Tea, Tonic & Toxin podcast

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Tell Me Everything with guest Erika Krouse 1:13:31

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Send us a text Part memoir and part literary true crime, Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation by Erika Krouse is the mesmerizing story of a landmark sexual assault investigation and the female private investigator who helped crack it open. The book won the 2023 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime, and it was a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. Erika Krouse is a writer of fiction and nonfiction. Her upcoming collection of stories, Save Me, Stranger, will be released in January 2025. Learn more about Erika below! Get your book here! Watch clips from our conversation with Erika! Join our brand new Patreon community here! It's free to join, with extra perks for members at every level. Erika Krouse is a writer of fiction and nonfiction. Her recent memoir, Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation (2022, Flatiron Books/Macmillan) is a Book of the Month pick, has been optioned by Playground Entertainment for TV adaptation, and received starred advance reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, Library Journal, and Bookpage. Erika Krouse is also the author of Contenders (novel, Rare Bird, 2015), and Come Up and See Me Sometime (short stories, Scribner, 2001). Erika’s short fiction has been published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Ploughshares, and One Story, and has been shortlisted for Best American Short Stories, Best American Nonrequired Reading, and the Pushcart Prize. Erika teaches at the Lighthouse Book Project at the Lighthouse Writers Workshop in Denver, and is a winner of the Lighthouse Beacon Award for Teaching Excellence. Her next book, Save Me: Stories (Flatiron Books/Macmillan) will be published in 2023 or 2024. www.erikakrouse.com. Erika Krouse has one of those faces. “I don’t know why I’m telling you this,” people say, spilling confessions. In fall 2002, Erika accepts a new contract job investigating lawsuits as a private investigator. The role seems perfect for her, but she quickly realizes she has no idea what she’s doing. Then a lawyer named Grayson assigns her to investigate a sexual assault, a college student who was attacked by football players and recruits at a party a year earlier. Erika knows she should turn the assignment down. Her own history with sexual violence makes it all too personal. But she takes the job anyway, inspired by Grayson’s conviction that he could help change things forever. And maybe she could, too. Support the show https://www.instagram.com/teatonicandtoxin/ https://www.facebook.com/teatonicandtoxin https://www.teatonicandtoxin.com Stay mysterious...…

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Georgia Jeffries and The Younger Girl! 1:03:45

منذ 25 يومًا1:03:45

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Send us a text Georgia Jeffries joins Sarah and Carolyn to discuss The Younger Girl , a supernatural thriller based on a true crime. Georgia is a writer of Emmy Award-winning drama and acclaimed noir fiction. Honored with multiple Writers Guild Awards, Golden Globes, and the Humanitas Prize, her work in film has been praised by the Los Angeles Times as “standing ovation television.” Get your book here! Watch clips from our conversation with Georgia! Join our brand new Patreon community here! It's free to join, with extra perks for members at every level. A DARK LABYRINTH OF FAMILY BETRAYAL Based on a true crime, The Younger Girl, by trailblazing, award-winning writer Georgia Jeffries combines historical fiction and supernatural suspense to unravel a thrilling tale of family deception and long-denied redemption. In 1933, Chicago tabloids trumpeted the death of twenty-year-old town belle Aldine Younger. “HEIRESS SLAIN, MARRIED MAN HELD.” In the aftermath of Aldine Younger’s tragic death, her grieving brother Owen suspects that their wealthy uncle orchestrated a sinister murder plot to cover up the theft of Aldine’s inheritance. Fast forward to 1996, when an aging Owen, burdened by the weight of the past, is compelled to discover the truth before he dies. His daughter, Joanna, becomes the key to unraveling the family’s twisted history. Father and daughter journey back to Pontiac, Illinois, to claim Owen’s rightful bequest. They find themselves caught in a labyrinth of lies born of family greed and treachery crossing three generations. Amidst violent storms and dramatic revelations, Owen’s sanity teeters on the edge as he confuses Joanna with the sister he lost. Joanna, racing against time, unearths secrets that could shatter her world and discovers a psychic bridge linking past, present, and future. But at what cost? And who will survive the revelations? Georgia Jeffries is a writer of Emmy Award-winning drama and acclaimed noir fiction. Honored with multiple Writers Guild Awards, Golden Globes, and the Humanitas Prize, her work in film has been praised by the Los Angeles Times as “standing ovation television.” Born in the Illinois heartland, Georgia worked as a journalist for American Film before writing and producing the groundbreaking female-driven dramas Cagney & Lacey, China Beach, and Sisters. Her screenwriting career has been distinguished by extensive field research, from patrolling the mean streets of Rampart with the LAPD to crashing a Vegas bounty hunters’ convention to reporting from a Walter Reed Army Hospital surgical bay. Each investigation was the basis for one of her many docudramas and series pilots for CBS, ABC, NBC, HBO, and Showtime. Her short stories have appeared in national suspense anthologies, including Mystery Writers of America’s Odd Partners and Sisters in Crime’s The Last Resort. She has also written biography and historical profiles for HuffPost, Los Angeles Review of Books, and University of California Press. A cum laude UCLA graduate, Georgia Jeffries is a professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, where she created the first BFA Television Thesis program at an American university. Support the show https://www.instagram.com/teatonicandtoxin/ https://www.facebook.com/teatonicandtoxin https://www.teatonicandtoxin.com Stay mysterious...…

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Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, with Shana Kelly! Part 2 52:20

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Send us a text Shana Kelly began her career as a literary agent at the William Morris Agency in New York and London for 10 years. She currently works as a documentary screenwriter, book editor, writer, and publishing consultant. She also teaches at Denver-based Lighthouse Writers Workshop. In 2024, Shana won an Emmy for writing A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps , a historical documentary that aired on PBS in 2023. She is currently writing a historical documentary about the League of Women Voters. Shana Kelly joins Tea, Tonic & Toxin to discuss Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca . Learn more below! Get your book here ! Watch clips from our conversation with Shana! Join our brand new Patreon community here! It's free to join, with extra perks for members at every level. Reader Response : Did you enjoy Rebecca ? Had you read it before, or was this your first time? Gothic Setting Gothic fiction is characterized by an environment of fear, the threat of supernatural events, and the intrusion of the past upon the present ( Je Reviens ). Reminders of the past, like ruined buildings, signify a previously thriving world that’s decaying. In the narrator’s dream, Manderley is overtaken by unnatural growth: “Nature had come into her own again and … in her stealthy, insidious way had encroached upon the drive with long, tenacious fingers. The woods, always a menace even in the past, had triumphed in the end. They crowded, dark and uncontrolled, to the borders of the drive.” In the dream, she sees plants, once cultured. “No hand had checked their progress, and they had gone native now, rearing to monster height without a bloom.” Daphne du Maurier uses the weather to signal and even drive the events in the novel. The wind is often a friendly presence, and stillness brings with it a sense of doom. The fog plays a role in the shipwreck that exposes Rebecca’s boat and corpse. Many characters hope for rain throughout the book. There are repeated references to fire as well, which seems connected to Rebecca (as well at the color red, see below). They enter Manderley up a serpent drive (it reminds her of the forest path in a Grimm’s fairy tale, surrounded by bloodred rhododendrons (powerful monsters). There is no sense of beauty in this jungle growth. “That tangle of shrubs there should be cut down to bring light to the path. It was dark, much too dark. … The birds did not sing here.” How is Daphne du Maurier using Gothic tropes in the book? What are your thoughts about the sense of loss and physical/spiritual exile in the opening pages? Support the show https://www.instagram.com/teatonicandtoxin/ https://www.facebook.com/teatonicandtoxin https://www.teatonicandtoxin.com Stay mysterious...…

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The 2025 Prospective Book List! 47:30

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Send us a text We are beyond excited to be starting our fourth year, and to share with you the books we have on tap! Give a listen and let us know what you think, or if we're leaving out pivotal content to the genre. See the full book club list here ! Watch clips from our conversations with guests (and ourselves)! Join our brand new Patreon community here! It's free to join, with extra perks for members at every level. Tea, Tonic, and Toxin is a mystery and thriller podcast and book club for people obsessed with mysteries and thrillers. Each month, your hosts, Sarah Harrison and Carolyn Daughters , will discuss a game-changing mystery or thriller, starting in the mid-19th century onward. Together, we’ll see firsthand how the genre evolved. Along the way, we’ll entertain ideas, prospects, theories, and doubts, along with the occasional guest. And we hope to entertain you, dear friend. We want you to experience the joys of reading the best mysteries and thrillers ever written. We’ll read and explore ideas about the book and about ourselves. And we’ll start at the very beginning with “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” by Edgar Allan Poe. We’re excited to read these books. And we’re excited that you’ll be reading these books. Please share your ideas early and often. We want to hear from YOU. Follow us month to month or jump in anywhere you like. You’re our people, and we’re glad we found you (and vice versa). We’re thrilled to have you join us anywhere on this marvelous journey through the best mysteries, thrillers, and detective stories ever written. On a final note, with your encouragement and support, we’re getting better at this podcasting adventure each and every day. Our goal: Make Tea, Tonic & Toxin a mystery and thriller podcast and book club that provides a forum for introspection, good conversation, and inspiration. Support the show https://www.instagram.com/teatonicandtoxin/ https://www.facebook.com/teatonicandtoxin https://www.teatonicandtoxin.com Stay mysterious...…

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Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, with Shana Kelly! Part 1 48:13

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Send us a text “Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again …” A young bride is haunted by the lingering shadow of her husband’s first wife at the eerie Manderley estate. Secrets, jealousy, and suspense converge in a chilling tale of love and deception. The classic Gothic suspense novel REBECCA (1938) by Daphne du Maurier won the Anthony Award for Best Novel of the Century. Shana Kelly was the signing agent for many successful authors, including New York Times bestseller Curtis Sittenfeld, author of PREP and ELIGIBLE. In 2024, Shana Kelly won an Emmy for writing A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps , a historical documentary which aired on PBS in September 2023. Founded during the Cold War, the Peace Corps stands as an icon of American idealism. From the beginning its mission of world peace and friendship proved to be a towering task. Imbued with the unbounded energy and vision of its charismatic leader, Sargent Shriver, and thousands of vigorous volunteers, the story of the Peace Corps is a uniquely American tale. From the political machinations to establish not just a brand new government agency, but a new concept in international relations, to the growing pains of an agency striving to define its mission, A Towering Task takes viewers on a journey of what it means to be a global citizen. Shana Kelly is also currently writing a a feature-length historical documentary exploring the past, present, and future of women’s political power through the lens of the 100-year history of the League of Women Voters and allied groups. This new documentary will inspire audiences to use their power, vote, get involved and make a difference on issues they care about. As a work that connects history to the present day with an accessible and entertaining approach, the film will be both a catalyst during the 2024 election year and an enduring work to spark voter turnout, civic engagement, and women’s leadership for years to come. Get your book here ! Watch clips from our conversation with Shana! Join our brand new Patreon community here! It's free to join, with extra perks for members at every level. Tea, Tonic, and Toxin is a book club and podcast for people who love mysteries, thrillers, introspection, and good conversation. Each month, your hosts, Sarah Harrison and Carolyn Daughters, will discuss a game-changing mystery or thriller from the 19th and 20th centuries. Together, we’ll see firsthand how the genre evolved. Along the way, we’ll entertain ideas, prospects, theories, doubts, and grudges, along with the occasional guest. And we hope to entertain you, dear friend. We want you to experience the joys of reading some of the best mysteries and thrillers ever written. Linden Botanicals We sell the world’s healthiest herbal teas and extracts. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.instagram.com/teatonicandtoxin/ https://www.facebook.com/teatonicandtoxin https://www.teatonicandtoxin.com Stay mysterious...…

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Kathy Reichs on Fire and Bones! 36:22

منذ 10 weeks36:22

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Send us a text Mystery writer Kathy Reichs joins Sarah and Carolyn to discuss her latest book, Fire and Bones . #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with a twisty, unputdownable thriller featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, who finds herself at the center of a DC arson investigation that spawns deepening levels of mystery and, ultimately, violence. Mystery writer Kathy Reichs joins Sarah and Carolyn to discuss her latest book, Fire and Bones . #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with a twisty, unputdownable thriller featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, who finds herself at the center of a DC arson investigation that spawns deepening levels of mystery and, ultimately, violence. Tea, Tonic & Toxin is a history of mystery book club and podcast. We’re reading the best mysteries ever written, as well as interviewing some of the world’s best contemporary mystery and thriller writers. Get your book here ! Watch clips from our conversation with Kathy! Join our brand new Patreon community here! It's free to join, with extra perks for members at every level. Always apprehensive about working fire scenes, Tempe is called to Washington, DC, to analyze the victims of a deadly blaze and sees her misgivings justified. The devastated building is in Foggy Bottom, a neighborhood with a colorful past and present, and Tempe becomes suspicious about the property’s ownership when she delves into its history. The pieces start falling into place strangely and quickly, and, sensing a good story, Tempe teams with a new ally, telejournalist Ivy Doyle. Soon the duo learns that back in the thirties and forties the home was the hangout of a group of bootleggers and racketeers known as the Foggy Bottom Gang. Though interesting, this fact seems irrelevant—until the son of a Foggy Bottom gang member is shot dead at his home in an affluent part of the district. Coincidence? Targeted attacks? So many questions. As Tempe and Ivy dig deeper, an arrest is finally made. Then another Foggy Bottom Gang-linked property burns to the ground, claiming one more victim. Slowly, Tempe’s instincts begin pointing to the obvious: somehow, her moves since coming to Washington have been anticipated, and every path forward seems to bring with it a lethal threat. Kathy Reichs’s first novel Déjà Dead , published in 1997, won the Ellis Award for Best First Novel and was an international bestseller. Fire and Bones is Reichs’s twenty-third novel featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. Reichs was a producer of Fox Television’s longest running scripted drama, Bones , which was based on her work and her novels. One of few forensic anthropologists certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology, she divides her time between Charlotte, NC, and Charleston, SC. Visit her at KathyReichs.com or follow her on X and Instagram @KathyReichs or Facebook @KathyReichsBooks. Support the show https://www.instagram.com/teatonicandtoxin/ https://www.facebook.com/teatonicandtoxin https://www.teatonicandtoxin.com Stay mysterious...…

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The Wheel Spins, Episode 2! By Ethel Lina White, with special guest Alex Csurko 58:58

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Send us a text Tea, Tonic & Toxin is a history of mystery book club and podcast. We’re reading the best mysteries ever written, as well as interviewing some of the world’s best contemporary mystery and thriller writers. In The Wheel Spins (1938), a young woman’s train journey takes a sinister turn when a fellow passenger mysteriously disappears. Ethel Lina White’s suspenseful, edge-of-your-seat read served as the basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s iconic film The Lady Vanishes . It’s a classic of the genre. Alex Csurko joins us to discuss The Wheel Spins (The Lady Vanishes) by Welsh-born interwar writer Ethel Lina White. He is writing his PhD thesis on White, whom he first discovered during his undergraduate studies on Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock made the film The Lady Vanishes based on The Wheel Spins . Alex is recognized as an up-and-coming authority on White after his interview with BBC Wales Online, published in December 2021, discussing the author’s life and work. Get your book here ! Watch clips from our conversation with Alex! Join our brand new Patreon community here! It's free to join, with extra perks for members at every level. Alex Csurko is one of the world’s foremost experts on the works of Ethel Lina White, including The Wheel Spins (The Lady Vanishes). In 2023, he contributed an extensive biography on Ethel Lina White for the Gwent Local History Journal. Most recently, he collaborated with Tony Medawar on the short-story collection Blackout and Other Stories, to be published by Crippen and Landru in 2025. As a Member of the Magic Circle, Alex also regularly contributes theoretical essays on the craft of Magic for the Society’s prestigious international magazine. Which Brings Up the Topic of Insanity/Hysteria/Delirium/Neurosis In The Wheel Turns by Ethel Lina White, there is much talk of Iris’ supposed hysteria and weakened mental state. Baroness: “There has been no English lady, here, in this carriage, never, at any time, except you. You are the only English lady here” (92). Iris questions her own sanity and reliability. Hare tells her a story of getting kicked in the head whilst playing football. His captain visited him in hospital, but he thought it was the Prince of Wales (Edward VIII). Iris resolves to talk to the English visitors who saw her with Miss Froy. No one except Miss Barnes admits to seeing her. Then a stranger, Frau Kummer, appears, pretending to be Miss Froy. The doctor offers to “take care” of Iris by placing her in a nursing home for the night. Yikes! Carolyn Daughters Brand therapy. Persuasive writing courses. Tell the best story possible. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.instagram.com/teatonicandtoxin/ https://www.facebook.com/teatonicandtoxin https://www.teatonicandtoxin.com Stay mysterious...…

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The Wheel Spins with Alex Csurko - episode 1! 51:33

منذ 14 weeks51:33

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Send us a text In THE WHEEL SPINS (1936), a young woman’s train journey takes a sinister turn when a fellow passenger mysteriously disappears. This suspenseful, edge-of-your-seat novel by Ethel Lina White served as the basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s iconic film The Lady Vanishes . The book is a stunner. Special guest Alex Csurko joins us to discuss this classic novel. Check out the conversation starters below. Weigh in, and you might just get an on-air shoutout and a fab sticker! Get your book here ! Watch clips from our conversation with Alex! Join our brand new Patreon community here! It's free to join, with extra perks for members at every level. Hitchcock Even reading the book by Ethel Lina White, it felt like it could be a Hitchcock film with the psychological tension and the way the scenes are painted. The New York Times ranked it the best picture of the year (1938). Premonition/Foreboding (Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign) The first paragraph introduces us to Iris. Every chapter, starting with chapter one, ends with a sense of foreboding. Safety vs. danger – Iris’ square on her palm Miss Froy is homesick, which she sees as a warning. The dangerous hike (being lost) was a warning. Rose’s dream of a railway smash. Iris passes out from sunstroke and barely makes the train. Miss Froy’s story about an Englishwoman locked in an asylum (friendless foreigner who didn’t speak the language) Mr. and Mrs. Froy feel apprehensive about their daughter’s safety. Premonition plays a role throughout the book by Ethel Lina White. Is it just a psychological variable here? Is premonition real? Is it inescapable? Stranger in a Strange Land In The Wheel Turns by Ethel Lina White, Iris and her friends are staying in a village of “picturesque squalor in a remote corner of Europe,” filled with barbarous scenery, magnificent ruggedness, and desolate hollows. She doesn’t speak the language or understand the culture. She’s also an outsider amongst the British “decent, well-bred” guests. And when she passes out at the station from sunstroke, she awakes to foreign people and foreign voices. Keep your eye on Crippen & Landru to see when the new Ethel Lina White collection drops! A Legal Criticism As Iris waits at the train station, she overhears a disagreement between Hare and the professor. Hare says trial by jury is poor justice, people have inherent biases, people can’t control themselves from erroneous snap judgements, and even evidence isn’t reliable. He says everyone’s a “bag of his special prejudices” (50) and an unreliable witness. Iris rather takes Hare’s side, but then agrees with the professor’s side when she thinks about trusting the solid, dependable British woman over a foreign se Linden Botanicals We sell the world’s healthiest herbal teas and extracts. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.instagram.com/teatonicandtoxin/ https://www.facebook.com/teatonicandtoxin https://www.teatonicandtoxin.com Stay mysterious...…

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Midnight at the Barclay Hotel with Fleur Bradley 1:03:02

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Send us a text Fleur Bradley is the author of many mysteries for kids, including Midnight at the Barclay Hotel and Daybreak on Raven Island . Originally from the Netherlands, she now lives in Colorado with her family. Get your book here ! Watch clips from our conversation with Fleur! Join our brand new Patreon community here! It's free to join, with extra perks for members at every level. grace sigma Consultancy specializing in lean process, systems design, data storytelling, and data visualization. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.instagram.com/teatonicandtoxin/ https://www.facebook.com/teatonicandtoxin https://www.teatonicandtoxin.com Stay mysterious...…

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The Busy Body & All About Agatha Christie with Kemper Donovan 50:42

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Send us a text Full-time writer KEMPER DONOVAN is currently publishing an ongoing mystery series via Kensington Books. He joins us to discuss The Busy Body , the first in the Ghostwriter series, and The A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie. Previously, he published the standalone novel The Decent Proposal (HarperCollins). He is also the host of the podcast All About Agatha , dedicated to all things Agatha Christie, in which guise he has appeared on BBC TV and Radio New Zealand and written for the official Agatha Christie website, agathachristie.com. Get your book here ! Watch clips from our conversation with Kemper! Join our brand new Patreon community here! It's free to join, with extra perks for members at every level. Learn more about our hosts The Ucross Foundation . Former Senator Dorothy Gibson, aka “that woman,” is the most talked-about person in the country. Dorothy had been the independent candidate for President, and after her very public defeat she has retreated to her home in rural Maine. She invites a ghostwriter to join her so they can work on her memoir. A ghostwriter tells other people’s stories for a living, and this is a dream assignment. The ghostwriter is impressed by Dorothy’s work ethic and steel-trap mind, not to mention the lovely surroundings (and one particularly gorgeous bodyguard). But when a neighbor dies under suspicious circumstances, Dorothy is determined to find the killer, and she and the ghostwriter team up to launch their own murder investigation. The best ghostwriters are adept at asking questions and spinning stories … two talents, it turns out, that also come in handy for sleuths. Dorothy’s political career, meanwhile, has made her an expert at recognizing lies and double-dealing. Working together, the two women are soon untangling motives and whittling down suspects, to the exasperation of local police. But this investigation—much like the election—may not unfold the way anyone expects … Influence The Busy Body by Kemper Donovan has been described as a mystery in the “timeless tradition of Agatha Christie.” In what ways has Christie’s writing influenced you? Do you agree that the novel is Agatha Christie-esque? In what ways? Was that by intention? Carolyn Daughters Brand therapy. Persuasive writing courses. Tell the best story possible. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.instagram.com/teatonicandtoxin/ https://www.facebook.com/teatonicandtoxin https://www.teatonicandtoxin.com Stay mysterious...…

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The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie, with guest Kemper Donovan 1:02:02

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Send us a text THE ABC MURDERS (1936) is one of the earliest examples of the “serial killer” novel. Striking in alphabetical order, a killer challenges renowned detective Hercule Poirot to a battle of wits. With ingenious twists and red herrings, the book will keep you guessing until the end. Special guest Kemper Donovan joins us to discuss Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery. Check out the conversation starters below. Weigh in, and you might just get an on-air shoutout and a fab sticker! Full-time writer KEMPER DONOVAN is currently publishing an ongoing mystery series via Kensington Books. In the next episode he joins us to discuss The Busy Body , the first in the Ghostwriter series, and The A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie. Previously, he published the standalone novel The Decent Proposal (HarperCollins). He is also the host of the podcast All About Agatha , dedicated to all things Agatha Christie, in which guise he has appeared on BBC TV and Radio New Zealand and written for the official Agatha Christie website, agathachristie.com. Get your book here ! Watch clips from our conversation with Kemper! Join our brand new Patreon community here! It's free to join, with extra perks for members at every level. Serial Killer The ABC Murdes is commonly considered the first serial killer book. In a sense, it wasn’t because the serial killing was a screen. In another sense, were serial killers becoming more common? Jack the Ripper was referenced. several times. HP & the police seem to be drawing on a body of knowledge. The Psychological Aspect Similar to Gaudy Night , Agatha Christie in The ABC Murders spends time trying to analyze the psychological makeup of the killer as a key to solving the crimes. Freud and Jung started to become more well known starting in 1910. Is this related? The rise in psychoanalytic thinking? This does turn out to be the key to solving the mystery. Poirot guesses the dual aspect presented of the killer. Hercule Poirot even dabbles in dream interpretation. In contrast to Sayers, Christie books have less psychological elements to discuss. They are terrific and satisfying stories though. The Vanishing and the Problem of Memory In The ABC Murders, Cust is an epileptic World War I veteran who suffers from bouts of short-term blackouts due to a wartime head injury. He has been hired as a traveling stocking salesman and happens to be in the towns where the murders occur. Cust can’t recall his whereabouts during the last murder, and he was found with blood on his sleeve and a knife. He has no memory of writing letters to Poirot or of committing any of the murders, but he thinks he might have committed them because of his blackouts. Linden Botanicals We sell the world’s healthiest herbal teas and extracts. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.instagram.com/teatonicandtoxin/ https://www.facebook.com/teatonicandtoxin https://www.teatonicandtoxin.com Stay mysterious...…

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Craig Johnson, Walt Longmire, and 20 books! 57:14

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Send us a text We were thrilled to chat with Craig Johnson during the 2024 Longmire Days this year about his 20th book, First Frost! Tea, Tonic & Toxin is a history of mystery book club and podcast. We’re reading the best mysteries ever written, as well as interviewing some of the world’s best contemporary mystery and thriller writers. Get the book here! Watch parts of the conversation here ! Join our brand new Patreon community here! Johnson is the New York Times bestselling author of the Longmire novels, which are the basis for Longmire , the hit Netflix drama. He lives in Ucross, Wyoming (pop. 26). The books have won multiple awards: Le Prix du Polar Nouvel Observateur / Bibliobs, the Wyoming Historical Association’s Book of the Year, Le Prix 813, Western Writers of America Spur Award, the Mountains & Plains Book of the Year, SNCF Prix de Polar, Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, The Watson Award, Library Journal’s Best Mystery of the Year, the Rocky, and the Will Rogers Award for Fiction. Find Craig's website , follow him on Facebook , Instagram , and X . It’s the summer of 1964, and recent college graduates Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear read the writing on the wall and enlist to serve in the Vietnam War. As they catch a few final waves in California before reporting for duty, a sudden storm assaults the shores and capsizes a nearby cargo boat. Walt and Henry jump to action, but it’s soon revealed by the police who greet them ashore that the sunken boat carried valuable contraband from underground sources. The boys, in their early 20s and at the peak of their physical prowess from playing college football for the last 4 years, head out on Route 66. The question, of course, is how far they’ll get before the consequences of their actions catch up to them — the answer being, not very. Back in the present day, Walt is forced to speak before a Judge following the fatal events of The Longmire Defense . With powerful enemies lurking behind the scenes, the sheriff of Absaroka County must consider his options if he wishes to finish the fight he started. Going back and forth between 1964 and the present day, Craig Johnson brings us a propulsive dual timeline as Walt Longmire stands between the crossfire of good and evil, law and anarchy, and compassion and cruelty at two pivotal stages in his life. New York Times bestseller First Frost is the 20th novel in the Walt Longmire mystery series. It was released on May 28, 2024. Sarah Harrison and Carolyn Daughters are thrilled to be in Buffalo, Wyoming, to meet with Craig Johnson during the annual Longmire Days festival. grace sigma Consultancy specializing in lean process, systems design, data storytelling, and data visualization. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.instagram.com/teatonicandtoxin/ https://www.facebook.com/teatonicandtoxin https://www.teatonicandtoxin.com Stay mysterious...…

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Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers with guest ZJ Czupor, amazing second episode! 1:04:06

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Send us a text Tea, Tonic & Toxin is a history of mystery book club and podcast. We’re reading the best mysteries ever written, as well as interviewing some of the world’s best contemporary mystery and thriller writers. In Gaudy Night , Harriet Vane returns to her alma mater, Oxford, only to find the tranquil setting disturbed by a series of unsettling incidents. Published in 1935, it’s considered by some to be the first feminist mystery novel, and it’s a prime example of Dorothy L. Sayers’ elegant prose, complex characterization, and intricate, emotionally charged storytelling. Guest ZJ Czupor (Zoltan James) joins Sarah and Carolyn in a delightful discussion. Zoltan James is the pen name of ZJ Czupor. He writes mysteries, thrillers, and the occasional poem, and is proud to be represented by Terrie Wolf, founder and owner of AKA Literary Management. His monthly column ON TOUR WITH DEAD WRITERS features vignettes about famous mystery writers and is available exclusively on Rogue Women Writers blog. Check it out here. zjames.substack.com Buy the book here! We chose Gaudy Night as one of our “history of mystery” book reads. Let’s discuss why … and make a case for having chosen the other. For instance, Gaudy Night shows up on several lists of important books. Written by a woman, with a woman acting as detective, at a critical historical juncture, AND this is a huge departure for Sayers, with A LOT of internal monologue for Vane, the detective. It feels very autobiographical in many ways. Gaudy Night pushes the mystery genre in the direction of philosophical treatise, asking questions about duty and where our ultimate loyalty lies. It’s a social commentary, specifically on the question of prospects for women who are smart and would like both a career and family. A Hearkening Back to College Days / Love Letter to Oxford John Donne (quoted in the book): “The university is a paradise, rivers of knowledge are there, arts and sciences flow from thence. Council tables are Horti conclusi , (as it is said in the Canticles) Gardens that are walled in, and they are fontes signati , wells that are sealed up; bottomless depths of unsearchable counsels there.” We get a picture of Oxford life, with all its traditions and habits. Oxford itself becomes a character. Harriet wants to recapture the love that she had for Shrewsbury while she was there. She seems to want to reclaim her student experience. But what is it about that student experience that resonates for her (and for Carolyn) so deeply? Shrewsbury is an oasis/retreat where she can detach from the day-to-day world and reflect (or meditatively not reflect). It’s a civilized safe haven where order (normally) reigns. (Warden) ‘Probably you are not specially interested in all this question of women’s education.’ (Wimsey) ‘Is it still a question? It ought not to be. I hope you are not going to ask me whether I approve of women’s doing this and that.’ ‘Why not?’ ‘You should not imply that I have any right either Carolyn Daughters Brand therapy. Persuasive writing courses. Tell the best story possible. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.instagram.com/teatonicandtoxin/ https://www.facebook.com/teatonicandtoxin https://www.teatonicandtoxin.com Stay mysterious...…

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Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers with guest ZJ Czupor 1:00:19

منذ 29 weeks1:00:19

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Send us a text Tea, Tonic & Toxin is a history of mystery book club and podcast. We’re reading the best mysteries ever written, as well as interviewing some of the world’s best contemporary mystery and thriller writers. In Gaudy Night , Harriet Vane returns to her alma mater, Oxford, only to find the tranquil setting disturbed by a series of unsettling incidents. Published in 1935, it’s considered by some to be the first feminist mystery novel, and it’s a prime example of Dorothy L. Sayers’ elegant prose, complex characterization, and intricate, emotionally charged storytelling. Guest ZJ Czupor (Zoltan James) joins Sarah and Carolyn in a delightful discussion. Join us, won’t you? Zoltan James is the pen name of ZJ Czupor. He writes mysteries, thrillers, and the occasional poem, and is proud to be represented by Terrie Wolf, founder and owner of AKA Literary Management. His monthly column ON TOUR WITH DEAD WRITERS features vignettes about famous mystery writers and is available exclusively on Rogue Women Writers blog. Check it out here. zjames.substack.com Buy the book here! We chose Gaudy Night as one of our “history of mystery” book reads. Let’s discuss why … and make a case for having chosen the other. For instance, Gaudy Night shows up on several lists of important books. Written by a woman, with a woman acting as detective, at a critical historical juncture, AND this is a huge departure for Sayers, with A LOT of internal monologue for Vane, the detective. It feels very autobiographical in many ways. Gaudy Night pushes the mystery genre in the direction of philosophical treatise, asking questions about duty and where our ultimate loyalty lies. It’s a social commentary, specifically on the question of prospects for women who are smart and would like both a career and family. Sayers includes long passages of complicated dialogue — long scenes where Oxford dons debate matters of ethics and social policy or conversations where Harriet Vane ponders what it means to write mysteries. Gaudy Night has been called the first feminist mystery novel . Is it a mystery novel posing as a philosophical treatise (or the opposite)? How did you feel about the many discussions of life, love, men/women, marriage and family, class/status, education, …. Is it less a mystery novel than a romance, social commentary, comedy of manners, philosophical exploration, feminist manifesto, novel of personal growth, künstlerroman (artist’s novel) …? Which is paramount here: plot or philosophy? In what ways do the ideas introduced at the beginning of the book evolve throughout the book? In what ways does Harriet herself change? Backstory : Harriet Vane is an Oxford graduate with a First in English. She attends Shrewsbury College then moves to London to write mystery novels. She’s wrongly accused of murder. Lord Peter Wimsey secures her release from prison. For the past five years, he has wanted to marry her. Harriet hasn’t been back to Shrewsbury since she finished her studies and is nervous about attending the Gaudy. (Contained in Strong Poison & Have His Carcase) Linden Botanicals We sell the world’s healthiest herbal teas and extracts. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.instagram.com/teatonicandtoxin/ https://www.facebook.com/teatonicandtoxin https://www.teatonicandtoxin.com Stay mysterious...…

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The Wild Inside with guest Christine Carbo! 1:05:21

منذ 30 weeks1:05:21

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Send us a text Montana thriller writer Christine Carbo joins Sarah and Carolyn to discuss her book The Wild Inside . Christine is a recipient of the Womens’ National Book Association Pinckley Prize, the Silver Falchion Award, and the High Plains Book Award. She and her family live in Whitefish, Montana. When Christine’s not teaching Pilates or writing suspense, she’s enjoying all that living in Northwest Montana has to offer. Christine's website buy the book Christine's facebook Tea, Tonic & Toxin's Youtube It was a clear night in Glacier National Park. Fourteen-year-old Ted Systead and his father were camping beneath the rugged peaks and starlit skies when something unimaginable happened: a grizzly bear attacked Ted’s father and dragged him to his death. Now, twenty years later, as Special Agent for the Department of the Interior, Ted gets called back to investigate a crime that mirrors the horror of that night. Except this time, the victim was tied to a tree before the mauling. Ted teams up with one of the park officers—a man named Monty, whose pleasant exterior masks an all-too-vivid knowledge of the hazardous terrain surrounding them. Residents of the area turn out to be suspicious of outsiders and less than forthcoming. Their intimate connection to the wild forces them to confront nature, and their fellow man, with equal measures of reverence and ruthlessness. As the case progresses with no clear answers, more than human life is at stake—including that of the majestic creature responsible for the attack. Ted’s search for the truth ends up leading him deeper into the wilderness than he ever imagined, on the trail of a killer, until he reaches a shocking and unexpected personal conclusion. As intriguing and alluring as bestselling crime novels by C.J. Box, Louise Penny, and William Kent Krueger, as atmospheric and evocative as the nature writing of John Krakauer and Cheryl Strayed, The Wild Inside is a gripping debut novel about the perilous, unforgiving intersection between man and nature. Christine grew up in Gainesville, Florida – the same town her main character in The Wild Inside grows up in. She then moved to Kalispell, Montana when she was twelve. Throughout this process, Christine has come to realize that writing is even more fulfilling when she stays involved with other writers. She is a member of Sisters in Crime , Mystery Writers of America , Authors of the Flathead , Pacific Northwest Writers Association , International Thriller Writers , Outdoor Writers Association of America and Montana Women Writers . More importantly, she is aware of the investment of time and money when readers take a chance on a new author and a book in general. For this, she is eternally grateful for the support! grace sigma Consultancy specializing in lean process, systems design, data storytelling, and data visualization. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show https://www.instagram.com/teatonicandtoxin/ https://www.facebook.com/teatonicandtoxin https://www.teatonicandtoxin.com Stay mysterious...…

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