James Naughtie and readers quiz Nicholas Shakespeare about his book, Six Minutes In May: How Churchill Unexpectedly Became Prime Minister. It chronicles the dramatic political and military events of 1940 which led to the momentous Norway Debate and Chamberlain’s resignation.
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The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins, with Elly Griffiths
Donal Ryan: The Spinning Heart
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Denise Mina: The Long Drop
Mick Herron: Slow Horses
Julian Barnes: Arthur and George
Mary Lawson: Crow Lake
Sarah Winman: Tin Man
Tan Twan Eng: The Garden of Evening Mists
Nadifa Mohamed: The Fortune Men
Cal Flyn: Islands of Abandonment
Ross King: Brunelleschi's Dome
AJ Pearce: Dear Mrs Bird
Juan Gabriel Vasquez: The Sound of Things Falling
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