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Strong Sense of Place | Travel Through Books

LoLT: World’s Best Art Detective and Two New Books

Strong Sense of Place | Travel Through Books

Melissa & Dave

Books, Arts

5.0559 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we get excited about two books: So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison and The Wildes by Louis Bayard. Then Dave shares the exploits of the world’s greatest art detective. Links Rachel Harrison’s website So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison — hear Mel talk about it Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison — hear Dave talk about it Cackle by Rachel Harrison The Veil audiobook by Rachel Harrison, Louisa Krause (narrator) The Wildes: A Novel in Five Acts by Louis Bayard Jackie & Me by Louis Brayard Courting Mr. Lincoln by Louis Brayard The Black Tower by Louis Brayard The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Brayard Podcast — Detective Agency: Discrete Inquiries, Mysteries Solved Arthur Brand’s website and Instagram Meet the World’s Greatest Art Detective Confessions of an Art Detective The Indiana Jones of the Art World Hitler’s Horses: The Incredible True Story of the Detective who Infiltrated the Underworld by Arthur Brand Transcript of this episode. The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com Join our FREE Substack to get our (awesome) newsletter and join in chats with other people who love books and travel. Do you enjoy our show? Do you want to make friends with other (lovely) listeners? Please support our work on Patreon. Every little bit helps us keep the show going and makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside - https://www.patreon.com/strongsenseofplace As always, you can find us at: Our site Instagram Substack Patreon Parts of the Strong Sense of Place podcast are produced in udio! Some effects are provided by soundly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Coming up, a thrilling, funny new twist on an old monster story.

0:05.6

A writer imagines what it was like to be married to Oscar Wild.

0:09.7

Plus, our distraction of the week. I'm Mel.

0:12.5

I'm Dave. This is the Library of Lost Time.

0:16.6

This week, I decided to spend this spooky season becoming a Rachel Harrison completest.

0:23.1

What does that mean?

0:24.3

Okay, Rachel Harrison is the author of five novels.

0:27.3

They all put a fresh twist on beloved horror tropes.

0:32.8

In a 22 episode of our podcast, you recommended such sharp teeth. Yeah, the werewolf story.

0:40.2

Yeah. And last year, I kicked off spooky season reading Black Sheep. That one is a comedy

0:46.3

horror novel about a girl named Vesper who learns a big family secret. And then she

0:52.7

basically burns her entire world to the ground.

0:55.9

Harrison has also tackled a witch story with cackle, and she has an audible short story called

1:01.7

The Vale about a woman who works at a Victorian Living History Museum. I'm very excited about that

1:08.8

one. I really like her titles. I feel like they convey the sense of humor she has about traditional horror.

1:14.6

It's really fun.

1:15.6

Yeah, they're sort of dark and funny at the same time.

1:18.6

Yeah.

1:19.6

This spooky season, she's gifted us with a vampire story called So Thirsty, another great title.

1:26.6

Yeah.

1:32.5

I started reading it last Saturday morning after breakfast and finished it at about midnight.

1:33.5

Wow. It was a fantastic day.

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