Shelf Discovery

Series produced by Kristin Dreyer Kramer

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Each week on Shelf Discovery, host Kristin Dreyer Kramer offers listeners a brief look inside the pages of a new book. From mysteries to memoirs, classics to chick lit, busy readers are sure to find plenty of picks to add to their shelves. On this week's show, Kristin follows a new bride’s search for the truth in Bride and Groom by Rona Halsall.

Shelf Discovery is a three-minute weekly feature, dedicated to helping busy readers wade through the shelves and shelves of options to discover books that are worth their often limited reading time.

The show is hosted by Kristin Dreyer Kramer, frantic reader, lover of all things entertainment, and editor-in-chief of NightsAndWeekends.com.

Please feel free to send questions, comments, or suggestions to Books@ShelfDiscovery.org.

630 Pieces

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Shelf Discovery: Lord of the Wings by Donna Andrews
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins the Halloween festivities of Donna Andrews's latest Meg Langslow mystery, Lord of the Wings.

  • Added: Oct 20, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
Shelf Discovery: Candy Corn Murder by Leslie Meier
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin gears up for Halloween with Lucy Stone in the audio edition of Leslie Meier's Candy Corn Murder.

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Oct 13, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: Mrs. John Doe by Tom Savage
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin goes on the run with a grieving widow in Tom Savage's Mrs. John Doe.

  • Added: Oct 05, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
Shelf Discovery: The Scam by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin reunites for a crime-fighter and a criminal for their latest con in The Scam by Janet Evanovich and Lee Gol...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
Shelf Discovery: Academy Girls by Nora Carroll
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin is haunted by the ghosts of high school with author Nora Carroll's Academy Girls.

Bought by KKRN and WDCB


  • Added: Sep 22, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: A Window Opens by Elisabeth Egan
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin tries to do it all with the guilt-ridden mom in Elisabeth Egan's A Window Opens.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
Shelf Discovery: Camp Arcanum by Josef Matulich
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins the battle between demons and jesters in Josef Matulich's Camp Arcanum.

  • Added: Sep 08, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
Shelf Discovery: Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin returns to battle with grim reaper Charley Davidson in the audio version of Seventh Grave and No Body by Da...

Bought by WDCB and KKRN


  • Added: Sep 01, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Movie Stary by Lizzie Pepper by Hilary Liftin
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin takes a peek behind the gossip mags with author Hilary Liftin's fictional celebrity memoir, Movie Star by L...

Bought by WDCB and KKRN


  • Added: Aug 25, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Hostage Taker by Stefanie Pintoff
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a hostage crisis in Manhattan with Stefanie Pintoff's Hostage Taker.

Bought by KKRN and WDCB


  • Added: Aug 18, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: The Accidental Apprentice by Vikas Swarup
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin travels to India for an unusual job interview in Vikas Swarup's The Accidental Apprentice.

Bought by KKRN and WDCB


  • Added: Aug 11, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Notorious by Allison Brennan
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin listens in as a reporter investigates the past in the audio version of Allison Brennan's Notorious.

Bought by KKRN, WDCB, and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 04, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: The Coincidence of Coconut Cake by Amy E. Reichert
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin cooks up some romance with author Amy E. Reichert's The Coincidence of Coconut Cake.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KKRN, and WDCB


  • Added: Jul 27, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: The Blow Off by Mickey J. Corrigan
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin turns to desperate measures with Mickey J. Corrigan's The Blow Off.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WDCB, and KKRN


  • Added: Jul 21, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Wings in the Dark by Michael Murphy
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin gets caught up in the historical whodunit of Michael Murphy's Wings in the Dark.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KKRN, and WDCB


  • Added: Jul 14, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Love May Fail by Matthew Quick
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin goes on a quest to save a troubled teacher with Matthew Quick's Love May Fail.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KKRN, and WDCB


  • Added: Jul 07, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: The Radiance of Tomorrow by Ishmael Beah
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin travels to a village in transition with the audio version of Ishmael Beah's The Radiance of Tomorrow.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WDCB, and KKRN


  • Added: Jun 30, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Fixed in Blood by T. E. Woods
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin takes another case with Mort Grant and The Fixer in Fixed in Blood by T. E. Woods.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KKRN, and WDCB


  • Added: Jun 23, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: The Wrong Man by Kate White
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Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin explores vacation romance gone wrong with Kate White's The Wrong Man.

Bought by Harford Community Radio and KKRN


  • Added: Jun 16, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: The Truth According to Us by Annie Barrows
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
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On this week's Shelf Discovery, Kristin searches for answers with a small-town girl in The Truth According to Us by Annie Barrows.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KKRN, and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2015
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3

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