{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Physics, Pirates, and a Haunted Inn: Conversations with AJ Alanson","description":"In this engaging episode of the Connecticut Book Festivals Podcast, Jed Doherty welcomes AJ Alanson, author of the Admiral Inn mystery and adventure series, to celebrate book ten, Wolf in the Cove. AJ introduces us to June Faust, a former Treasury Department \u201csuper accountant\u201d who buys a derelict mansion on the coast of Maine through a government auction\u2014sight unseen. The locals wish the place had been burned to the ground, but June spends a decade fixing it up, turning it into the Admiral Inn, and slowly (and awkwardly) mending fences with the small-town community. Each book in the planned 12-book series covers a month in June\u2019s most transformative year, blending episodic mysteries with a long, emotional arc that includes community secrets, her husband\u2019s unsolved murder, and a complicated, late-in-life relationship with an old friend and former director. AJ shares how the series grew out of her real life: leaving a career in experimental dark matter physics, running an \u201cAirbnb on steroids\u201d that hosted around 800 guests a year, and keeping notes on all the stories that walked through her door. She talks about being a meticulous plotter, why you don\u2019t \u201cpants\u201d a 12-book series, and how her time working a mile underground in physics labs and mines keeps sneaking into her fiction. Jed and AJ also discuss reader-favorite side character Helene, the research behind the books, plans for audiobooks recorded in AJ\u2019s own home studio, and a new cozy project featuring an 84-year-old sleuth\u2014narrated by AJ\u2019s 84-year-old mom. ","author_name":"Connecticut Book Festivals Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/558800","html":"