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103: Kate Weston (You May Now Kill The Bride)
Episode 103

103: Kate Weston (You May Now Kill The Bride)

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August 12, 202430m 10sExplicit

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Show Notes

Charlie and Kate Weston (You May Now Kill The Bride) discuss her hilarious comedy thriller wherein a group of friends go on a hen do, one of them is murdered, but they don't stop going to hen dos...

Please note there is some swearing in this episode.

A transcript is available on my site

General references: Below Deck

Books mentioned by name or extensively: Kate Weston: Murder On A School Night Kate Weston: You May Now Kill The Bride

Buy the books: UK || USA

Release details: Recorded 14th March 2024; published 12th August 2024

Where to find Kate online: Website || Twitter || Instagram || TikTok

Where to find Charlie online: website || Twitter || Instagram || TikTok

Discussions

01:56 The starting point/inspiration - hen dos (and Kate's own) 06:17 Why the murders? 08:01 How did you plan/write the book? 10:34 Creating the friends and their personalities 14:58 Was there a particular reason why you offed Tansy first? 16:37 Did you want the murderer to be worked out? 18:36 Have you got a favourite character? 20:00 How did you keep the balance between the bonkers and the realistic? 21:55 Jeremy's club 23:34 Could someone else have been the murderer? 25:29 Could DI Ashford and Lauren's thread ever end happily? 27:04 Transitioning from writing YA 28:59 What are you writing now? 29:29 Tell us about your stand-up career

Photo credit: Joanna Bongard

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