1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,493 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast 2 00:00:10,613 --> 00:00:11,693 Speaker 1: from News Talks at Me. 3 00:00:12,853 --> 00:00:15,613 Speaker 2: Katherine Rains is our book reviewer. She has read a 4 00:00:15,653 --> 00:00:17,973 Speaker 2: couple of reads for us this weekend and has two 5 00:00:18,013 --> 00:00:21,013 Speaker 2: to recommend. Hey, Catherine, Morning Jack. So let's begin with 6 00:00:21,053 --> 00:00:23,653 Speaker 2: the latest book from Paula Hawkins, the author of The 7 00:00:23,693 --> 00:00:26,133 Speaker 2: Girl on the Train tell us about The Blue Hour. 8 00:00:26,813 --> 00:00:30,173 Speaker 3: So this is a slow burn mystery thriller, and it's 9 00:00:30,213 --> 00:00:33,933 Speaker 3: set in this very isolated island off the coast of Scotland, 10 00:00:33,973 --> 00:00:37,213 Speaker 3: a place called Heiress, and it's only accessible during low tide. 11 00:00:37,413 --> 00:00:40,293 Speaker 3: And this island read it's remote and storm batted, and 12 00:00:40,293 --> 00:00:43,293 Speaker 3: that isolation and wilderness of the landscape really adds to 13 00:00:43,333 --> 00:00:47,333 Speaker 3: the whole area atmosphere of the book. And the island 14 00:00:47,333 --> 00:00:50,653 Speaker 3: was inhabited by this famous former artist, a woman called 15 00:00:50,693 --> 00:00:53,533 Speaker 3: Vanessa Chapman, and after her death she left her works 16 00:00:53,573 --> 00:00:56,773 Speaker 3: and her journals to a guy that was actually really 17 00:00:56,773 --> 00:00:59,253 Speaker 3: a former enemy of HER's, a guy called Douglas. But 18 00:00:59,333 --> 00:01:02,613 Speaker 3: her cheating husband has also disappeared about twenty years ago. 19 00:01:03,213 --> 00:01:05,613 Speaker 3: And then there's this executor of the will, a woman 20 00:01:05,653 --> 00:01:09,173 Speaker 3: called Grace, and she's not working particularly quickly to hand 21 00:01:09,253 --> 00:01:13,973 Speaker 3: over the Vanessa's estate, and she actually lives in Chapman's house, 22 00:01:13,973 --> 00:01:16,133 Speaker 3: and she's supposed to be sorting through these letters and 23 00:01:16,173 --> 00:01:19,533 Speaker 3: works to determine what's personal and stays and what's professional 24 00:01:19,533 --> 00:01:21,813 Speaker 3: and grea to this foundation that Vanessa had left the 25 00:01:21,853 --> 00:01:24,253 Speaker 3: rest of the works too. And then a bone is 26 00:01:24,293 --> 00:01:26,493 Speaker 3: found in one of her sculptures and it's revealed that 27 00:01:26,533 --> 00:01:29,453 Speaker 3: it could be human, and this revelation links those three 28 00:01:29,613 --> 00:01:31,813 Speaker 3: characters together, and so you get it told in the 29 00:01:31,853 --> 00:01:34,293 Speaker 3: present and in flashback from two decades ago, so you 30 00:01:34,333 --> 00:01:38,213 Speaker 3: get the expert excerpts from her diaries, and this drama 31 00:01:38,293 --> 00:01:41,533 Speaker 3: between the characters slowly unrevels. And it's a thriller that 32 00:01:41,693 --> 00:01:44,613 Speaker 3: doesn't kind of you know, wagh you with twists and turns. 33 00:01:44,613 --> 00:01:48,173 Speaker 3: It just slowly reveals itself bit by bit, and there's 34 00:01:48,253 --> 00:01:51,413 Speaker 3: realistic characters in a tense, chilling atmosphere. Has a different 35 00:01:51,453 --> 00:01:53,973 Speaker 3: vibe to her most popular book, Girl on the Train, 36 00:01:54,013 --> 00:01:55,613 Speaker 3: but it's an excellent read all the same. 37 00:01:55,733 --> 00:01:58,413 Speaker 2: Hic school. Okay, that's The Blueout by Paula Hawkins. You've 38 00:01:58,413 --> 00:02:00,293 Speaker 2: also read Unfiltered by Ganha Steiner. 39 00:02:01,093 --> 00:02:02,933 Speaker 3: So Gantha Steiner is one of the stars of the 40 00:02:02,973 --> 00:02:06,693 Speaker 3: Netflix documentary Drive to Survive about IF one, and he 41 00:02:06,853 --> 00:02:09,853 Speaker 3: was the team principal far has a head of the 42 00:02:09,893 --> 00:02:12,853 Speaker 3: twenty twenty four season, but actually he was let go 43 00:02:12,933 --> 00:02:14,893 Speaker 3: by Gen Hars, who's the guy that owns the team, 44 00:02:15,253 --> 00:02:17,533 Speaker 3: and so he's friend of the responsibilities and the constraints 45 00:02:17,533 --> 00:02:20,573 Speaker 3: that Hass might use for an actual fact, he actually 46 00:02:20,653 --> 00:02:25,973 Speaker 3: doesn't do this, and he feels fear in the way 47 00:02:25,973 --> 00:02:28,693 Speaker 3: that he talks about Hass, you know, and ultimately he 48 00:02:28,773 --> 00:02:31,973 Speaker 3: was told that he wasn't required and actually in the 49 00:02:32,013 --> 00:02:34,213 Speaker 3: middle of an Italian supermarket at the deli counter. So 50 00:02:34,213 --> 00:02:35,813 Speaker 3: that's one way to find out you've got no job. 51 00:02:36,693 --> 00:02:39,173 Speaker 3: And it's got those highs and lows and experiences from 52 00:02:39,173 --> 00:02:42,773 Speaker 3: twenty sixteen to twenty twenty three. And probably the most 53 00:02:42,933 --> 00:02:45,493 Speaker 3: interesting part of it is the opening sections on how 54 00:02:45,573 --> 00:02:48,733 Speaker 3: Hass actually entered IF one, and so Steiner goes into 55 00:02:48,773 --> 00:02:50,493 Speaker 3: a lot of details about how, you know, he was 56 00:02:50,533 --> 00:02:53,253 Speaker 3: an ex Redville engineer and he managed to find himself 57 00:02:53,613 --> 00:02:56,533 Speaker 3: a billionaire to invest in this perspective IF one team, 58 00:02:56,533 --> 00:02:58,533 Speaker 3: which happened to be Gene Hass, and then he presented 59 00:02:58,533 --> 00:03:02,773 Speaker 3: it all to the FIA and they entered eight years 60 00:03:02,773 --> 00:03:05,493 Speaker 3: ago and which is really interesting now when you look 61 00:03:05,533 --> 00:03:09,133 Speaker 3: at if one really seem anti new operations being part 62 00:03:09,293 --> 00:03:12,973 Speaker 3: of the F one Racing and so, yeah, really interesting 63 00:03:13,013 --> 00:03:14,453 Speaker 3: the way they talk about it, and he talks about 64 00:03:14,493 --> 00:03:18,053 Speaker 3: on track incidents and things about Mik show Schumacher as well, 65 00:03:18,173 --> 00:03:22,453 Speaker 3: and about Kevin Magnuson and those relationships and for really 66 00:03:22,653 --> 00:03:25,493 Speaker 3: kind of those relationships between himself and Gene Hass and 67 00:03:25,533 --> 00:03:28,613 Speaker 3: the frustration as the development tapes were turned off and 68 00:03:28,813 --> 00:03:31,213 Speaker 3: then has was wondering why the team was plummeting. So 69 00:03:31,213 --> 00:03:34,773 Speaker 3: it's really interesting and yeah, and Steiner has a certain 70 00:03:34,813 --> 00:03:37,933 Speaker 3: way with telling the story and recollections and opinions, and 71 00:03:38,413 --> 00:03:41,613 Speaker 3: Heather be warned it contains prolific swearing if you've watched 72 00:03:42,573 --> 00:03:44,653 Speaker 3: if you've watched Drive to Survive, you will know this. 73 00:03:45,293 --> 00:03:47,013 Speaker 3: But it's a good read though, But I think that 74 00:03:47,053 --> 00:03:49,893 Speaker 3: there's probably a more interesting autobiography to come in the future, 75 00:03:49,933 --> 00:03:52,853 Speaker 3: which he keeps alluding to. But interesting if you want 76 00:03:52,853 --> 00:03:55,293 Speaker 3: a little bit more behind the scenes of Drive to Survive. 77 00:03:55,133 --> 00:03:57,853 Speaker 2: Okay, cool, it's unfiltered by Guntha Steiner. He is a 78 00:03:57,893 --> 00:04:00,453 Speaker 2: real character. If Drive to Survive is anything to go by, 79 00:04:00,453 --> 00:04:03,453 Speaker 2: I beg you Catherine Catherine's first book, The Blue Hour 80 00:04:03,533 --> 00:04:04,773 Speaker 2: by Paula Hawkins. 81 00:04:05,613 --> 00:04:08,733 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live 82 00:04:08,813 --> 00:04:11,653 Speaker 1: to News Talks d B from nine am Saturday, or 83 00:04:11,693 --> 00:04:13,613 Speaker 1: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio