Mystery Books Podcast

Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! S2 E12 / The Thursday Murder Club was the feel-good hit of 2020—and we certainly needed that in 2020!  📖 I think the novel is also an example of a new type of subgenre, upscale mystery book club fiction.  🔎 Join me for a look at this new subgenre, plus an exploration of the Gang of Misfits trope and what it all has to do with yet another possible new...

Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! Mystery Books Podcast is back (finally!) with Season Two. 😀🔎📚 🕵️‍♀️ 📦  Cozy Books Corner Subscription Box  (affiliate code), a book box curated for cozy mystery readers. ➡️ Use code SaraR5 and get 15% off! ⬅️ Support the show 📚 Buy Sara's books: SaraRosettBooks.com 🔎  Get more mystery in your life when you sign up for Sara's up...

Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! S1 E11 / Are you fond of a jolly little Christmas mystery? I certainly am. Join me for a look at the inspiration and research behind Murder on a Midnight Clear , a 1920s Christmas mystery. ❄️ I can’t pass up a mystery set at a snowbound country estate, so that’s exactly the situation I put my characters in for the sixth book in the High Society Lady Det...

Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! S1 E10 / Love 1920s mysteries? Ready for a fresh setting? Maia Chance's Come Hell or High Ball is just what you're looking for.  🥂This American-set 1920s mystery with an odd-couple pairing is a madcap twist on Downton Abbey , with a murder added, of course.  Full show notes at https://www.sararosett.com/mbps1e10 🕵️‍♀️ 📦  Cozy Books Corn...

Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! S1 E9 / A small town cozy with plenty of humor and lots of Southern tropes? Yes, please!  🗞️ In this episode, we take a look at the clever set-up of this amateur sleuth mystery that features an obit writer who suspects the death of her old school friend wasn't suicide, but murder. Full show notes at https://www.sararosett.com/mbps1e9 🕵️‍♀️ 📦 ...

Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! S1 E8 / If you like Agatha Christie's mystery The Secret Adversary , you'll want to check out Patricia Wentworth's The Astonishing Adventure of Jane Smith .  🕵️‍♀️ It features a plucky young woman set on adventure, a dashing Scotland Yard man, and a mansion on a cliff by the sea. Gothic tropes abound!  🔎 Plus find out the connection betw...

Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! S1 E7 / Sara  pivots to look at mystery television in this episode.  🌴 By-the-book British detective Miranda Blake goes to sunny Mallorca to escort a prisoner back to the UK, but things go very wrong. She must work with a relaxed German detective to solve the case, which results in some funny scenes and an enteratining odd couple pairing.  Full show no...

Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! S1 E6 / If you love Downton Abbey, Miss Fisher, and The Crown, this episode is for you. Her Royal Spyness is a historical mystery set in the 1930s London with fun tidbits of royal trivial and intrigue.  🏛️ Why are country house mysteries such an enduring trope and what is a discreet sleuth?  🔎 Find out in this episode of Mystery Books Podcast. 🕵️‍♀️ 📦...

Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! MBP S1 E5 / Does the world need another Sherlock Holmes spinoff? If the answer involves Enola Holmes, the answer is yes. Join USA Today mystery author Sara Rosett for an in-depth look at the much younger sister of Sherlock Holmes. Discover the secret language of Victorian women and how Enola co-ops fashion for her own ends. Plus, find out what Enola Hol...

Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! S1 E4 / Escape to Crete and delve into one of Sara's favorite tropes, the travel mystery. Adventure, intrigue, and romance abound in Mary Stewart's classic romantic suspense novel, The Moonspinners. Full show notes at https://www.sararosett.com/mbps1e4 🕵️‍♀️ 📦  Cozy Books Corner Subscription Box  (affiliate code), a book box curated...

Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! S1 E3 / What do you get when you set a World War II novel in a sleepy English village, add a plucky Air Raid Warden, then mix in an influx of American fly boys stationed at the nearby air base? A perfect set up for a historical mystery, Poppy Redfern and the Midnight Murders. Full show notes at https://www.sararosett.com/mbps1e3 🕵️‍♀️ 📦  Cozy Book...

Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! S1 E2 / Join Sara for a look at the cozy mystery about a quirky and abrasive (yet loveable) former PR excutive who moves to an English village and just can't quite fit in. It's a cozy mystery with a serving of a fish-out-of-water trope added to the mix. Full show notes at https://www.sararosett.com/mbps1e2/ 🕵️‍♀️ 📦  Cozy Books Corner Sub...

Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! S1 E1 / Welcome to Mystery Books Podcast, a podcast covering mysteries in all of their forms from classic Golden Age novels to contemporary cozies. I’m mystery author Sara Rosett and this is Season One, Episode One, and it's all about Murder on the Orient Express. Full show notes at https://www.sararosett.com/mbps1e1/ This is probably the most famo...

Suggest a book for the podcast or say hello! Hello and welcome to Mystery Books Podcast. I'm mystery author Sara Rosett, and this is a short introduction to Mystery Books Podcast. This podcast will cover mysteries in all of their forms from classic golden age novels to contemporary cozies. In each podcast, I'll focus on one mystery. I'll give you a quick overview of the book, but th...