What is it that makes crime stories so popular? On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review a new novel and a short story collection sure to please fans of the genre: <a href="https://www.theivybookshop.com/book/9780593328798">Age of Vice</a>, by Deepti Kapoor, and <a href="https://www.theivybookshop.com/book/9781982159528">The Faraway World</a>, by Patricia Engel.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Jane Harper Special: "The Dry," "Force of Nature" and "Exiles."

----What should I read next?---- Book critic and longtime NPR commentator Marion Winik answers this question in four opinionated, book-loving minutes. With reviews of new releases and older titles you may have missed, it’s like having a new best friend with very good taste to guide you in your literary adventures. The Weekly Reader is produced by WYPR and hosted by Lisa Morgan.