Quick Book Reviews with Philippa Hall

I interview Adam Croft about his latest book in the Rutland crime series “In Cold Blood” and also review “A Slow Fire Burning” by Paula Hawkins, ”Yours Cheerfully” by A J Pearce, “Next Of Kin” by Kia Abdullah, “The Flight” by Julie Clark and a subscription book box unwrapping (back by high demand) by Secondhand Bookshelf. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I interview Olivia Kiernan author or “The Murder Box” and also review “Who Killed Eden Mulligan?” by Sharon Dempsey, “Waking the Tiger” by Mark Wightman, “Mrs Benson’s Beetle” by Rachel Joyce & “The Animals at Lockwood Manor” by Jane Healey.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode I interview Nuala Ellwood, author of “The Perfect Life”and review “No Honour” by Awais Khan, “Hell and High Water” by Christian Unge, “The Dark” by Emma Haughton, “The Mix-Up” by Holly McCulloch and “A Gentleman In Moscow” by Amor Towles.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I interview Steve Cavanagh about his new book “The Devil’s Advocate” and also review “The Castaways” by Lucy Clarke, “The Night Hawks” by Elly Griffiths, “The Midnight Library” (audiobook version) by Matt Haig and “Project Hail Mary” by Andy Weir Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philippa interviews M W Craven about his latest book "Dead Ground" and also reviews "The Heights" by Louise Candlish, "The Disappearing Act" by Catherine Steadman, "The Anatomy of Desire" by L R Dorn. "My Best Friend’s Secret" by Emma Freud and "The Beresford" by Will Carver. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Interview with Annie Garthwaite about her debut historical fiction “Cecily”, plus reviews of “Exit” by Belinda Bauer, “Win” by Harlan Coben, “Is this it?” By Hannah Tovey, “Girls who lie” by Eva Bjorg Aegisdottir, “The view was Exhausting” by Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta and “We are Animals” by Tim Ewin. PLUS the lovely FaceBook group, a reading playlist and an important announcement! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philippa interviews Mark Billingham about his new standalone book “Rabbit Hole” and also reviews “The Tent, The Bucket & Me” by Emma Kennedy, “The C Word” Collated by Spellbound Books, “Orley Farm” (audio drama) by Anthony Trollope and “Detransition, Baby” by Torrey Peters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philippa interviews Caitlin Wahrer about her new book "Damaged" and then lists her top 10 books of the first half of 2021! Books include those written by: Michael Connelly, Frances Quinn, Linwood Barclay, Helen Fisher, Elly Griffiths, Robert Thorogood, Car Hunter, Nadine Matheson, Jane Casey & William Shaw. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I interview Laura Shepherd-Robinson about her new book “Daughters Of Night” and review “Another Time, Another Place” by Jodi Taylor, “The Last Astronaut” by David Wellington, “Diving For Pearls” by Jamie O’Connell and "Lonely Castle In The Mirror" by Mizuki Tsujimura. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philippa interviews Allie Reynolds about her book “Shiver” and also reviews “Blood & Sugar” by Laura Shepherd-Robinson, “Queen Lucia & Miss Mapp” by E F Benson, “The Good Neighbours” by Nina Allan and “One Last Time” by Helga flatland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philippa interviews T M Logan about his new book “Trust Me” and reviews “The Great Silence” by Doug Johnstone on out 19/6 as an ebook, “The Panic Room” by Robert Goddard, “This is how we are human” by Louise Beech, “This Eden” by Ed O’Loughlin and “Deacon King Kong” by James Mcbride plus a book box opening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philippa interviews David Fennell about his book “The Art of Death” and also reviews “Lockdown” by Peter May, “Shuri” by Nic Stone and “Dearly” by Margaret Atwood. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Interview with Tony Kent about his series of books starting with “Killer Intent” and reviews of “That Night” by Gillian McAllister, “A Week In December” by Sebastian Faulks and “Everything Happens For A Reason” by Katie Allen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philippa interviews Danuta Kot about her new book “Someone Who Isn’t Me” and reviews “The Birdwatcher” by William Shaw, “Blue Lightning” by Ann Cleeves, “Version Zero” by David Yoon, “Not In My Name” by Michael Coolwood, “Phase Six” by Jim Shepherd and “Don’t Touch My Hair” by Emma Dabiri. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philippa interviews Nicci Cloke from the Faber Academy about their writing courses and then reviews all 10 of the finalists for the YA Book Prize 2021 and lists her top 5, so who does Philippa think should win? Authors and their books include:Wranglestone by Darren Charlton (published by Little Tiger)Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson (published by Electric Monkey)And the Stars Were Burning Brightly by Danielle Jawando (published by Simon & Schuster Children's Books)Eight Pieces of Silva by Patrice Lawrence (published by Hodder Children's Books)Loveless by Alice Oseman (published by HarperCollins Children's Books)The Great Godden by Meg Rosoff (published by Bloomsbury)Melt My Heart by Bethany Rutter (published by Macmillan Children's Books)Hold Back the Tide by Melinda Salisbury (published by Scholastic UK)Cane Warriors by Alex Wheatle (published by Andersen Press)A Snowfall of Silver by Laura Wood (published by Scholastic UK) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philippa interviews Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, author of “The Girls Are All So Nice Here” and also reviews “Power Play” by Tony Kent, “Together” by Luke Adam Hawker “Facets of Death” by Michael Stanley and “the Boys in the boat” by Daniel James Brown.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Philippa interviews Jo Spain about her new book “The Perfect Lie” and reviews “The Trawlerman” by William Shaw, “The Cancer Running Club” by Joise Lloyd “The Assistant” by Kjell Ola Dahl and the BBC audio drama “The Cipher”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Philippa interviews Lesley Kara about her new book "The Dare" and also reviews " A Place Like Home" by Rosamunde Pilcher, "The Guest List" by Lucy Foley, "The Lantern Men" by Elly Griffiths and "Grown Ups" by Marian Keyes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philippa interviews Phoebe Morgan about her new book “The Wild Girls” and reviews “Her Last Holiday” by C L Taylor, “The Bone Code” by Kathy Reichs, ”The Kiss Quotient” by Helen Hoag and “Missing Pieces” by Tim Weaver. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philippa interviews Erin Kelly about her new book “Watch Her Fall” and also reviews “Look What You Made Me Do” by Nikki Smith, “The Source” by Sarah Sultoon, “Dreamland” by Rosa Rankin-Gee, “The Novel Cure” by Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin, and “Enter The Aardvark” by Jessica Anthony. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We chat to agent Hannah Sheppard from the DHH Literary Agency and also review "The Cutting Place" by Jane Casey, "The Jigsaw Man" - Nadine Matheson, "An Absolutely Remarkable Thing" by Hank Green, "Red Snow" by Will Dean and "The Emperor’s Babe" by Bernadine Evaristo. Plus a book box opening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philippa interviews Don Macpherson about his book “How To Master Your Monkey Mind” and reviews “One by One” by Ruth Ware, “Bridgerton - The Duke & I” by Julia Quinn, “The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet” by Becky Chambers and “The Journal Of A Psychotherapist during lockdown” by Jane Haynes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I interview Ellery Lloyd about the thriller "People Like Her" and also review "Collecting Sticks" by Joe Decie, "The Stone Circle" by Elly Griffiths, "Coming Up For Air" by Sarah Leipciger, "Redder Days" by Sue Rainsford and "Dune" by Frank Herbert. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philippa interviews Ericka Waller about her new book "Dog Days" and reviews the following: Your Neighbour’s Wife by Tony Parsons, The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O’Neill, Hunted by Anthony Dunford, The Supper Club by Lara Williams and Mimi by Rauf Khalilov. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philippa interviews Robert Goddard about his new book “ The Fine Art of Invisible Detection” and reviews “Full Disclosure” by Camryn Garrett, “The Whole Truth” by Cara Hunter, “The Rosie Effect” by Graeme Simsion and “The Night Circus” by Erin Morganstern. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philippa interview Russ Thomas about his book “Nighthawking” and also reviews: “Word Perfect” by Susie Dent, “Bound” by Vanda Symon, “A Violent Gentleman” by Danny O’Leary, “Sleeping Dogs’ by Wendy Turbin and “The Gritterman” by Orlando Weeks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philippa interviews Mel McGrath about her new book “Two Wrongs” and also reviews “Ready Player Two” by Ernest Cline, “Deity” by Matt Wesolowski, “My Brother’s name is Jessica” by John Boyne and “Hotel Cartegena” Simone Buchholz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philippa interviews Robert Thorogood about his new book ”The Marlow Murder Club” and also reviews “The Firm” by John Grisham, “Containment” by Vanda Symon, “Agent Running In The Field” by John Le Carre and “Wundersmith” By Jessica Townsend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philippa interviews Sarah Pearse about her book "The Sanatorium", and also reviews "The Dark Angel" by Elly Griffiths, "Lie Beside Me" by Gytha Lodge, "Beauty and the Bin" by Joanne O'Connell, "Smokescreen" by Horst & Enger and "Firewatching" by Russ Thomas. Philippa also unboxes another subscription book box. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philippa interviews Helen Fisher about her book Space Hopper and also reviews: The Appeal by Janice Hallett, The Wife Who Knew Too Much by Michele Campbell, Without A Trace by Mari Hannah, Over Her Dead Body by A B Morgan and Last One At The Party by Bethany Clift. Plus a Book Box Club unboxing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philippa interviews Linwood Barclay about his new book "Find You First" and then takes a different approach to her book reviews by using the “Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed and Something Blue” tag! Books covered include: “My Cousin Rachel” by Daphne Du Maurier, “Ready Player Two” by Ernest Cline, “Death Undercover” Martin Walker and "Hamnet" by Maggie O’Farrell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philippa interviews C L Taylor about her new book “The Island” and reviews “Girl A” by Abigail Dean, “Winterkill” by Ragnar Jonasson, “Unsettled Ground” by Claire Fuller, “Red Corona” by Tim Glister, “There’s Only One Danny Garvey” by David F Ross and “Push” by Ashley Audrain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philippa interviews C K McDonnell author of Stranger TImes and reviews The Chalet by Catherine Cooper, The Chalk Pit by Elly Griffiths, The Angel of Whitehall by Lewis Hastings, A Stranger on the Beach by Michele Campbell and Set Me On Fire collated by Ella Risbridger. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philippa interviews Francis Quinn author of "The Smallest Man" and reviews "Tell Me The Truth About Life" curated by Cerys Matthews, "Someone We Know" by Shari Lapena, "Hot to Trot" by M C Beaton & R W Green & "The invisible Life of Addie La Rue" by V E Schwab. Plus a book box opening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Philippa interviews Will Dean about his latest book "The Last Thing to Burn" and reviews "Hitler & Stalin" by Laurence Lees, "The Therapist" by B A Paris, "Rebecca" by Daphne Du Maurier, "The Poetry Pharmacy" by William Sieghart and "The Law of Innocence" by Michael Connelly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a best of 2020 special! Philippa looks at her top 10 books that she has read this year and also interviews Doug Johnstone about his book “Dark Matter”. The top ten books include: “Dark Matter” by Doug Johnstone, “Fifty Fifty” by Steve Cavanagh, “The Curator” by M W Craven, “The Miseducation of Evie Epworth” by Matson Taylor, “How To Disappear” by Gillian McAllister, “Nowhere To Be Found” by Louisa De Lange, “The Postscript Murders” by Elly Griffiths. “The Heart’s Invisible Furies” by John Boyne, “Take Me Home” by Alex Hart, “Run Rebel” by Manjeet Mann Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Its the Christmas special! Philippa talks to Lauren the 'BookTube sensation from "Lauren and the books" to find out her top 5 Christmas books. Books include:Philippa's top 5 published this year:This Winter - Alice OsemanJoy To The World - Jodi TaylorChristmas is Murder - Val McDermidRyan's Christmas - L J RossI wish it could be Christmas every day - Milly Johnson(and Philippa cheekily sneaked in one from previous years: The Empty Stocking by Richard Curtis)Lauren's top 5 (not published this year)Another Night Before Christmas - Carol Ann DuffyChristmas Days - Jeanette WintersonThe Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe by C S LewisT'was the nightshift before Christmas - Adam KayThe Christmas Chronicles - Nigel Slater Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philippa interview Fiona Cummins about her latest book “The Neighbour” and reviews “V2” by Robert Harris, “Playing Nice” by J P Delaney, “33 Women” by Isabel Ashdown, “As good as it gets” by Romesh Raganathan“ and “A Symphony of Echoes” by Jodi Taylor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philippa interviews Deborah Masson about her latest book “Out for Blood” and she then also reviews “Cut Short” by M W Craven, “Truth Be Told” by Kia Abdullah, “The Salt Path” by Raynor Winn and “13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do” by Amy Morin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philippa interviews Claire Askew about her book "Cover Your Tracks" and also reviews "The Vow" by Debbie Howells, "Planet Earth is Blue" by Nicole Panteleakos, "A Year of Living Danishly" by Helen Russell and "Call for the Dead" By John Le Carre. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Philippa has a solution provided by a listener to the problem of opening a plastic bag with a face mask on - wonderful! She interviews Simon Kernick about his new book “Kill A Stranger” and also reviews “Inside Out” by Chris McGeorge, “The Death of Mrs Westaway” by Ruth Ware, “A Kind of Spark” by Elle McNicoll and “The Minders” by John Marrs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Philippa talks about online bookclubs and 3 podcasts she listens to. Philippa reviews 5 books and interviews author John Marrs! Books reviewed include "What Lies Between Us" by John Marrs, "Remember Me" by Amy McLellan, "The Archers - Ambridge At War' By Catherine Miller, "Platform Seven" by Louise Doughty and "On Borrowed Time" by Adam Croft. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A special episode! First Philippa looks at some interesting crime/writing compilations from “Howdunnit” edited by Martyn Edwards, “Noir from the bar - 30 Crime & Mystery Shorts” Compiled by Simon Bewick & Vic Watson, “Mortification” Edited by Robin Robertson and “The Crime Writers Guide to Police Practice & Procedure” by Michael O’Byrne. THEN we have a review of “Hard Time” by Jodi Taylor and an interview with her - what an amazing author - talking about which is her favourite character in the Time Police, how does she write each book, what are Data Stacks and Scratch Pads like? And so much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philippa interviews Kia Abdullah about her book "Take It Back" and also reviews "Fallen Angel" by Chris Brookmyre, "The Illustrated Child" by Polly Crosby, "Punching The Air" by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam, "Once Upon A River" by Diane Setterfield and "Because Of You" by Dawn French. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philippa interviews Rosamund Lupton about her book "Three Hours" and also reviews "The List" by Carys Jones, "Lost" by Leona Deakin, "The Dead of Winter" by Nicola Upson and "Untamed" by Glennon Doyle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I interview Peter James about his book “I Follow You” and then review “The Postscript Murders” by Elly Griffiths, “One Step Behind” by Lauren North, “Precious You” by Helen Monks Takhar and “The Bass Rock” by Evie Wyld. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A packed episode! We have an unboxing of a "Book Box Club" Subscription box and an interview with three amazing authors: Gytha Lodge author of "Watching From The Dark", Nikki Smith author of "All In Her Head" and Lauren North author of "One Step Behind". Plus Philippa's book reviews of "Moonflower Murder" by Anthony Horowitz, "Before I Saw You" by Emily Houghton, "Take Me In" by Sabine Durrant, "Run, Rebel" by Manjeet Mann and "What Lies Beneath" by Adam Croft. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we have listeners questions for me to answer and an amazing interview with William Shaw about his latest book “Grave’s End”. We also review “Home Stretch” by Graham Norton, “Atomic Love” by Jeannie Fields, “Take Me Home” by Alex Hart and “How To Survive The End Of The World” by Aaron Gillies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lots of books being read by our Facebook Group! Wonderful! We also have an interview with the fabulous Simon Mayo, talking about his wonderful new book “Knife Edge”. Plus reviews of “The Heart’s Invisible Furies” by John Boyne, “The Wives” by Tarryn Fisher, “Easy Peasy Doggy Squeeze” by Steve Mann, “Friend Request” by Laura Marshall and “The Thursday Murder Club” by Richard Osman. Wow, wow and wow! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Philippa unboxes a “My Chronicle Book Box” (Discount code: QUICK10) and interviews founder Louise about the company, the boxes you can choose and how she goes about selecting the contents. Philippa then reviews 7 books including: “Just Like The Other Girls” by Claire Douglas, “Blood Lines” by Angela Marsons, “The Silent Daughter” by Emma Christie, “Goodbye Perfect” by Sara Barnard, “Underland” by Robert Macfarlane, "The Switch" by Beth O'Leary (audiobook) and “When The Coffee Gets Cold” by Toshikazu Kawaguchi. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.