{"podcast":{"title":"Books on the Beach","slug":"books-on-the-beach-7809736","podcast_index_feed_id":7809736,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/110fcd080/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/books-on-the-beach8","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/45699712/45699712-1775746386190-6269ef2c22924.jpg","author":"Phil Williams","episode_count":10,"summary":"A brand new Books podcast from broadcaster Phil Williams profiling the Books you'll find on every sunlounger across the Globe. We celebrate the big commercial fiction, non-fiction and children's books by profiling one author each episode. All fully visualised in 4kUHD as well as in audio.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T16:17:21.423507+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/books-on-the-beach-7809736"},"episode":{"title":"Heidi Perks","slug":"heidi-perks","published_at":"2026-06-25T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/books-on-the-beach-7809736/heidi-perks","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/books-on-the-beach-7809736","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/books-on-the-beach8/episodes/Heidi-Perks-e3l6a52","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/110fcd080/podcast/play/121890402/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-23%2F426690378-44100-2-7fab59892a0df.mp3","summary":"The Brilliant Heidi Perks is the Sunday Times Bestselling Author who brought you, Now You See Her . She’s back with a page turner of a locked room thriller, called It Ends Here , which Phil really loved. In this chat you can hear about Heidi’s beginnings in marketing; why it took five years for her to get a publishing deal; how she’s scrapped endings of books on police advice, and why Mr Perks is grateful for a shout out on this podcast…! Phil really loved meeting Heidi for the first time. They even played table tennis together after the show! See the Books on the Beach Instagram channel for the footage! You’ll love this Ep. If you’ve ever wanted to write your own book, it’s super insightful.","meta_description":"The Brilliant Heidi Perks is the Sunday Times Bestselling Author who brought you, Now You See Her . She’s back with a page turner of a locked room thrille…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3641,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/books-on-the-beach-7809736/episodes/heidi-perks/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/books-on-the-beach-7809736/heidi-perks.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}