BBC World Service - Artists at Work

Val McDermid - A Place of Execution

Taut psychological suspense thriller set in Peak District that unfolds like a Greek drama

Detective Erast Fandorin investigates a student's apparent suicide in 19th-century Moscow

Dysfunctional Norwegian detective Harry Hole navigates a World War Two ghost story

Acclaimed Spanish writer Javier Cercas talks about his haunting novel Soldiers of Salamis

Harriett Gilbert talks to the US satirist PJ O'Rourke about his book Eat The Rich

Harriett Gilbert talks to Bernhard Schlink about his novel The Reader.

Damon Galgut discusses his novel The Good Doctor, and answers questions from listeners

Barbara Kingsolver talks about her highly acclaimed novel The Poisonwood Bible

Harriett Gilbert talks to Carlos Ruiz Zafon about his novel The Shadow of the Wind.

Harriett Gilbert talks to David Mitchell about his novel Cloud Atlas.