{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6087d3aca4a81031ba098a59/6a467c2f887337f24f06a99f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Adele Parks on Eyes on You, Twists, Pre-Orders & the Biscuit That Changed Everything","description":"<p>Philippa sits down with the brilliant <strong>Adele Parks</strong> — bestselling author of 25 novels, over six million copies sold, OBE for services to literature — to talk about her latest book <em>Eyes on You</em>, the pressure of reader expectations, and a biscuit revelation that may change your tea break forever.</p><p><strong>🎙️ Adele Parks on Eyes on You</strong></p><p>When Amy was 15, she watched her father brutally murder his secret lover. Her testimony sent him to prison. Now in her early 30s, she's living a small, quiet life — until a privileged, wealthy man walks into the noodle bar where she works, and everything changes. What feels like connection may hide something far darker.</p><p><strong>Adele &amp; Philippa discuss:</strong></p><ul><li>Why Adele thinks this might be her best book yet — and why that's not just author hype</li><li>The working title that was ditched: <em>The Murderer's Daughter</em> — too on the nose, too reductive</li><li>Daddy issues, trauma, and why Amy's story is really about what happens when the person who was supposed to protect you destroys everything instead</li><li>The pressure of being an \"auto-buy author\" — and why that status has to be earned every single time</li><li>Whether podcasters and book reviewers have made readers more demanding of twists and reveals (Adele thinks probably yes, and is fine with it)</li><li>Why she writes at home, needs air conditioning installed, and requires a scary social media bouncer to confiscate her phone</li><li>Her nightmare writing location: a writer's retreat, surrounded by other writers all typing away confidently while she types \"the\" again and again</li><li>The importance of pre-orders — how they affect stock decisions, first print runs, and author sanity on launch day</li></ul><p>Her signed pre-order service through Bert's Books in Swindon </p><ul><li>📚 <a href=\"https://bertsbooks.co.uk/product/eyes-on-you/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Order a signed copy of <em>Eyes on You</em> from Bert's Books</a></li><li>🔗 Pre-order <em>Eyes on You</em> and find Adele's tour dates at <a href=\"https://www.adeleparks.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">adeleparks.com</a></li><li>What she hopes readers feel at the end: shock, awe, possibly tears, and the satisfying sense that everyone got what they deserved</li></ul><p><strong>What Adele's reading:</strong></p><ul><li><em>Mad Mabel</em> – Sally Hepworth (an 80-year-old with a very murky past and a suspicious neighbour)</li><li><em>The Last Tudor</em> – Philippa Gregory (big, fat, brilliant, and finished in two days)</li></ul><p><strong>Biscuit answer:</strong> Cherry GoAhead biscuits, dunked in tea, timed to perfection. Three per pack — the ideal number. Not to be eaten dry under any circumstances.</p><p><em>Eyes on You</em> is out <strong>27th August</strong>. Pre-orders open now.</p><p>YOU CAN:</p><p>🔗 Pre-order <em>Eyes on You</em> and find Adele's tour dates at <a href=\"https://www.adeleparks.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">adeleparks.com</a></p><p>📚 <a href=\"https://bertsbooks.co.uk/product/eyes-on-you/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Order a signed copy of <em>Eyes on You</em> from Bert's Books</a></p><p>💬 <strong>Get in touch with the podcast</strong></p><p>Quick Book Reviews Facebook Group | Instagram | <a href=\"mailto:quickbookreviews@outlook.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">quickbookreviews@outlook.com</a></p><p><em>Quick Book Reviews: author interviews and book reviews with no spoilers.</em></p>","author_name":"Philippa Hall"}