Monthly Archives: April 2013

The spy and his conscience

The Poison Tide is now in paperback. To mark its publication – and in the hope that it will make me as rich as Croesus – here is an article …

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New historical fiction festival in home of Sir Walter Scott

Great new event from next Friday [April 12]; the first Summerhall Historical Fiction FestivalĀ in Edinburgh, the home of Scott, Stevenson and Conan Doyle – and quite a few excellent writers …

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