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Simon Mayo's Books of the Year

Laura Shepherd-Robinson Q&A

Simon Mayo's Books of the Year

Bauer Media

Arts, Books

4.9994 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Crime author, Laura Shepherd-Robinson, joins Simon and Matt for a natter about the authors and books she loves - and her writing process. We also surprise her with a question from the author SJ Parris - and find out who she would invite to her fantasy dinner party.

Transcript

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0:00.0

All right, Matt.

0:01.3

Hello, Simon.

0:02.0

Did you know that if you need to hire, you need Indeed?

0:06.6

Now, I think you've mentioned this before, but tell me more.

0:10.1

Indeed is the matching and hiring platform with over 350 million global monthly visitors,

0:16.6

according to Indeed data.

0:18.5

Yes, that sounds pretty good to me.

0:20.2

According to our friends here, one of the things they love about Indeed

0:23.8

is that it makes hiring so easy because everything is in one place.

0:27.9

But is it a quick process?

0:29.7

It is very fast.

0:30.8

Indeed's matching engine is constantly learning from your preferences,

0:35.1

leveraging over 140 million qualifications and preferences every day. So the more

0:40.5

you use, indeed, the better it gets. Listeners to this podcast will get a £100-pound sponsored job credit

0:46.2

to help get your jobs more visibility. Just go to indeed.com slash BOTY. That's indeed.com

0:53.7

slash BOTY. Terms Indeed.com slash BOTY.

0:55.1

Terms and conditions apply.

0:57.3

Need to hire?

0:58.6

You need Indies.

1:16.6

Hello and welcome. This is our bonus Q&A episode of Books of the Year, still in the studio with top crime author, also a historical crime author, edging towards contemporary

1:22.9

crime author. That's Laura Shepherd Robinson. She's still here. Time for a bit of a Q&A. Have you seen these

1:28.3

questions? I have. Oh, excellent. Very good. Because sometimes people don't. You go, okay.

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