Philippa is joined by T.M. Payne — and her co-conspirator Susie — for what may be the most gloriously chaotic episode in Quick Book Reviews history. There are kitchen implement debates, merch updates, a real duck called Crispy, and a live Penguin biscuit demonstration that will genuinely change how you eat biscuits forever. Oh, and there's a brilliant book to talk about too.

But first, three book reviews.

📚 Three Book Reviews

The Reader on the 6.27 – Jean-Paul Didierlaurent

Please don't read the blurb — just pick this up. Under 200 pages, beautiful and surprising. All Philippa will say is: what Gillian does for a living will floor you.

Queenie is Working on It – Candice Carty-Williams

Queenie is back — still fallible, still gorgeous, still making questionable decisions — and that's exactly why she's so loveable. If you loved book one, you'll love this.

Heartstopper Volume Six – Alice Oseman

The final chapter of Nick and Charlie's story. Not what Philippa was expecting — but on reflection, exactly right. She needs to talk to someone about it. Get in touch when you've read it.

🎙️ T.M. Payne on One Bad Deed

DI Sheridan Holler is back — and this time she does something she never thought she'd have to do. That's all Tina will say.

Tina, Susie, and Philippa discuss:

• The tongs vs spatula debate — and the merch empire that has got completely out of hand
• Why Sheridan Holler is deliberately not a flawed, angst-ridden detective, and why her warmth comes from Tina's real 14 years as a police case investigator
• Whether you need to start at book one (Tina says ideally yes, Susie and Philippa respectfully disagree)
• The extraordinary true story behind the book's deaf character: a chance encounter with a hotel receptionist in Portsmouth who had been deaf since birth, who lip-read Tina from 12 feet away, and whose voice was then perfectly captured by audiobook narrator Heather Bleasdale — who will never be able to hear it
• The dream book festival: a pop-up travelling event on a Routemaster bus, driven by Tina in a cap, pulling up outside people's houses when they can't get to a festival
• The nightmare book festival: anywhere near a beetroot factory
• Crispy the Duck — real, found on the Norfolk Broads, returned to the following year
• The smell of One Bad Deed: duck poo and water
• Philippa gets a mention in the acknowledgements of book six — alongside broccoli

Biscuit answer: Penguins — but not eaten normally. Bite off both ends, submerge in warm tea, suck the tea through the biscuit, shove it in your mouth at once. Three have been posted to Philippa. Videos are expected.

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