{"podcast":{"title":"Kobo Writing Life Podcast","slug":"kobo-writing-life-podcast-737430","podcast_index_feed_id":737430,"rss_url":"https://kobowritinglife.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://bit.ly/KWLPodcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/7/3/c/3/73c36abbb999117bd959afa2a1bf1c87/kobo_logo3.png","author":"Kobo Writing Life","episode_count":444,"summary":"The Kobo Writing Life Podcast features exciting interviews with bestselling authors, tips on the craft and business of writing, and advice for a successful self-publishing career. Millions of readers are waiting to discover your book - publish today at www.kobo.com/writinglife.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T04:18:57.250870+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kobo-writing-life-podcast-737430"},"episode":{"title":"#398 – Writing Psychological Thrillers and Procedural Crime with D.K. Hood","slug":"398-writing-psychological-thrillers-and-procedural-crime-with-d-k-hood","published_at":"2026-06-23T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kobo-writing-life-podcast-737430/398-writing-psychological-thrillers-and-procedural-crime-with-d-k-hood","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kobo-writing-life-podcast-737430","url":"https://kobowritinglife.libsyn.com/398-writing-detective-fiction-with-dk-hood","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/kobowritinglife/Kobo_Writing_Life_-_DK_Hood__June_23_2026.mp3?dest-id=140441","summary":"In this episode, we are excited to be joined by D.K. Hood, acclaimed author of the Detectives Kane and Alton series! Having sold over 2 million copies of her books, D.K. is an experienced author whose works have been largely published by the digital-first publisher Bookouture. We spoke to D.K. about her long-running Kane and Alton series, how she plots her novels, how she makes sure mysteries stay satisfying, how she keeps her characters consistent, shares advice for writing a series, and much more. We are honoured to help be a part of celebrating the launch of the 30th book in the Detectives Kane and Alton series. Nothing Stays Buried is available June 30th 2026.","meta_description":"In this episode, we are excited to be joined by D.K. Hood, acclaimed author of the Detectives Kane and Alton series! Having sold over 2 million copies of…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3044,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/kobo-writing-life-podcast-737430/episodes/398-writing-psychological-thrillers-and-procedural-crime-with-d-k-hood/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kobo-writing-life-podcast-737430/398-writing-psychological-thrillers-and-procedural-crime-with-d-k-hood.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}