Book recommendation bonanza: crime books for people who don't usually read crime

This episode Michelle is giving a round-up of crime book recommendations, especially for people who don’t think they’re fans of crime as a genre. Before we get into that, she shares a fun fact about a connection between The Book Thief and Heated Rivalry. 

For your convenience, here's everything else we mentioned in this episode:

• Caitlin’s amazing knitted vest!
• Garden Yourself Happy by Jonny Hincks
• Follow Johnny on Instagram for daily dopamine hits whether you’re into plants or not
• Deadloch (TV series)
• Wentworth (TV series)
• A Beginner’s Guide to Breaking & Entering and Bad Deeds by Andrew Hunter Murray*
• The Hamish & Andy Podcast episode 320 Burg Boys!
• Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
• Everyone on This Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson*
• Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret byBenjamin Stevenson*
• Everyone in This Bank is a Thief by Benjamin Stevenson
• Knives Out (film)
• Death By Noir by Olly Smith*
• Murder at World’s End by Ross Montgomery*
• 10 Marchfield Square and Murder Like Clockwork by Nicola Whyte*
• Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth*
• The Silent Appeal by Janice Hallett*
• The Five by Hallie Rubenhold
• The Story of a Murder by Hallie Rubenhold*
• It’s Not What You Think by Clare Macintosh
• The Year of the Rat by Harry Shukman
• The Grapevine by Kate Kemp
• Puberty Blues (TV show)
• A Bad, Bad Place by Frances Crawford
• Old School (TV show)

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