The Mystery Book Club
I've always fancied joining a book club and this afternoon Clare English invited me to do that very thing. Not just me, of course. Clare was presenting the first edition of our new Book Cafe programme which included an interview with the ever-enthusiastic and an item on the book club in Lerwick.
Then there was a drum roll and Clare prepared to reveal which book would launch ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio Scotland's very own book club.
"It's....fizz fizz, crackle crackle...what do you make of that choice Catherine?"
Well, I'm not sure if it was a static problem on my little desk-top radio or a major transmitter problem, but I missed the name of the book and had to phone the production office to solve the mystery. The senior producer, Ailsa Macintosh revealed all:
"It's The Bullet Trick by Louise Welsh."
"Great, I'll go out and buy a copy now!".
This prompted some unwarranted astonshiment from Ailsa. Clearly I have a reputation problem here. Fair enough, I was once spotted buying pop-up books from a bargain bin, but they were Christmas presents. Honest.
So I sloped out of the office and scurried down Castle Street and into downtown Inverness. was being displayed in the window of one shop, but I couldn't find a copy on the shelves. I had better luck in the next shop where the title was in the 'choose-any-3 for 2' pile.
So that's me enrolled in the club. I've even managed to read the first page of the actual book and have already been impressed by the authentic description of the taxi rank at Glasgow airport.
Just can't find any pop-up pictures yet.
