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Jane Austen and the Future of the HumanitiesSense and Sensibility and the Messiness of Human RelationshipsIn Episode IV of Jane Austen and the Future of the Humanities, I talk with writers, scholars, and artists as we discuss how Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility models a vital humanities experience: the messiness of human relationships. We think through how Austen’s first published novel helps us to ask questions about, build connections between, and precisely observe the various messes of our lives, including our family relations, our sexual relations, and the processes of engaging with new relations.Guests include Soniah Kamal, Dr. Claudia L. Johnson, Francine Mathews, Dr. Olivia Murphy, Maan Jala...
2025-07-281h 16
Girls Gone HallmarkLegend of the Lost LocketIn this episode of Girls Gone Hallmark, co-hosts Megan, a Hallmark movie enthusiast, and Wendy, a former Hallmark hater, delve into the Hallmark Channel original movie, 'Legends of the Lost Locket.' The movie, aired on April 13, features an antiques expert and a town sheriff embarking on a quest tied to romance and discovery. Email us your thoughts or review to meganandwendy@gmail.com. We Need Your 5-STAR Ratings and Reviews Spotify Podcast listeners: Spotify allows listeners to rate podcast episodes. Once you listen to a podcast for at least 30 seconds, you get the option to rate it between one...
2024-04-1820 minGirls Gone HallmarkLegend of the Lost LocketIn this episode of Girls Gone Hallmark, co-hosts Megan, a Hallmark movie enthusiast, and Wendy, a former Hallmark hater, delve into the Hallmark Channel original movie, 'Legends of the Lost Locket.' The movie, aired on April 13, features an antiques expert and a town sheriff embarking on a quest tied to romance and discovery. Email us your thoughts or review to meganandwendy@gmail.com. We Need Your 5-STAR Ratings and Reviews Spotify Podcast listeners: Spotify allows listeners to rate podcast episodes. Once you listen to a podcast for at least 30 seconds, you get the option to rate it between one...
2024-04-1820 min
Poisoned Pen PodcastFrancine Mathews discusses Death on a Winter Stroll and Devoney Looser discusses Sister NovelistsBarbara Peters in conversation with Francine Mathews and Devoney Looser
2022-12-071h 09
Champion Conversations PodcastEpisode 7: Francine Mathews - The Power of Story and Learning Writing from John McPheeAfter earning degrees from Princeton and Stanford, Francine Mathews served as an intelligence analyst in the CIA. Francine authored her first novel in 1992 and left the agency a year later to write full time. She has since written over 30 books, including the New York Times bestseller Jack 1939, which imagines JFK being sent on a fact-finding mission about the Nazis in the run-up to World War II, and Too Bad to Die, which fictionalizes Ian Fleming’s intelligence work long before he wrote the James Bond books. In addition to her standalone novels, Francine is the author of the Merry Folger Na...
2022-05-121h 31
Best Audio Stories in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Police & DetectiveDeath on Tuckernuck by Francine MathewsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/424797 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Death on Tuckernuck Series: #6 of Merry Folger Nantucket Mysteries Author: Francine Mathews Narrator: Madeline Maby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 35 minutes Release date: April 14, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: In the Category 3 winds of a late-season hurricane, Nantucket police detective Merry Folger and her team attempt a rescue off the secluded island of Tuckernuck—only to discover a deadly secret. As a Category 3 hurricane bears down on Nantucket, Dionis Mather and her father have their work cut out for them. Their family bus...
2020-04-1405 min
The Joys of Binge ReadingStephanie Barron – Controversial HistoryStephanie Barron’s popular Jane
Austen mysteries feature the famous novelist as a crime investigator and are so
close to real life that Stephanie sometimes hears Jane’s voice in her head as
she writes.
Hi there, I’m your host, Jenny Wheeler and today Stephanie talks about channelling Jane Austen, World War II espionage novels, and That Churchill Woman, her latest novel about Sir Winston Churchill’s controversial American mother.
Six
things you’ll learn from this Joys of Binge Reading episode:
How CIA experience helped with espionage novelsJFK's 'secret' Moscow mission revealedWhy Pommie power brokers found Jennie hard to takeMou...
2019-12-0651 min
Listen to New Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseDeath on Nantucket by Francine MathewsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322058 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Death on Nantucket Series: #5 of Nantucket Mysteries Author: Francine Mathews Narrator: Madeleine Maby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 13 minutes Release date: June 6, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 4 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: Spencer Murphy is a national treasure. A famous correspondent during the Vietnam War who escaped captivity in Southeast Asia, he made a fortune off of his books and television appearances. But Spence is growing forgetful with age; he's started to wander and even fails to come home one night. When a b...
2017-06-0605 min
Grab the Top Full Trial Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Police & DetectiveDeath in a Cold Hard Light by Francine MathewsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321986 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Death in a Cold Hard Light Series: #4 of Nantucket Mysteries Author: Francine Mathews Narrator: Madeleine Maby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 40 minutes Release date: May 9, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: The fourth book in the recently reissued Nantucket mystery series. Merry Folger is more than ready for a romantic vacation with her fiance Peter when fate--and her police chief father--intervenes. Twenty-one-year-old Jay Santorski never should have drowned in the frigid waters off the Nantucket shore. What was t...
2017-05-0905 min
Listen to New Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseDeath in a Cold Hard Light by Francine MathewsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321986 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Death in a Cold Hard Light Series: #4 of Nantucket Mysteries Author: Francine Mathews Narrator: Madeleine Maby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 40 minutes Release date: May 9, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: The fourth book in the recently reissued Nantucket mystery series. Merry Folger is more than ready for a romantic vacation with her fiance Peter when fate--and her police chief father--intervenes. Twenty-one-year-old Jay Santorski never should have drowned in the frigid waters off the Nantucket shore. What was the a...
2017-05-0905 min
Grab the Top Full Trial Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Police & DetectiveDeath in a Mood Indigo by Francine MathewsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321905 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Death in a Mood Indigo Series: #3 of Nantucket Mysteries Author: Francine Mathews Narrator: Madeleine Maby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: March 28, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: The third book in the recently revamped Nantucket mystery series. When two children make a grisly discovery on Sconset beach, Detective Meredith Folger finds herself with a perplexing case on her hands. The crime lab can tell her only that the newly unearthed skeletal remains belonged to a w...
2017-03-2805 min
Listen to New Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseDeath in a Mood Indigo by Francine MathewsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321905 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Death in a Mood Indigo Series: #3 of Nantucket Mysteries Author: Francine Mathews Narrator: Madeleine Maby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 52 minutes Release date: March 28, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: The third book in the recently revamped Nantucket mystery series. When two children make a grisly discovery on Sconset beach, Detective Meredith Folger finds herself with a perplexing case on her hands. The crime lab can tell her only that the newly unearthed skeletal remains belonged to a woman w...
2017-03-2805 min
Grab the Top Full Trial Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Police & DetectiveDeath in Rough Water by Francine MathewsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Death in Rough Water Series: #2 of Nantucket Mysteries Author: Francine Mathews Narrator: Madeleine Maby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: July 19, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: Fresh from her first murder case, Nantucket detective Merry Folger is unwillingly sucked into her second. When Joe Duarte, a fishing boat captain with decades of experience on the wild seas off Nantucket, is swept overboard during a spring storm, his death is pronounced accidental. But his estranged daughter, D...
2016-07-1905 min
Listen to New Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseDeath in Rough Water by Francine MathewsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321520 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Death in Rough Water Series: #2 of Nantucket Mysteries Author: Francine Mathews Narrator: Madeleine Maby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 27 minutes Release date: July 19, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: Fresh from her first murder case, Nantucket detective Merry Folger is unwillingly sucked into her second. When Joe Duarte, a fishing boat captain with decades of experience on the wild seas off Nantucket, is swept overboard during a spring storm, his death is pronounced accidental. But his estranged daughter, Del, i...
2016-07-1905 min
Grab the Top Full Trial Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Police & DetectiveDeath in the Off-Season by Francine MathewsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321387 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Death in the Off-Season Series: #1 of Nantucket Mysteries Author: Francine Mathews Narrator: Madeleine Maby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date: May 3, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.79 of Total 39 Ratings of Narrator: 3.95 of Total 19 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: When Rusty Mason, scion of one of Nantucket's oldest and wealthiest families, is found dead in a flooded cranberry bog one foggy fall night, thirty-two-year-old detective Meredith Folger is faced with her first murder case. Merry is the daughter of the local police chief and granddaughter of his predecessor; h...
2016-05-0305 min
Listen to New Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseDeath in the Off-Season by Francine MathewsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321387 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Death in the Off-Season Series: #1 of Nantucket Mysteries Author: Francine Mathews Narrator: Madeleine Maby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 21 minutes Release date: May 3, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.79 of Total 39 Ratings of Narrator: 3.95 of Total 19 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: When Rusty Mason, scion of one of Nantucket's oldest and wealthiest families, is found dead in a flooded cranberry bog one foggy fall night, thirty-two-year-old detective Meredith Folger is faced with her first murder case. Merry is the daughter of the local police chief and granddaughter of his predecessor; her f...
2016-05-0305 min
Access Top-Rated Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, EspionageToo Bad to Die: A Novel by Francine MathewsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/229849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Too Bad to Die: A Novel Author: Francine Mathews Narrator: Matthew Brenher Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 15 minutes Release date: March 3, 2015 Genres: Espionage Publisher's Summary: A tense and enthralling historical thriller in which British Naval Intelligence officer Ian Fleming attempts to foil a Nazi plot to assassinate FDR, Churchill, and Stalin. November, 1943. Weary of his deskbound status in the Royal Navy, intelligence officer Ian Fleming spends his spare time spinning stories in his head that are much more exciting than his own life…until the critical Tehran Conference, whe...
2015-03-0305 min
Listen to Latest Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseToo Bad to Die: A Novel by Francine MathewsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/229849 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Too Bad to Die: A Novel Author: Francine Mathews Narrator: Matthew Brenher Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 15 minutes Release date: March 3, 2015 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: A tense and enthralling historical thriller in which British Naval Intelligence officer Ian Fleming attempts to foil a Nazi plot to assassinate FDR, Churchill, and Stalin. November, 1943. Weary of his deskbound status in the Royal Navy, intelligence officer Ian Fleming spends his spare time spinning stories in his head that are much more exciting than his own life…until the critical Tehran Conference, whe...
2015-03-0305 min
Top Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Police & DetectiveThe Alibi Club: A Novel by Francine MathewsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/295680 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Alibi Club: A Novel Author: Francine Mathews Narrator: Ellen Archer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: November 28, 2006 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: It's the city's most infamous after-hours haunt-a glittering hotbed of deals and debaucheries. The sordid death of Philip Stilwell sends shock waves through the Alibi Club...for there's much more to Stilwell's untimely end than a sex game gone wrong. His murder and the desperate attempt to keep a deadly weapon out of German hands will bring together the strands of a twisted...
2006-11-2830 min
Enjoy Amazing Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseThe Alibi Club: A Novel by Francine MathewsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/295680 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Alibi Club: A Novel Author: Francine Mathews Narrator: Ellen Archer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 43 minutes Release date: November 28, 2006 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: It's the city's most infamous after-hours haunt-a glittering hotbed of deals and debaucheries. The sordid death of Philip Stilwell sends shock waves through the Alibi Club...for there's much more to Stilwell's untimely end than a sex game gone wrong. His murder and the desperate attempt to keep a deadly weapon out of German hands will bring together the strands of a twisted plot...
2006-11-2830 min
Listen to Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Police & DetectiveThe Cutout by Francine MathewsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240538 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cutout Series: #1 of Caroline Carmichael Author: Francine Mathews Narrator: Trini Alvarado Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 30, 2001 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: CUTOUT: A third person used to conceal the contact between two people. A pawn. They were partners — lovers in a business where betrayal is a heartbeat away. CIA analyst Caroline Carmichael lost her husband Eric when his plane was blown out of the sky by an elite group of terrorists known as...
2001-01-3010 min
Get Your Favorite Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, SuspenseThe Cutout by Francine MathewsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/240538 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Cutout Series: #1 of Caroline Carmichael Author: Francine Mathews Narrator: Trini Alvarado Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 0 minutes Release date: January 30, 2001 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: CUTOUT: A third person used to conceal the contact between two people. A pawn. They were partners — lovers in a business where betrayal is a heartbeat away. CIA analyst Caroline Carmichael lost her husband Eric when his plane was blown out of the sky by an elite group of terrorists known as 30 Apr...
2001-01-3010 min