Podcast: Crime and Passion with Michael Robotham

Podcast: Crime and Passion with Michael Robotham

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This week Cheryl is joined by famous, best-selling author Michael Robotham to discuss his new book, The Other Wife – a gripping psychological thriller about a secret wife, a secret life, and a killer who knows. Together they discuss Michael’s passion for writing and literature that he his has sustained throughout his entire life. 

Podcast guest: Michael Robotham

Gold Dagger winning and Edgar short-listed author Michael Robotham was born in Australia in November 1960 and grew up in small country towns that had more dogs than people and more flies than dogs. Michael’s novels have since been translated into 23 languages and have won or been shortlisted for numerous awards, and now lives on Sydney’s northern beaches, where he thinks dark thoughts in his  ‘cabana of cruelty’ – a name bestowed by his three daughters, who happily poke fun at the man who has fed, clothed and catered to their every expensive whim. Where is the justice?

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Duration: 25 minutes

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                    Publisher details

                    The Other Wife
                    Author
                    Michael Robotham
                    Publisher
                    Hachette
                    Genre
                    Thriller
                    Released
                    26 June, 2018
                    ISBN
                    9780733637933

                    Synopsis

                    A secret wife. A secret life. A killer who knows. The new bestseller that will keep you on the edge of your seat until its shocking climax, by multi-million-copy selling author Michael Robotham.William and Mary have been married sixty years. William is a celebrated surgeon, Mary a devoted wife. Both are strong believers in right and wrong.William and Olivia have been together twenty years. Olivia was once a tennis star, but her career has long since faded.Clinical psychologist Joe O'Loughlin knows only one of these stories to be true. But when he is called to his father's hospital bed after a brutal attack, everything he once knew is turned upside down. Is it possible his father, the upstanding citizen, was leading a double life?And who is the strange woman crying at William's bedside, covered in his blood - a friend, a mistress, a fantasist or a killer?A confronting psychological thriller from one of the greatest crime writers of today, Michael Robotham, the bestselling author of The Secrets She Keeps.
                    Michael Robotham
                    About the author

                    Michael Robotham

                    Before becoming a novelist, Michael Robotham was an investigative journalist working across America, Australia and Britain, and with clinical and forensic psychologists as they helped police investigate complex, psychologically driven crimes. Michael's 2004 debut thriller, The Suspect, sold more than 1 million copies around the world. It is the first of nine novels featuring beloved Joe O'Loughlin. Good Girl, Bad Girl and When She Was Good are the first two books in a new series featuring forensic psychologist Cyrus Haven. Michael is the only Australian to win the UK's prestigious Gold Dagger Award twice - for Good Girl, Bad Girl and Life or Death. Good Girl, Bad Girl was also shortlisted for the 2020 Edgar Award for Best Novel. In 2020, The Secrets She Keeps was adapted for television. He lives in Sydney.

                    Books by Michael Robotham

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