Our host flees the scene of his many crimes to talk with Simone Yingst, librarian for the County (paging Glen Campbell) - of Sonoma, that is. The book? Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens.

Our host is dismayed to learn that this novel is not, in fact, a retelling of the film Sister Act with an all-crustacean cast but instead a multi-timelined murder mystery set in the American South. Or is that South America? ::checks notes:: No, it's the American South.