The TRE Bookshow. TRE’s Hannah Murray catches up top authors, to discuss their latest releases 29/05/2026

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.Lesley Bootiman is an award-winning comedy scriptwriter, newspaper and broadcast journalist.  Her debut novel 'Gifts' is a story of fear, betrayal and a love that survives the cruelest separation. It's a multi-generational family saga that explores the human impact and everyday emotions living with Huntington's Disease. Karen Fitzgibbon is an actor, producer, director, writer and educator based in Limerick City. Her latest novel 'Tell the Truth' is the third installment in the PI Lana Bowen series, delivering courtroom tension, moral dilemmas, and deadly secrets. Layla Emmerson grew up in Norway, once home to the pierce Viking warriors, and it's here where her love of alpha males was forged! 'More Than This's is a steamy romance novel inspired by some real life tales. ...Caroline Cauchi is an international bestselling novelist. Her writing seeks to give voice to silenced yet remarkable women, re-imagining the stories of those erased from public narratives. 'Daughter of the Titanic' is an emotional re-imagining of the Titanic captain's daughter. Spanning the years after the disaster, this is the untold story of the girl history forgot - the daughter who carried the weight of the tragedy the world claimed as its own. Julie Caplin was a PR Director, where she got to swan around Europe taking top food and drink writers on press trips. These trips have provided the inspiration and settings for the best-selling Romantic Escapes Series. Her latest novel 'The Hotel by the Sea' is set in Portugal. Natasha Bache is a former editor who writes fantasy, folklore-laced fiction, and darkly comedic murder mysteries including the wickedly funny '12 Ways to Kill Your Family at Christmas' Her latest novel 'The Magical Matcha Tea Shop' is partly set in a cafe in the sleepy village of Lavender Hollow called Matcha Made in Heaven.