{"id":944,"date":"2025-12-09T15:21:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T20:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonnarspring.com\/?p=944"},"modified":"2025-12-30T15:31:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T20:31:36","slug":"a-conversation-with-michael-sears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bonnarspring.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/09\/a-conversation-with-michael-sears\/","title":{"rendered":"A Conversation with Michael Sears"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"711\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/bonnarspring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/michaelSears.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonnarspring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/michaelSears.png 711w, https:\/\/bonnarspring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/michaelSears-300x254.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This week on Crime Wave: In Michael Sears\u2019 LOVE THE STRANGER, Queens attorney Ted Molloy finds himself caught between profit-driven foreclosures and the grassroots fight to stop a massive development that threatens to uproot immigrant communities trying to build a better life. But when his activist girlfriend Kenzie Zielinski becomes the only witness to a murder at a corrupt immigration lawyer\u2019s office, Ted and Kenzie must navigate a labyrinth of danger, betrayal, and <a><\/a>community tension. The result is a gritty, urgent mystery that pulses with the voices, hopes, and fractures of Queens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Connect with Michael: <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelsears.com\/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExeDhkWWx5MVJmbVNuRlZFNXNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR5QTkBKZUl7wgD1bsHq7ZxR2PkcVpsLF9DO97gg50xqKoxv7mq7Iyjo17EkQg_aem_JL1ukxAVUz24FZpoDYq63g\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/michaelsears.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/authorsontheair\/michael-sears-love-the-stranger-crime-wave?fbclid=IwY2xjawPBFGFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF4OGRZbHkxUmZtU25GVkU1c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHq2qB9LXG4_SuDrrEq0fMj_bVOwKTOYSSpXB4_C-TZcnSoLcgVKROTobMRFz_aem_sOYsnY_Jg895uG_G-dVzeA\">SoundCloud<\/a><br>On <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/0kGgzdmg42s1txaupWdhpZ?fbclid=IwY2xjawPBFJ5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF4OGRZbHkxUmZtU25GVkU1c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHqmVZdyLOzS6bQWG4omFZt4Hp4o1Nafv9qDfObGSzC7oTMsuW7yemzii4Ccd_aem_5wSXr-GCu-RJnrINDPGavw\">Spotify<\/a><br>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/269-authors-on-the-air-global-88373959\/episode\/michael-sears-love-the-stranger-311526159\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPBFMtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF4OGRZbHkxUmZtU25GVkU1c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHq2qB9LXG4_SuDrrEq0fMj_bVOwKTOYSSpXB4_C-TZcnSoLcgVKROTobMRFz_aem_sOYsnY_Jg895uG_G-dVzeA\">iHeart<\/a><br>On <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/michael-sears-love-the-stranger-crime-wave\/id687959058?i=1000740328574\">Apple<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crime Wave is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AuthorsOnTheAir?__cft__[0]=AZafqDjhrUsuvaRX3jS-jCAFuMWauQH-24jD6oH_DOYE2OjhwJMcyVTa2VzmC8Pe3hTCDtF-41gu5oC0z_PXBart8Tu2MPdVjow-RK9cKmgRqAdFMKWiYI4X6_lDoWWxS2vhmco5557sDCPGLx-kcr0KtLIgG_RxK0u8m0HVcmOvJQ&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Authors on The Air<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week on Crime Wave: In Michael Sears\u2019 LOVE THE STRANGER, Queens attorney Ted Molloy finds himself caught between profit-driven foreclosures and the grassroots fight to stop a massive development that threatens to uproot immigrant communities trying to build a better life. 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