Janice Hallett

Led by presenter James Naughtie, the award-winning writer Janice Hallett speaks to a Bookclub audience about her debut novel, The Appeal. Published in 2021 the novel - which is presented as a series of documents, emails, messages and transcripts - follows an amateur dramatics troupe called The Fairway Players, which is staging a rendition of Arthur Miller's, All My Sons, to raise funds little Poppy Reswick's life-saving medical treatment. But it is possible a murderer is hiding in plain sight?

This episode of Bookclub was recorded in Broadcasting House, London.

Producer: Dominic Howell
Editor: Gillian Wheelan
This is a BBC Audio Scotland production.