This Sunday, V chats with Sheila Lowe about a few of her book series and hand writing forensics.

"Maximum Pressure: A Claudia Rose Novel (Claudia Rose Forensic Handwriting Mysteries Book 9)"

Old friendships turn deadly and the past comes back to haunt Claudia Rose in unexpected ways.

Claudia never intended to confront her past at her 25-year high school class reunion in Edentown, California. However, the reunion takes a chilling turn when she stumbles upon a drowning victim in the high school swimming pool—someone she knew. Was it a tragic accident or something more sinister?

With the help of her LAPD homicide detective husband, Joel Jovanic, Claudia delves into the investigation and uncovers a web of secrets and lies that have been buried for decades. Haunted by the memory of Lucy Valentine, a young classmate who vanished without a trace while they were juniors in high school, she joins forces with Matt, an old flame who is producing a documentary on the girl's mysterious disappearance.

When a cryptic note signed "Lucy" is found, Claudia's expertise as a forensic handwriting examiner is needed to dig deeper into what happened to Lucy Valentine. Was she kidnapped? Did she run away? Kill herself? As Claudia and Matt begin to collaborate on his documentary project, shocking revelations surface about the classmates they thought they knew.

Getting closer to the truth, Claudia discovers that two crimes are intimately connected—and that someone is willing to do anything to keep their secrets buried.

In this gripping mystery, Claudia Rose finds herself on a twisty path, where friends come under suspicion and dangerous long-buried secrets resurface.

On this special Thursday episode, V chats with Ann Cleeves about a few of her many british mystery crime series including the Vera Stanhope novels. As well as the long running British crime drama television series based on the novels called "Vera".

Her latest book "The Killing Stones: A Detective Jimmy Perez Novel (Jimmy Perez and Willow Reeves Book 1)" set to release September 30, 2025.

It's been several years since Detective Jimmy Perez left Shetland. He has settled into his new home in Orkney, the group of islands, off the northern coast of Scotland, with his partner Willow Reeve and their growing family. One stormy winter night, his oldest and closest friend, Archie Stout, goes missing. Ever the detective, Perez catches a boat to the island of Westray, where Archie worked as a farmer and lived with his wife and children.

But when he arrives he finds a shocking scene: Archie's body, on an archaeological dig site and an ancient Westray story stone with precise spirals carved into it beside him, the clear murder weapon. The artifact, taken from a nearby museum, seems to suggest a premediated murder.

But Perez is so close to the case that he struggles to maintain an objective distance from the potential suspects. He finds it difficult to question Archie's wife, whom he's known for years. Rumors swirl about the dead man's relationship with a young woman new to the island, an artist. With each new lead, the case becomes more twisted and Perez wonders if he will ever find out what happened in his friend's final days.

This Sunday, V chats with Deborah Lacy & Maya Corrigan about their anthology "The Most Dangerous Games". Fun. Games. Murder.

Playful short mystery fiction in delightful, digestible chunks you can read anywhere.

Contributing authors

Heather Graham, K.C. Selby, Alan Orloff, Shannon Taft, P.M. Raymond, Kerry Hammond, Rebecca Lugones, L.L. Kaplan, BV Lawson, Stephen M. Pierce, Maya Corrigan, Bruce Kubec, JD Allen, Jane Limprecht, Donalee Moulton, Kirlagh James, Robert Lopresti, LaToya Jovena, Sharyn Kolberg, Shawn Reilly Simmons, Chris Chan, Daphne Silver