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Three authors join us today to help us cozy up to confusing capers. In the latest edition of our "Ask A" series, we're asking mystery novelists about how they mystify and confound amateur sleuths and gumshoes the world over.
From the red herrings to the smoking guns, how do they craft their whodunits?
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| 0:28.1 | When the world outside your door feels like too much, the pages of a compelling caper are often the perfect escape. |
| 0:33.1 | Mystery and crime novels are consistently the second best-selling genre after romance. |
| 0:36.5 | How do authors weave together their suspenseful tales? |
| 0:40.0 | And how do they craft the cunning detectives who figure it all out? |
| 0:44.4 | Today, for our Ask A series, we're asking a mystery novelist. |
| 0:48.7 | I'm Jen White. You're listening to the 1A podcast where we get to the heart of the story. |
| 0:50.6 | We'll be back with more in just a moment. |
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| 1:20.6 | Let's meet our panel. |
| 1:22.1 | Joining us from London is Richard Osman. |
| 1:24.5 | He's the author of the Thursday Murder Club series. |
| 1:27.1 | His latest book, which introduced |
| 1:28.4 | a new detective duo, is called We Solve Murders. It came out in September. Hi, Richard. Welcome to |
| 1:34.5 | 1A. Hi, Jen. How are you? Joining us from Durato, Canada, where she's on book tour is Louise Penny. |
| 1:40.9 | She's author of the Chief Inspector Armand Gamash series. Louise, welcome to the program. |
| 1:47.1 | Thank you, Jen. Hi, Jen. Hi, Richard. And with us from Chicago, Tracy Clark, the author of the |
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