On this special Thursday episode, V chats with Catherine Hughes about her book "In Silence Cries the Heart"

If you like Diana Gabaldon, Susanna Kearsley, Alison Weir, and Anya Seton, then you will love this romantic epic set in the Scottish Highlands of the 17th century, featuring betrayal, folklore, superstition, conflict, and a love that transcends time.

Based on a true story that haunts the glen surrounding Urquhart castle, the novel recounts the adventures of cattle thief and poet, Donal Donn, and his passion for Mary McElroy, the spirited daughter of the laird of the castle. Despite attempts to keep them apart, the two meet secretly along the banks of Loch Ness and plan their future together. But something goes terribly wrong, and the mystery of what exactly happened remains hidden for two centuries. When American tourist, Caitlyn Hegarty, arrives at Urquhart, she is soon drawn into the shadows of the past and finds herself unable to shake the spell of Mary and Donal's forbidden love

On this special Tuesday episode, V chats with Sarah Bax Horton about her true crime book about Jack the Ripper.

"One-Armed Jack: Uncovering the Real Jack the Ripper"

Bringing a completely new analytical approach to the identity of the most notorious murderer in history, Sarah Bax Horton presents compelling evidence and names the real Jack the Ripper

This highly revelatory book, based on original research and completely new analysis, presents a compelling new suspect as the most notorious serial killer of all time. Using a different analytical approach, for the first time, Sarah Bax Horton identifies a named perpetrator as Jack the Ripper by linking eye-witness accounts of the killer's distinctive physical characteristics to his official medical records. It argues that his broken left arm, which left him unable to work in early 1888, was one of his triggers to kill as part of a serious physical and mental decline caused by severe epilepsy.

This new perpetrator fits the profile as stated by the police of the day: a local man of low class of whom they became aware after the final murder, when they launched an unsuccessful surveillance operation against him. As has never been done before, the author - an experienced former government researcher with specific expertise in research and analysis - formulates a complete analysis of the killer and his methodology, including how he accosted his victims, where he took them to their deaths, his unique modus operandi of a blitz-style attack, and how he escaped from each crime scene without detection.

Each of the six murders - from Martha Tabram to Marie Kelly - is discussed and reconstructed as perpetrated by this man, with his escalating violence clearly demonstrated.

On this Sunday episode, V chats with Janell Strube about her book "Adélaïde: Painter of the Revolution"

In a world where women are seen but rarely heard, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard refuses to be silenced.

The daughter of Parisian shopkeepers, Adélaïde dreams not of marriage or titles but of earning a place among the masters of French art. With Queen Marie Antoinette on the throne and a spirit of change in the air, anything seems possible. But as revolution brews and powerful forces conspire to deny her success, Adélaïde faces an impossible choice: protect her life or fight for a legacy that will outlast her.

Inspired by the true story of one of the first women admitted to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture, Adélaïde: Painter of the Revolution is a sweeping, evocative portrait of ambition, courage, and resilience in the face of history’s fiercest storm.

On the special Thursday episode, V chats with Cathy Pickens about her adventure into true crime.

"True Crime Stories of the South"

Explore the dark side of the South…

The South boasts a rich storytelling tradition--and a rich history of criminal behavior. From Texas to the Virginias, each place has different stories to tell. Several involve writers of the first order: Harper Lee researched true crime in Alabama and Zora Neale Hurston reported on a landmark murder trial in Florida. A serial killer leaves Louisiana to travel the country, a lonely-hearts swindler visits Texas, Arkansas witnesses a surprising spate of unrelated strychnine poisonings, a West Virginia murder is revealed in a dream, and a one-armed conjure-man commits murder-for-hire in North Carolina. Forensic science expands the crimefighters' toolkit in this tour of some of the South's true crime cases.

Crime writer Cathy Pickens brings a novelist's eye to the sinister South and its defining--and quirky--crime stories.

On this special Tuesday episode, V chats with Hank Phillippi Ryan about her book "All This Could Be Yours".

Debut sensation Tessa Calloway is on a whirlwind book tour for her instant bestseller, All This Could Be Yours. In a different city every night, Tessa receives standing ovations from adoring fans while her husband Henry and their two children cheer her on from their brand-new dream house.

But there's a chilling problem with Tessa's triumphant book tour―she soon discovers she is being stalked by someone who's obsessed not only with sabotaging her career, but also with destroying her perfect family back home.

Tessa fears the fallout from an impossible decision she once made―what felt like a genuine deal with the devil―appears to be coming due. And she’s realizing that every high-stakes bargain comes with a high-stakes price. If Tessa can't untangle who's threatening to expose her darkest secrets, she'll lose her career, her family―and possibly her life.

On this Sunday episode, V chats with Caroline England about her novel "Behind Her Smile".

Buried secrets are dangerous.

Unearthing them might be deadly ...

Laurie Dunn has returned to her childhood attic bedroom and her old nightmares have come rushing back. Terrorised by a client-related mugging, her job as a criminal solicitor causes more problems than solutions.

Finn Ballentine yearns for a fresh start, but even the glossy façade of his new law firm can't protect him from the past he's running from.

After a disturbing remark by her confused father, Laurie joins forces with Finn to uncover dark truths. But the long-buried secrets they unearth are laced with danger for them both.

On this special Thursday episode, V chats with Colleen Gleason about her book series "The Lady Darling Mysteries"

"Lady Darling Inquires After a Killer (The Lady Darling Mysteries)"

Lady Bridgerton meets The Thursday Murder Club in the first of a charming, Victorian-set mystery series from bestselling author Colleen Gleason.

Lady Darling is a woman "of a certain age." Fifty, to be specific-which, in the eyes of London society, makes her uninteresting, eccentric, and a little intimidating.

She's a widow.

An empty-nester (all of her children very successfully married-off).

She's titled, influential...and very, very rich.

Now she just wants to be left alone to enjoy her pets and her gardens and her books.

Until someone turns up dead at a dinner party, and Lady Darling is on the scene.

What's a smart, responsible, capable woman to do?

Find the killer, of course!

A thrilling, witty romp of a mystery series, the Lady Darling books will find fans with readers of historical cozies, Bridgerton, and The Thursday Murder Club.

On this special Tuesday episode, V chats with Denise Beddows about her books "The Wronged Man: A Miscarriage of Justice" and "The Forgotten Forty-Four: Victims and Survivors of America’s First Serial Sex Killer"

"The Forgotten Forty-Four: Victims and Survivors of America’s First Serial Sex Killer"

In the 1920s, America’s first recorded serial sex killer was believed to have strangled 22 victims all across the continent from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast, until his arrest in Canada. The author’s research, however, suggests he attacked at least twice that number.

Whilst much has been written about the necrophile whom the press dubbed the ‘dark strangler’ and the ‘gorilla killer’, his tragic victims, mis-named in many accounts, have been largely ignored.

The victims - one being the author’s ancestor – and those women and girls who survived his attacks, are presented here as individuals, along with an account of the odd life and ironically appropriate death of Earle Leonard Nelson.