You are about to listen to a BBC podcast and I'd like to tell you a bit about what goes into making one.

I'm Sadata Sese, an assistant commissioner of podcasts for BBC Sounds.

I pull a lot of levers to support a diverse range of podcasts on all sorts of subjects,

relationships, identity, comedy, even one that mixes poetry, music and inner city life.

So one day I'll be helping host develop their ideas, the next fact-checking, a feature,

and the next looking at how a podcast connects with its audience, and maybe that's you.

So if you like this podcast, check out some others on BBC Sounds.

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Hello, I'm Harriet Gilbert.

Thank you for downloading a good read, the podcasts,

where two guests and I recommend books we love and describe why we love them.

We don't always see eye to eye, but I hope you'll

find some great reading suggestions here. Hello, to recommend books they love. I'm joined today

first by that maestro of detective fiction, Ian Rankin, internationally best-selling author of

the Inspector Rebus and Detective Malcolm Fox novels, and of standalone thrillers, including most recently The Rise,

available as an e-book as part of Amazon original stories. With Ian is award-winning musician, producer,

author and playwright Colin McIntyre, who releases albums under the name Mull Historical Society.

His latest, In My Mind, There's a Room,

is a collaboration with authors, including Liz Loughhead and Ian Rankin.

Collins' novel, When the Needle Drops, comes out this spring. Ian, would you start us off?

What have you chosen as a good read? I've chosen the glass pearls

by Emmerich Pressburger

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