The Richard and Judy Book Club, exclusive to WHSmith

The Richard and Judy Book Club, exclusive to WHSmith


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David Baldacci
March 29, 2023

Travis Devine, the character at the heart of this weeks Book Club novel The 6.20 Man, has survived combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, but soon finds himself wrapped up in a different kind of dange

Amanda Geard
March 22, 2023

Geologist Amanda Geard has written her debut novel, The Midnight House. Immersive, with an incredibly strong sense of place, the book tells the story of Lady Charlotte Rathmore who went missing in 194

Sarah Pinborough
March 15, 2023

How well do you sleep at night? We all go through periods when were not sleeping as well as we might like, but for the protagonist in this weeks Book Club novel, Insomnia, her sleep deprivation is p

Victoria Selman
March 08, 2023

What happens to the families of serial killers? How do they reflect on the memories they shared? These are the questions Victoria Selman asks in Truly Darkly Deeply. Sophie was 12 when Matty Melgren c

Jessamine Chan
January 18, 2023

Are there any circumstances under which its ok to leave a young child alone? What should the punishment be? In Jessamine Chans The School For Good Mothers, such recklessness demands you spend time b

Nora Murphy
January 11, 2023

What is a woman to do when staying with her abusive husband is dangerous, but leaving could be worse? Leah and McKenna, both women with apparently perfect lives, have never met, but their home lives l

Jo Browning Wroe
January 04, 2023

In October 1966, a landslide at a collieryspoiltip buried a school in Aberfan. In A Terrible Kindness, this real life event is the back drop for Jo Browning Wroes fictional story. 19 year old newly

Jacquie Bloese
December 28, 2022

Isolation is a key theme in this weeks Book Club novel, The French House. Set on the remote island of Guernsey during WWII, we meet a deaf Guernsey native, a woman trapped in a fearful marriage, and

Harlan Coben
December 21, 2022

Thriller writer Harlan Coben joins Richard and Judy to talk about his new novel, The Match. A sequel to previous Book Club novel The Boy From The Woods, Harlan explains that the two books can be read

Robert Gold
December 14, 2022

A terrible child murder is at the heart of the first novel in Richard and Judys Winter 2022 Book Club collection. Considering himself a failed journalist, author Robert Gold chose to write a protag