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Booklovers’ Cafe – Kay Smith-Blum, Tangles

(Airdate: April 7, 2026) Booklovers’ host Cris Wilson talks to Seattle author Kay Smith-Blum about her latest novel. Tangles  is a historical fiction thriller about the Hanford Nuclear Reservation during the Cold War, blending a love story with a mystery surrounding government secrecy and its devastating health and environmental impacts. The novel follows a young scientist, Luke Hinson, as he investigates the harmful effects of nuclear production, uncovering a trail that connects to the disappearance of his former neighbor, Mary, and exploring themes of courage, loss, and the human cost of the nuclear age.