HeyJaredQuick Book Reviews with Philippa Hall
Quick Book Reviews is your weekly companion for spoiler-free book reviews, author interviews, and reading recommendations — with biscuits, insider information, and some honest enthusiasm.Every Monday and Friday, host Philippa Hall brings you:No-spoiler reviews of new and…
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What Really Happened at Harrogate — and the Book Rescued From the Toilets (opens the original)
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Philippa went to Harrogate Crime Festival and came back with an alarming number of books. Here is everything she picked up, was given, or had rescued from the ladies' toilets on her behalf. Out Now The Angel of Death - Trevor Wood DCI Jack Parker has a secret early onset dementia diagnosis. When a mercy killer begins targeting the terminally ill in Newcastle, and the killings are traced to a carers group his wife has been attending in secret, Jack faces a question he cannot ignore. The Fifteenth
Sarah Pinborough on They Say a Girl Died Here, Horror, Secrets & Pick and Mix (opens the original)
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Philippa is back with her first author interview in two months — and opens with a confession: she recorded the entire thing without plugging her microphone in. Apologies have been issued. The show goes on. The guest is the wonderful Sarah Pinborough — author of over 30 books including Behind Her Eyes — talking about her latest novel They Say a Girl Died Here . Plus three book reviews ranging from emotionally devastating to cosy Miss Marple, with a live retraction of a book review opinion somewhe
Why Isn't Everybody Talking About This Crime Author? My Holiday Top 8 (opens the original)
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Philippa is back from holiday — and the books made it to Rhodes eventually, after a handwritten letter to Athens customs explaining why a normal person would post books to themselves. Today she's sharing her top eight reads from the trip, spanning crime, horror, graphic novels, historical fiction, and AI thrillers. All different. All five stars. The Top 8 Holiday Reads (in reverse order) 8. Under the Hammer – Samantha Dooey Miles A woman whose landlord has a fatal accident discovers her life's m
C.J. Tudor on Serenity Falls, Creepy Disney Towns & the Smell of Buttered Popcorn (opens the original)
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Philippa reviews four books — including two she couldn't wait to tell you about — before a wonderful, wide-ranging conversation with C.J. Tudor about her latest novel Serenity Falls , out 10th September , the book she needed to write after the hardest year of her life. 📚 Four Book Reviews One of Us is Guilty – Steve Cavanagh The 10th Eddie Flynn case finds con-man-turned-lawyer Eddie investigating a brutal murder with only two suspects — and one of them is guilty. Philippa loves everything Steve
Philippa's Best Books of 2026 So Far — 12 Picks & an Honourable Mention (opens the original)
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No author interview, no book reviews — just Philippa's most personal episode of the year: her best reads of the first six months of 2026. Twelve books, one honourable mention, and the admission that it was genuinely hard to narrow it down. These are books Philippa read between January and June — not necessarily published this year — in alphabetical order by author surname, because she doesn't want to rank them. 🎖️ Honourable Mention The Wedding Suit – Rachel Joyce (BBC Radio Drama) A five-part r
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