On a winter's night in 1974, a crime took place that would obsess the nation.

It was an extraordinary news story.

The story of an aristocrat, Lord Lucan, who's said to have killed the family Nanny,

mistaking her for his wife, then somehow just disappeared.

One of the great mysteries in English criminal history. We're still looking for Lucan.

It's honestly one of the most powerful stories of my lifetime.

I'm Alex von Tundselman.

This is The Lucan Obsession.

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Hello, today we're making plans for summer with recommendations for the hottest, brightest

holiday reading and meeting characters who are trying desperately to escape their murky pasts.

I head back to the Surrey of 1952 with writer Benjamin Wood to discuss his novel The Young Accomplice.

But first, a suitcase-busting list of books

to fill your summer no matter where you're headed. To find out what they think we should be reading,

I'm joined by Johanna Thomas Corr and Max Liu, critics who regularly write for the Sunday Times,

Observer, The Guardian, the new statesman, and more besides.

Welcome to you both.

Hello.

Hey back, Chris.

Before we get to your picks, I want to ask if you're anything like me when you're going on holiday.

Do you take a ridiculous number of books with you and do you manage to read them all?

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