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Robert Thorogood, author, screenwriter, and producer, joins the PBS Books Readers Club to discuss The Marlow Murder Club, soon a PBS Masterpiece series. The book stars 77-year-old Judith Potts, a crossword setter who, after witnessing a murder, forms the "Marlow Murder Club" with dog-walker Suzie and vicar’s wife Becks to uncover a serial killer.

Get more questions, answers, and stories from the extended interview of iconic author Julia Alvarez at the PBS Books Readers Club. Her novel, The Cemetery of Untold Stories, asks: Whose stories get to be told, and whose buried? Alvarez reminds us that the stories of our lives are never truly finished.

Bestselling Irish crime fiction writer Tana French, “one of the greatest crime novelists writing today” (VOX), discusses her spellbinding new thriller "The Hunter" with the Readers Club hosts. Stick around for more dazzling details as Tana reveals details behind her writing process and the complex and thrilling stories that have solidified her as a defining writer of our generation.

Delve deeper into this episode of the PBS Books Readers Club featuring Percival Everett and his novel "James". In "James", Everett places Jim, the enslaved character in "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain, front and center in this powerful narrative, giving voice to his untold story.

Sit down with author Olivia Ford for more delicious insights into writing Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame. Also, enjoy a guest appearance from Alejandra Ramos, host of The Great American Recipe on PBS.

Dive deeper into "Real Americans" by Rachel Khong. A profound tale of class and striving, race and visibility, and family and inheritance—a story of trust, forgiveness, and finally coming home. Exuberant and explosive, Real Americans is a social novel par excellence that asks: Are we destined, or made? And if we are made, who gets to do the making? Can our genetic past be overcome?

Watch the extended conversation with author Scott Alexander Howard. The Other Valley tells the story of Odile, an awkward, quiet girl vying for a coveted seat on the Conseil. If she earns the position, she’ll decide who may cross her town’s heavily guarded borders. To the east, the town is twenty years ahead in time. To the west, it’s twenty years in the past.

Watch the full conversation as we chat with New York Times bestselling author Allison Pataki about her latest book “Finding Margaret Fuller.” In this virtual discussion we’ll dive into this fascinating historical fiction read about the adventures of Margaret Fuller, a renowned writer, journalist, and trailblazing women’s rights advocate whose story has too often gone untold.

Join the PBS Books Readers Club hosts as they sit down with Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Geraldine Brooks to discuss her bestselling novel "HORSE". Learn about her process when writing this novel and her life off the pages. And don't miss an inside look on what’s in store for our beloved characters of All Creatures Great and Small season 4 with the Executive Producer, Jamie Crichton.