Turn the Page Podcast

Heather Marshall shares LIBERTY STREET, which tells the story of one journalist's harrowing journey into an infamous real-life 1960s women's prison—and the detective who uncovers her story decades later.

Delilah is dead– and yet the dead speak! Isabelle Spotts joins us to chat about SAINT DELILAH a supernatural suspense thriller about a young woman who must solve her own murder from beyond the grave, lest she become a vengeful spirit herself.

Clay McCleod Chapman returns to Turn the Page to chat about DEVIL INSIDE – his new novel, which is a love story told in a terrifying vein, as only Clay could write it!

A burned-out detective trapped in a cold case finds a curious lead—the severed head of an android who cries for help in the voice of his dead wife. Michael Bettendorf shares MIDWESTERN CHROME, a set of cyber-noir stories set in Nebraska.

Olivie Blake shares DREAMLAND, a tantalizing story of power, seduction, and the omens you’ll ignore when everything you’ve dreamed of feels just within reach.

When Song loses her son River in the Beijing Train Station, she never gives up hope that they will be reuinited. River, a musical prodigy, never doubts that his mother is still out there looking for him. Chen Keller honors us to discuss this very special book that will grab you by your heart from the very first page. Readers will not have to wonder why LITTLE WONDER was picked by Jenna Bush and Oprah as one to read.

Karen E. Bender shares THE WORDS OF DR. L, which collects her gorgeous and thoughtful speculative stories of parents and children, together and apart, surviving near-future dystopias that feel all-too-possible—and realities that can be even stranger.

Cynthia Gomez discusses MUÑECA, a vivid, surreal Gothic about a queer, Latine, working class witch who sets out to rescue a bespelled heiress and loses control of her powers and her heart in the process.

How do musical artists make waves in an algorithm based world? How do we relate to music when it seems that the industry is set on making the product disposible? Rollie Pemberton AKA Cadence Weapon joins us to talk about his new musical memoir, WAYS OF LISTENING: Building a Deeper Relationship with Music in the Streaming Era, which is as much a study of how we engage with art as it is about his own journey.

A ghostwriter in 1965 Scotland plunges into danger as she unravels the dark secrets of a powerful family in a thrilling novel of romance and mystery. Rhys Bowen returns to discuss THE CASTLE IN THE GLEN!

Tilly & Susan Bridges stopped by to chat about JUST ANOTHER SUMMER, a beautiful and joyful graphic novel about two teen celebrities who find connection to themselves and others after being sent to a farm when a scandal threatens their careers.

A dangerous spell gone wrong forces the passionate professor of incantations to share tight quarters with her magical college's leading—and most brooding—alchemist. Kaye chats with Leslie René about MAGGIE AND ARTHUR'S MAGIC MOMENT!

Ann Ward has just graduated college and is ready to work! Unfortuately, she is the class of 2009 – and the economy is in the tank. With an eviction on the horizon and her televangelist father looking to hook her back into his flock, Ann stumbles into a yoga studio, complete with crystal healing sessions, that may be a cult.  

Comics creator amd filmmaker Patrick Horvath dropped by to discuss BENEATH THE TREES WHERE NOBODY SEES and its sequel RITE OF SPRING, graphic novels breathtaking and hair-raising in equal measure that follow a serial killer in a small Vermont town in the 1980s and 1990s.

Philippa Perry presents SHRINK SOLVES MURDER, a mystery that blurs the boundaries between cozy and disquieting, following Patricia Phillips, a 62-year-old psychotherapist who investigates the suspicious death of her 3:00 PM client.

Morgan brings us a (modernish) moody folk horror about an artist in self exile, an island locked in time by the church that controls it, and a series of murders that might or might not be connected to demonic forces.

Lucy Ashe returns to the show to discuss THE MODEL PATIENT, a taut psychological exploration of obsession, betrayal and the dangerous relationship between a patient and therapist in 1960s London. 

Natalie Moss brings us deep into the bush of a South African Safari and even deeper into a maze of family secrets. THE NIGHT HUNTER is a fast paced psychological thriller about two sisters who must navigate their friends through the wild life preserve that had once been their backyard, all while mourning their enigmatic mother who has left them her life secrets in death.

What if time travel was as easy as a train ride to another state? Jessica M. Goldstein asks just this in RETRO, a fun and thought provoking novel about an out of work actress named Ash who gets a job as a travel agent for a time travel vacation company.

Kathy Anderson shares VAMOOSE, a collection of fast-paced short stories celebrating queer women who take center stage as the stars of their own lives.

Eberle delivers a fun read in IF BOOKS COULD KILL, a book about Roxie, a Rom Com reader who wants nothing more than to be a protagonist in her favorite author's next book. And she gets her wish! But it isn't exactly what she'd expected.

Nina Chayka discusses her gorgeous and thoughtful collection SEAGULLS, a stellar debut weaving a tale of survival through the interconnected stories of those affected by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Emma Mills spills the beans on her juicy adult mystery debut RACHEL WEST AND THE FALLEN STARLET, which follows a gossip rag copyeditor as she tries to solve the murder of a former child star turned tabloid favorite.

Seth Voorhees joins us to talk about how his career and his home in the Black Hills of South Dakota has shaped him as a writer of dark fiction. He also clears up any rumors of relation to an iconic horror figure with the same last name (no real relation).

A twisty tale of a 1960's housewife whose talent for photography is both a blessing and a curse, when her past trauma comes back to haunt her in the background of her beloved photographs.

Playing in the sandbox of old literary characters, author Arvind Ethan David brings back mystery the solving duo of Bunny and Raffles – reimagined in a way that flips the script on the Holmesean mystery challenging the colonialism that exists in the orginal texts. Serious themes aside, THE GREAT GAME is a blast to read.

Jared Sarnie shares the debut graphic novel THE MACHINE IS BROKEN, which is available for pre-order here! Content note for mental health topics.

Katherine sat down with USA Today Bestselling author Rebecca Thorne to talk about the brand new cozy sci-fi romance series and its first entry, MOSS'D IN SPACE.

The search for a notorious vigilante exposes the secrets among three generations of women, from contemporary L.A. to gritty 1970s New York. Jenn chatted with Molly Fader about the magnificent LADY X!

Comedian, actor, screenwriter, and now-novelist Kirk Fox dropped by to talk about PALMDALE, a funny and and moving work of “dirtbag noir” which follows a competing father-and-daughter private detective duo caught in a messy, absurd, and thrilling case in the high desert outside of Los Angeles.

Jenn talked to Carlisle Richardson about his fascinating career in the Foreign Service of St. Kitts and Nevis, including as Ambassador to the United Nations, and his debut crime thriller THE SOFT UNDERBELLY, which follows investigators in a fictional Caribbean state as they untangle a web of murder, corruption, and weapons trafficking.

With a unique sense of humor and sensitivity, debut author Meryl Branch-McTiernan brings us the story of Layla, an aspiring film maker who finds her career derailed, and her social life on pause during the first six months of COVID-19.

Katherine chatted with Devon Daniels about STAR-CROSSED SUMMER. When a Hollywood starlet is unexpectedly reunited with the costar who broke her heart, their chemistry has her questioning what's reel and what's real in this heartfelt summer romance about first loves and second chances.

Kerri Maher shares SUMMER OF LOVE, a moving novel about the transformative power of storytelling in which three women make life-changing decisions set in motion by the 1967 Summer of Love in San Francisco.

Syosset Library happily welcomes back Chuck Tingle to discuss FABULOUS BODIES, the latest in his line of fresh horror titles. This time, Tingle introduces us to Poppy. Influencer by day, grave robber by night, and single mom 24/7, who learns the hard way to never meet your idols, be they dead or alive.

It's a beastly world out there for Ellie, a 46 year old woman trying to balance her professional career, with motherhood and certain changes that are affecting her body – some of which include lycanthropy.

Jessikah and David caught up with Michelle Nephew of ATLAS GAMES to chat about their library partnership program, and their unique approach to game publishing that matches surpassing expectations with sustainability.

In THE STARGAZER OF NANTUCKET, Julie Gerstenblatt presents 18-year-old Winnie Starbuck, who stows away on her parents’ merchant ship in 1851 for a voyage from Nantucket to San Francisco and China, uncovering family secrets and facing adventure on the high seas.

Jayne Ann Krentz returns to the show to discuss ENTER THE NIGHTMARE. Nightmares become real when a woman trying to rebuild her life enters the Hotel of Dreams in this exhilarating Harmony novel.

Ocean’s Eleven meets the Golden Girls when an all-female group of chaotic, elderly thieves come out of retirement for one last heist against a young Crypto-loving DudeBro-type…Julia London shares RULES FOR AGING AND LARCENY!

Jessikah chats with Julia Bianco about WITCH SEASON her debut contemporary fantasy with a fresh approach to modern witch lore and unforgettable lead characters.

Jules Scheele shares his gorgeous graphic novel adaptation of Virginia Woolf's ORLANDO, a landmark of queer literature, and a playful, profound exploration of identity, art, gender, and transformation.

J. R.R. Tolkien. C.S. Lewis. Arthur Conan Doyle? John R. Kelly zoomed in to chat about THE INKLINGS DETECTIVE AGENCY, a fun alternate history where he found that writing fiction was often not as strange as the truths behind his story.

Science journalist Donna Jackson Nakazawa shares MIND DRAMA: THE SCIENCE OF RUMINATION AND HOW TO OUTWIT YOUR INNER DEFEATIST, in which she explains why we so often become lost in our most self-defeating thoughts and how to transform this brooding energy into something empowering and productive.

Natasha Lester presents THE CHATEAU ON SUNSET, a glorious Hollywood Gothic retelling of Jane Eyre that delves into the fascinating history of the Chateau Mormont, a hotel known for its discretion about indiscrete celebrity escapades.

A mixed race woman with an extraordinary sense of smell longs for acceptance and finds herself at the center of a noble household which wishes to exploit her talents in Catherine Kurtz’ novel, FEAST.

When a radical think tank clones America's founding fathers, can they run America the way it used to be run? Just in time for America's 250th, Meg Elison presents the brilliant satire FOUNDLING FATHERS!

Quinn returns from the world of mommy influencers to another world all together: the very real system of Pay to Stay prison. Here, we meet Stephen Bard, a corrections officer drunk on power, and the women who tolerate him for their weekend-only incarcerations. That is, until he turns up dead, and each one of them has become a suspect.

Lauren C. Johnson explores the very real question of what it means to be mortal through the eyes of a statue on the west façade of Notre Dame who becomes human during the Black Plague.

Camille Perri stopped by to talk about SOCIAL ANIMALS, a funny and sharp social commentary on community, privilege, dog ownership, and the ultimate power of finding your people (and your pets).

Can you replace someone you have loved and lost? Lynn C. Miller shares the richly observed family drama THE SURROGATE, finds a psychologist turning her own training on herself in order to find peace amid turmoil after a death tears a family apart.