Michelle Cox is the author of the Henrietta and Inspector Howard series, a mystery/romance saga set in the 1930s Chicago often described as “Downton Abbey Meets Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries.” To date, the series has won over sixty international awards and has received positive reviews from Library Journal (starred), Booklist (starred), Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and various media outlets, such as Popsugar, Buzzfeed, Redbook, Elle, Brit&Co., Bustle, Culturalist, Working Mother, and many others. Cox also pens the wildly popular, “Novel Notes of Local Lore,” a weekly blog chronically the lives of Chicago’s forgotten residents. She lives in the northern suburbs of Chicago with her husband and three children and is hard at work on her next novel. Follow the Best Book Ever Podcast on Instagram or on the Best Book Ever Website Host: Julie Strauss Website/Instagram Guest: Michelle Cox Website/Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/BookBub/TikTok We are hard at work on our annual Kids/YA Gift Giving Guide. Do you know a young person who’d like to talk to me about their favorite book? For more information, GO HERE! Previous Kids/YA Episodes: 2021 2020 And, just for fun, here’s an episode of outtakes from my chats with kids. Discussed in this episode: My Cousin Rachel by Daphne DuMaurier Henrietta and Inspector Howard Series by Michelle Cox: A Girl Like You A Ring of Truth A Promise Given A Veil Removed A Child Lost A Spying Eye The Interview Show on PBS (filmed at The Hideout Bar Chicago) My Cousin Rachel film adaptation Get Out tea scene Life After Life by Kate Atkinson Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson (Note: Some of the above links are affiliate links. If you shop using my affiliate link on Bookshop, a portion of your purchase will go to me, at no extra expense to you. Thank you for supporting indie bookstores and for helping to keep the Best Book Ever Podcast in business!) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bestbookeverpodcast.substack.com

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