Tea, Tonic & Toxin
Tea, Tonic, and Toxin is a book club and podcast for people who love mysteries, thrillers, introspection, and good conversation. Each month, your hosts, Carolyn Daughters and Sarah Harrison, will discuss a game-changing mystery or thriller, starting in 1841 onward. Together, we’ll see firsthand how the genre evolvedAlong the way, we’ll entertain ideas, prospects, theories, doubts, and grudges, along with the occasional guest. And we hope to entertain you, dear friend. We want you to experience the joys of reading some of the best mysteries and thrillers ever written.
Tea, Tonic & Toxin
Latest Episodes
Stay Mysterious: The Moving Toyshop by Edmund Crispin
Every wish you had a chance to preview a classic mystery book, with no spoilers? Maybe you'd like to see if you want to read farther, or maybe you're planning to in the future, or just want to be convinced? Our new Stay Mysterious segments give...
The Great Game with Arvind Ethan David
Arvind Ethan David returns to Tea, Tonic & Toxin to discuss The Great Game, his debut prose novel. This historical mystery and conspiracy thriller brings an Indian military veteran and law student into the worlds of A. J. Raffles, ...
The Monsters We Make by Rachel Corbett
“The Monsters We Make is narrated so sagely and coolly, I almost didn’t realize how much it had to teach. It is a provoking, moving, and original book that has stuck with me long since I turned its last page.”— Maggie Nelson, N...
Died in the Wool by Ngaio Marsh with ZJ Czupor, Part 2
Z.J. Czupor has joined us TWICE to discuss Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers and Died in the Wool by Ngaio Marsh.
Died in the Wool by Ngaio Marsh with guest ZJ Czupor, Part 1
DIED IN THE WOOL (1945) by Ngaio Marsh is a set in the remote New Zealand countryside on a sheep farm during World War II. The story follows Inspector Roderick Alleyn as he investigates the suspicious death of a politician while conducti...
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