes On today's episode, we selected mysteries that were set in Colonial America. Misty reported on “A Shaker Murder” by Eleanor Kuhns. It is #6 in her Will Rees mystery series. Fresh from facing allegations of witchcraft and murder, travelling weaver Will Rees, his heavily pregnant wife Lydia and six adopted children take refuge in Zion, a Shaker community in rural Maine. Short...

Dark Ride by Lou Berney 9/23/23 William Morrow This week we visited with an old friend, Lou Berney, about his new book “Dark Ride.: From Lou Berney, the acclaimed, multi award-winning author of November Road and The Long and Faraway Gone, comes a Dark Ride Sometimes the person you least expect is just the hero you need Twenty-one-year-old Hardy “Hardly” Reed—good-natured, easygoing, usually stoned...

Today we visited wi6h Vanessa Riley about her bnook Murder at Drury Lane. Portraying the true diversity of the Regency-era and the hidden intrigue of England’s abolitionist movement, this vibrant, inclusive new historical mystery from acclaimed author Vanessa Riley features an engaging heroine with an independent streak, a notorious past, and a decided talent for sleuthing… Pressed into a union of...

‘Do you believe Will took his own life?’ The question echoed off the white tiles in the hospital’s cold, cavernous morgue, and I studied my husband in peaceful repose. I leaned down and put my forehead against his. Silent tears ran down my cheeks. They felt hot, and he felt so cold. It was five days since his death, and my grief felt heavy, like a vast, dark mass pushing down on me.” When Maggie’s...

Desmond P. Ryan and Fright Reads Recap Show Notes On this episode we talked with old friend Desmond Ryan. His Mary Margaret O'Shea mystery series has finally been published. Mary Margaret and The Case of The Lapsed Parishoner (Level Best Books 8.28.23) When Mary-Margaret O'Shea, a woman of a certain age with mildly Machiavellian tendencies, discovers a homicide scene and meets an unimpressive lead...

WWAR October 2023 Show Notes Today is WWAR for October and our theme is Horror or Spooky reads. Tracey reported on Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey. Just Like Home is a darkly gothic thriller perfect for fans of Netflix's The Haunting of Hill House as well as HBO's true crime masterpiece I'll Be Gone in the Dark. “Come home.” Vera’s mother called and Vera obeyed. In spite of their long estrangement,...

On today's episode, we spoke with two more of the authors who will be featured at Fright Reads. Melissa C. Annen is an author who writes a series called the Agent Raines series. There are currently two books in the series and she is working on the third. She is planning to release a stand alone book at Fright Reads titled “The Familiar Stranger.” Melissa also produces a podcast with her best frien...

Joyce Elaube ?Rosalie Spielman Today we talk with two of the authors for Fright Reads Book Conference which will be help September 30 and October 1 in Millersville, Maryland Joyce Elaine is a hard working kind of gal who loves to get out and see new things and have little adventures during her down time. She also loves to write. She has enjoyed writing ever since she learned how to write. She can...

On today's episode, we visit with Harry Carpenter, an author and the Founder and Producter of the Fright Reads Book Festival. This will be the third year for the event and it has grown over the past three years. Harry goes into the guest celebrities and authors he has lined up. The event is to be held in Millersville Maryland on September 30 and October 1. For information on the event or for ticke...

On today's episode, we selected libraries and librarians for our WWAR subject for this month. Misty reported on the book “Librarians and Larceny” (Book One in the Rebel Librarian Crime Fighter Mystery series by Cyndy Cypress LARCENY! KIDNAPPING! MURDER! OH MY! In the cozy college town of Kootenai Hills, Montana, a beloved librarian goes missing … right under the noses of Rebecca Fulton, the univer...