The month of June features a literary fiction novel set in the South, a novel where vintage clothing reveals secrets of the past in supernatural ways, and the 300th episode of Charlotte Readers Podcast, where we spend time with New York Times Bestselling Author C.J. Box. The last episode of June is an episode where host Landis Wade introduces his new co-hosts and together, they share the new format that will allow Charlotte Readers Podcast to do even more to engage with the reading and writing community and help more authors give voice to their written words.
Here’s the June line-up:
June 7 Robert Gwaltney’s “The Cicada Tree” Is Where Images Sing As Secrets and Dangers Emerge
In this episode 298, we visit with Robert Gwaltney author of “The Cicada Tree,” set in the South at the time the cicadas emerge, what one reviewer calls a “Southern Gothic with a vengeance.”
It’s the summer of 1956, when a brood of cicadas descends upon Providence Georgia, a natural event with supernatural repercussions, unhinging the life of Analeise Newell, an eleven-year-old piano prodigy. Amidst this emergence, dark obsessions are stirred, uncanny gifts provoked, and secrets unearthed.
Robert Goolrick, #1 New York Times bestselling author, says this about the novel: “Following in the magnificent footsteps of Carson McCullers and Harper Lee, Robert Gwaltney creates a wonderful snapshot of the friendship that forms between Analeise and Etta Mae, two eleven-year-old girls in ‘50’s small town Georgia… This is a book to love and remember, and every book club in America would be wise to snap it up.”
Plus, exclusive Patreon episode: Ten Minutes of Reading and Writing Tips with Robert Gwaltney
June 14 Sandra L. Young’s “Divine Vintage” Is Where Vintage Clothes Can Reveal the Past
In this episode 299, we visit with Sandra L. Young, author of “Divine Vintage,” a novel where vintage clothes reveal what the ghosts who wore them want the world to know.
Tess Burton is always up for an adventure, and she’s risked her inheritance to launch Divine Vintage clothing boutique. While modeling an elegant gown from an Edwardian trousseau, her mind is opened to a century-old murder. Visions—seen through the eyes of the murdered bride—dispute local lore that claims the bridegroom committed the crime, causing Tess and her new friend Trey Dunmore to use the clothes to try to right the perceived wrong.
Catherine Lanigan, international bestselling author, says this about the book: “In Divine Vintage, Sandra Young walks us back into time to a murder/suicide mystery in 1913 that will keep the reader as spellbound as the lovely vintage clothing the author so adroitly describes. Well-written and woven with enough sensual tension to strum any romantic’s heartstrings, I give Divine Vintage FIVE STARS.”
Plus, exclusive Patreon episode: Ten Minutes of Reading and Writing Tips with Sandra L. Young
June 21 The 22nd Joe Pickett Novel by #1 New York Times Bestselling Author C.J. Box
In this special 300th episode, we visit with C.J. Box, the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of twenty-two novels in the Joe Pickett series, about his latest novel in the series, Shadows Reel.
A day before the three Pickett girls come home for Thanksgiving, Joe is called out for a moose poaching incident that turns out to be something much more sinister: a local fishing guide has been brutally tortured and murdered. At the same time, Marybeth opens an unmarked package at the library where she works and finds a photo album that belonged to an infamous Nazi official. Who left it there? And why?
She learns that during World War II, several Wyoming soldiers were in the group that fought to Hitler’s Eagles Nest retreat in the Alps—and one of them took the Fuhrer’s personal photo album. Did another take this one and keep it all these years? When a close neighbor is murdered, Joe and Marybeth face new questions: Who is after the book? And how will they solve its mystery before someone hurts them…or their girls?
Meanwhile, Nate Romanowski is on the hunt for the man who stole his falcons and attacked his wife. Using a network of fellow falconers, Nate tracks the man from one city to another. Even as he grasps the true threat his quarry presents, Nate swoops in for the kill—and a stunning final showdown.
The New York Times says: “Joe Pickett, the conscientious game warden in these rugged novels…shows the tough-and-tender qualities that make him such a great guy to have on your side.” And Publishers Weekly says: “Box is the king of contemporary crime fiction set in the West.”
Plus, exclusive Patreon episode: Ten Minutes of Reading and Writing Tips with New York Times Bestselling Author C.J. Box
June 28 Landis Wade Introduces His New Co-Hosts and the New Podcast Format
In this episode 301, Landis celebrates the 300 episode milestone, introduces his two new co-hosts, and together, they share the changes that are coming on the podcast that will allow Charlotte Readers Podcast to do even more to engage with the reading and writing community and help more authors give voice to their written words.
