7 November 2025
A Particularly Nasty Case
Richard talks to ex-doctor and best-selling author Adam Kay about his first novel, a brilliant comedy thriller, A Particularly Nasty Case. They chat about getting the fabulous Andy Serkis to do the audiobook (and why Adam was reluctant to do it himself), how Adam has lots of fans in the 8-12 year age group (including Rich's daughter) but how this is definitely not a book for them, the delicate balance of writing a whodunnit where it's possible, but not easy, to guess the who whodunnit, how Adam weaves in some serious issues into this very funny book, how welcome is having a gay protagonist where their sexuality is more or less by the by, the classism and other issues that still pervade the NHS, dealing with mental health and the importance of actually being funny in a funny book. The book is a lot of fun and also involves corpses bottoms and dominatrices and proper jokes.
Buy the book here - https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/a-particularly-nasty-case-the-fastest-selling-debut-thriller-of-2025-from-the-author-of-global-phenomenon-this-is-going-to-hurt-adam-kay/c7ec730812058e04
