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Welcome to Mysteries to Die For.

I am TG Wolff and am here with Jack, my piano player and producer. This is a podcast where we combine storytelling with original music to put you at the heart of mystery, murder, and mayhem. Some episodes will be my own stories, others will be classics that helped shape the mystery genre we know today. These are arrangements, which means instead of word-for-word readings, you get a performance meant to be heard. Jack and I perform these live, front to back, no breaks, no fakes, no retakes (unless it's really bad)

This is Season 1. The first half of the season comes from my book Widow\\u2019s Run, which was published in 2019 by Down & Out Books. If you love clever, sharp-edged mysteries and thrillers, check out Down & Out on the web. www.downandoutbooks.com

Today\\u2019s episode builds from the previous. Really, you have to listen in order for the story to make sense. Start with the episode called \\u201cWhat a Lovely Corpse you Have\\u201d and catch up to us from there. We\\u2019ll be here for you. We\\u2019ve listed a cast of characters in the show notes to help keep track of the players.

To recap, our hero, Diamond, has faked her death, burying the mainstream, suburban professional she was to resurrect her CIA cover. Why? She needs to do what the police won\\u2019t, investigate her husband\\u2019s death. In the last episode, Diamond and her Italian guide Carlo Giancarlo find the man who hit and killed Gavriil. Hugo Franzetti was a thief, a black mailer, and as dead nearly as long as Gavriil. We pick up this week as Diamond and Carlo follow the money.

Today\\u2019s story is about bad timing, thinking laterally, and writing your own story. This is Episode 8: This Little Piggy Went to the Bank.

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Characters with episode of introduction

Diamond, our hero. Recently widowed. Recently (fake) killed herself. On a mission. (E1)

Gavriil Rubchinsky. Russian-born, nerd scientist specializing in quinoa. Diamond\\u2019s husband. Died May 14, 2018. The reason for Diamond. (E1)

Ian Black. Average, ordinary, white man. Extraordinary purveyor of anything, anywhere, anytime. (E1)

Sam Irish. British agent. Formerly worked with Diamond. Pissed she died without him. (E1)

Andrew Dixon. Seventeen-year-old genius delinquent currently surfing Diamond\\u2019s couch (E4)

Enrique Torres. CIA agent who trained and worked with Diamond. Can\\u2019t believe a candle took her out. (E1)

Alexei Rubchinsky. Russian-born, nerd scientist specializing in the body. Diamond\\u2019s brother-in-law. (E2)

Dr. Quili Liu. Gavriil Rubchinsky\\u2019s successor, a Chinese-born, nerd-scientist who also loves quinoa. (E2)

Buford Winston. Blow hard leader of the super-lobby Ag Now! who is funding the quinoa research. (E2)

Montgomery Rand. Minor league con man. Reported genius who doesn\\u2019t have the brains to use what God gave him. (E3)

Carlo Giancarlo. Diamond\\u2019s Italian translator and partner in crime. (E5)

Francisco Thelan. Another nerd-scientist specializing in food. Also dead. Died same night as Gavriil. (E5)

Ilsa Duma-whatever. Russian-born Italian bookseller. Totally did not seduce Gavriil. (E6)

Mama Franzetti. A good woman with a piece of shit for a grandson. (E7)

Hugo Franzetti. The piece of shit that ran Gavriil over, but he\\u2019s dead, too, so there\\u2019s that. (E7)

Valentina Rossifiori. A single mother and friend of Hugo Franzetti who is keeping him \\u201calive\\u201d to stop all the judging. (E8)

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Mysteries to Die For is sponsored by Down & Out Books. The featured new release this week is OCCAM\\u2019S RAZOR by Joe Clifford. Former top-flight prospect Oz Reyes heads security for..."