{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6087d3aca4a81031ba098a59/6a01d2f1b443364556e16c37?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Rosie Walsh on The One Day You Were My Husband, Emotional Thrillers and Writing Through Doubt","description":"<p>In this episode of&nbsp;<em>Quick Book Reviews</em>, it is feedback week! Please send Philippa your thoughts on the podcast, you can email here: quickbookreviews@outlook.com. You can find her on instagram at this account: @quick_book_reviews</p><p>Philippa chats to bestselling author&nbsp;<strong>Rosie Walsh</strong>&nbsp;about her gripping new novel&nbsp;<strong>The One Day You Were My Husband</strong>.</p><p>Rosie discusses the inspiration behind the book, the challenges of writing after major success, researching the life of a surgeon, and why this was the book she came closest to abandoning.</p><p>Philippa also reviews three very different books:</p><ul><li><strong>The Eye of the Bedlam Bride</strong>&nbsp;by Matt Dinniman</li><li><strong>A Deadly Episode</strong>&nbsp;by Anthony Horowitz</li><li><strong>Deception</strong>&nbsp;by Jack Jordan</li></ul><h2>In this episode</h2><ul><li>Rosie Walsh on&nbsp;<strong>The One Day You Were My Husband</strong></li><li>Writing emotional thrillers with huge twists</li><li>The pressure of following bestselling novels</li><li>Why this book was so difficult to write</li><li>Balancing publicity, motherhood and creativity</li><li>Writing under the name&nbsp;<strong>Lucy Robinson</strong></li><li>Researching medicine and surgery for fiction</li><li>The importance of titles in publishing</li><li>Philippa’s spoiler-free book reviews</li><li>Feedback week for the podcast</li></ul><h2>About The One Day You Were My Husband</h2><p>Carrie and Johan are newly married on a beach in Thailand when armed men arrive and take Johan away.</p><p>Twelve years later, Carrie has rebuilt her life. She is remarried, has children, and is preparing to return to work as a surgeon. Then she sees a familiar face online — Johan, alive in Stockholm, with a new life of his own.</p><p>Why did he never contact her?</p><p>What really happened in Thailand?</p><p>And should Carrie risk everything to find out?</p><h2>Books reviewed</h2><p><strong>The Eye of the Bedlam Bride</strong>&nbsp;– Matt Dinniman</p><p>A wildly inventive, hilarious and action-packed instalment in the&nbsp;<em>Dungeon Crawler Carl</em>&nbsp;series.</p><p><strong>A Deadly Episode</strong>&nbsp;– Anthony Horowitz</p><p>A clever, funny Hawthorne mystery set around the filming of&nbsp;<em>The Word Is Murder</em>.</p><p><strong>Deception</strong>&nbsp;– Jack Jordan</p><p>A high-stakes thriller about desperate parents, impossible choices and a deadly game.</p><h2>Books mentioned</h2><ul><li><strong>The One Day You Were My Husband</strong>&nbsp;– Rosie Walsh</li><li><strong>The Love of My Life</strong>&nbsp;– Rosie Walsh</li><li><strong>Ghosted / The Man Who Didn’t Call</strong>&nbsp;– Rosie Walsh</li><li><strong>The Things You’ll Never Know</strong>&nbsp;– Ashley Audrain</li><li><strong>The Eye of the Bedlam Bride</strong>&nbsp;– Matt Dinniman</li><li><strong>A Deadly Episode</strong>&nbsp;– Anthony Horowitz</li><li><strong>Deception</strong>&nbsp;– Jack Jordan</li></ul><h2>Biscuit verdict</h2><p>No biscuits for Rosie Walsh — but there is a memorable discussion of cold sliced hard-boiled eggs, fruit, yogurt and a life without sugar.</p>","author_name":"Philippa Hall"}