India Knight and Alvin Hall

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - journalist and author India Knight and financial adviser Alvin Hall - discuss favourite books by Barbara Pym, Rebecca Skloot and Boris Akunin.

Jane and Prudence by Barbara Pym Publisher: Virago

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Publisher: Pan Macmillan

The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin Publisher: Orion

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2014.