Happy Half Hour (6/8/26)

Today, we’re chatting about Bleak Haven, the town you won’t (or can’t!) leave; the life Oscar Wilde could have lived had he not been imprisoned, exiled from England, and died in his forties; and a mysterious family of women who have held their small North Carolina town enthralled for generations.

CORPSE CREEK by Vincent Ralph | 9781250372185 | 9/15/26
FEAR FARM by Vincent Ralph | 9781250372161 | 9/15/26
THE WEIGHT OF ANGELS by John Boyne | 9781250411365 | 9/29/26
PAPER GHOSTS by Sarah Addison Allen | 9781250283429 | 9/1/26

Additional titles we mentioned:
WHERE THERE’S SMOKE by Rachel Louise Adams | 9781250362148 | 10/6/26
I AM THE MONSTER UNDER THE BED by Emily Zinnikas | 9781250454782 | 9/15/26
AVALON, RISE by Madeline ffitch | 9780374617769 | 9/22/26
DIVE BAR AT THE END OF THE WORLD by Kelley Armstrong | 9781250360595 | 10/6/26
LOOK WHAT THE CAT DRAGGED IN by Jason Rekulak | 9781250895875 | 10/13/26
WELCOME HOME, MIRIAM by Sanchita Mitra | 9798890035837 | 11/10/26
ELEVEN DAYS: The Fascinating True Account of Agatha Christie’s Mysterious Disappearance by Laura Thompson | 9781250461261 | 12/1/26
SLEUTH-HOUND: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes by Lindsey Fitzharris | 9780374609498 | 10/20/26
NOTORIOUS: Anne Boleyn and the Great Tudor Hoax by Hayley Nolan | 9781250441157 | 12/1/26
BAD WORDS by Rioghnach Robinson | 9781250431295 | 10/6/26
MURDER UNABRIDGED by P. J. Nelson | 9781250421135 | 12/1/26
THE LIGHTNING BUG AND THE LIGHTNING: Debunking the Myths of Mark Twain, in His Own Words by Mark Dawidziak | 9781250394255 | 12/1/26
THE MAGIC OF CHAMOMILE COTTAGE by Heather Webber | 9781250369307 | 12/1/26
THE FOREST BECOMES HER by Julie Carrick Dalton | 9781250889751 | 7/14/26
GHOST-EYE by Amitav Ghosh | 9780374298395 | 6/16/26
LINA & JUNE by Genevieve Wheeler | 9781250280862 | 12/8/26
TOMMY FROM THE MOON by Daisy Garrison | 9781250348685 | 12/1/26
CRASH INTO ME by Robinne Lee | 9781250412751 | 7/7/26
UNTIL THE LAST LIGHT GOES OUT by Courtney Gould | 9781250423474 | 10/13/26
NIGHTJARS by Michael Wehunt | 9781250333728 | 9/29/26
SEA OF CHARMS by Sarah Beth Durst | 9781250400673 | 7/28/26