147: Staging the perfect murder mystery - with Jamie West

What is it about The Hobcast Book Show and Brighton? Or more accurately, what is it about Brighton that lends itself as a setting for murder mysteries? Our guest this week, Jamie West, transports his readers back to the Palace Pier Theatre in 1933 and introduces them to his hero, playwright-come-amateur-sleuth Bertie Caroll. Jamie's debut novel, Death on the Pier is a love-letter to golden age crime fiction and for a long-lost theatre - only a few fragments of the original structure remain. As a sought-after automation expert in London's West End Theatreland, Jamie draws on his love of these historic venues to recreate the pre-war heyday of British theatre.

Also this week, Adrian and Rebecca discuss one leading independent publisher's move to exclusively printing hard copies on demand, and they examine the shrinking world of book reviews in the traditional media and the implications for the wider publishing industry.

https://www.jamiewest.co.uk/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Death-Pier-Jamie-West-ebook/dp/B09RXZXNXJ

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