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Another Mother Runner

Miles of Books: A Mystery, a Multi-Generational Gem, a Quirky Road Trip, + More

Another Mother Runner

Feisty Media

Health & Fitness, Sports, Running

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Readers (and runners) looking for engaging novels: This is the episode for you. With host Sarah Bowen Shea, Ellison Weist delves into these four books: 
Marble Hall Murders: Anthony Horowitz
Zeal: Morgan Jerkins
Wild Dark Shore: Charlotte McConaghy
Run for the Hills: Kevin Wilson

Other books Ellison couldn’t resist recommending:
The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin: Alison Goodman
Heart, Be at Peace: Donal Ryan
The Names: Florence Knapp

 

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0:00.0

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0:21.5

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0:40.9

Welcome to Miles of Books, focus on fiction.

0:42.7

I'm your host, Sarah Bowen-Shea.

0:46.5

And as always, when the conversation centers on novels, I'm joined by Ellison Weist.

0:49.0

Hello, dear Ellison, and happy belated birthday.

0:50.8

Thank you so much.

0:52.3

It's good to hear your voice.

0:53.7

Oh, thank you.

0:57.6

Thank you. So, hey, let's jump right in as you're telling us about four novels, plus mentioning three bonus ones. And the first book is one we both read,

1:03.0

and it's one of our favorite mystery writers, Anthony Horowitz, and it's called Marble Hall Murders.

1:10.0

Yeah, I don't know about you, but I liked this one, and I was surprised because sometimes

1:15.7

with Anthony Horowitz, I may love this one, couldn't make sense of the next one.

1:22.4

And his last one, I think we both liked close to death.

1:25.8

Yes, really liked that one. Yes. I really like that one.

1:27.7

Yes. So, and this one, so he has a couple different series, and this was, is part of the

1:34.3

detective Pund mysteries. And some of those, I don't know, those are the ones that they have

1:40.7

made into a series, television series that they show typically on PBS. Right, right. Susan Rylund is, is the

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