Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss their favorite books from 2024!

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Things Mentioned

Goodreads Choice Awards: Mystery / Thriller 

Crime Reads Best Books Washington Post’s Best Mystery Novels

Washington Post’s Best Thrillers 

The Guardian’s Best Mystery and Thrillers Kirkus’s Best Mystery and Thrillers NYTs Best Crime Novels

Books Discussed

The Hunter - Tana French

The Woods All Black - Lee Mandelo

Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Guide Me Home - Attica Locke

Model Home - Rivers Solomon

Butter - Asako Yuzuki, translated by Polly Barton

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