Ep. 104: Catherine Ryan Howard (Author of The Nothing Man and 56 Days) + Book Recommendations

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4.9 • 732 Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 104, hotly anticipated guest, Catherine Ryan Howard (author of The Nothing Man and 56 Days), joins me to discuss her journey to becoming an author, behind-the-scenes of making of her books, her process for writing successful crime thrillers, and how much real-life crimes and circumstances influence her stories. Be ready for some non-graphic dead body talk. Plus, Catherine shares some breaking news about her upcoming novel!

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Highlights

Catherine’s early influences in crime fiction.
Catherine’s journey from travel agent to author.
Her first book about her time working at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
The influences behind her best-selling books, The Nothing Man and 56 Days.
The potentially mysterious “Book Five.”
Behind-the-scenes of her decision to write one of the first published pandemic-related crime novel.
Accuracy in fiction and the responsibility of a novelist with crime details and plot mechanics.
How Catherine researches the psychology of serial killers.
Her new 50-page DNF rule.

Catherine’s Book Recommendations [35:30]

Two OLD Books She Loves

Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes | Amazon | Bookshop.org [35:56]
The Vanishing by Tim Krabbé | Amazon [38:36]

Two NEW Books She Loves

Bath Haus by P. J. Vernon | Amazon | Bookshop.org [41:07]
Northern Spy by Flynn Berry | Amazon | Bookshop.org [42:48]

One NEW RELEASE She’s Excited About

Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney (August 30, 2022) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [46:58]

Last 5-Star Book Catherine Read

The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz | Amazon | Bookshop.org [50:36]

Other Books Mentioned

56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard [2:07]
The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard [2:08]
Distress Signals by Catherine Ryan Howard [5:50]
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware [8:22]
Run Time by Catherine Ryan Howard (August 16, 2022) [9:31]
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara [21:14]
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule [29:44]
The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy by Elizabeth Kendall [29:59]
Rewind by Catherine Ryan Howard [32:53]
Before I Go to Sleep by S. J. Watson [37:25]
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn [41:22]
Under the Harrow by Flynn Berry [43:11]
A Double Life by Flynn Berry [43:30]
You Should Have Known by Jean Hanff Korelitz [51:59]

About Catherine

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Catherine Ryan Howard is an internationally bestselling crime writer from Cork, Ireland. Her most recent novel, 56 Days, was an Irish number 1 bestseller, won Crime Fiction Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards, and was named a best thriller of 2021 by the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Irish Times. Her previous work has been shortlisted for the Edgar Award for Best Novel, the CWA’s John Creasey New Blood and Ian Fleming Steel Daggers, and Irish Crime Novel of the Year multiple times. She lives in Dublin.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to Sarah's Bookshelves Live. I'm Sarah of the blog Sarah's Bookshelves. Each week I'm
0:15.5	talking with one bookish guest about two old books they love, two new books they love, one book they don't love, and one new
0:22.7	release they're excited about. We're going to get real and sometimes a bit snarky about all things
0:28.3	books. If you like the show, I'd really love your support. Spread the word to your reader friends,
0:33.8	subscribe to the show, rate and review it wherever you listen to podcasts, or get bonus podcast episodes
0:40.8	by supporting the podcast on Patreon. There's a link in the show notes and in my Instagram bio to my
0:47.5	Patreon page. Let's get rolling. Hey everyone, I am absolutely thrilled to bring you our first author guest of 2022.
0:57.6	And I think she is the most hotly anticipated author we've ever had on the show, at least judging by your reactions to my various social media posts about this episode.
1:08.9	I am thrilled to welcome Catherine Ryan Howard. She is the author of five
1:13.8	crime novels, two of which are number one Irish bestsellers. The Nothing Man was a number one
1:18.8	Irish Times bestseller and was shortlisted for Irish crime novel of the year. Her latest book
1:24.5	is 56 days. Prior to writing full-time, Catherine worked as an administrator for a travel company in the Netherlands and a front desk agent in a hotel at Walt Disney World, Florida.
1:35.0	She was born in Cork, Ireland, and currently is based in Dublin.
1:38.9	Welcome, Catherine.
1:40.4	Thank you so much for that very generous introduction.
1:43.9	I hope everyone's expectations are not too high.
1:47.6	Oh, I think they are high. But I think you're going to meet them. I think it's going to be no problem.
1:52.2	I think everyone has loved your books so very much. And a lot of my listeners have already read them that I think everyone's just really excited to hear all the behind-the-scenes stories about
2:01.6	the making of the books. And I'm prepared to tell them. We love guests like that. I have read 56
2:07.7	Days and The Nothing Man. So those are the particular books we will cover today. I am absolutely
2:13.5	planning to dive deeper into Catherine's backlist.
2:18.7	I cannot wait to do that this year.
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