The Joys of Binge Reading Jenny Wheeler

Irish magic from Jennifer Deibel – the best- selling and award-winning author of a series of charming Emerald Isle novels combining history, family, faith and romance.







Her newest book, The Irish Matchmaker…introduces matchmaker Catriona Daly.







Hi I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and today on Binge Reading Jennifer talks about how a US born gal fell in love with Ireland. and her latest book The Irish Matchmaker. As daughter of a well-known matchmaker, Catríona Daly is no stranger to the business of love – and she sees it as her ticket away from the sleepy village that only comes alive during the annual matchmaking festival.







Our Giveaway this week







Our Giveaway this week is Summer Sleuthing – June Mystery Thrillers. Sadie's Vow – Book #1 in my Home At Last San Francisco historical mystery series is included.















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Links to things mentioned in the episode







A Dance In Donegal, Jennifer Deibel:  https://www.amazon.com/Dance-Donegal-Jennifer-Deibel/dp/0800738411







The Princess Bride (movie) Irish location:  https://giggster.com/guide/movie-location/where-was-the-princess-bride-filmed#:







Lisdoonvarna:  https://matchmakerireland.com/







https://www.ireland.com/en-us/destinations/county/clare/lisdoonvarna







The Maid of Ballymacool, Jennifer Deilbel: https://jenniferdeibel.com/books/the-maid-of-ballymacool/







Willie Daly, Irish matchmaker: https://www.williedaly.com/







Books Jennifer is reading:







Jaime Jo Wright, The Lost Boys of Barlow Theater: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90203406-the-lost-boys-of-barlowe-theater







Natalie Walters Snap agency series:  https://www.amazon.com/The-SNAP-Agency-3-book-series/dp/B08XW1LGC3







Where to find Jennifer Online







Website: www.jenniferdeibel.com







Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferdeibel_author







Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JenniferDeibelAuthor







Introducing author Jennifer Deibel







But now, here’s Jennifer Hello there, Jennifer,  and welcome to the show, it’s great to have you with us.







Jennifer Deibel - Historical Irish mysteries with magic







Jenny Wheeler: But now here's Jennifer. Hello there, Jennifer, and welcome to the show. It's great to have you with us.







Jennifer Deibel: Hi Jenny. Thanks so much for having me. I'm looking forward to chatting.







Jenny Wheeler: These Irish stories are both best sellers and award winners.







 How did you come to start on the Irish story thread?







Jennifer Deibel: It all feels like it happened by accident, but I believe everything happens by design. My husband and I had lived in County Donegal for two years as students. We were studying the language and the culture. My husband had fallen in love with all things Celtic after spending a summer abroad in...

Acclaimed Australian broadcaster and wordsmith Kel Richards is passionate about classical mysteries, and the Golden Age of the 1930s when Agatha Christie and her fellow authors were writing them...







Kel is also an Anglican lay canon, deeply immersed in Narnia creator and theologian C.S. Lewis' Oxford college world and his circle of friends, including Prof. J. R. Tolkien.







Bring all of them together and you have Kel’s Country House Mysteries, featuring Jack Lewis and friends solving brain teasing "closed door" mysteries in 1930's Oxford.







Hi, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and today on the Binge Reading show Kel talks about his love for old fashioned clue puzzle mysteries – the sort that aren’t generally written any more – as well as his passion for Australian English – one of the richest vocabularies in the world, in his view.







Freebies and Sales This Week







We’ve got two book offers this episode – the free Mystery  Thriller Freebies for June free featuring Sadie’s Vow, Book #1 in the Home At Last trilogy – A gold rush romance historical mystery series







Three feisty women. Three steadfast men. A shared quest for justice.















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Links to things discussed in this episode







Dr Johnson mysteries, Lillian De La Torre,: https://www.amazon.com/The-Dr.-Sam-Johnson-Mysteries-4-book-series/dp/B07CQB6YKR#:







Charles Dickens Investigations, J. C. Briggs:  https://www.amazon.com/Charles-Dickens-Investigations-11-book-series/dp/B07MPBQLL2







Teddy Roosevelt as detective, Lawrence Alexander:   https://www.amazon.com/Speak-Softly-Theodore-Roosevelt-Mystery/dp/1561290327







Jane Austen as detective, Stephanie Barron:  https://www.goodreads.com/series/40959-jane-austen-mysteries







Master of the Closed Door Mystery:  John Dickson Carr:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dickson_Carr#:~







Kel Richards’ G. K. Chesterton mystery: https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Mummys-Tomb-Chesterton-Mystery/dp/1589199634







English humourist P.G. Wodehouse: https://www.wodehouse.co.uk/







Performing Flea, P.G. Wodehouse: https://www.amazon.com.au/Performing-Flea-P-G-Wodehouse/dp/1841591912







J R Tolkien, The Ents:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ent#:







The Inklings:  https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Inklings







The Eagle and Child pub:  https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Eagle_and_Child

What if you could take a vacation on your marriage and for six months, pursue a lifetime dream your husband doesn't share? And he could do the same. That's the premise for Lian Dolan's latest book, The Marriage Sabbatical.







Hi, I'm your host, Jenny Wheeler and today Lian, the author of the popular The Sweeney Sisters and Lost And Found In Paris is quick to make clear that the central premise of the marriage sabbatical does not come from personal experience. She jokes her life is ‘just not that interesting.’







But on today's Binge Reading show, she talks about how she came to write a fascinating tale of marriage veterans of 23 years who take holidays apart for the first time in their lives because of their wildly clashing personal interests, and discover new things about themselves and their love for each other.







Book Giveaways







But before we get to Lian, be assured. We've got our usual free book giveaways this week. It’s open season on freebie thrillers.







Searching for an action-packed thrill ride or a twisty whodunnit??







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Romance - Space Opera - Mysteries & Thrillers- Sci Fi * Fantasy - Young Adult - Urban Fantasy

















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Links to things discussed in the show







Ali Macgraw: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_MacGraw







Love Story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Story_(1970_film)







ALS: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis/symptoms-causes/syc-20354022







Dervla McTiernan: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16918766.Dervla_McTiernan







Maeve Binchy: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3532.Maeve_Binchy







Kate Elizabeth Russell (My Dark Vanessa) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44890081-my-dark-vanessa







Donna Tartt The Secret History: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29044.The_Secret_History







The Satellite Sisters: https://satellitesisters.com/podcast/







The Sweeney Sisters, Lian Dolan: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49978226-the-sweeney-sisters







Helen of Pasadena by Lian Dolan: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8882001-helen-of-pasadena







Where to find Lian Dolan online







Website: liandolan.com

 Chris Draper is a Kiwi IT engineer with a passion for writing optimistic, techno-thrillers like Goodbye Woomera Belle the first in a series of five planned action-filled futurist thrillers suitable for young adults, as well as adult readers.







Hi, I'm your host, Jenny Wheeler, and in this week's Binge Reading episode, Chris talks about how he fell in love with the Australian Outback while working in Adelaide, South Australia, and decided it would be the perfect location for the fast paced, optimistic techno thriller he’d been dreaming of writing for years.







And so was born Goodbye Woomera Belle, a world changing story that unfolds in 116 hours.







And it couldn't be more topical, revolving as it does around artificial intelligence and inter-governmental tensions between friendly and not so friendly powers.







Erin Brightwell is a brilliant young mind whose research is critical to national security and lots of people want to get their hands on it.







This week's Giveaway - Woomera Belle







We'll get to our chat with Chris in a moment. But first this week's book giveaway; Chris has kindly offered 10 free copies of his book. Goodbye Woomera Belle to the first 10 readers who go online and claim it.







Links for the download can be found in the show notes for this episode on the website, thejoysofbingereading.com.







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Links to things mentioned in the show







Woomera: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woomera,_South_Australia







Tom Clancy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Clancy







Dan Brown: https://danbrown.com/







Dan Brown series Robert Langdon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Langdon_(book_series)#:







Maralinga:







https://www.indaily.com.au/opinion/2021/05/25/sas-nuclear-testing-legacy-still-unfolding-in-outback







https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_nuclear_tests_at_Maralinga







Deep Space Station 41 and the Island Lagoon Base,







https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_Lagoon_Tracking_Station







Spacecraft: Voyagers: https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/







Pioneer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_10







The James Webb Space telescope: https://webb.nasa.gov/







Nevil Shute: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevil_Shute







A Town Like Alice: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/107301.A_Town_Like_Alice







On The Beach:  https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/38180







Trustee From The Toolroom: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/107300.Trustee_from_the_Toolroom







P F Hamilton Space opera series: 







https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/peter-f-hamilton/1507

 Amy Harmon grew up in a remote Utah valley, very close to where the famed outlaw Butch Cassidy really lived. Quite a few years before her, of course. The folklore surrounding his Robin Hood reputation has always fascinated her.







She's far too young to have seen the famous movie starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford first time round, but she's excavated the history and shed a whole new light on the story and her latest book, The Outlaw Noble Salt.







Hi, I'm your host, Jenny Wheeler, and in this week's Binge Reading episode, Amy talks about the mystery surrounding Robert LeRoy Parker, better known as Butch Cassidy, the American outlaw, train robber and leader of a gang called The Wild Bunch. It's officially recorded that he died in a shootout with local authorities in Bolivia in 1908. But did he really? Amy's book is a fascinating and heart-touching re-imagining of the story.







Mystery and Thriller Giveaway







Our Giveaway this week - We always have free books to Giveaway -. is Mystery Thriller And Suspense Freebies.







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And the range is huge with something to suit every taste ,from historicals like Poisoned Legacy, Book One in my Of Gold& Blood Gold Rush romance series through to cozies and contemporary psychological thrillers.







Find the link to download these books in the show notes for the episode on the website. The Joys Of Binge Reading.com.









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Links to items mentioned in the show







Movie: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064115/







Folklore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Cassidy







Eliot Ness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliot_Ness







Gladys Knight: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Knight







Books Amy has loved in the past or is reading now:







Louise L'Amour - Western classics: https://www.louislamour.com/







Lucy Maud Montgomery: https://lmmontgomery.ca/about/lmm/her-life







Anne of Green Gables: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Anne-of-Green-Gables







Baroness Orczy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scarlet_Pimpernel







Paullina Simons The Bronze Horseman: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/47499.Paullina_Simons







Susanna Kearsley: susannakearsley.com







Poets:







William Butler Yeats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._B._Yeats







Emily Dickinson: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Emily-Dickinson







Introducing author Amy Harmon







Amy Harmon: re-imagining the Burch Cassidy story







But now here’s Amy. Hello there, Amy, and welcome to the show. It's great to have you with us.







Amy Harmon: I am so excited to talk to you, Jenny.







Jenny Wheeler: You've written more than 20 books and the most recent one is The Outlaw Noble Salt, and it retells the Butch Cassidy and the Sundance story, The Wild Bunch Story. If we are of a certain age, we saw the movie years ago,

Best-selling award-winning novelist Sarah Sundin, author of beloved World War II stories, never had an ambition to write. She trained as a pharmacist, she was perfectly happy as a pharmacist, and then she had a dream that wouldn’t let her go.







She started jotting down her dream story in pencil in a kiddies notebook and six months later she had 700 pages...







Hi I’m you host Jenny Wheeler and today on Binge Reading Sarah talks about her latest daring, dramatic and romantic story, Embers in The London Sky, exploring the war through the eyes of a mother who has lost her child, and a BBC journalist who knows reporting the truth will take him deep into the flames.







She tells all about that vivid dream that started it all, and recollects her own family connections with the war we just can’t seem to forget.







Our Giveaway - Romance















Our giveaway this week is Enemies To Lovers Clean and Wholesome romance. If you can’t resist a good Enemies to Lovers story this one is for you!  Details of where to find the links to these books are in the show notes for this episode, and in the newsletter I send out with each podcast. If you want to join that just go to our website, the joys of binge reading.com.









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Links To Things We Talked About







American war correspondent Edward R. Murrow:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_R._Murrow







Some of Murrow’s WWII broadcasts:







London: First Night of the Blitz









https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVXmJC6mPEk









From a London Rooftop during the Blitz  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za2Lus0CkRc







From Buchenwald: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlhQvPfYSXk







Lofoten Island Raid  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q60pIny5WSo







Lofoten Raid:  https://www.royalmarineshistory.com/post/operation-claymore#:







Lend-Lease Bill: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lend-Lease







Holly Varni, On Moonberry Lake;







https://www.hollyvarni.com/







On Moonberry Lake  https://www.hollyvarni.com/hollys-books/







German Abwher; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abwehr







Scottish selkie; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selkie







Introducing author Sarah Sundin







Sarah Sundin, inspirational World War II fiction author







Jenny Wheeler: But now here's Sarah. Hello there, Sarah, and welcome to the show. It's great to have you with.







Sarah Sundin: Thank you, Jenny. It's great to be here.







Jenny Wheeler: Sarah, you've been writing these World War II dramas with lots of romance and adventure in them as well since about 2010.







But before that, you were a pharmacist. That's what your training was in. I wonder how you made that switch, and why you were interested in doing so.