Sunday Tea With V at the Hystery Chronicles Podcast

Sunday Tea With V at the Hystery Chronicles Podcast

Sunday Tea with V features entertaining and informative conversations with authors who write historical mysteries. Award-winning editor Verena Rose poses questions about research and creative processes as well as the historical period her guests are writing about.

Episodes

September 28, 2025 36 mins

This Sunday, V chats with Phoebe Rowe about her first book Swan Light.

A sweeping, emotional tale of hope and perseverance, Swan Light weaves together the stories of two people separated by a century but connected by family, purpose, and one extraordinary lighthouse.

1913. Eighty-three-year-old Silvestre Swan has dedicated his life to the care of his Newfoundland lighthouse. His petition to relocate Swan Light from its precarious cli...

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On this special Thursday episode. V chats with Joel E. Turner about his book "Wildwood Exit"

Wildwood Exit

A deadly family vendetta at a Jersey Shore restaurant pulls John McGinty (aka Ginty) into a dark world of embezzlement, drug-dealing, a lying wife and a junkie son.

Ginty has just stepped in as the manager of a Wildwood restaurant owned by his friend, Lou Scolletta, after Lou fires the old manager for dipping in the til...

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This Sunday, V chats with A.M. Loweecey about her book "Demons and Ramen"

"...a fun occult detective romp that will appeal to fans of John Constantine, Anita Blake and Harry Dresden." – Brian Keene, bestselling author of The Rising

Exorcist Denis Kaine has spent his life fighting demons, but nothing could prepare him for losing his twin brother. When the Vatican declares Xavier's death a suicide, Denis knows b...

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On this special Thursday episode. V chats with historical fiction writer Catherine Hokin about her book "The Secret Locket" An unforgettable and emotional World War 2 novel.

The Secret Locket

Germany, 1941. Noemi’s hazel eyes shine with tears as she takes Pascal’s hand. ‘Come with me,’ she begs him. ‘If we lose each other now, we might never find each other again…’

When Pascal kisses Noemi and presses his mother’s silver loc...

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This Sunday, V chats with Chris Haugh about his role at the Mount Olivet Cemetery, Historical Frederick Maryland, and a very interesting story about a man named Henry Durfey featured on his blog "Stories in Stone" under a post named "(Un)Civil Unions"

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On this special Thursday episode, V chats with Tessa Arlen about her book "A Dress of Violet Taffeta" and historical woman Lady Duff Gordon.

A Dress of Violet Taffeta

A sumptuous novel based on the fascinating true story of La Belle Époque icon Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon, who shattered the boundaries of fashion with her magnificently sensual and enchantingly unique design from the USA Today bestselling author of In Royal Servic...

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This Sunday, V chats with Sheila Lowe about a few of her book series and hand writing forensics.

"Maximum Pressure: A Claudia Rose Novel (Claudia Rose Forensic Handwriting Mysteries Book 9)"

Old friendships turn deadly and the past comes back to haunt Claudia Rose in unexpected ways.

Claudia never intended to confront her past at her 25-year high school class reunion in Edentown, California. However, the reunion takes a chil...

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On this special Thursday episode, V chats with Ann Cleeves about a few of her many british mystery crime series including the Vera Stanhope novels. As well as the long running British crime drama television series based on the novels called "Vera".

Her latest book "The Killing Stones: A Detective Jimmy Perez Novel (Jimmy Perez and Willow Reeves Book 1)" set to release September 30, 2025.

It's been several years since Detective Jimmy ...

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This Sunday, V chats with Deborah Lacy & Maya Corrigan about their anthology "The Most Dangerous Games". Fun. Games. Murder.

Playful short mystery fiction in delightful, digestible chunks you can read anywhere.

Contributing authors

Heather Graham, K.C. Selby, Alan Orloff, Shannon Taft, P.M. Raymond, Kerry Hammond, Rebecca Lugones, L.L. Kaplan, BV Lawson, Stephen M. Pierce, Maya Corrigan, Bruce Kubec, JD Allen, Jane Limpr...

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On this special Thursday episode, V chats with Kara Lacey about the first book in her series called "Caught on Camera: A Camera Club Mystery"

Blue skies and wildflowers signal the start of summer in southern Vermont, and the Stonebridge Keep it Snappy Camera Club lenses are zoomed in on...murder.

It's been more than a year since the sudden death of her husband, and photographer Bobbie Brooks wants nothing more than to e...

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This Sunday, V chats with R.M. Cullen about her book "Harlequin Is Dead: An 18th century conspiracy thriller" part of her Richard Brinsley Sheridan Mysteries series.

1791 Revolution in France is causing refugees to flee to England and London is fast becoming a hotbed of spies, government agents and fanatics.

When renowned Irish playwright, Richard Brinsley Sheridan is led to the skeletal remains of a harlequin in his theatr...

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On this special Thursday episode, V chat with Eloise Corvo about her debut novel " Off the Beaten Path: A Stone's Throw Mystery".

Stone's Throw State Park Ranger Maudy Lorso spends her days playing cards and sipping drinks with her millennial gal pals, hiking steep sand dunes with her scruffy dog, Martin Short, and trying to ignore the pain of a recent, devastating breakup. After building a quiet life in the Lake M...

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This Sunday, V chats with Jessica Bull about her series "Miss Austen Investigates". A fictionalized version of famous author Jane Austen.

Her first book:

Miss Austen Investigates: The Hapless Milliner

Jane Austen—sparkling, spirited, and incredibly clever—is suddenly thrust into a mystery when a milliner’s dead body is found locked inside a cupboard in the middle of a ball. When Jane’s brother Georgy is found with some jew...

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This Sunday, V chats with Sean Tyler about his debut novel "White Hell".

the story of Peter 'Peanuts' McEwan, a white man pioneering west to California in 1846, who befriends an escaped slave named Violet and fights to protect her from the bigotry of his fellow travelers, and ultimately, from being sacrificed and cannibalized when their journey is halted by the mother of all snowstorms.

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This Sunday, V chats with Richard McGonegal about his book "The Substance of Fear: A Sheriff Francis Hood Mystery".

A small-town shopkeeper is found bleeding and unconscious. A former police officer goes missing.

Francis Hood, a sheriff in Central Missouri, steps into a quagmire of small-town secrets when he begins to look into these seemingly unrelated cases. He seeks assistance from Sandra Brondel, a crime lab analyst, ...

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This Sunday, V chats with Rose Kerr about her book "Death at the Scottish Broch, A Mia Reid, Archaeologist, Mystery" Dr. Mia Reid arrives on the Isle of Skye for a summer dig. She learns her friend and trusted colleague, Dr. Ethan Carter, is dead and valuable artifacts are missing.

Interpol agent and Mia’s former lover, Luke Forbes, is working the case with the police. They suspect murder and a smuggling ring.

Mia and her t...

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This Sunday, V chats with Tom Coffey about his book "Special Victim: The Devine Trilogy". Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Sheila Devine. She receives what could be the offer of a lifetime , unlimited access to do a movie about four young men who claim they were wrongly convicted in the brutal attack of a female runner in New York City.

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This Sunday, V chats with Skye Alexander about her Lizzie Crane Mystery series. A historical mystery series about an ambitious and beautiful New York jazz performer Lizzie Crane and her troupe. Trying to make it in music in the roaring 1920s and navigate mysterious murders that take place along the way.

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This Sunday V chats with Ellen Butler about her historical mystery book "Ink & Intrigue at Ivy Tree Inn" first book in her "The Ariadne Winter Mystery Series". a writer for Ladies’ Lifestyle Magazine Ariadne Winter with an interview assignment concerning a Hollywood starlet on the cusp of royal matrimony—an event hailed as the "Wedding of the Century." While Ariadne dutifully attends to her task, h...

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This Sunday V chats with Lana Williams about her historical mystery series The Field & Greystone. A Scotland Yard Inspector and widow come to together to solve these mysteries.

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