1st October show

Hello and welcome to the bookshow on radio scilly 107.9fm, the bookshow is sponsored by Bourdeaux bookshop of st marys.

Barbara Simpson & Brian Lowen are guests on the show this week. Brian is reviewing Val McDermid's A Place of Execution & John Grisham's The Last
Juror. Babs' is going to be a surprise....as she doesn't know what she has
read yet..due to the host not asking her til the last minute as I was bogged down in trying to get a holiday sorted - why is it always the woman who has to sort these thing. So, what is Babs reading, well, ... Anthea Halliwell - Cuckoos Parting Cry & Mary Wesley - Sensible Life

Did you know..29 Sep 1973 W. H. Auden died. His poem 'Stop all the Clocks' featured in the film Four Weddings and a Funeral.
Plus,the Flinstones celebrate 30yrs anniversary it started on 30th Sept 1960, and if you look at Google they have done a lovely play on letters to celebrate.

A Place of Execution by Val McDermid
one reviewer tells us why they enjoy her books:
'characters are believable ,and the setting throws up lots of interesting side issues,such as the prejudice of those living in the hamlet.the fact that the story is intertwined with the real life murders gives it an extra edge and its attention to detail and its realism were so good i trawled the net to see if it was a true story'.
(Hey simon kernick is suggested 'a like author' for val mcdermid.. - Brian agreed)

Anthea Halliwell - Cuckoos Parting Cry (I gotta say Babs, this is a Maggi kind of book)

The Last Juror by John Grisham
Reviewers on 'amazon' said:
'Good, but not the best, well written, full of interesting characters, but not entirely plot driven'.
ok book a good build up, but then just fizzled out'.
Brian disagreed - he loved the book

Mary Wesley - Sensible Life ...(author of the Camomile Lawn - became one of Channel Four's most successful dramas, telling an intricate story set during World War II and over two days in 1984) .another book about children during the war period ....- ..........I think you'll be taking over Maggies title of Vera Lynn soon, Babs!
Elizabeth Buchan a suggested like author - Babs agreed