Katie McLain Horner and Kendra Winchester discuss their most anticipated thriller and mystery books of 2025.
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Books Discussed:
The Mother Next Door: Medicine, Deception, and Munchausen by Proxy - Andrea Dunlop & Mike Weber
The Dream Hotel - Laila Lalami
King of Ashes - SA Cosby
They All Fall the Same - Wes Browne
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter - Stephen Graham Jones
Immaculate Conception - Ling Ling Huang
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