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Interviews with James Swallow & Rachel Abbott
Ep. 257
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I interview James Swallow author of “Dark Horizon” and Rachel Abbott author of “Don’t Look Away”.
Plus I review: “Someday Maybe” by Onyx Nwabineli, “The Night House” by Jo Nesbo and “Goodbye Eri” by Tatsuya Fujimoto.
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25:34||Ep. 302I interview Sam Taylor about “The Two Loves Of Sophie Strom”PLUS I review “The Blue Hour” by Paula Hawkins“Life Sentence” (Audiobook) by A K Turner“The Wren in the Holly Library” by K A Linde“The Invisible Women’s Club” by Helen Paris Sam Taylor recommends“Life After Life” by Kate Atkinson“German Requiem” by Philip Kerr“The Ruin of All Witches” by Malcolm Gaskill301. Read this book (please)!
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