{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmy-life-in-books.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fm-j-arlidge-SUWNwZiG","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"M. J. Arlidge ","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/c1f7074b-1a77-4fd0-b874-36e07b5a5765/6a7868c0-8f30-4c0f-90e4-bc7cba7e3d0d/my-life-in-books-1400x1400-podcast-cover.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/7c71fddd-45ca-4909-ae04-e06e22fd0539\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"M. J. Arlidge \" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"M. J. Arlidge is a master builder of suspense.\nIn his TV career he has written and produced screenplays for many prime-time crime and drama serials.\nAnd as an author he has found international success both as the creator of the Audible Original drama Six Degrees of Assassination, and as the writer of the hugely successful DI Helen Grace series of crime novels.\nThe 13th book in the series, Into the Fire, has just been published, and sees Helen, now an ex-cop, investigating a case of people trafficking and modern-day slavery in the tough British port city of Southampton.\nJoin Matt and Red as they discuss the psychology of crime, strong female protagonists, and the vitality of dialogue."}