When an author tells you she was married to a career criminal and that this inspired her debut novel, it cannot fail to pique your interest.

Listening to Loraine Peck talk about her inspiration for her novel, "The Second Son" (Text Publishing) at a writers festival late last year, I knew I had to speak with her on the podcast to learn more.

What followed was a fascinating chat about her life and how she came to write this gripping novel. A novel that has been described as "the modern Godfather".

I had a blast chatting to Loraine about this fascinating and compelling book earlier this year.