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The Radio 2 Book Club: with Karen Cleveland, Car Radiator Cheese Confession, Irish Dancing.

Former CIA agent turned author, Karen Cleveland, joins Simon for the Radio 2 Book Club to discuss her debut novel, Need To Know. We'll also hear from our listener reviewers.

Former CIA agent turned author, Karen Cleveland, joins Simon for the Radio 2 Book Club to discuss her debut thriller, Need To Know.

You get to work. Make a coffee. Open your computer.
Your task: hack a Russian Operative's computer and access a document revealing his five US sleeper agents.
You're in.
Five faces stare back at you. One of them is your husband.

Vivian Miller is a dedicated CIA counter-intelligence analyst assigned to uncover Russian sleeper cells in the United States. On track for a much-needed promotion, she's developed a system for identifying Russian agents - seemingly normal people living in plain sight.
After accessing the computer of a potential Russian operative, Vivian stumbles on a secret dossier of deep-cover agents within America's borders. A few clicks later, everything that matters to her is threatened - her job, her husband, even her four children.
Vivian has vowed to defend her country against all enemies, foreign and domestic. But now she's facing impossible choices. Torn between loyalty and betrayal, allegiance and treason, love and suspicion, who can she trust?

We'll hear what our listener reviewers made of the novel and find out how much of Karen's writing is based on her real life experiences.

There'll also be a brand new Confession, your Oldies suggestions, plus Matt Williams with the sport and Bobbie Pryor with the travel.

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Mon 5 Feb 2018 17:05
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Music Played

  • The Lightning Seeds

    Lucky You

    • Lightning Seeds - Jollification.
    • Epic.

  • Liam Payne & Rita Ora

    For You (Fifty Shades Freed)

    • Fifty Shades Freed O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Island.

  • Moby

    Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?

  • Anne-Marie

    Ciao Adios

    • (CD Single).
    • Asylum.
    • 001.

  • Tommy Roe

    Dizzy

    • Delilah - Jukebox 60's Hits.
    • Old Gold.

  • Hoseah Partsch

    Paper Planes

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin/EMI.

  • The Platters

    The Great Pretender

    • The Platters Golden Hits.
    • Phonogram.
    • 5.

  • ZZ Top

    Sharp Dressed Man

    • (Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Paloma Faith

    Till I'm Done

    • The Architect.
    • RCA.

  • Alexander O’Neal

    Fake '88

    • The Greatest Hits Of Alexander O'Neal.
    • Epic.

  • Tom Speight

    Waiting

    • (CD Single).
    • Kobalt.
    • 001.

  • Lana Del Rey

    Video Games

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • P!nk

    So What

    • (CD Single).
    • LaFace Records.

  • Simple Minds

    Magic

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Crosstown Traffic

    • The Jimi Hendrix Collection.
    • Universal.

Broadcast

  • Mon 5 Feb 2018 17:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2