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Beyond the Cover is hosted by John Raab and Jeff Ayers. Tonights show we have a very special guest coming in the second half of the show, but first we are very excited to bring on Cate Holahan. Cate Holahan "Dark Turns":  When young New York City ballerina Nia Washington is sidelined by a broken heart and a bruised Achilles tendon, she escapes to an easy teaching gig at a posh upstate boarding school to heal.  But when she discovers the body of a murdered student, she also discovers the dark side of this beautiful lakeside campus. Drawn into a dangerous cat-and-mouse game with a ruthless killer, Nia must use her street-smarts to protect her dancers, save a wrongfully accused pupil, rescue the man she loves, and identify the murderer before she becomes the next victim.  It’s a fight to the finale—one dark turn at a time. 

Michael Burge: "Bryant's Gap":  In 1947 postwar Chicago, mob related violence is commonplace. Nothing stands in the way of the “Outfit” when it comes to making money; a body here or there, who really cares as long as everyone’s pockets are lined, but when a man is found dead in a small Illinois town—people take notice. Bargetown’s Chief of Police Bert Thatcher looks to a seasoned and astute railroad detective, Grady Colston, for help in solving the case. Fate has brought them together, but they soon realize just how much they have in common. A tight bond develops between the two men as they strive to uncover the identity of the man found dead on the railroad tracks—his right arm severed. As the investigation unfolds, surprising details of the man’s past come to light, and the circumstances of his death pose a major dilemma for Grady and Bert. Simon Toyne "The Searcher":  The author of the acclaimed Sanctus trilogy conjures an eerie epic of good and evil, retribution and redemption—the first novel in the me

Today's show we have two outstanding authors. Thomas Locke "Trial Run": Reese Clawson's work is mind-bending--literally. Her company specializes in global data analysis for an elite group of industry executives, and now a lucrative government contract is moving her into the realm of cutting-edge intelligence gathering. She is determined to crack the limits of consciousness--and in doing so, the boundaries of secrets and lies. But her experiment crashes as test subjects slide into a coma-like state. Reese is left scrambling to maintain control, drawing three disparate people into the search for answers--an adrenaline-amped thrill junkie with altered brain chemistry, an Italian scientist working on remote-viewing technology, and a math prodigy whose algorithms subvert  computer encryption. Will this piecemeal team prevail when a government operative is sent to investigate? As the threads of perception and reality become tangled and even time itself twists in unexpected directions, one warning remains clear:

Title: Lie Catchers: Paul Bishop talks about law enforcement, false confessions, and more Intro: Paul Bishop, whose thirty-five years in the LAPD included being part of a department in times when it experienced both major problems and major changes, will share his views on the current crisis in law enforcement and what can be done about it. He'll also talk about false confessions from the point of view of an experienced interrogator. He'll also talk to us about "micro expressions." Visit www.crimeandscienceradio.com for more information on Paul and all shows with Crime and Science Radio. 

The Story Blender is hosted by author Steven James and Susan May Warren, this is where you hear great storytellers talk about great stories.  For more information on the show check out www.thestoryblender.com Davis Bunn (Internationally-Acclaimed Novelist & Writer In Residence at Oxford University) Learn how to grow beyond your strengths as you pursue excellence in the stories you tell. Drawing insights from his own journey to being published, Davis explains why writers need to move beyond their brand and explore new boundaries to survive (and thrive within) the seismic shifts occurring in today’s publishing industry. 

Lincoln Child: "The Forgetten Room": A LONG-LOST EXPERIMENT OF UNGUESSABLE INTENT   A SECRET ROOM, INGENIOUSLY HIDDEN INSIDE A VAST SEACOAST MANSION   NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR LINCOLN CHILD AT HIS RIVETING BEST Professor Jeremy Logan (the quirky and charismatic “enigmalogist” who specializes in solving problems of the strange or seemingly supernatural variety) receives an urgent summons from the director of Lux, one of the oldest and most respected think tanks in America. An unexplainable tragedy has taken place in the sprawling compound located on the coastline of Newport, Rhode Island. One of Lux’s most distinguished doctors, overcome by erratic behavior, violently attacked his assistant before meeting with a gruesome self-inflflflffllflicted end. Deeply shaken by the incident and the bizarre evidence left behind from the doctor’s final project—as well as recent troubling behavior among several of the think tank’s other scientists—Lux fears there is something more sinister occurring within its wa

Jay Amberg "Bone Box": On a hill overlooking the Aegean Sea in Turkey, an international team of archeologists discovers a stone box that first-century Jews used to rebury their dead. The box’s Aramaic inscription: Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ. Sophia Altay, the beautiful French-Turkish archeologist who heads the team, tries to keep the discovery secret until she can authenticate the ossuary. She knows that people will kill to obtain the relics—and to suppress the box’s other contents, documents that could alter Western history. Robert Downs "LaCour's Destiny": Sam LaCour hasn’t given up on men, even if they’ve given up on her, and she doesn’t give up on her colleagues either, even when a dead body turns up, and she faints in front of the cameras, her family, and a television audience.

The Story Blender is hosted by author Steven James and Susan May Warren.  For more information on this show please visit www.thestoryblender.com  On tonights show: Gayle Lynds (Spy Novelist Extraordinaire) Gayle Lynds is one of the top spy novelists in the world. Publishers Weekly listed her book Masquerade in their top ten spy novels of all time. Join us as Gayle takes us on a tour of writing in the world of espionage and shares keys to developing the narrative twists and turns that she’s known for around the world.

Suspense Radio One on One in partnered with Partners In Crime Tours.net brings you 60 minutes of radio with two great authors.  Melissa Lenhardt: "Stillwater" a Jack McBride Mystery: Former FBI agent Jack McBride took the job as Chief of Police for Stillwater, Texas, to start a new life with his teenage son, Ethan, away from the suspicions that surrounded his wife’s disappearance a year earlier. With a low crime rate and a five-man police force, he expected it to be a nice, easy gig; hot checks, traffic violations, some drugs, occasional domestic disturbances, and petty theft. Instead, within a week he is investigating a staged murder-suicide, uncovering a decades’ old skeleton buried in the woods, and managing the first crime wave in thirty years. For help navigating his unfamiliar, small-town surroundings, Jack turns to Ellie Martin, one of the most respected women in town—her scandal-filled past notwithstanding. Despite Jack's murky marriage status and the disapproval of Ethan and the town, they are imm

Biotechnology and WMDs: An Interview with the FBI’s Betsy Glick and Edward You, and Biotech Futurist Andrew Hessel Betsy Glick is with the FBI's Office of Public Affairs in Washington, DC.  Her Unit works with screenwriters, authors, producers and other media personnel associated with TV programs, documentaries, made-for-TV movies, books, and motion pictures, to help them write accurately about Today's FBI.   Edward You is a Supervisory Special Agent in the FBI’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate, Biological Countermeasures Unit.  Mr. You is responsible for creating programs and activities to coordinate and improve FBI and interagency efforts to identify, assess, and respond to biological threats or incidents.  These efforts include expanding FBI outreach to the Life Sciences community to address biosecurity.  Before being promoted to the Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate, Mr. You was a member of the FBI Los Angeles Field Office Joint Terrorism Task Force and served on the FBI Hazardous Evidence

The Story Blender is hosted by author Steven James and Susan May Warren. Check out www.thestoryblender.com for more information on the show.  Gayle Lynds (Spy Novelist Extraordinaire) Gayle Lynds is one of the top spy novelists in the world. Publishers Weekly listed her book Masquerade in their top ten spy novels of all time. Join us as Gayle takes us on a tour of writing in the world of espionage and shares keys to developing the narrative twists and turns that she’s known for around the world.  

Beyond The Cover is back live with special guest Jon Land, author of the Caitlin Strong Series. Jon's latest book "Strong Light of Day":  Texas ranger Caitlin Strong is involved in an international plot rooted in secrets from the Cold War in Strong Light of Day, the seventh installment of Jon Land's New York Times bestselling Caitlin Strong series Afghanistan, 2003: During a mountain raid, a team of Navy SEALs discovers plans for a new and ingenious attack on the United States. The Present: Fifth-generation Texas Ranger Caitlin Strong is summoned when thirty high school kids from a Houston prep school vanish during a field trip, including the son of her lover, Cort Wesley Masters. As if that wasn't enough, Caitlin also has to deal with a crazed rancher whose entire herd of cattle has been picked clean to the bone. The link between these two inexplicable events dates back to the contents of that Afghan cave raided by the SEALs, and a plot by forces within Russia to win a war they never stopped fighting. A

Talk about a power packed radio show we have for you today. I think this could very well be the biggest show we have ever had on Suspense Radio.  Three NY Times Bestselling authors will be with us today. First up we have mega author Karin Slaughter. Then we will speak with bestselling author Kim Harrison and to finish off the show we will speak with mystery pioneer bestselling author J.A. Jance.  Then packed in the middle we will have author John Hegenberger.  Suspense Radio is brought to you by Suspense Magazine. www.suspensemagazine.com

Eileen Brady "Unleashed":  Dr. Kate Turner is happy with her new life in Oak Falls, upstate New York. Working as a relief veterinarian at a small house-call practice, she truly enjoys helping her patients. All that changes when client Claire Birnham is found dead, an apparent suicide. A talented artist, Claire had everything to live for: new job, Manhattan apartment, and her Cairn terrier, Toto. As feisty as his namesake in theWizard of Oz, Toto was devoted to his human mommy. Kate can't imagine Claire abandoning her beloved pet. She suspects it was murder. House calls provide gossip and clues, some helpful, some not so much, while Dr. Kate continues to diagnose and treat her animal patients. The fragile friendship between Kate and police officer Luke Gianetti frays as she ignores his advice and risks everything to unmask an ingenious killer. UNLEASHED is the second book in theKate Turner, D.V.M. Mysteryseries. Dr. Kate again combines humorous animal stories and real veterinary medicine then tops it all w

The Story Blender The Story Blender with host Steven James tonight interviews Kim Weitkamp. Steven is the author of several books including his award winning series The Bowers Files. Visit www.thestoryblender.com for more information on this show and Steven's work.  Kim Weitkamp (Internationally-Known Storyteller) At the root of all she does, Kim Weitkamp is first and foremost a storyteller—from performing internationally at festivals and theaters, to providing keynotes for some of Forbesmost recognized companies. With wit and wisdom she offers valuable insights to storytellers of all stripes, especially to speakers and presenters. 

Biotechnology and WMDs: An Interview with the FBI’s Betsy Glick and Edward You, and Biotech Futurist Andrew Hessel Betsy Glick is with the FBI's Office of Public Affairs in Washington, DC.  Her Unit works with screenwriters, authors, producers and other media personnel associated with TV programs, documentaries, made-for-TV movies, books, and motion pictures, to help them write accurately about Today's FBI.   Edward You is a Supervisory Special Agent in the FBI’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate, Biological Countermeasures Unit.  Mr. You is responsible for creating programs and activities to coordinate and improve FBI and interagency efforts to identify, assess, and respond to biological threats or incidents.  These efforts include expanding FBI outreach to the Life Sciences community to address biosecurity.  Before being promoted to the Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate, Mr. You was a member of the FBI Los Angeles Field Office Joint Terrorism Task Force and served on the FBI Hazardous Evidence

Beyond The Cover is hosted by John Raab and Jeff Ayers. This is where we bring you author interviews, book reviews, industry news and much more.  MJ Arlidge: "Pop Goes The Weasel": A man’s body is found in an empty house.  A gruesome memento of his murder is sent to his wife and children. He is the first victim, and Detective Helen Grace knows he will not be the last. But why would a happily married man be this far from home in the dead of night? The media call it Jack the Ripper in reverse: a serial killer preying on family men who lead hidden double lives. Helen can sense the fury behind the murders. But what she cannot possibly predict is how volatile this killer is—or what is waiting for her at the end of the chase....

Suspense Radio Inside Edition comes at you with three great authors. Tasha Alexander, Jax Miller and Joe Clifford. Tasha Alexander: "The Adventuress": In this newest entry in the New York Times bestselling series by Tasha Alexander, Lady Emily Hargreaves travels to the south of France where an apparent suicide may be something far more sinister. Jax Miller: "Freedom's Child": There’s a lot people don’t know about Freedom Oliver. What they don’t know is that Freedom is not her real name. That she has spent the last eighteen years living under Witness Protection, after being arrested for her husband’s murder. They don’t know that she put her two children up for adoption, a decision that haunts her every day. Joe Clifford: "Lamentation": n a frigid New Hampshire winter, Jay Porter is trying to eke out a living and maintain some semblance of a relationship with his former girlfriend and their two-year-old son. When he receives an urgent call that Chris, his drug-addicted brother, is being questioned by the she

Mary Anna Evans with "Isolation":  Archaeologist Faye Longchamp-Mantooth has dug herself a deep hole and she can’t make her way out of it. As she struggles to recover from a shattering personal loss, she sees that everyone she loves is trying to reach out to her. If only she could reach back. Instead she’s out digging holes all over her home, the Florida island of Joyeuse. In their old plantation home, Joe Wolf Mantooth is surrounded by family—Faye, the wife he loves; their toddler son he adores; and his father, who hasn’t gotten around to telling him how long he’s been out of prison or how he got there—yet Joe has never felt so helpless or alone. Then a close friend at the local marina is brutally murdered, the first in a string of crimes against women that rocks Micco County. Joe, desperate to help Faye, realizes she is in danger from both her inner demons and someone who has breached the island’s isolation. Local law and environmental officials say they want to help, but to Faye and Joe they feel more l

Turning the Tables; Emmy-Winning Investigative Reporter Hank Phillippi Ryan interrogates DP Lyle, MD Bio D.P. Lyle:  DP Lyle, MD is the Macavity and Benjamin Franklin Silver Award winning and Edgar, Agatha, Anthony, Scribe, Silver Falchion, and USA Best Book Award nominated author of many non-fiction books as well as numerous works of fiction, including the SAMANTHA CODY and DUB WALKER thriller series and the ROYAL PAINS media tie-in novels. His essay on Jules Verne’s THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND appears in THRILLERS: 100 MUST READS and his short story “Even Steven” in ITW’s anthology THRILLER 3: LOVE IS MURDER. He has worked with many novelists and with the writers of popular television shows such as Law & Order, CSI: Miami, Diagnosis Murder, Monk, Judging Amy, Peacemakers, Cold Case, House, Medium, Women’s Murder Club, 1-800-Missing, The Glades, and Pretty Little Liars.