Author Jonathan Whitelaw joins Jess for a cosy chat about cosy crime. He tells us how he landed such a fantastic narrator in Sid Sagar, how he approached character development in The Bingo Hall Detectives, why he chose the Lake District for the setting, and what we should be reading while we wait for his next book, The Village Hall Vendetta.
Books Mentioned
The Bingo Hall Detectives and The Village Hall Vendetta, Jonathan Whitelaw
Rivers of London: Amongst Our Weapons, Ben Aaronovitch
A Spoonful of Murder, J.M. Hall
Her Majesty the Queen Investigates (series), S.J. Bennett
The Marlow Murder Club and Death Comes to Marlow, Robert Thorogood
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Q&A with Ben Aaronovitch
Conversation with Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
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