First Monday has had to cancel its events; instead Sophie talks about an ingenious thing they’re getting up to keep us all on our toes about crime… Top crime writer and script writer Jo Spain is spending a rare amount of time at home, for obvious reasons. She blames “the rain” for her troubles connecting to our chat from Dublin, but that gives me and Sophie the chance to talk about how great her books are.

Ann Cleeves needs no introduction AT ALL. Rosie is someone I met when I was doing book tours – she’s a powerhouse.

Cally Taylor wonders what’s going to happen to her latest novel, Strangers, released in the middle of lockdown; we also talk to Carolyn Jess-Cooke about the virtual book festival she and colleagues dreamed up as a response to lockdown.

Mostly Books is a phenomenal bookshop in Oxfordshire, but when Sarah bought the business three years ago, she can’t have forseen what’s happening now. Gytha’s 2019 debut She Lies In Wait was HUGE. She talks about her follow up Watching From The Dark.

Lucy’s The Guest List is one of the best locked room books out there, set on an island on the west of Ireland. Paul Burston’s The Closer I Get is a gorgeous, creepy tale of obsession; we also discuss Paul’s Polari project and whether we should shave or not.