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Quick Book Reviews with Philippa Hall — 43 episodes

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Why Isn't Everybody Talking About This Crime Author? My Holiday Top 8

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C.J. Tudor on Serenity Falls, Creepy Disney Towns & the Smell of Buttered Popcorn

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Philippa's Best Books of 2026 So Far — 12 Picks & an Honourable Mention

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We're Starting a Book Club — Here's the Twist

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SUMMER SPECIAL — Fern Britton on A Cornish Legacy, Florence & Finding Home

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3 Weirdly Perfect Books to Read Now + Gavin Bell on 138 Main Street - Summer Special

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SUMMER SPECIAL: Elly Griffiths on The Killing Time, Time Travel & Las Vegas Hell

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3 Books You Should Never Take on a Plane + C.J. Merritt on Octagon (SUMMER SPECIAL)

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SUMMER SPECIAL: Lee Child on Jack Reacher, AI & Reading in Prisons

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Your Top 3 Holiday Reads + Ellie Levenson on Room 706 - Summer Special

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SUMMER SPECIAL — Karin Slaughter on The Secrets We Hide, Will Trent & Holiday Nightmares

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3 Books to Get People Reading Again & Brian McGilloway - Summer Special

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SUMMER SPECIAL — John Marrs on Dead in the Water, Holidays & Twisty Thrillers

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Ellery Lloyd on Time to Burn, Time Travel & Writing as Husband and Wife

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David Baldacci on Hope Rises, AI, Books as Body Armour & the 9-Hour Court Deposition

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Robert Peston on The Kill Switch, AI, Democracy & the Biscuit He Discovered Too Late

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Warning: This Episode with T.M. Payne Contains Tongs, Ducks & Biscuit Demonstrations

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Jo Spain on Never to Be Found, Jōhatsu & the Japanese Art of Vanishing

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Tim Sullivan on The Tailor, George Cross & the Books That Went to Greece Without Me

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Adele Parks on Eyes on You, Twists, Pre-Orders & the Biscuit That Changed Everything

21

St Hilda's Crime Fiction Weekend: Abir Mukherjee, Jane Casey & Sarah Hilary

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Amman Brar on Mr. Sidhu's Post Office — One of BBC News's 12 Books of 2026

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Kate Eberle on "If Books Could Kill": The Romance-Turned-Thriller That Started a 10-Way Book Auction

24

The Unlimited Budget Question: Alison Barrow on Launching a Bestseller

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M.W. Craven on The Killer's Mark Plus the Kindle That Saved a Life in Barcelona

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Lindsey Kelk (writing as Elle Kelk) on Hit or Miss, Anxiety & Starting Over

27

My Holiday Reading Stack: 12 Books & 4 Graphic Novels I'm Shipping to Greece

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Are Hardback Books Dead? The Great Format Debate

29

TV Wine Expert Olly Smith: Death by Noir & the Birth of Wine Crime Fiction

30

Jane Casey on Everything She Didn't Say

31

Blunders at The Podcast Show, M.W. Craven Re-reads, and Maggie O'Farrell's Land

32

Inside Harrogate Crime Festival with Sharon Canavar | Gossip, Authors and Festival Secrets

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David Goodman on Solitary Agents, Spy Fiction and Writing Through Rejection

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Jack Jordan on Deception, Deadlines and Moral Dilemmas

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Rosie Walsh on The One Day You Were My Husband, Emotional Thrillers and Writing Through Doubt

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Alison Barrow on Publishing, Book Reviewing & The Bookseller Awards

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Ardal O’Hanlon Interview + Philippa Recommends 3 Tradwife Books

38

Veronica Roth on Seek the Traitor’s Son From Divergent to Epic Fantasy

39

Tariq Ashkanani on The Hollow Boys: Crime, Horror and Dark Small-Town Secrets

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From Publishing to Bestseller: Ellis Hunter on Blood Bound & Writing Together

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Laurie Gilmore on The Daisy Chain Flower Shop, Dream Harbor and Cosy Small-Town Romance

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Ilona Bannister on Five: A Bold New Thriller About Fate, Death and the Last Five Minutes

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Tom Rob Smith on 20 Years Together, Love Stories, Writing Endings and Why This Book Is So Personal