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
Home Sweet Homicide by Craig Rice with guest Jeffrey Marks
Jeffrey Marks (publisher, Crippen and Landru) joins us to discuss Home Sweet Homicide (1944), written by Craig Rice.After numerous mystery author profiles for The Armchair Detective, Mystery Scene, and other ge...
You Are the Detective: The Creeping Hand Murder with Maureen Johnson & Jay Cooper!
Maureen and Jay join us to discuss their wonderful interactive whodunit, You Are the Detective: The Creeping Hand Murder. It’s 1933, and your job is to help Scotland Yard solve an impossible murder. Are you up to the task?Get yo...
The Bletchley Riddle with Ruta Sepetys & Steve Sheinkin!
Special guests Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin join Tea, Tonic & Toxin to discuss their book The Bletchley Riddle.Remember, you are bound by the Official Secrets Act…Summer, 1940. Nineteen-year-old Jakob Novis a...
Otto Penzler Discusses The Mysterious Bookshop and American Mystery Classics
We were delighted to discuss all things mysterious with Otto Penzler in this episode. Otto Penzler joins Tea, Tonic & Toxin to discuss the Golden Age of Mystery.Otto Penzler is president and CEO of
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I just finished 2022. I’m so excited to start 2023! You guys are great. Loved hearing your thoughts on thoughts Sarah. Been recommending the podcast to friends. Keep it up. Hope I catch up soon.
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