The TRE Bookshow 18/09/25 TRE’s Hannah Murray catches up with top authors, to discuss their latest releases
Sep 22, 07:35 PM
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Hannah Murray will start by looking at the bestseller lists on Amazon.co.uk and The Sunday Times, the oldest and most influential book sales chart in the UK, and seeing what new entries there are.
Ed Needham is the Editor of Strong Words Magazine. He joins us monthly to review a selection of new Fiction and Non Fiction titles, which this week includes Don't Let it Break you, Honey, by Jenny Evans.
Elliot Ackerman is the New York Times bestselling author of various novels as well as the memoir 'The Fifth Act' His books have been nominated for awards including the National Book Award, and the Andrew Carnegie Medal in both fiction and non-fiction. His novel 'Sheepdogs' was the subject of a massive TV auction last year. Apple paid seven figures in an 11-way auction, and Playtone, which is Tom Hanks's production company, will be developing it into a major TV series. It's about two down-on-their-luck ex-CIA operatives who get caught in a shadowy network working jobs for an unknown dispatcher - Sheepdog - and must navigate an increasingly tangled set of loyalties where no-one and nothing is what it seems.
Karin Walker's debut novel 'Love, Lies & Sticky Toffee Pudding' is about friendship, reinvention, and finding sweetness in life's stickiest moments. Set between Cornwall, Barbados and London, the story follows three best friends, all 38 and at a personal crossroads, as they navigate the chaos of modern love, long-held secrets, and the kind of challenges that test even the closest bonds.
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Mary-Jane Riley was a BBC journalist, presenting radio programmes and major crime stories over the past twenty years. She has also published four thrillers. 'Beattie Cavendish and the White Pearl Club' is the first in a new series that follows Beattie's undercover work with GCHQ as the Cold War intensifies.
A. Gill-Gray is an award-winning journalist who has written for British national and regional newspapers. He was named the National Feature Writer of the Year, and is now pursuing his passion for fiction. 'A Smart Address' is a dark comedy about sixty-nine year old spinster Arabella Pettygrew who plunges from the roof of her apartment in Edinburgh's expensive Balmoral Square Mansions. There are three possibilities...was it a tragic accident, suicide or murder?
Clemence Michallon is the author of the international bestseller 'The Quiet Tenant' which was shortlisted for the International Association of Crime Writer's 2023 Hammet Prize. Her second thriller 'Our Last Resort' is now out, and both have been optioned for a TV series. Alternating between past and present timelines, Our Last Resort builds toward a shattering climax. It's about Frida and her brother who escaped a cult fifteen years ago. Now her brother is the prime suspect in a murder investigation.
Sophie Wiggins' debut novel 'Making the Cut' was inspired by her love-hate relationship with the world of dance. It's inspired by Sophie's first-hand experience of being a dance mum! The book explores the competitive dance world through a darker, psychologically thrilling lens.
Ed Needham is the Editor of Strong Words Magazine. He joins us monthly to review a selection of new Fiction and Non Fiction titles, which this week includes Don't Let it Break you, Honey, by Jenny Evans.
Elliot Ackerman is the New York Times bestselling author of various novels as well as the memoir 'The Fifth Act' His books have been nominated for awards including the National Book Award, and the Andrew Carnegie Medal in both fiction and non-fiction. His novel 'Sheepdogs' was the subject of a massive TV auction last year. Apple paid seven figures in an 11-way auction, and Playtone, which is Tom Hanks's production company, will be developing it into a major TV series. It's about two down-on-their-luck ex-CIA operatives who get caught in a shadowy network working jobs for an unknown dispatcher - Sheepdog - and must navigate an increasingly tangled set of loyalties where no-one and nothing is what it seems.
Karin Walker's debut novel 'Love, Lies & Sticky Toffee Pudding' is about friendship, reinvention, and finding sweetness in life's stickiest moments. Set between Cornwall, Barbados and London, the story follows three best friends, all 38 and at a personal crossroads, as they navigate the chaos of modern love, long-held secrets, and the kind of challenges that test even the closest bonds.
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Mary-Jane Riley was a BBC journalist, presenting radio programmes and major crime stories over the past twenty years. She has also published four thrillers. 'Beattie Cavendish and the White Pearl Club' is the first in a new series that follows Beattie's undercover work with GCHQ as the Cold War intensifies.
A. Gill-Gray is an award-winning journalist who has written for British national and regional newspapers. He was named the National Feature Writer of the Year, and is now pursuing his passion for fiction. 'A Smart Address' is a dark comedy about sixty-nine year old spinster Arabella Pettygrew who plunges from the roof of her apartment in Edinburgh's expensive Balmoral Square Mansions. There are three possibilities...was it a tragic accident, suicide or murder?
Clemence Michallon is the author of the international bestseller 'The Quiet Tenant' which was shortlisted for the International Association of Crime Writer's 2023 Hammet Prize. Her second thriller 'Our Last Resort' is now out, and both have been optioned for a TV series. Alternating between past and present timelines, Our Last Resort builds toward a shattering climax. It's about Frida and her brother who escaped a cult fifteen years ago. Now her brother is the prime suspect in a murder investigation.
Sophie Wiggins' debut novel 'Making the Cut' was inspired by her love-hate relationship with the world of dance. It's inspired by Sophie's first-hand experience of being a dance mum! The book explores the competitive dance world through a darker, psychologically thrilling lens.