Book of the month
Welcome to Book of the Month. Every month, we pick one book we love and share it with you. Get ready for amazing tales, can’t miss books and conversation – online and in real life.
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Our pick for November 2024 Book Of The Month is…
The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson
We’re thrilled to introduce our November Book of the Month: The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson.
The bestselling author of Nine Lives and Rules for Perfect Murders spins a thrilling closed circle mystery, as a bright American student accepts an invitation to spend Christmas at her classmate’s family’s old manor where not everything is what it seems.
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You’re Booked
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Howard Marks speaks to You’re Booked
Radio 4’s Mark Lawson will interview Howard Marks (aka Mr Nice) at this year’s Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival. Marks is a man whose own life story proves reality is always stranger than fiction.
Crime, Sex, Vice and Libraries – James McCreet speaks to You’re Booked
Author James McCreet explains all about his literary journey from writing his first novel in a Harrogate attic to featuring in the 2011 Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival. What must James McCreet’s mum think
Crime’s Hottest New Author SJ Watson Speaks to You’re Booked
S J Watson is a novelist who was born in the Midlands, lives in London and worked in the NHS for a number of years. In 2008 Watson was accepted into the first Faber Academy
You’re Booked Speaks to Leigh Russell
Leigh Russell's work has been described as being in the tradition of Ruth Rendell, Lynda la Plante, Frances Fyfield and Barbara Vine. Her novel Cut Short is a gripping psychological thriller that introduced
Stuart Neville Talks to You’re Booked
The beginning of Stuart Neville’s The Twelve lingers at a bar. The damaged anti-hero, Gerry Fegan, tries to drown his ghosts in whiskey and Guinness, shouting at the shadows that eventually drive him onto a
Lee Child Interview
Stood outside the Crown Hotel swigging from a smuggled bottle of champagne, Lee Child doesn’t live by the rules. You're Booked caught up with him during his time in Harrogate in 2009 to find out
Martin Edwards Q & A
Martin Edwards is a partner in a law firm as well as an award-winning novelist. You're Booked puts him in the dock with our Q&A. Are you a partner in a firm of solicitors who
