All Episodes

February 23, 2023 43 mins

Author Jonathan Whitelaw joins Jess for a cosy chat about cosy crime. He tells us how he landed such a fantastic narrator in Sid Sagar, how he approached character development in The Bingo Hall Detectives, why he chose the Lake District for the setting, and what we should be reading while we wait for his next book, The Village Hall Vendetta.

Books Mentioned

The Bingo Hall Detectives and The Village Hall Vendetta, Jonathan Whitelaw

Rivers of London: Amongst Our Weapons, Ben Aaronovitch

A Spoonful of Murder, J.M. Hall

Her Majesty the Queen Investigates (series), S.J. Bennett

The Marlow Murder Club and Death Comes to Marlow, Robert Thorogood

Links

Q&A with Ben Aaronovitch

Conversation with Kobna Holdbrook-Smith

Who Are We? 

The Listening Books Podcast is hosted by audio producer Jessica Stone and is a production of Listening Books, a UK charity that provides an audiobook lending service for over 115,000 members who find that an illness, mental health, physical or learning disability affects their ability to read the printed word or hold a book. It’s simple to join. For more information, head to www.listening-books.org.uk. To purchase a gift membership, go directly to https://www.listening-books.org.uk/gift-membership 

We’d love to hear from you! 

Here’s a good place to review the podcast. 

You can also give us a shout on Twitter: @ListeningBooks, 

Or Instagram: @ListeningBooks, 

Or Facebook, 

And we also have some content on YouTube. 

 

Mark as Played

Advertise With Us

Popular Podcasts

24/7 News: The Latest
Therapy Gecko

Therapy Gecko

An unlicensed lizard psychologist travels the universe talking to strangers about absolutely nothing. TO CALL THE GECKO: follow me on https://www.twitch.tv/lyleforever to get a notification for when I am taking calls. I am usually live Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays but lately a lot of other times too. I am a gecko.

The Joe Rogan Experience

The Joe Rogan Experience

The official podcast of comedian Joe Rogan.

Music, radio and podcasts, all free. Listen online or download the iHeart App.

Connect

© 2025 iHeartMedia, Inc.