Peter James and Sophie Hannah

About this episode

Bestselling authors Peter James and Sophie Hannah discuss their new novels and share book recommendations in a lively conversation.

Bestselling authors Peter James and Sophie Hannah join Joe Haddow for a right royal Book Off! They discuss Poirot, Christie, Greene and many other writers they love - and give us some great book recommendations too. Peter and Sophie also chat about their new novels. Queen Camilla is a huge fan of Peter James' Roy Grace books - so much so that she is the star of the latest novel 'The Hawk Is Dead'. And Sophie's latest 'No One Would Do What The Lamberts Have Done' is based on something that happened in real-life, which led her to ask "what would I do in that situation?" (the answer is in the book) THE BOOK OFF 'Brighton Rock' by Graham Greene VS 'The Rose And The Yew Tree' by Mary Westmacott (aka Agatha Christie) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Joe Haddow

Guests: Peter James, Sophie Hannah

Topics covered

• book recommendations
• bestselling authors
• mystery novels
• Agatha Christie
• real-life inspiration

Keywords

• Peter James
• Sophie Hannah
• book recommendations
• Agatha Christie
• mystery novels
• Queen Camilla
• Graham Greene

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Hawk Is Dead, No One Would Do What The Lamberts Have Done, Brighton Rock, The Rose And The Yew Tree

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