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All Episodes

In My Good Books — 96 episodes

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95: Jo Callaghan on Body of Lies, Kat & Lock, and Ending a Beloved Series

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94: Andrea Mara on Such a Nice Girl, Twisty Psychological Thrillers & Seeing All Her Fault on Screen

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93: Elizabeth Arnott on True Crime, Female Agency & The Secret Lives of Murderers’ Wives

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92: Charlotte Robinson on Mars One: Space Thrillers, Reality TV & Writing an Ambitious Debut

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91: Stephanie Bramwell-Lawes on Thornby Manor, Gothic Fiction & Dark Victorian History

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90: Jane Harper on Last One Out, Grief, Community & What Happens After the Drama | In My Good Books

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89: Erin White on Like Family, Midlife Friendships, Secrets & the Complexity of Modern Relationships

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88: Angela Flournoy on The Wilderness, Friendship & Life in Your 40s | In My Good Books

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87: Hannah MacDonald from A Pair of Bookends on Podcasting Disasters, Reading Habits & Book Recommendations | In My Good Books

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86: Kia Abdullah on What Happens in the Dark, Violence Against Women & Class | Reading Is Political

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85: Tiffany Crum on This Story Might Save Your Life, Genre-Blending & Podcast Fame | In My Good Books

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84: Anna Brook-Mitchell on MotherFaker, Fake Pregnancies & Found Family | In My Good Books

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83: Jon Doyle on Communion, Masculinity and Working-Class Identity | Reading Is Political

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82: Louise Welsh on The Cut-Up, Rilke’s Return & Why Crime Fiction Starts with a Murder | In My Good Books

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81: Kelly Mullen – A Murder in Eight Cocktails | Writing Out of Order, Unconventional Processes & Midlife Reinvention

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80: Katie Baskerville on Gossip, Patriarchy and the Power of Women’s Voices | Beyond Belief

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79: Patrick Gale on Love Lane, Family Secrets & Writing Real Lives into Fiction

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78: Book Reviewer What Michaela Reads on Negative Reviews, Reading 100 Books a Year & BookTok Debates | In My Good Books

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77: Claire Linney on Diversity in Children’s Books, Middle Grade Fiction and Why Reading Is Political

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76: Samantha Dooey-Miles on Under the Hammer, dark humour, the housing crisis, and writing morally questionable characters

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75: Rebecca Philipson on How to Get Away with Murder: Feminism, Serial Killers and Writing a Debut Crime Novel

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74: Is Reading Political? Heather Parry on Carrion Crow, Economics, AI and the Books That Explain the World

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73: Liz Nugent on The Truth About Ruby Cooper, Thriller Writing & Dark Secrets | In My Good Books

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72: B A Paris on When I Kill You, Psychological Thrillers, and the success of Behind Closed Doors

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71: Charleen Hurtubise on Saoirse: Identity, Survival, Art & BBC Radio 2 Book Club | In My Good Books

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70: Chris Bridges on Crime, Moral Dilemmas & His Books The Deathbed & Sick to Death | In My Good Books

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69: Matilda Wilding on Thriller Writing, Suspense & The Waiting List | In My Good Books

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68: Catriona Ward on Horror Fiction, Psychological Thrills & Nowhere Burning | In My Good Books

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67: Will Dean on Tense Crime Thrillers & Adrift | In My Good Books

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66: R.S. Burnett on Crime Thrillers, Suspense & Deception Island | In My Good Books

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Episode 65: Tracy Sierra on Nightwatching and Warning Signs

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Episode 64: Helensburgh Book Festival 2026 Programme Launch

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Episode 63: Lucy Lapinska on Some Body Like Me. Identity, Ownership and Writing a Novel in Ten Days

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Episode 62: Interview with author Tanya Sweeney

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Episode 61: Interview with author C.E Hulse

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Episode 60: Interview with author Alexandra Potter

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Episode 59: Interview with author Sean Watkin

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Episode 58: Interview with author Silvia Saunders

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Episode 57: Interview with author Caroline Mitchell

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Episode 56: Interview with author Laura Pearson

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Episode 55: Interview with author Carole Hailey

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Episode 54: Interview with author D.V. Bishop

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Episode 53: What's Hot for 2026 with Philippa Hall of Quick Book Reviews!

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Episode 52: Interview with author Abigail Dean

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Episode 51: Interview with author Anna Bailey

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Episode 50: The Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize 2026

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Episode 49: Interview with author G.D. Wright

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Episode 48: Interview with author Emma Steele

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Episode 47: Interview with author Natasha Siegel

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Episode 46: Interview with author J.M. Simpson

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Episode 45: Interview with The Anonymums authors Emilie Castera & Eve Goodfellow

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Episode 44: Bay Tales 2026 - Crime Fiction Festival Preview with Organiser Vic Watson

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Episode 43: Interview with author Tariq Ashkanani

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Episode 42: Interview with author Emma Christie

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Episode 41: Interview with author Alison Stockham

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Episode 40: Interview with author Zoe Rankin

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Episode 39: Interview with author Lisa Timoney (AKA Kate Storey and Naomi Williams)

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Episode 38: Interview with book reviewer Susan Lobban

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Episode 37: Interview with author Sam Frances

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Episode 36: Interview with author Chloe Michelle Howarth on Writing Queer Identity and Family in 1960s Ireland

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Episode 35: Interview with author Ross Montgomery - from Children’s Books to Crime Fiction

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Episode 34: Interview with author Nikki Allen on Wellness Culture, Vulnerability, and Destination Thrillers

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Episode 33 with author Vaseem Khan on Reinventing Q and Writing Quantum of Menace for the Ian Fleming Estate

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Episode 32: Inverview with author James Robert Moore on his novel ‘Not Good Enough’, Self-Discovery, and the Power of Chosen Family

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Episode 31: Interview with Jo Morey author of The Night Lagoon: Family Secrets, Belize, and the Art of the Unreliable Narrator

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Episode 30: Interview with Emily Buchanan on grief and climate activism in her novel Send Flowers

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Episode 29: Interview with author Hannah Brennan

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Episode 28: Interview with author Celia Silvani

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Episode 27: Interview with author Cailean Steed

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Episode 26: Interview with author Holly Seddon

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Episode 25: Interview with author Callum McSorley

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Episode 24: Interview with book reviewer Kevin Woolard

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Episode 23: Interview with author L.V. Matthews

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Episode 22: Bloody Scotland Book Festival 2025

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Episode 21: Interview with author Amy Jordan

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Epidsode 20: Bloody Scotland Debut Author Interview - Foday Mannah

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Episode 19: Bloody Scotland Debut Author Interview - Richard Strachan

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Episode 18: Bloody Scotland Debut Author Interview - Natalie Jayne Clark

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Episode 17: Bloody Scotland Debut Author Interview - Claire Wilson

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Episode 16: Bloody Scotland Debut Author Interview - David Goodman

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Episode 15: Interview with author Julie Mae Cohen

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Episode 14: Interview with author Kathryn Sharman

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Episode 13: Who is Evelyn Clarke?

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Episode 12: Interview with author Louise Hegarty

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Episode 11: Interview with author Kingsley Pearson

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Episode 10: Author Spotlight

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Episode 9: Interview with author Kate Kemp

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Episode 8: Interview with Independent Bookshop Owner Elaine Sinclair

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Episode 7: Interview with Author Steph McGovern

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Episode 6: Interview with author Kelly Mullen

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Episode 5: Interview with Book Reviewer Stu Cummins

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Interview with author Daniel Aubrey

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Interview with author Chris Bridges

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Interview with author Emma Cowing

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I'm A Book Reviewer, Ask Me Anything with Fran Woodrow

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