Simon Mayo's Books of the Year

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Robert Webb (Come Again) Jul 18, 2020

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The No 1 best selling author of How Not To Be A Boy releases his debut novel Come Again - where his heroin finds herself back in 1992, trying to save the life of her future partner. "It's mean to be funny" R Webb 2020 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Q&A with Anthony Horowitz OBE Apr 22, 2020

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The best selling author chats about his favourite books and authors - including Agatha Christie, Charles Dickens, Ian Fleming, Ben MacIntyre and Ian Rankin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Q&A with Ariana Neumann Mar 16, 2020

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The author of When Time Stopped talks us through some of her favourite books, authors and poets - including WH Auden, Enid Blyton, Dani Shapiro and Joyce Carol Oates Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ariana Neumann (When Time Stopped) Mar 10, 2020

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When Time Stopped -A Memoir of My Father’s War and What Remains Ariana meticulously uncovers the astonishing truth of her father’s extraordinary escape from Nazi-occupied Prague and seemingly inevitable deportation to the camps. Her painstaking investigation leads her across continents and reveals his astonishing and courageous choice to assume a fake identity and live out the war undercover, spying for the allies in Berlin itself—at the heart of the Nazi empire, deep in the ‘darkest shadow’. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Q&A with Mark Billingham Feb 08, 2020

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One of Britain's finest crime writers tells us about his favourite books and authors - which include Elvis Costello, Leon Garfield and Charlie Brooker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Billingham (Their Little Secret) Feb 08, 2020

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Mark Billingham is one of the UK's most acclaimed and popular crime writers - selling over 5 million copies. A former actor, television writer and stand-up comedian, his series of novels featuring D.I. Tom Thorne has twice won him the Crime Novel Of The Year Award as well as the Sherlock Award for Best British Detective and been nominated for seven CWA Daggers. His standalone thriller IN THE DARK was chosen as one of the twelve best books of the year by the Times and his debut novel, SLEEPYHEAD was chosen by the Sunday Times as one of the 100 books that had shaped the decade. Each of his novels has been a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller. Mark is also a member of Fun Lovin' Crime Writers. Performing alongside Val McDermid, Chris Brookmyre, Stuart Neville, Doug Johnstone and Luca Veste, this band of frustrated rockers murders songs for fun at literary festivals worldwide Mark's latest novel is Their Little Secret Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Q&A with Andrew Hunter Murray Feb 06, 2020

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QI Elf Andrew talks us through his favourite authors which include Rik Mayall, Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett and PG Wodehouse. Andrew's debut novel is The Last Day - which focuses on a world which has stopped turning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew Hunter Murray (The Last Day) Feb 03, 2020

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QI Elf, Private Eye contributor and No Such Thing As A Fish presenter Andrew Hunter Murray tells us about his debut novel The Last Day - a thriller set in a world which has spun to a halt, bringing civilization to the brink of chaos. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Q&A with Sophie Hannah Feb 01, 2020

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Sophie is an internationally best selling crime author. In our Q&A she tells Simon and Matt about her favourite authors which include Agatha Christie, Samantha Downing and Howard Jacobson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sophie Hannah (Haven't They Grown) Jan 29, 2020

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In Sophie Hannah's latest thriller Beth sees some old friends...but "twelve years have passed and the children don't look any older...why haven't they grown?" Sophie is a Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling writer of crime fiction, published in forty-nine languages and fifty-one territories. Her books have sold millions of copies worldwide. In 2014, with the blessing of Agatha Christie’s family and estate, Sophie published a new Poirot novel, The Monogram Murders, which was a bestseller in more than fifteen countries. In 2013, Sophie’s novel The Carrier won the Crime Thriller of the Year Award at the Specsavers National Book Awards. Her poetry is studied at GCSE, A Level and degree level across the UK. Sophie has recently helped to create a Master’s Degree in Crime and Thriller Writing at the University of Cambridge, for which she is the main teacher and Course Director. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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