This Sunday, V chats with Jane Corry about her book "The Stranger in Room Six".

The Stranger in Room Six

New beginnings always come with old secrets.

It's been fifteen years since Belinda was convicted of her husband's murder. Now that she’s free, she’s ready for a fresh start. So, when she gets a job at Sunnyside Home for the Young at Heart, she’s dead set on making sure no one learns about her awful past.

Mabel has spent her life at Sunnyside—first as an evacuee during the Blitz, and now as the home’s oldest resident. She’s held the secrets of this house for as long as she can remember. Secrets that, in the wrong hands, could kill.

But history won’t stay hidden forever, because someone is onto both Belinda and Mabel, watching and listening from Room Six.

And they’ll stop at nothing to find out the truth.

On this special Thursday episode, V chats with Darcy Burke about her "Raven & Wren" series.

The latest release

A Whisper in the Shadows (Raven & Wren Book 4)

A fake marriage. A supernatural secret. A deadly game of deception.

Private investigator Matilda Wren is posing as the wife of Inspector William Maxwell from the City of London Police to infiltrate a burial club scheme. Maxwell is a skilled detective, but he isn’t Hadrian—her usual ally and the man she trusts most. When the club’s administrator is murdered, Tilda needs Hadrian’s expertise, notably his uncanny ability to glimpse others’ memories.

Disgruntled that he’s been cast aside as Tilda’s partner, Hadrian Becket, Earl of Ravenhurst, finds a way to involve himself, which is fortuitous because Tilda would like his help. However, working the case under Maxwell’s watchful eye is a challenge, especially when he must conceal his supernatural gift. Worse, Maxwell’s growing interest in Tilda stirs something unexpected in Hadrian: jealousy.

When danger strikes far too close, Hadrian will do everything it takes to keep Tilda safe, even if it means revealing the secrets he’s kept hidden in the shadows.

This Sunday, V chats with Tina deBellegarde about her "A Batavia-on-Hudson Mystery" series and various short stories.

First book in the series

"Winter Witness: A Batavia-on-Hudson Mystery"

"Intelligent, touching, wise and evocative, fans of Louise Penny will adore this! Winter Witness is a wonderful book." - Hank Phillippi Ryan, bestselling author of The First to Lie

When a beloved nun is murdered in a sleepy Catskill Mountain town, a grieving young widow finds herself at the center of the turmoil. Bianca St. Denis is searching for a job and seeking acceptance in her new home of Batavia-on-Hudson. Agatha Miller, the nun’s closest friend and the ailing local historian everyone loves to hate, shares her painful personal history and long-buried village secrets with Bianca. Armed with this knowledge, Bianca unravels the mysteries surrounding the death while dealing with the suspicions of her eccentric neighbors.

However, Bianca’s meddling complicates the sheriff’s investigation as well as his marriage. Can Sheriff Mike Riley escape his painful past in a town where murder and infighting over a new casino vie for his attention?

Danger stalks Bianca as she gets closer to the truth. Can the sheriff solve the mystery before the killer strikes again? Can the town heal its wounds once the truth has been uncovered?

On this special Thursday episode, V chats with historical fiction writer Ellis Blackwood about his "The Samuel Pepys Mysteries"

The upcoming book in the series

"The Brampton Ghost Murders: A historical mystery from 17th century London (The Samuel Pepys Mysteries Book 7)"

They dug for Pepys’s gold – and unearthed the dead.

January 1667. Two thousand pounds in gold coins, buried in Samuel Pepys’s father’s garden, have vanished. Pepys dispatches his inquisitors, Abigail Harcourt and Jacob Standish, to Brampton to recover the hoard.

The village is paralysed by fear. The Wychwood Drummer – ghost of a man hanged for theft – beats his lonely tattoo through the trees at night, and villagers swear he guards the stolen gold. When bodies begin appearing, the locals see God’s vengeance. Abby sees a thief covering their tracks.

Stranded in a derelict cottage deep in Wychwood, with the drumbeat echoing through the forest, Abby and Jacob must solve their deadliest case. But Brampton hasn’t forgotten.

Last time, they saved Pepys’s sister from the gallows. Paulina was no witch – but are they? That’s what the villagers believe.

And now the noose swings for them.

The Brampton Ghost Murders continues the Samuel Pepys Mysteries, historical mysteries steeped in period colour and brimming with fiendish whodunits. Click Read Now or Buy Now and step back into Pepys’s London – once you do, you won’t want to leave.

This Sunday, V chats with Anthony Johnston about his Dog Sitter Detective and his interactive crime novel "Can You Solve the Murder?"

Upcoming release

"The Dog Sitter Detective's Christmas Tail: The canine cosy crime series"

It's almost Christmas, and Gwinny Tuffel's thoughts are on what she'll buy for DCI Birch (retired) and whether she can adopt another furry friend. But sorting through her late father's papers leads her into his mysterious past, pointing to an enigmatic liaison now living in a Somerset commune. Gwinny and Birch find themselves unexpectedly snowed in with a group of retired spies, along with an energetic Cocker Spaniel, and embroiled in a murder case. Will they uncover the culprit and escape in time for Christmas?

On this special Thursday episode, V chats with Paul A. Barra about his historical fiction book "Samson and the Charleston Spy".

Samson and the Charleston Spy: A Lowcountry Adventure

The protagonist of SAMSON AND THE CHARLESTON SPY may be the definitive underrepresented voice in middle-grade fiction today: he’s a boy and a Southerner, confronting the Civil War from the Confederate perspective.

When Samson Collier and three sixth-grade friends witness the bombardment of Ft. Sumter offshore from their homes, they decide that the Yankee soldiers at the fort must have been forewarned about the attack—since no one was killed although the structure appeared to be wrecked. They set off to find the spy who told secrets.

During their escapades, they confront slavery (one of the four is the son of a freedman), nativism (another of them is the daughter of a prominent Catholic family), zealotry (a man forming a brigade to fight the North appropriates Sam’s beloved horse) and evil (they are attacked by a highwayman in The Devil’s Hole). Eventually, the children discover a shocking plan to undermine their homeland.

The book is an historically accurate and action-packed adventure/mystery.

This Sunday, V chats with author K.B. Jackson about her "A Chattertowne Mystery" series.

latest book in the series.

Secrets Will Link: A Chattertowne Mystery

Local investigative reporter AUDREY O’CONNELL already has her hands full with Maid of Honor duties for her sister’s golf-themed wedding at the Chattertowne Country Club. Not to mention, the gossip mill is abuzz with news about Chattertowne’s own celebrity influencer ONYX CARPENTER, who is rumored to be bringing her rockstar husband MEACHAM FIELDS to the nuptials as her plus one.

But when Onyx’s former high school flame WILEY BARRETT is accused of killing one of his golf students in a coverup the day after her heralded homecoming, she insists he’s innocent and begs Audrey to help exonerate him…much to her husband’s dismay. When Wiley is found dead in a bunker on the sixteenth fairway following an argument with Meacham at the rehearsal dinner, the singer is the prime suspect.

With less than 48 hours before the ceremony and her sister’s special day hanging in the balance, Audrey must find what links the two deaths while fending off the descending paparazzi.

On this special Thursday episode. V chats with Martin Turnbull about his historical fiction novels about the golden age of Hollywood.

Martin's latest bookSelznick's Spotlight: A Novel of 1939 Hollywood (The Hollywood's Greatest Year trilogy Book 2)

In the summer of 1939, Amelia Hartley is slinging hash and dishing sass at Schwab’s Pharmacy, but a girl can’t live on soda fountain shtick forever. When she learns of the planned revival of a long-forgotten film gem, Amelia seizes her chance for stardom—if she can convince the right people to believe in her.

At Selznick International, opportunity comes knocking when she’s offered the role of stand-in for a fast-rising redhead. But as Amelia works to make her mark, she uncovers an unexpected web of corruption stretching from Sunset Boulevard to Palm Springs. At its center stands a woman Hollywood cast aside—one whose secrets could upend Tinseltown.

As Gone with the Wind nears completion, Amelia must navigate studio politics while piecing together a mystery that threatens to ruin everything Selznick has built. In a town where facades mask hidden truths, Amelia’s about to learn what it takes to succeed in pictures.

From the author of the Garden of Allah novels comes a tale of ambition, love, and betrayal set against Hollywood’s greatest year. This captivating adventure will transport you to a time when movies were larger than life, and dreams were made and shattered under the glare of the spotlight.