# Tim Sullivan on The Tailor, George Cross & the Books That Went to Greece Without Me

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Podcast: [Quick Book Reviews with Philippa Hall](https://stenobird.com/podcast/quick-book-reviews-with-philippa-hall-183832)
Published: 2026-07-13T00:05:00+00:00
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Philippa opens with an update on the Great Book Parcel Saga — a box of holiday reading, a Greek customs office, a handwritten letter explaining why a normal person would post books to themselves, and the very real possibility of being detained at passport control. Then it's three book reviews and a long-overdue conversation with Tim Sullivan , creator of the beloved DS George Cross series, about his eighth book The Tailor . 📚 Three Book Reviews The Pinnacle – Abir Mukherjee ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A washed-up Hollywood actor wakes from a drunken stupor to find his Bollywood superstar wife murdered in their Mumbai penthouse. Told from multiple perspectives across one luxury skyscraper — brilliantly written and Philippa's favourite Mukherjee yet. Table for One – Emma Gannon A woman's carefully constructed life falls apart, and she has to rediscover herself from scratch. Philippa read this on a train surrounded by serious businessmen while experiencing silent heaving sobs. Deeply moving and not what you might expect. The Divorce – Freida McFadden A woman whose husband has left her for a younger woman refuses to accept defeat and spirals into dangerous obsession. Gripping, compulsive, and — toward the end — absolutely unhinged in ways Philippa did not see coming. 🎙️ Tim Sullivan on The Tailor A bespoke tailor is found murdered in the lavatory of the Bristol to London train. George Cross can tell immediately it wasn't opportunistic — and follows the evidence wherever it leads, even into territory that makes him deeply uncomfortable. Tim and Philippa discuss: Why George Cross belongs in the tradition of Dupin, Holmes, and Poirot — and why his autism is his gift, not an accessory The rule Tim never breaks: we never laugh at George, only with him or at others' reactions to him Why this is absol…

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