Reese Witherspoon, Harlan Coben and Chris Kraus are out with new crime thrillers

Today’s episode features two new crime thrillers written by big names. First, Harlan Coben says he stopped in his tracks when Reese Witherspoon asked to collaborate on a novel. In today’s episode, the co-authors speak with NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly about their collaboration on Gone Before Goodbye . Then, I Love Dick author Chris Kraus took an autofiction approach to her crime novel The Four Spent the Day Together . In an interview with NPR’s Elissa Nadworny, Kraus describes the protagonist as “me at the moment of the story.” To listen to Book of the Day sponsor-free and support NPR's book coverage, sign up for Book of the Day+ at plus.npr.org/bookoftheday Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy