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Summer check-in with Abby and Pat! New crime thriller recs, Abby's big move, and more!
Criminal Types
07/18/23 • 39 min
This week, Abby sits down with producer Pat for a summer check-in while we’re in between seasons of Criminal Types! Abby and Pat talk about Abby’s recent move to Houston (plus a local Houston bookstore you need to visit if you’re ever in the area), share recommendations for summer reads worth adding to your to-read list, and talk about the horror movies Abby is watching (and re-watching) this summer.
Trailer for the new series CRIMINAL TYPES!
Criminal Types
04/10/23 • 0 min
Obsessed with crime stories? So are we. From serial killers to legal thrillers, haunted houses to murder mysteries, Criminal Types digs into the real-world cases, research, and obsessions that keep your favorite crime writers up at night. From household names to authors you’ll hear about here for the first time, join us as we go behind the scenes to find out how the plot gets twisted.
When she was a child, host Abby Endler found her mom’s old collection of Nancy Drew books hiding in a dusty attic. She has been hooked on crime fiction ever since. She is a Senior Publicist at Penguin Random House and creator of @crimebythebook, the largest crime fiction-dedicated Instagram account in the United States.
Our first episode drops on Tuesday May 2 with special guest John Grisham!
Ruth Ware on Reality Dating Shows and Agatha Christie
Criminal Types
10/22/24 • 65 min
We’re back! To kick off Season 2, Abby sits down with New York Times bestselling author Ruth Ware to talk all things Agatha Christie, survival thrillers, reality TV, and Ruth’s newest book, One Perfect Couple.
For more on the podcast: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/articles/criminal-types-podcast/
Enjoyed CRIMINAL TYPES? Check out other podcasts from Penguin Random House:
This is Taste: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/taste/id1393739959
Marlon & Jake Read Dead People: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marlon-and-jake-read-dead-people/id1492163935
The Baldwin 100: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-baldwin-100/id1753982226
Host: Abby Endler - Follow Abby at Crime By The Book
Producer: Pat Stango
Editor: Clayton Gumbert
Criminal Types is a co-production of Penguin Random House Media + Knopf Publishing
11/19/24 • 56 min
This week Abby talks to Alafair Burke, bestselling author of suspense novels such as THE WIFE and THE NOTE.
For more on the podcast: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/articles/criminal-types-podcast/
Enjoyed CRIMINAL TYPES? Check out other podcasts from Penguin Random House:
This is Taste: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/taste/id1393739959
Marlon & Jake Read Dead People: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marlon-and-jake-read-dead-people/id1492163935
The Baldwin 100: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-baldwin-100/id1753982226
Host: Abby Endler - Follow Abby at Crime By The Book
Producer: Pat Stango
Editor: Clayton Gumbert
Criminal Types is a co-production of Penguin Random House Media + Knopf Publishing
05/23/23 • 42 min
CJ Tudor is the award-winning author of chilling thrillers including THE CHALK MANand THE BURNING GIRLS. Her newest book THE DRIFT is a gripping story of catastrophe and survival, following three ordinary people risking it all for a chance at redemption. In today’s episode, Abby talks with CJ about writing books that blur genre boundaries, their mutual love of My Chemical Romance, and the influence of both Agatha Christie and Stephen King on her post-apocalyptic new thriller THE DRIFT.
For more on this book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/671523/the-drift-by-c-j-tudor/
For more on the podcast: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/articles/criminal-types-podcast/
Enjoyed CRIMINAL TYPES? Check out other podcasts from Penguin Random House:
Books Connect Us: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/books-connect-us/id1059532301
The Taste Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/taste/id1393739959
Marlon & Jake Read Dead People: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marlon-and-jake-read-dead-people/id1492163935
Host: Abby Endler - Follow Abby at Crime By The Book
Producer: Pat Stango
Editor: Clayton Gumbert
Music: Shearwater
Criminal Types is a co-production of Penguin Random House Media + Knopf Publishing
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Simone St. James on female serial killers, ghost stories, and her latest chiller THE BOOK OF COLD CASES
Criminal Types
05/30/23 • 49 min
This week, Abby speaks with Simone St. James, the New York times bestselling author of The Sun Down Motel, The Broken Girls, and The Haunting of Maddy Clare. Abby and Simone talk about amateur sleuths solving crimes, the supernatural and how it appears in Simone's writing, and the real-world female serial killers who influenced the way Simone chose to write the villain of her latest chilling novel, THE BOOK OF COLD CASES--a story about a true crime blogger who gets more than she bargained for when she sets out to interview a woman acquitted of two cold case slayings.
For more on this book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/576768/the-book-of-cold-cases-by-simone-st-james/
For more on the podcast: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/articles/criminal-types-podcast/
Enjoyed CRIMINAL TYPES? Check out other podcasts from Penguin Random House:
Books Connect Us: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/books-connect-us/id1059532301
The Taste Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/taste/id1393739959
Marlon & Jake Read Dead People: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marlon-and-jake-read-dead-people/id1492163935
Host: Abby Endler - Follow Abby at Crime By The Book
Producer: Pat Stango
Editor: Clayton Gumbert
Music: Shearwater
Criminal Types is a co-production of Penguin Random House Media + Knopf Publishing
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Lisa Gardner is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 20 suspense novels. Her latest is ONE STEP TOO FAR, a chilling thriller about a young man gone missing in the wilderness of Wyoming...and the secrets uncovered by the desperate effort to find him. In this episode Abby talks to Lisa Gardner about visiting the Tennessee body farm, how her fascination with real-world research has informed her crime writing, the surprising reality of disappearances at national parks across the US, and writing missing persons mysteries.
For more on this book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/673510/one-step-too-far-by-lisa-gardner/
For more on the podcast: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/articles/criminal-types-podcast/
Enjoyed CRIMINAL TYPES? Check out other podcasts from Penguin Random House:
Books Connect Us: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/books-connect-us/id1059532301
The Taste Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/taste/id1393739959
Marlon & Jake Read Dead People: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marlon-and-jake-read-dead-people/id1492163935
Host: Abby Endler - Follow Abby at Crime By The Book
Producer: Pat Stango
Editor: Clayton Gumbert
Music: Shearwater
Criminal Types is a co-production of Penguin Random House Media + Knopf Publishing
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Isabel Cañas on the unexpected intersection of witchcraft and organized religion in THE HACIENDA
Criminal Types
05/11/23 • 61 min
Isabel Cañas is the author of THE HACIENDA, a debut supernatural suspense novel—set in the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence—about a remote house, a sinister haunting, and the woman pulled into their clutches. On today's episode Abby and Isabel discuss growing up in a possibly-haunted house, the influence of Gothic literature on her writing, and balancing elements of romance and horror in her fiction.
Plus we play America's favorite gameshow STUMP THE ABBY, in which Abby gives some great recommendations for spooky thrillers.
For more on this book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676676/the-hacienda-by-isabel-canas/
For more on the podcast: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/articles/criminal-types-podcast/
Enjoyed CRIMINAL TYPES? Check out other podcasts from Penguin Random House:
Books Connect Us: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/books-connect-us/id1059532301
The Taste Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/taste/id1393739959
Marlon & Jake Read Dead People: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marlon-and-jake-read-dead-people/id1492163935
Host: Abby Endler - Follow Abby at Crime By The Book
Producer: Pat Stango
Editor: Clayton Gumbert
Music: Shearwater
Criminal Types is a co-production of Penguin Random House Media + Knopf Publishing
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John Grisham on how the Dixie Mafia factors into his new thriller THE BOYS FROM BILOXI
Criminal Types
05/09/23 • 50 min
On our very first episode Abby is joined by legendary author John Grisham, who is the author of over 30 novels such as THE FIRM, THE CLIENT, and A TIME TO KILL. His latest thriller THE BOYS FROM BILOXI is set against the backdrop of Biloxi's dark underbelly, where vice is controlled by small cabal of mobsters, many of them rumored to be members of the Dixie Mafia.
In this conversation John Grisham discusses his career, his background in law and his work with The Innocence Project, and how Hollywood's early interest in his novel THE FIRM helped that book—and his writing career—take off.
Plus Abby Endler discusses her history with crime fiction and just why it's the only genre for her. Enjoy!
For more on this book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/709301/the-boys-from-biloxi-by-john-grisham/
For more on the podcast: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/articles/criminal-types-podcast/
Enjoyed CRIMINAL TYPES? Check out other podcasts from Penguin Random House:
Books Connect Us: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/books-connect-us/id1059532301
The Taste Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/taste/id1393739959
Marlon & Jake Read Dead People: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marlon-and-jake-read-dead-people/id1492163935
Host: Abby Endler - Follow Abby at Crime By The Book
Producer: Pat Stango
Editor: Clayton Gumbert
Music: Shearwater
Criminal Types is a co-production of Penguin Random House Media + Knopf Publishing
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07/05/23 • 33 min
Go behind the scenes of publishing the crime books we all love to read in this bonus episode! Today Abby sits down with Jennifer Barth, Senior Vice President and Executive Editor at Knopf, for a discussion of Jennifer’s career, the crime books that got her hooked on the genre, and some of the amazing crime fiction and true crime authors Jennifer has edited. Abby and Jennifer talk plot twists, crime TV shows versus crime books, upcoming releases, and lots more.
For more on the podcast: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/articles/criminal-types-podcast/
Enjoyed CRIMINAL TYPES? Check out other podcasts from Penguin Random House:
Books Connect Us: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/books-connect-us/id1059532301
The Taste Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/taste/id1393739959
Marlon & Jake Read Dead People: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marlon-and-jake-read-dead-people/id1492163935
Host: Abby Endler - Follow Abby at Crime By The Book
Producer: Pat Stango
Editor: Clayton Gumbert
Music: Shearwater
Criminal Types is a co-production of Penguin Random House Media + Knopf Publishing
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FAQ
How many episodes does Criminal Types have?
Criminal Types currently has 19 episodes available.
What topics does Criminal Types cover?
The podcast is about Literature, True Crime, Thriller, Podcasts, Books, Arts, Authors, Suspense and Horror.
What is the most popular episode on Criminal Types?
The episode title 'Summer check-in with Abby and Pat! New crime thriller recs, Abby's big move, and more!' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Criminal Types?
The average episode length on Criminal Types is 44 minutes.
How often are episodes of Criminal Types released?
Episodes of Criminal Types are typically released every 7 days, 1 hour.
When was the first episode of Criminal Types?
The first episode of Criminal Types was released on Apr 10, 2023.
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