Hi everyone.

Welcome to the first ever live, Blood Ties podcast.

I'm Molly Wansall and I'm here with my father, Jeffrey Wansel.

Hello, everyone. Welcome.

Thank you all for coming.

It's wonderful to see you, especially on a bit of a bleak old night.

I'm really sorry, Bets is so excited.

Probably half the people in the audience, she knows.

So if I let you off, will you go and run around?

Okay, she might come and say hi to you.

Yeah, that's the informal nature of this podcast record.

There will be a dog wandering around most of the time.

So how's your week, Mo?

Yes, fine, been preparing for said podcast. So it's been good and busy. You know, it's December, so it's a bit hectic. My week, I've been, I've been, my head is spinning, really, for this week. It's been all over the place. I've been in Cardiff. I've been in London and I'm now doing

this. It's a delight. But my goodness, it's been an extraordinary week. But that's wonderful.

No, how can anyone possibly not enjoy seeing a lovely audience like this,

a great audience,

and also not enjoy murder

when I spend my life pretty much doing murder,

but two books.

Not doing it.

It's not something you haven't told us, Dad.

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