Lorna Gibson is a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT. Her new book ‘Birds Up Close’ is about the fact that she has been a lifelong birdwatcher. In the book she explores the marvel of how birds work from her perspective as an engineer and a lifelong birder. She looks at the hidden microscopic structures and engineering principles that keep birds aloft and alive.

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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.

Henry Milner has been on of the UK's top criminal defence solicitors for more than forty years, during which time he has defended some of the most infamous names in recent criminal history. His latest novel 'Miracles Cost Extra' is an explosive true-to-life thriller that delivers an authentic look at how justice can be bent, bought or broken. It takes readers deep inside the world of high-stakes prison breaks, underworld fixers, and the shadowy border between law and crime. 

Sam Steele is the pseudonym for Sarah Steele, the USA Today bestselling author of The Missing Pieces of Nancy Moon. 'Five Silver Spoons' is her crime fiction debut, and book number 1 in the Hope Fenton Series. It is a gripping tale of shameless entitlement and merciless revenge, where a killer is picking off the privileged Cambridge students who buried him alive twenty years before...

Susan Barrett gave up a job in TV production to be at home with her young children and to start her writing career. 'All Cats are Grey' is a literary gothic tale, enacted in the ruins of London just after the Blitz. It is inspired by the real-life murderer, The Blackout Ripper, Gordon Cummins

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A.M. Belsey was born in Arkansas but moved to the UK at the age of 21. She works as a publisher and author. Her debut novella 'Six Mile Store' weaves southern gothic tropes and a nerve-twisting plot to deliver an addictive and fast-paced read. 

Bren Gosling is an alumnus of City University's Novel Studio, and was a finalist at the London, Brighton and Exeter Short Story Prizes. 'Street Sweeper' won the Novel London Literary Prize in 2021. It explores race, sexuality, and love, and is a compelling story of the lives of two men in early 2000's London. 

Alice Leigh is a writer who lives in Cyprus, who has published other novels under the pseudonym Michelle Adams. 'What I Told My Friends' is a gripping, dark academia novel inspired, in part, by Alice's memories of her own school days, a time when every emotion is heightened. The book explores what happens when relationships are tested, set in an elite all-girls boarding school. 

Guy Lloyd is the International Sales Manager for Penguin Random House. He joins us once a month to talk all things books. Today we're looking at why The New York Times has dropped a freelance journalist after a book review, Freida McFadden revealing her identity, and a tribute to Len Deighton, the legendary spy-thriller author who died recently aged 97.