<p>Host <strong>Jason Blitman</strong> finally sits down with author <strong>Rachel Howzell Hall</strong> now that he's survived a full year of agony waiting for the follow-up to her cliffhanger-ending crime novel,&nbsp;<em>Fog and Fury</em>. Today, they're celebrating the arrival of&nbsp;<em>Mist and Malice</em>, the long-awaited sequel. New to the series? No problem. This spoiler-free conversation is the perfect entry point into the world of Haven.</p><br><p>Conversation highlights:</p><p>🌽 Rachel's favorite foods at the county fair</p><p>🎵 The song from Hamilton as a character's theme song</p><p>👵 Which Golden Girl Rachel identifies with</p><br><p><strong>Rachel Howzell Hall </strong>is the&nbsp;<em>New York Times</em>&nbsp;bestselling author of&nbsp;<em>Fog and Fury, The Cruel Dawn, The Last One, What Never Happened, We Lie Here, These Toxic Things, And Now She’s Gone, They All Fall Down</em>, and, with James Patterson,&nbsp;<em>The Good Sister</em>, which was included in Patterson’s collection&nbsp;<em>The Family Lawyer</em>. A two-time Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist as well as an Anthony, International Thriller Writers, and Lefty Award nominee, Rachel is also the author of&nbsp;<em>Land of Shadows, Skies of Ash, Trail of Echoes</em>, and&nbsp;<em>City of Saviors</em>&nbsp;in the Detective Elouise Norton series. A past member of the board of directors for Mystery Writers of America, she has been a featured writer on NPR’s acclaimed Crime in the City series and the National Endowment for the Arts weekly podcast. Rachel lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter.</p><p>Sign up for the Gays Reading Book Club&nbsp;<a href="https://allstora.com/pages/gays-reading-book-club?utm_source=host_jasonblitman&amp;utm_medium=host&amp;utm_campaign=gays_reading&amp;utm_content=podcast_ig_bio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>HERE</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://gaysreading.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>SUBSTACK!</strong></a><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="http://gaysreading.printful.me/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>MERCH!</strong></a><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/@gaysreading" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>WATCH!</strong></a><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>CONTACT! </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>