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<p>Sam Leith's guest on this week's Book Club podcast is the crime writer Peter James. Peter has contributed the introduction to a new edition of the classic thriller <em>The Eagle Has Landed</em>, which is 50 years old this month. He tells Sam what it was that made Jack Higgins's novel so groundbreaking, about what it takes to make you root for the bad guys, how thrillers and detective stories differ – and about his own history with Jack Higgins. Plus, he tells me about his own new novel <em>The Hawk Is Dead </em>— which comes, more or less, by Royal Appointment... </p><br><p>Produced by Patrick Gibbons.</p>
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