Hi listeners.

Today's episode features an extended excerpt from Margarita Montomore's new audiobook,

Acts of Violet, about missing magician Violet Volk and the podcast host determined to uncover

the details behind her mysterious disappearance.

When I get home from work, the first thing I see is that stack of flyers.

Hot pink paper is glowing from the top of the credenza like their radio active.

I drop my keys into a candy dish beside the stack.

These damn things are plastered all over town, and now they're in my home.

I grab the flyers without looking at them and follow the sound of light-hearted bickering

coming from the kitchen.

Do you know how many Sudoku apps there are out there?

You can do like millions of puzzles for free without killing trees.

Quinn's earnest voice trails down the hall.

I reach the doorway and find her at the stove with Gabriel, both facing away from me.

But I get so much more pleasure from Sudoku when Tree Murder is involved.

Gabriel says, stirring a pot of chili, which infuses the room with an aromatic combo of

garlic and cumin.

And he won't bring the trees back to life by taking that away from me.

Quinn holds up a paperback with 222 Sudoku printed across the glossy cover in blue letters.

It's just such a waste!

I hope you'll at least recycle it.

With a scoff, she tosses it onto the dining table.

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