Tea, Tonic & Toxin
Tea, Tonic, and Toxin is a book club and podcast for people who love mysteries, thrillers, introspection, and good conversation. Each month, your hosts, Carolyn Daughters and Sarah Harrison, will discuss a game-changing mystery or thriller, starting in 1841 onward. Together, we’ll see firsthand how the genre evolvedAlong the way, we’ll entertain ideas, prospects, theories, doubts, and grudges, along with the occasional guest. And we hope to entertain you, dear friend. We want you to experience the joys of reading some of the best mysteries and thrillers ever written.
Podcasting since 2022 • 102 episodes
Tea, Tonic & Toxin
Latest Episodes
The Ministry of Fear by Graham Greene with Dr Robert Willingham
We are so excited to expand our discussion of the transcendant The Ministry of Fear by Graham Greene with special guest Dr. Robert Willingham.Rob Willingham is a history professor at Roanoke College. After receiving his doctorate f...
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Season 5
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Episode 101
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1:02:29
The Ministry of Fear by Graham Greene, episode 1
THE MINISTRY OF FEAR by Graham Greene is a thrilling blend of espionage and psychological mystery set in wartime London. The story follows Arthur Rowe, an ordinary man caught up in Nazi intrigue. Celebrated for its moral complexity, it r...
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Season 5
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Episode 100
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1:05:28
What we said about what we read in 2025
2025 was an amazing and tumultous year for Carolyn and Sarah, both of us making moves out of Denver. But we kept on reading (albiet at a slower pace!) and loved having conversations about it all. Join us for our take on 2025, and let us know yo...
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Season 4
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Episode 99
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40:08
Through a Window to Rear Window, by Cornell Woolrich and HG Wells
Rear Window (1942) by Cornell Woolrich is a classic in the suspense genre for its masterful use of tension and claustrophobia. The story’s premise—a man confined to his apartment who becomes an unwitting witness to sinist...
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1:08:03
The Rat Began to Gnaw the Rope by CW Grafton, with guest L Wayne Hicks, episode 2!
L. Wayne Hicks joins Tea, Tonic & Toxin to discuss The Rat Began to Gnaw the Rope, published in 1943 by C. W. Grafton (father of Sue Grafton).L. Wayne Hicks is a freelance writer who covered real-life crimes for newspa...
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Season 4
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Episode 97
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53:20
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