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Radio 2 Book Club: Jonathan Moore

Simon welcomes debut novelist Jonathan Moore to the Radio 2 Book Club to discuss his new book The Poison Artist. Plus reviews from three listeners.

Simon welcomes debut novelist Jonathan Moore to the Book Club to discuss his new book, The Poison Artist. We'll also hear thoughts from three of our listeners.

It's a gripping tale of obsession and deadly mystery, where the secrets of salvation and the most devastating desires are all written in blood

Dr. Caleb Maddox is a San Francisco toxicologist studying the chemical effects of pain. After a bruising breakup with his girlfriend, he's out drinking whisky when a hauntingly seductive woman appears by his side. Emmeline whispers to Caleb over absinthe, gets his blood on her fingers and then brushes his ear with her lips as she says goodbye. He must find her.

As his search begins, Caleb becomes entangled in a serial-murder investigation. The police have been fishing men from the bay, and the postmortems are inconclusive. One of the victims vanished from the bar the night Caleb met Emmeline. When questioned, Caleb can't offer any information, nor does he tell them he's been secretly helping the city's medical examiner, an old friend, study the chemical evidence on the victims' remains. The search for the killer soon entwines with Caleb's hunt for Emmeline, and the closer he gets to each, the more dangerous his world becomes.

As well as the Book Club, we'll be playing some of your oldie suggestions and unleashing a brand new Confession.

Plus, Matt Williams has the latest sport news.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Mon 14 Mar 2016 17:05
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Music Played

  • The Jacksons

    Can You Feel It

    • Fantastic 80's Go For It! - Various.
    • Parlophone.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    The Pop Kids

  • Paul McCartney

    Coming Up

    • Pure McCartney.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
    • 1.

  • Kacey Musgraves

    Late To The Party (Live From C2C: Country to Country 2016)

    • Pageant Material.
    • 3.

  • The Stylistics

    You Make Me Feel Brand New

    • Solid Soul (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Bellowhead

    Roll The Woodpile Down

    • Broadside.
    • Navigator Records.
    • 003.

  • Gwen Stefani

    Make Me Like You

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.
    • 1.

  • Small Faces

    Itchycoo Park

    • Sunny Afternoon - Sound Of The 60's,V.
    • Old Gold.

  • Laura Branigan

    Self Control

    • Now 1984 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Zara Larsson

    Lush Life

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.
    • 001.

  • Elvis Presley & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    If I Can Dream

    • If I Can Dream.
    • RCA.
    • 14.

  • Reef

    How I Got Over

    • (CD Single).
    • REEFBAND.
    • 1.

  • Elkie Brooks

    Sunshine After The Rain

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
    • 004.

  • Katy Perry

    Firework

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 1.

  • Eric Clapton

    Let It Grow

    • Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard.
    • Polydor.

  • T‐Bone Walker

    Stormy Monday Blues

    • Papa Ain't Salty CD1.
    • Disky.
    • 12.

Broadcast

  • Mon 14 Mar 2016 17:05
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2