The TRE Bookshow. TRE’s Hannah Murray catches up top authors, to discuss their latest releases 20/02/2026

Hannah Murray will start by looking at the bestseller lists on Amazon.co.uk and The Sunday Times, the oldest and most influential book sales chart in the UK, and seeing what new entries there are. Robert Garner is Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Leicester. His PhD thesis focused on the history of the Labour Party. His novel 'Landslide' is the story of the 1945 General Election, vividly bringing to life the gripping personal and political dramas of key figures such as Churchill, Atlee, Morrison, Wilkinsons and Bevin. Robert says that we are still living in a time that was heavily influenced by the outcome of that election. David F. Reed spent twenty years building a successful career in television production, working on a few programmes that followed and helped publicise missing persons cases. In his debut psychological thriller 'Running with the Devil', he draws on his real-life police work, looking at the catastrophic effects a missing relative can have on a person's life. Marlowe Edison is the pen name of Suzanne Brook. 'Mastering the Art of Deception' is her debut novel and the first in a planned trilogy. It's a high-octane espionage thriller packed with mind games, simmering tension, and operatic stakes. It's a genre-crossing novel that asks what it takes to survive betrayal and carve out your own identity in a world built on deception. ...Ed Needham is the Editor of Strong Words Magazine. He joins us monthly to review a selection of new Fiction and Non Fiction titles, which this week includes Workhorse by Caroline Palmer. P.C. Dinan brings over 25 years of experience in the television industry to her debut thriller 'Ilved Trust Germs' Inspired by real events, it's an atmospheric  and adrenaline filled game of cat and mouse that explores politics, power and corruption. Lin Treadgold is a member of the Romantic Novelist's Association. Her latest novel 'The Trail Back to Freedom' is based on her own father's letters sent back from the war. She wove his real experience into a fictional story that is about a young soldier's wartime experience in Italy, and a love story about his relationship with his girlfriend back home.