WLIW-FM Book Club

Shari Lapena is an internationally bestselling author of thrillers including "The Couple Next Door" and "What Have You Done?". Her books have been sold in forty territories around the world. She joined Brian Cosgrove and Diane Masciale as a guest of honor at the 2025 Hamptons Whodunit Festival to talk about her recent "binge-worthy" novel, her creative process, and more.

We're proud to have partnered again with Hamptons Whodunit , an annual mystery and crime festival that takes place in East Hampton Village. Celebrating their third year, the festival brings exciting and affordable off-season programming to the East Hampton community, gathering celebrated mystery and thriller authors and true crime experts who participate in panels and social events with audience m...

Part of the Live Broadcast from the 2024 East Hampton Library's Authors Night.

We're proud to bring you the live broadcast of the 20th anniversary of the prestigious East Hampton Library's Authors Night! This recording has been editing lightly for clarity.

Part of the Live Broadcast from the 2024 East Hampton Library's Authors Night.

Part of the Live Broadcast from the 2024 East Hampton Library's Authors Night.

Part of the Live Broadcast from the 2024 East Hampton Library's Authors Night.

Part of the Live Broadcast from the 2024 East Hampton Library's Authors Night.

Part of the Live Broadcast from the 2024 East Hampton Library's Authors Night.

Part of the Live Broadcast from the 2024 East Hampton Library's Authors Night.

Part of the Live Broadcast from the 2024 East Hampton Library's Authors Night.

Part of the Live Broadcast from the 2024 East Hampton Library's Authors Night.

Part of the Live Broadcast from the 2024 East Hampton Library's Authors Night.

Part of the Live Broadcast from the 2024 East Hampton Library's Authors Night.

Part of the Live Broadcast from the 2024 East Hampton Library's Authors Night.

Part of the Live Broadcast from the 2024 East Hampton Library's Authors Night.

Part of the Live Broadcast from the 2024 East Hampton Library's Authors Night.

Part of the Live Broadcast from the 2024 East Hampton Library's Authors Night.

Part of the Live Broadcast from the 2024 East Hampton Library's Authors Night.

Hamptons Whodunit is an annual mystery and crime festival that takes place in East Hampton Village. Founded in 2023 to create exciting and affordable off-season programming for the East Hampton community, the festival gathers celebrated mystery and thriller authors and true crime experts who participate in panels and social events with audience members. WLIW-FM broadcast live from the East Hampton...

Abby Endler is the creator of Crime by the Book, a crime fiction review website and digital community of mystery, thriller, and crime readers. By day, she works as a publicist at Penguin Random House. She is also the Fiction Director for the Hamptons Whodunit Crime Literature Festival. She joined Brian Cosgrove and Diane Masciale for a conversation about her many roles and love of crime fiction.

Barbara Butcher, MPH, was Chief of Staff and Director of the Forensic Sciences Training Program at the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner. She was responsible for overall agency management, strategy, and inter-agency relations. She recently published her first book, "What The Dead Know." In it, Butcher writes with the kind of New York attitude and bravado you might expect from decades...

Brad has served as a member of the Department of Homeland Security’s Analytic Red Cell Unit. He has also lectured to law enforcement organizations on over-the-horizon/future threats, and has been a keynote speaker for the National Tactical Officers Association annual conference. He joined Brian Cosgrove at the 2024 Hamptons Whodunit Crime Literature Festival for a conversation about his unique bac...

Carrie Doyle is the best selling author of multiple novels and screenplays that span many genres, ranging from cozy mysteries to chick lit to comedies to Young Adult. She is also one of the co-founders of the Hamptons Whodunit Crime Literature Festival. She spoke with Brian Cosgrove and Diane Masciale about the festival, her latest writing, and more.

Dennis Fabiszak is Executive Director of East Hampton Library , where a large part of the Hamptons Whodunit Festival was held. He spoke with Brian Cosgrove and Diane Masciale about hosting the festival, East Hampton, and more.