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Jenny Wheeler

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Encore – Karen Swan – Holiday Treats

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2022/12/27

Karen Swan is a favorite with binge reading listeners. Her appearance on the show at Christmas time last year was one of the most listened to episodes of 2022. So it's great to have her back on our Encore program. That's the one where people who've already been on the show, come back to talk about their latest book and for Karen it's her latest holiday special, The Christmas Postcards. In case you're asking yourself why a show that ran in December, 2021 is in the 2022 best of lineup, it's

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37:19

Faith Hogan – Irish Best Sellers

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2022/12/21

Faith Hogan is an award-winning and best-selling Irish author of nine contemporary novels, the latest of which is The Gin Sisters Promise. Her books are for grownups, feel good woman's fiction which is unashamedly uplifting, and inspiring, but doesn't dodge the hard questions, Hi there. I'm your host, Jenny Wheeler and today on Binge Reading Faith talks not only about The Gin Sisters Promise, her latest heartfelt family story, but also because her new Christmas book, On The First Day Of

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29:45

Melody Carlson – Inspirational Christmas

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2022/12/13

Melody Carson is an award-winning author of inspirational romance with more than 200 books and 6.5 million copies sold. She certainly knows what she's doing. Included in that backlist is a goodly number of Christmas novellas. Hi there. I'm your host, Jenny Wheeler and to celebrate the season we featuring authors who've made Christmas books one of their specialties like Melody. Her latest book for Christmas is called A Quilt For Christmas, and it's out now. Melody talks about starting on

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35:48

Douglas Skelton – Dark Scottish thrillers

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2022/12/06

Douglas Skeleton is one of Scotland's most celebrated crime writers with dark stories that meld history and contemporary life stretching from the tough streets of his hometown of Glasgow to the wildness of the Scottish Highlands. We're talking Where Demons Hide, Douglas's latest thriller with a supernatural edge, featuring crime reporter, Rebecca Connolly. Hi there. I'm your host, Jenny Wheeler. And in today's Binge Reading, Rebecca’s skepticism is challenged after a body is found on a lonely

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27:51

Avanti Centrae – Cleopatra’s Vendetta

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2022/11/29

Avanti Centrae is an international best-selling author who blends history, science and suspense into pulse pounding action thrillers. And she's here today talking about her latest book, Cleopatra’s Vendetta. ‘Born a goddess Cleopatra died a prisoner, but the cobra’s deadly kiss was just the beginning.’ Hi, I'm your host, Jenny Wheeler. And today on binge reading, Avanti talks about how she melds ancient history with contemporary politics, how history is told by the winners and why she wants to

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19:18

Jillian Cantor on Encore – Gatsby’s Women

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2022/11/22

Welcome to Encore our binge reading episode, where we chat to previous guests of the show about their latest releases. And today we're talking to Jillian Cantor about Beautiful Little Fools her re-imagining of an American classic from the viewpoint of the female characters. Hi there. I'm your host, Jenny Wheeler. Jillian last appeared on the show in July, 2021, talking about Half Life the Marie Curie story, the fictionalized story of the famous physicist who won the Nobel Peace Prize

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36:45

Jane Green – Swinging Sixties Romance

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2022/11/15

Jane Green has eighteen New York Times best sellers and ten million in sales in the woman's fiction genre with several books picked up by film and TV. Her latest Sister Stardust is her first foray into biographical fiction, telling the story of international jet-setter Talitha Getty, wife of mega rich heir Paul Getty, and their rock and roll life in Marrakesh in the sixties. Hi there. I'm your host, Jenny Wheeler. And on Binge Reading today, Jane talks about her fascination for Talitha Getty,

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31:36

Peter Papathanasiou – Greek-Aussie Noir

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2022/11/08

Greek Australian author Peter Papathanasiou follows up his first novel - the 2021 crime debut novel of the year The Stoning - with another haunting story, The Invisible. A burnt out Detective Sergeant George Manolis travels to Greece to reconnect with his roots... Hi there I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and in Binge Reading today Peter talks about combining a leading career as a medical geneticist with fiction, and the space allowing his creative spirit to blossom filled in his life. Our

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33:56

Halle Bridgeman- Romantic Suspense

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2022/11/01

Hallee Bridgeman is a USA today best-selling author of inspirational romantic suspense and she's talking about her latest adventure series. Love and Honor. Hi there. I'm your host Jenny Wheeler and in today's show Hallee introduces Honor's Refuge and the appeal of military and emergency rescue heroes. Special forces A team hero Phil Osborne returns home from the military missing a leg and feeling like half a man. Phil must overcome wounds both seen and unseen to find a strength long buried--and

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29:22

Kate Parker -WWII Aristocrats & Spies

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2022/10/24

Kate Parker's best selling 'Deadly' series follows intrepid lady sleuth, Olivia Redmond a society reporter for a London newspaper as she navigates the perils of World War II Europe while unmasking murderers and spies. Hi, I'm your host Jenny Wheeler. And on Binge Reading this week, we've got Kate's latest book, Deadly Rescue, in her World War II spy mystery series. As usual we've got great book offers, including a Halloween sales promo of dark fantasy mystery and thriller books, including

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23:14

Encore – Julie McElwain – Time Travel Murders

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2022/10/17

Julie McElwain was first on The Joys of Binge Reading back in in 2018 with her first book in the Kendra Donovan time travel series Murder in Time about an FBI agent who travels back to Regency England. . She's back today with book # 5, Shadows In Time and a series that is going from strength to strength - now optioned for TV. Jenny Wheeler: We've got Julie here with us for Encore talking about her latest book, Shadows in Time, which is part of a time slip series. Welcome to the show,

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27:44

Whitney Scharer – Rapturous Bio-Fiction

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2022/10/11

Whitney Scharer’s historical novel The Age of Light takes us from the glamor of Paris in the 1920s to the horror of World War II battlefields in a startlingly modern love story based on the true life of fashion model and gifted photographer. Lee Miller. Hi there. I'm your host, Jenny Wheeler. And today we have a treat. Whitney Scharer’s debut novel. I know we usually do series, but this is a little bit special. It's a great mesmerizing portrait of a true woman, Lee Miller as she transforms from

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36:51

Fiona Leitch – Cornish Murder Mysteries

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2022/10/03

On Binge Reading this week Kiwi-based mystery author Fiona Leitch and her Nosey Parker Cornish Murder mystery series, A Recipe For Murder. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and in Binge Reading this week Fiona talks about her police officer sleuth who switches careers from metropolitan London and retreats to a small English village to reinvent herself as a chef – but she can’t seem to avoid solving crime. In this latest addition to the series, Jodie is persuaded to enter a Great Bake Off

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35:03

J F Penn – Arkane Thrillers

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2022/09/27

J F Penn is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of thrillers, dark fantasy, and crime. We are talking about Tomb Of Relics, her twelfth book in her best-selling Arkane series. The series has been likened to Dan Brown’s thrillers and it’s got all the popular themes: relics of power, international locations, and adventure with an edge of the supernatural. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and today on Binge Reading J F – Joanna – talks about her attraction to dark mystery and

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34:56

Cate Quinn – Chiller Thrillers

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2022/09/20

You’d die for your best friend. But would you kill for her? That’s the question contemporary thriller author Cate Quinn poses in her latest book, Blood Sisters, an outback adventure that turns to nightmare for two American back packers when they are accused of a bizarre murder in Dead Tree Creek. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and our guest today on The Joys of Binge Reading is Cate Quinn. Cate is a UK-based bestselling author whose books are published in fifteen countries. She writes

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23:03

Martin Walker

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2022/09/12

Martin Walker is one of the most listened to shows on Binge Reading of all times, so we are delighted to have him back discussing his latest book, To Kill a Troubadour. It’s number 15 in the Bruno Perigord police chief series, highly popular all over the place, particularly in Germany. When a musician’s new song hits a political nerve, he finds himself in the crosshairs of Spanish Nationalists’ ire, and it's up to Bruno to track down the extremists who seem to be ready to take deadly

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31:42

Sophie Green – Second Chances

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2022/09/12

Sophie Green’s stories of fresh beginnings, unexpected friendships and the power of love in small country communities are Top 10 Best sellers, and they’re all built around Sophie’s personal passions for, among other things, music, yoga and swimming. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and today on Binge Reading Sophie talks about her varied career as a country music podcaster and aficionado, how she came to write two Home and Away spin offs, and why she thinks writers can learn a lot from

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Michael Bennett – Dark Kiwi Thriller

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2022/09/06

Michael Bennett is an acclaimed New Zealand screen writer and director who’s debut novel Better The Blood has already sold for translation rights in six countries. It’s a nail biting crime thriller that is also a Trojan horse for complex, difficult themes. Hi there I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and in Binge Reading this week Michael talks about his debut novel, a serial killer investigation led by a tenacious Maori detective Hana Westerman which reveals a darker side to Kiwi paradise and highlights

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37:31

Santa Montefiore – Beach Blockbusters

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2022/08/29

Santa Montefiore is the women’s fiction queen, selling six million copies internationally of her heart-warming emotional sagas set in exotic places that have been described as “beach read blockbusters.” Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and today on The Joys of Binge Reading we’ve got a delightful treat – Santa Montefiore. She has published a book a year since 2001, and we’re talking about two of her latest on the show today – An Italian Girl in Brooklyn, a World War II story of loss and

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Anita Abriel – WWII -Spies & Stolen Art

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2022/08/23

Anita Abriel is well known to many readers because of her international hit The Light After The War. Now she returns with another World War II story – part thriller, part romance, The Italian Girl. (In the US it’s called A Girl During the War ) Hi there I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and in Binge Reading this week Anita talks about The Italian Girl, a coming of age story of stolen art and romance in a famous villa in Florence peopled with real life historical figures. International best selling

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