1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast 2 00:00:10,573 --> 00:00:11,613 Speaker 1: from News Talks at. 3 00:00:11,653 --> 00:00:16,253 Speaker 2: Beat your book picks for the weekend. Katherine Rains is 4 00:00:16,293 --> 00:00:18,693 Speaker 2: our book reviewer, so we're going to track it down 5 00:00:18,733 --> 00:00:21,333 Speaker 2: in a couple of minutes. He's got a good couple 6 00:00:21,413 --> 00:00:23,933 Speaker 2: of options for anyone who's looking for a bit of 7 00:00:23,973 --> 00:00:26,013 Speaker 2: fiction over the summer. I don't know about you, but 8 00:00:26,093 --> 00:00:29,533 Speaker 2: as someone who is forever reading nonfiction, it's the one 9 00:00:29,573 --> 00:00:32,093 Speaker 2: time of year when I'm able to disconnect and actually 10 00:00:32,213 --> 00:00:34,453 Speaker 2: enjoy a bit of fiction as well. And so Catherine's 11 00:00:34,493 --> 00:00:38,133 Speaker 2: first book is Quantum of Menace by Vassin Kahan. Go 12 00:00:38,253 --> 00:00:40,373 Speaker 2: to Catherine, tell us about it morning. 13 00:00:40,533 --> 00:00:43,093 Speaker 3: So this is a different look at the world of 14 00:00:43,333 --> 00:00:47,613 Speaker 3: James Bond, and it explores that world from Qu's perspective. 15 00:00:48,253 --> 00:00:50,373 Speaker 3: And so you meet him in his time and six 16 00:00:50,493 --> 00:00:53,453 Speaker 3: is up and he's been throwing out of his role 17 00:00:53,573 --> 00:00:56,253 Speaker 3: in favor of a new Q when this new m 18 00:00:56,293 --> 00:00:58,693 Speaker 3: takes charge and he's really at a loss what to do, 19 00:00:59,333 --> 00:01:01,653 Speaker 3: and he receives the very sad news that his childhood 20 00:01:01,653 --> 00:01:05,293 Speaker 3: friend Pete Napier, who's this cutting edge computer science and 21 00:01:05,413 --> 00:01:09,973 Speaker 3: you know, well deep in Worlds, has died and just 22 00:01:10,053 --> 00:01:12,653 Speaker 3: before his death, Peter had written to him suggesting that 23 00:01:12,693 --> 00:01:15,813 Speaker 3: his life might be in danger, and then the coroner's 24 00:01:15,813 --> 00:01:18,173 Speaker 3: report comes out and the police are an investigation and 25 00:01:18,173 --> 00:01:21,653 Speaker 3: agreement that it was death by misadventure that Q's not convinced, 26 00:01:22,133 --> 00:01:27,053 Speaker 3: and then another letter arrives and he begins his own investigation, 27 00:01:27,133 --> 00:01:30,053 Speaker 3: and after having spent his entire career in the James 28 00:01:30,053 --> 00:01:32,573 Speaker 3: Bond world hidden in a lab, he takes to the 29 00:01:32,613 --> 00:01:34,693 Speaker 3: field to try and work out what happened to his friend, 30 00:01:34,733 --> 00:01:36,613 Speaker 3: and he ends up back in his childhood village of 31 00:01:36,613 --> 00:01:39,253 Speaker 3: Wickstone on Water, has to confront a lot of ghosts 32 00:01:39,253 --> 00:01:40,773 Speaker 3: of the past, and you find a lot out about 33 00:01:40,853 --> 00:01:43,093 Speaker 3: him as well, and the more he investigates, the more 34 00:01:43,133 --> 00:01:45,533 Speaker 3: evident it becomes that someone is onto him and wants 35 00:01:45,573 --> 00:01:47,533 Speaker 3: to stop him. And so you get lots of modern 36 00:01:47,613 --> 00:01:50,773 Speaker 3: crime fair and modern war and crime and links to 37 00:01:50,773 --> 00:01:53,933 Speaker 3: the stories with the crime families and quantum computing, and 38 00:01:54,453 --> 00:01:57,053 Speaker 3: although James Bond isn't the hero of the story, there's 39 00:01:57,053 --> 00:01:59,093 Speaker 3: sort of lots of flashbacks to the interactions with Q 40 00:01:59,293 --> 00:02:01,053 Speaker 3: and lots of the other characters that people will be 41 00:02:01,093 --> 00:02:04,013 Speaker 3: familiar with, and the story is really good. It keeps 42 00:02:04,053 --> 00:02:05,933 Speaker 3: you guessing and if you're a Bond fan, this is 43 00:02:06,173 --> 00:02:08,453 Speaker 3: up mystery for you. And I think that Bond fans 44 00:02:08,493 --> 00:02:09,573 Speaker 3: will really enjoy this book. 45 00:02:09,653 --> 00:02:13,333 Speaker 2: Superb okay cool. So that's Quantum of Menace by Us 46 00:02:13,413 --> 00:02:17,613 Speaker 2: and Kahan. Next up, The Hawk Is Dead by Peter James. 47 00:02:18,693 --> 00:02:23,053 Speaker 3: So this series features a detective and superintendent are Roy Grace, 48 00:02:23,173 --> 00:02:25,853 Speaker 3: and this one can be read as a real standalone novel, 49 00:02:26,093 --> 00:02:28,653 Speaker 3: And it starts when you're on board, when the Queen's 50 00:02:28,693 --> 00:02:32,133 Speaker 3: actually on board the Royal train heading for Sussex, and 51 00:02:32,173 --> 00:02:36,133 Speaker 3: there's a drailment in the tunnel and everybody's forced to 52 00:02:36,293 --> 00:02:38,293 Speaker 3: hop off the train and walk back through the tunnel, 53 00:02:38,613 --> 00:02:40,453 Speaker 3: and there's a train about to arrive, so there's lots 54 00:02:40,493 --> 00:02:42,693 Speaker 3: of pressure on people to really get to move on 55 00:02:42,773 --> 00:02:45,813 Speaker 3: and get out of the way. And then chaos ensues 56 00:02:45,853 --> 00:02:47,933 Speaker 3: as one of her aides is shot dead by what 57 00:02:48,013 --> 00:02:51,373 Speaker 3: appears to be a sniper and this derailment looks like 58 00:02:51,453 --> 00:02:53,893 Speaker 3: it's the work of protesters. As the story moves on, 59 00:02:53,973 --> 00:02:56,693 Speaker 3: and it looks like the Queen's just survived an assassination 60 00:02:56,853 --> 00:03:00,333 Speaker 3: attempt and the police have their answer, but actually Roy 61 00:03:00,773 --> 00:03:03,733 Speaker 3: has a very different opinion and he thinks the queen 62 00:03:03,853 --> 00:03:07,053 Speaker 3: wasn't the intended target, and actually they have got who 63 00:03:07,053 --> 00:03:09,533 Speaker 3: they intended to be, and so he ends up on 64 00:03:09,573 --> 00:03:12,573 Speaker 3: the palace and you know, the wealth and the meeting 65 00:03:12,613 --> 00:03:14,213 Speaker 3: the King and the Queen and all of the kind 66 00:03:14,253 --> 00:03:16,413 Speaker 3: of things that go on at the palace and the issues, 67 00:03:16,493 --> 00:03:19,973 Speaker 3: and there's police politics and the politics of the royal household. 68 00:03:19,973 --> 00:03:22,653 Speaker 3: And it's a really unpredictable book and hard to guess 69 00:03:22,693 --> 00:03:25,333 Speaker 3: where it's actually going, and it's quite twisting and intense, 70 00:03:25,653 --> 00:03:28,573 Speaker 3: and there's lots of secrets and surprises and political intrigue 71 00:03:28,573 --> 00:03:31,693 Speaker 3: and it's it's a good read with an interesting kind 72 00:03:31,733 --> 00:03:34,253 Speaker 3: of real life characters thrown in there in the mix 73 00:03:34,293 --> 00:03:34,613 Speaker 3: as well. 74 00:03:34,693 --> 00:03:37,693 Speaker 2: Yeah right, okay, cool. That's The Hawk Is Dead by 75 00:03:37,773 --> 00:03:41,773 Speaker 2: Peter James. Catherine's first book, Quantum of Menace by Vasim Kahan, 76 00:03:41,973 --> 00:03:43,693 Speaker 2: and we'll make sure both of those are on the website. 77 00:03:43,733 --> 00:03:46,453 Speaker 2: Thanks Catherine. I have a great Saturday, and we will 78 00:03:46,493 --> 00:03:49,173 Speaker 2: catch you again for our final Saturday Morning Together of 79 00:03:49,173 --> 00:03:50,813 Speaker 2: twenty twenty five next weekend. 80 00:03:51,973 --> 00:03:55,093 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live 81 00:03:55,173 --> 00:03:57,973 Speaker 1: to news talks that'd be from nine am Saturday, or 82 00:03:58,053 --> 00:03:59,973 Speaker 1: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.