In My Good Books
By Susie Green
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Episodes: 149
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In My Good Books is the podcast for UK readers who love crime fiction, thrillers, and literary fiction. Hosted by Susie Green, each episode features relaxed, in-depth conversations with authors and fellow readers about the stories that stay with us, the books we can’t stop recommending, and the creative process behind the page. Whether you’re looking for your next gripping read or curious about how your favourite authors craft their stories, this podcast is here to inspire, entertain, and help you discover your next great book. New episodes every week, follow to never miss an episode!
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148: Leye Adenle: Fall From Grace – Crime, Corruption and the Royal Family
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Oct 12, 2026 |
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147: Lord Peter Hain on Smuggler Kingpin, Activism and Writing Thrillers.
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Oct 05, 2026 |
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146: Bloody Scotland 2026: Inside Scotland’s International Crime Writing Festival
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Sep 28, 2026 |
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145: Michael Robotham: Tell Me Something True – The Crime Novel 40 Years in the Making
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Sep 24, 2026 |
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144: What If Turning 17 Could Kill You? Roz Watkins on The Wicked Girls
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Sep 21, 2026 |
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143: Jo Cheetham: Love and Rent – The Anti-Romantic Comedy About Love, Money and Class
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Sep 17, 2026 |
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142: Layla McCay: The Queer Bookshelf – A Literary Guide to Queer History | Reading is Political
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Sep 14, 2026 |
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141: Cathryn Kemp: They Can’t Burn Us All, Iceland’s Witch Trials & Historical Fiction
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Sep 10, 2026 |
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140: The Secret Barrister: The Cut Throat Trial, a Gripping Legal Thriller – But Who Are They Really?
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Sep 07, 2026 |
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139: Gavin Bell: 138 Main Street – A Killer Premise and a Deadly Manhunt
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Sep 06, 2026 |
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138: Chloe Benjamin: Under Story – From The Immortalists to an Epic Literary Sci-Fi Novel
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Sep 03, 2026 |
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137: Janice Hallett: The Silent Appeal, Crime Fiction & the Art of Misdirection
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Aug 31, 2026 |
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136: Sarah Vaughan: Based on a True Story – The Psychological Thriller Inspired by King Lear & Succession
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Aug 30, 2026 |
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135: Matt Coyne: The Trouble With Sister Francis | From Man vs Baby to Novelist
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Aug 27, 2026 |
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134: Sarah Pinborough on Small Town Secrets in They Say a Girl Died Here | Crime Fiction
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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133: Joanna Wallace on The Art of Getting Hammered | Darkly Comic Crime Fiction
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Aug 20, 2026 |
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132: Jonathan Trigell on Boy A | Literary Fiction, Crime, Punishment & Second Chances
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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131: Linda Duncan McLaughlin – Original Sin | Bloody Scotland 2026
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Aug 16, 2026 |
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130: Katie Huttlestone Talks A Healthy Appetite | Literary Horror & Speculative Fiction
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Aug 13, 2026 |
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129: Fauzia Musa on The Strangling Fig | Literary Fiction, Partition & Generational Trauma | Reading is Political
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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128: Kirsty Lockwood on We Know What You Did | Scottish Crime Thriller | Bloody Scotland 2026
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Aug 09, 2026 |
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127: Zoe Rankin: The Vanishing Place | Bloody Scotland 2026
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Aug 06, 2026 |
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126: Dr Eleanor Drage – What If We Got AI Right? | AI, Feminism & the Future
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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125: Behind the Scenes at the Harrogate Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival 2026
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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124: Steve Cavanagh | One of Us is Guilty, Eddie Flynn & Legal Thrillers
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Jul 30, 2026 |
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123: Sara Sheridan on The Jewel Keepers | Historical Fiction, Scottish History & Hidden Women
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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122: Nadine Matheson on The Shadow Carver | Bloody Scotland 2026
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Jul 26, 2026 |
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121: Ellery Lloyd on Time to Burn | Time Travel, Billionaires and the Blitz
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Jul 23, 2026 |
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120: Natalie Gregory on Grief, History and Mother, Ghost, Mango Seed | Reading Is Political
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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119: Frances Crawford – A Bad, Bad Place | Bloody Scotland 2026
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Jul 19, 2026 |
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118: Amman Brar – Mr Siddhu's Post Office | Family, Community & the Horizon Scandal
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Jul 16, 2026 |
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117: Alasdair Gill Knives and Spoons - A Memoir of Addiction, Recovery & Hospitality | Reading is Political
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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116: May Rinaldi on Liar Thief | Bloody Scotland 2026
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Jul 12, 2026 |
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115: Nicci Cloke on Her Many Faces | Crime Fiction, Identity and Unreliable Narrators
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Jul 09, 2026 |
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113: Sally Hepworth Discusses Mad Mabel | Crime Fiction, Family Secrets and Female Friendship
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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114: Amy Abdelnoor on Ever Land | Reading Is Political
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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112: Nikki Smith on Destination Thrillers, Big Hooks and Why the Best Twists Feel Inevitable
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Jul 02, 2026 |
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111: Jane Casey: Everything She Didn't Say and What's Next for Maeve Kerrigan
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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110: GD Wright – Family Secrets, Crime Writing and Against the Tide
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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109: JM Simpson & Gemma Denham Answer Your Questions About Writing and Thrillers
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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108: Jennifer Ross on Writing Every Lifetime After and Embracing Speculative Fiction
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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107: Louise Beech | Wonderful, Historical Fiction, Marilyn Monroe & Reinvention
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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106: Lindsey Kelk Talks Writing Spicy Sports Romance as Elle Kelk, Hit or Miss & Anxiety
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Jun 14, 2026 |
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105: Eve Chase on The Secret Thread: A Historical Fiction Novel of Sisters, Secrets and Family Betrayal
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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104: Dave Goodman on Solitary Agents: Secrets, Spies and Second Chances
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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103: Bloody Scotland 2026 Programme Launch Special | Exclusive Interviews and Festival Highlights
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Jun 07, 2026 |
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102: Out BookFest: Scotland's First Queer Book Festival
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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101: Matt Cain: The Castle of Stories, LGBTQ+ Fiction & Pansy Publishing
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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100: Kathryn Sharman on The Second Home, Psychological Suspense and Small-Town Secrets
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May 28, 2026 |
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99: Simon Mason: Crime, Class and Chaos in The Dangerous Stranger
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May 25, 2026 |
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98: Ilona Bannister on Public Spaces, Moral Dilemmas and Complicated Characters
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May 21, 2026 |
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97: Victoria West on Never Alone, Breaking Into Publishing & Writing Diverse Stories That Feel Real
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May 18, 2026 |
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96: Chris Brookmyre on Quite Ugly One Evening, Satire, Family and Murder at Sea
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May 14, 2026 |
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95: Jo Callaghan on Body of Lies, Kat & Lock, and Ending a Beloved Series
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May 11, 2026 |
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94: Andrea Mara on Such a Nice Girl, Twisty Psychological Thrillers & Seeing All Her Fault on Screen
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May 07, 2026 |
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93: Elizabeth Arnott on True Crime, Female Agency & The Secret Lives of Murderers’ Wives
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May 04, 2026 |
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92: Charlotte Robinson on Mars One: Space Thrillers, Reality TV & Writing an Ambitious Debut
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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91: Stephanie Bramwell-Lawes on Thornby Manor, Gothic Fiction & Dark Victorian History
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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90: Jane Harper on Last One Out, Grief, Community & What Happens After the Drama | In My Good Books
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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89: Erin White on Like Family, Midlife Friendships, Secrets & the Complexity of Modern Relationships
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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88: Angela Flournoy on The Wilderness, Friendship & Life in Your 40s | In My Good Books
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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87: Hannah MacDonald from A Pair of Bookends on Podcasting Disasters, Reading Habits & Book Recommendations | In My Good Books
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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86: Kia Abdullah on What Happens in the Dark, Violence Against Women & Class | Reading Is Political
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Apr 12, 2026 |
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85: Tiffany Crum on This Story Might Save Your Life, Genre-Blending & Podcast Fame | In My Good Books
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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84: Anna Brook-Mitchell on MotherFaker, Fake Pregnancies & Found Family | In My Good Books
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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83: Jon Doyle on Communion, Masculinity and Working-Class Identity | Reading Is Political
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Apr 05, 2026 |
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82: Louise Welsh on The Cut-Up, Rilke’s Return & Why Crime Fiction Starts with a Murder | In My Good Books
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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81: Kelly Mullen – A Murder in Eight Cocktails | Writing Out of Order, Unconventional Processes & Midlife Reinvention
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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80: Katie Baskerville on Gossip, Patriarchy and the Power of Women’s Voices | Beyond Belief
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Mar 29, 2026 |
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79: Patrick Gale on Love Lane, Family Secrets & Writing Real Lives into Fiction
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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78: Book Reviewer What Michaela Reads on Negative Reviews, Reading 100 Books a Year & BookTok Debates | In My Good Books
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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77: Claire Linney on Diversity in Children’s Books, Middle Grade Fiction and Why Reading Is Political
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Mar 22, 2026 |
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76: Samantha Dooey-Miles on Under the Hammer, dark humour, the housing crisis, and writing morally questionable characters
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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75: Rebecca Philipson on How to Get Away with Murder: Feminism, Serial Killers and Writing a Debut Crime Novel
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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74: Is Reading Political? Heather Parry on Carrion Crow, Economics, AI and the Books That Explain the World
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Mar 15, 2026 |
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73: Liz Nugent on The Truth About Ruby Cooper, Thriller Writing & Dark Secrets | In My Good Books
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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72: B A Paris on When I Kill You, Psychological Thrillers, and the success of Behind Closed Doors
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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71: Charleen Hurtubise on Saoirse: Identity, Survival, Art & BBC Radio 2 Book Club | In My Good Books
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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70: Chris Bridges on Crime, Moral Dilemmas & His Books The Deathbed & Sick to Death | In My Good Books
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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69: Matilda Wilding on Thriller Writing, Suspense & The Waiting List | In My Good Books
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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68: Catriona Ward on Horror Fiction, Psychological Thrills & Nowhere Burning | In My Good Books
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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67: Will Dean on Tense Crime Thrillers & Adrift | In My Good Books
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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66: R.S. Burnett on Crime Thrillers, Suspense & Deception Island | In My Good Books
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Episode 65: Tracy Sierra on Nightwatching and Warning Signs
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Episode 64: Helensburgh Book Festival 2026 Programme Launch
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Episode 63: Lucy Lapinska on Some Body Like Me. Identity, Ownership and Writing a Novel in Ten Days
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Episode 62: Interview with author Tanya Sweeney
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Episode 61: Interview with author C.E Hulse
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Episode 60: Interview with author Alexandra Potter
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Episode 59: Interview with author Sean Watkin
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Episode 58: Interview with author Silvia Saunders
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Episode 57: Interview with author Caroline Mitchell
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Episode 56: Interview with author Laura Pearson
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Episode 55: Interview with author Carole Hailey
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Episode 54: Interview with author D.V. Bishop
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Episode 53: What's Hot for 2026 with Philippa Hall of Quick Book Reviews!
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Episode 52: Interview with author Abigail Dean
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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Episode 51: Interview with author Anna Bailey
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Episode 50: The Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize 2026
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Dec 20, 2025 |
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Episode 49: Interview with author G.D. Wright
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Episode 48: Interview with author Emma Steele
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Episode 47: Interview with author Natasha Siegel
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Episode 46: Interview with author J.M. Simpson
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Episode 45: Interview with The Anonymums authors Emilie Castera & Eve Goodfellow
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Episode 44: Bay Tales 2026 - Crime Fiction Festival Preview with Organiser Vic Watson
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Nov 30, 2025 |
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Episode 43: Interview with author Tariq Ashkanani
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Episode 42: Interview with author Emma Christie
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Episode 41: Interview with author Alison Stockham
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Episode 40: Interview with author Zoe Rankin
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Episode 39: Interview with author Lisa Timoney (AKA Kate Storey and Naomi Williams)
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Episode 38: Interview with book reviewer Susan Lobban
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Episode 37: Interview with author Sam Frances
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Episode 36: Interview with author Chloe Michelle Howarth on Writing Queer Identity and Family in 1960s Ireland
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Episode 35: Interview with author Ross Montgomery - from Children’s Books to Crime Fiction
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Episode 34: Interview with author Nikki Allen on Wellness Culture, Vulnerability, and Destination Thrillers
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Episode 33 with author Vaseem Khan on Reinventing Q and Writing Quantum of Menace for the Ian Fleming Estate
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Episode 32: Inverview with author James Robert Moore on his novel ‘Not Good Enough’, Self-Discovery, and the Power of Chosen Family
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Episode 31: Interview with Jo Morey author of The Night Lagoon: Family Secrets, Belize, and the Art of the Unreliable Narrator
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Episode 30: Interview with Emily Buchanan on grief and climate activism in her novel Send Flowers
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Episode 29: Interview with author Hannah Brennan
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Episode 28: Interview with author Celia Silvani
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Episode 27: Interview with author Cailean Steed
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Episode 26: Interview with author Holly Seddon
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Episode 25: Interview with author Callum McSorley
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Episode 24: Interview with book reviewer Kevin Woolard
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Episode 23: Interview with author L.V. Matthews
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Episode 22: Bloody Scotland Book Festival 2025
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Episode 21: Interview with author Amy Jordan
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Epidsode 20: Bloody Scotland Debut Author Interview - Foday Mannah
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Episode 19: Bloody Scotland Debut Author Interview - Richard Strachan
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Episode 18: Bloody Scotland Debut Author Interview - Natalie Jayne Clark
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Episode 17: Bloody Scotland Debut Author Interview - Claire Wilson
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Episode 16: Bloody Scotland Debut Author Interview - David Goodman
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Sep 07, 2025 |
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Episode 15: Interview with author Julie Mae Cohen
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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Episode 14: Interview with author Kathryn Sharman
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Episode 13: Who is Evelyn Clarke?
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Episode 12: Interview with author Louise Hegarty
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Episode 11: Interview with author Kingsley Pearson
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Episode 10: Author Spotlight
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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Episode 9: Interview with author Kate Kemp
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Episode 8: Interview with Independent Bookshop Owner Elaine Sinclair
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Episode 7: Interview with Author Steph McGovern
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Episode 6: Interview with author Kelly Mullen
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Episode 5: Interview with Book Reviewer Stu Cummins
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Interview with author Daniel Aubrey
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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Interview with author Chris Bridges
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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I'm A Book Reviewer, Ask Me Anything with Fran Woodrow
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Interview with author Emma Cowing
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Welcome to In My Good Books
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Jun 15, 2025 |