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

On this special Thursday episode, V chats with Kara Lacey about the first book in her series called "Caught on Camera: A Camera Club Mystery"

Blue skies and wildflowers signal the start of summer in southern Vermont, and the Stonebridge Keep it Snappy Camera Club lenses are zoomed in on...murder.

It's been more than a year since the sudden death of her husband, and photographer Bobbie Brooks wants nothing more than to escape her grief. Fleeing her life in the city, she seeks a fresh start in the serenity of the Green Mountains. But Bobbie's new beginning comes to a halt when she finds a member of her camera club dead beneath the village's idyllic covered bridge. Tragic accident or something sinister? With a keen photographer's eye, Bobbie suspects murder.

As if transitioning to small-town life wasn't challenging enough, Bobbie's missing scarf is found at the murder scene, making her the primary focus. Scorned by local gossips, she enlists the help of her camera club and shifts her lens from photographer to amateur sleuth. Using photos found on the victim's camera, they waste no time setting out to catch the killer-and discover no shortage of suspects. Secrets, lies, and blackmail...Danger abounds as they close in on the killer.

Her camera holds the answers... But can she develop the clues in time to stop the killer?