Quick Book Reviews with Philippa Hall

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....

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”...

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 Oseman Joy To The World - Jodi Taylor Christmas is Murder - Val McDermid Ryan's Christmas - L J Ross I wish it could be Christmas every day - Milly Johnson (and Philippa cheekily sneak...

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...

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...

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 i...

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.