30th April 2009

Guests this week are:
Babs Simpson reviewing 'The Piano Teacher' by Lynn Wood and 'Faith' by Lesley Pearse
Malcolm Martland reviewing 'Blingsighted' by Karin Slaughter and 'Hanging Garden' by Ian Rankin.
Similar authors to:
Karin Slaughter are: Patricia Cornwell, Kathy Reichs, Tess Geritsen.
Ian Rankin is: Stuart MacBride
Lyn York are: Anita Shreve, joanne Harris.
There were four books with the title of 'The Piano Teacher'. The fictional town of Swan Knob was inspired by Pilot Mountain in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains where the author spent her adolescent years.
Lesley Pearse had a traumatic early life and three marriages, some of which have inspired her novels.
Malcolm finished with a quick mention of 'We're british innit' by Iain Aitch and his amusing observasions of English quirkiness. And 'The Bad Dogs Diary: A Year in the Life of Blake' by Martin Howard 'does his best to avoid the frequently threatened neutering and spends a lot of his time either scooting across the carpet or chasing local tail. It really is a dog's life, and Blake has kindly taken the time to keep a diary of a year in his own life - providing a hilarious, unputdownable glimpse into the mind and world of your average mutt'.